Pregame in Lubbock

By Scott Wright

They just replayed the game-winning touchdown of last week’s Texas Tech-Texas game.

And the 10,000 or so fans who arrived early let out the second-biggest cheer of the pregame.

The loudest came when Iowa kicked its game-winning field goal to beat Penn State, which was playing on the in-stadium big screen.

Alabama held on to win, which didn’t get played on the big screen, but there’s still a big shake-up in the national championship picture. Regardless, a one-loss team from the Big 12 South should be locked into the BCS title game.

So the game we’re about to watch will have some serious implications.

Not that it means anything, but Texas Tech is wearing black jerseys and white pants. Last week, the Red Raiders were in all black. Of course, Mike Leach doesn’t seem like the supersitious type anyway.