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Texas Tech football classics: Red Raiders win via miracle at Nebraska in ’05

By Matthew Conner

AUSTIN, TX - OCTOBER 22: Jarrett Hicks #88, Brandon Jones #73, Danny Amendola #20, Joel Filani #8 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders stand in a huddle during the game against the Texas Longhorns on October 22, 2005 at Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas. The Longhorns defeated the Red Raiders 52-17. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
AUSTIN, TX - OCTOBER 22: Jarrett Hicks #88, Brandon Jones #73, Danny Amendola #20, Joel Filani #8 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders stand in a huddle during the game against the Texas Longhorns on October 22, 2005 at Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas. The Longhorns defeated the Red Raiders 52-17. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) /
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That Red Raider team featured three future Texas Tech assistant coaches

Showing just how far the spread offense revolution has reached in the world of college football, three members of the Red Raiders’ 2005 offense would eventually wind up returning to Lubbock to coach in some capacity.

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Of course, Filani is in his first year as receivers coach under new head coach Matt Wells.  After his playing career ended, Filani worked as a grad assistant at Boise State in 2013-14.  In 2015, he was an offensive quality control assistant at Washington State under Mike Leach where he also worked with current Texas Tech offensive coordinator David Yost, who was coaching inside receivers in Pullman that year.

For the last three years, Filani was coaching receivers at North Texas under former Red Raider assistant coach Seth Luttrell.  Now, he is back to help guide the young receivers at his alma mater who do not have to look very far to find one of the best to ever play the position for Texas Tech.

The starting right tackle that day was former Texas Tech offensive line coach Brandon Jones.  Currently co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at Houston, Jones was the o-line coach for the Red Raiders in 2017-18.

Before that, Jones was at Cal for two years and East Carolina for five seasons where he worked under former Texas Tech defensive coordinator and ECU head coach Ruffin McNeil.  He began his coaching career as a grad assistant at Tech in 2007-08.

Speaking of graduate assistants, playing next to Jones on the line that day was right guard Manny Rameriez.  After two years as a grad assistant under Kliff Kingsbury, Rameriez spent 2018 as Tech’s Director of Player Development where he “[worked] to help develop life skills curriculum and coordinate all community service activities” according to his 2018 Texas Tech bio.

Of course, he had a stellar NFL career where he appeared in 83 games over nine seasons.  He started for the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII and started 65 games as a professional.

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We did not know back in 2005 that the “Air Raid” offense would revolutionize the game of football across all levels.  But looking back, it’s no surprise that several Red Raiders who played in the early days of the “Air Raid” were have gone on to be highly-valued coaches as the game of football continues to search for bright offensive minds.

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