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Sun July 6, 2008

Red Raiders, led by super soph Crabtree, are loaded at receiver

 
 
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By John Helsley
Staff Writer
Lots of love flows for Texas Tech this offseason.

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The Red Raiders have been consistently adored in magazine Top 25s, with Phil Steele coming in with a high ranking of No. 11.

Heard about their improved defense?

Yeah, yeah, let's get real.

Talk about Tech pushing the Big 12 big shots comes down to one thing. The same thing we always talk about with Tech – the passing game.

Or, should we say, the receiving game.

Tech's wideouts (tight ends are obsolete in Lubbock) are the class of the Big 12, if not the nation, with super sophomore Michael Crabtree leading the best collection of pass catchers in Mike Leach's time out in West Texas.

It's a good year for ends, split and tight, across the Big 12.

Missouri's duo of wideout Jeremy Maclin and tight end Chase Coffman offers the bes