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Texas Tech football: Red Raiders that must step up vs. Mountaineers

By Matthew Conner

LUBBOCK, TEXAS - OCTOBER 19: Wide receiver T.J. Vasher #9 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders lines up during the first half of the college football game against the Iowa State Cyclones on October 19, 2019 at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas. (Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images)
LUBBOCK, TEXAS - OCTOBER 19: Wide receiver T.J. Vasher #9 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders lines up during the first half of the college football game against the Iowa State Cyclones on October 19, 2019 at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas. (Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images) /
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Sep 14, 2019; Tucson, AZ, USA; Texas Tech Red Raiders wide receiver T.J. Vasher (9) warms up before the game against the Arizona Wildcats at Arizona Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Casey Sapio-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 14, 2019; Tucson, AZ, USA; Texas Tech Red Raiders wide receiver T.J. Vasher (9) warms up before the game against the Arizona Wildcats at Arizona Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Casey Sapio-USA TODAY Sports /

Vasher has to give his team something…ANYTHING!

While I have given up on the idea of senior wide receiver T.J. Vasher ever becoming an all-conference player despite the fact that he has the physical skills to do so, is it too much for us to expect him to give his team something…anything…at all?

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In the last two games he’s played, Vasher has caught just two passes for ten yards.  Both of those came against Kansas State meaning he caught no passes against Iowa State.

Disappearing when your team is struggling is not what seniors are supposed to do.  Rather, they should take their game to a new level.  But Vasher has done the opposite since he caught four passes for 74  yards and a pair of TDs against the Longhorns.

Tech is currently riding an eight-game Big 12 losing streak in games that Vasher has appeared in.  In those contests, he’s averaged just 30.1 receiving yards per game, and twice he’s been shutout.  He needs to reverse that trend today because of Tech’s QB situation that will see a new signal-caller get his first career college start.

Henry Colombi is not afraid to put the ball up and let his outside receivers go make a play.  He did that on back-to-back plays last week against Iowa State when he let Erik Ezukanma twice fight for a jump ball in the endzone with the second attempt resulting in Tech’s lone offensive score of the day.

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Can he trust that Vasher will be able to make the plays if he gives him the chance to do the same this afternoon?  That will be a key because Tech will need all hands on deck against this stout Mountaineer defense.  Of course, that includes Vasher, who can’t continue to give the Red Raiders next to nothing on a weekly basis.

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