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Texas Tech football: Handing out game balls after dramatic win over ISU

By Matthew Conner

LUBBOCK, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 13: Quarterback Donovan Smith #7 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders passes the ball during the first half of the college football game against the Iowa State Cyclones at Jones AT&T Stadium on November 13, 2021 in Lubbock, Texas. (Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images)
LUBBOCK, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 13: Quarterback Donovan Smith #7 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders passes the ball during the first half of the college football game against the Iowa State Cyclones at Jones AT&T Stadium on November 13, 2021 in Lubbock, Texas. (Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images) /
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LUBBOCK, TEXAS – NOVEMBER 13: Receiver Myles Price #18 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders falls into the end zone for a touchdown during the first half of the college football game against the Iowa State Cyclones at Jones AT&T Stadium on November 13, 2021 in Lubbock, Texas. (Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images)
LUBBOCK, TEXAS – NOVEMBER 13: Receiver Myles Price #18 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders falls into the end zone for a touchdown during the first half of the college football game against the Iowa State Cyclones at Jones AT&T Stadium on November 13, 2021 in Lubbock, Texas. (Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images) /

IR – Myles Price

Lost in the celebrations of Garibay and Smith is the fact that inside receiver Myles Price had perhaps the best game of the season by a Red Raider wide receiver.  In fact, without his heroics, Tech would not have been able to pull this one out.

With nine receptions for 175 yards and a TD, Price was a big-play threat who averaged 19.4 yards per catch.  Having someone who can threaten the ISU cloud defense deep like that is essential when trying to keep that coverage scheme from clamping down on your offense and that’s why Price was such a hero on Saturday.

Prior to this outburst, Price’s best game in 2021 had been a five-catch, 75-yard, one-TD showing against Texas.  What’s more, this was his first 100-yard game as a collegiate.  And two of his catches proved to be game-changers.

First was his 39-yard TD grab in the first quarter.  Facing a 4th-and-6, Smith had faith in Price to make a play as he floated a ball down the seam and let his speedy receiver run under it and make a grab that nearly required Price to lay out.  That play staked Tech to a 14-7 lead after one quarter.

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But Price’s biggest play of the game came in the 4th quarter. With Tech clinging to a 31-28 lead and facing a 3rd-and-10, Smith again floated a pass in Price’s direction.  This time, Price made a stunning catch along the sidelines despite being hit so hard in the helmet by an ISU defender that Price’s earpiece came flying out of his helmet.  Though he was slow to get up, he somehow managed to maintain control of the ball through the completion of the play.  One play after that 28-yard grab, SaRodorick Thomspon would find the endzone from 13 yards out to put Tech up 10 points.

When a team is trying to pull an upset and turn around a decade’s worth of misery, you need players to make some heroic plays and that’s what Myles Price did on Saturday.  Thus, he too earns a fake game ball.  I’m sure he’ll cherish the honor forever.

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