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Texas Tech football: Game by game predictions for 2020 season

By Matthew Conner

LUBBOCK, TX - NOVEMBER 03: Texas Tech Red Raider mascot "Masked Rider (Lyndi Starr) and Cody (horse) lead the team onto the field before the game against the Oklahoma Sooners on November 3, 2018 at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas. Oklahoma defeated Texas Tech 51-46. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images)
LUBBOCK, TX - NOVEMBER 03: Texas Tech Red Raider mascot "Masked Rider (Lyndi Starr) and Cody (horse) lead the team onto the field before the game against the Oklahoma Sooners on November 3, 2018 at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas. Oklahoma defeated Texas Tech 51-46. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images) /
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Defensive end Mike Scott #91 of the Oklahoma State Cowboys sacks quarterback Alan Bowman #10 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders for the first of two sacks for eight yards losses in the third quarter on September 22, 2018 at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Texas Tech won 41-17. (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images)
Defensive end Mike Scott #91 of the Oklahoma State Cowboys sacks quarterback Alan Bowman #10 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders for the first of two sacks for eight yards losses in the third quarter on September 22, 2018 at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Texas Tech won 41-17. (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images) /

@ Oklahoma State – Loss

Texas Tech is riding a two-game winning streak against Oklahoma State after suffering through nine-consecutive losses in this series from 2009-17.  Unfortunately, that brief winning streak ends this year when Tech travels to Stillwater.

Oklahoma State is the biggest threat to keep FOX from having another dream matchup of Texas vs. Oklahoma in the Big 12 Championship Game.  That’s because they return 19 starters from a team that went 8-5 last year.

Included in that group is the nation’s leading rusher Chuba Hubbard, the nation’s most productive WR Tylan Wallace, and dynamic dual-threat sophomore QB Spencer Sanders.  Yeah, the Cowboys will be loaded on offense.

What’s more, Tech won’t sneak up on the Cowboys this year, especially if the Red Raiders come into this game with only two losses as I am predicting.  What’s more, OSU coaches only have to pop on the video of last year’s game in Lubbock to remind their players not to overlook the Raiders.

That day, the Cowboys turned the ball over five times on the way to a 45-35 loss.  Certainly, they will want to atone for those sins this year.

What makes OSU particularly tough to handle is the fact that they will be able to dominate games both through the air and on the ground.  Thus, keeping them in check will require a stellar all-around defensive effort and that’s not something Tech has been known for lately.

The hope here is that Tech can keep pace with the Cowboys in a shootout and maybe make just enough plays to win.  Of course, as we have already discussed, that’s something this current crop of Red Raiders has yet to prove capable of doing.  But perhaps by the season’s second-to-last game that will have changed.

Playing at an empty Boone Pickens Stadium will help Tech’s chances and make this game all about the rosters.  But OSU is one of only a few teams on Tech’s schedule this year that can confidently say that they have more individual talent on paper than the Red Raiders do.

When these teams meet, much could be on the line for both, but especially the Pokes and they will come away with a key late-season win.

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