Well, the Texas Tech Red Raiders have been dealt some difficult blows as of late. The Texas Tech football team had to turn to a really young backup quarterback in Will Hammond after starting quarterback Behren Morton was dinged up earlier in the season. Then Hammond went out with an injury! For the remainder of the season!
It’s not the best sort of position to be in for Joey McGuire and the Texas Tech football team, but none of that means that the Red Raiders’ season is done just yet. Instead, Texas Tech should be able to make some noteworthy splashes down the stretch of the season as the Red Raiders play BYU next week and are looking to make the Big 12 championship game.
But what about another championship? Do the Red Raiders have enough firepower to compete at the highest level of play this season? Can Texas Tech go out and win a national title this year?
Texas Tech apparently has the Big 12’s second-best chance to win the national championship this season
Here are the Big 12 teams that apparently have a shot to win the national championship game this season, according to ESPN’s Football Power Index:
- BYU Cougars - 2.3 percent
- Texas Tech Red Raiders - 1.0 percent
- Utah Utes - 0.3 percent
- Cincinnati Bearcats - 0.1 percent
And that’s it. It’s not looking like the Football Power Index math and magic is all that convinced that anyone in the Big 12 will really have a shot to win it all this season, and that stinks. But, still, it's worth noting that McGuire and the Red Raiders apparently have something of a chance to go and win a national title this season.
That’s worth being proud of, I suppose.
Of course, if Texas Tech wins out through the regular season (which would include beating the BYU Cougars at home in Lubbock and then a few games against teams that haven’t had anywhere near the level of success that BYU has seen) and managed to win the Big 12 championship game, then we’re probably going to have a slightly different conversation about all of this.