PREVIEW: TEXAS TECH vs New Mexico

Whatever it is that you do you should do, you should do with your head held high. – PINK (yep I’m hitting the bottom of the barrel for lyrics)

Where:  Jones AT&T Stadium

When:  6:00pm Central

TV:  Fox Sports Channel

Weather:  low 70s, partly rainy chance of rain

Line:  Tech -33.5

The mighty Lobos of New Mexico make their bi-annual trip to the slaughterhouse in Lubbock this week as the Red Raiders look to get everything setup for Big 12 play.

But before we get into this week’s game, let’s look back to last week…

You really can’t bitch about anything the Red Raiders did against Texas State last week. The beat them on offense, defense and special teams. It was the kind of game Tech needed and wanted to have. Great job all around. 58 -10 has a nice ring to it.

So in limps New Mexico after getting their butts handed to them by the Longhorns in Austin last weekend.

This has been a bad team for years. Bob Davie for some reason decided to leave the warm confines of ESPN’s college broadcast and come back to coaching after a bad tenure at Notre Dame to try and resurrect this moribund program. I don’t know why, I mean I really don’t know why.  This team was 1-11 last year and 3-33 that past three years overall. They are awful.

Here’s what you need to know. They are installing a new offense under Davie, the triple option but they have no threat to throw as their QB is beat up and has been pretty inefficient to say the least all year.

This is gut check game for the entire defense. New Mexico is going to try and control the clock as much as they can and just run and run.

BEST GUESS

TECH      52

NM        17

FUN WITH NUMBERS

22 – Straight road loses by the lobos

76 – Total points given up by New Mexico in two games.

4 – Tech’s rank in total defense (according to SI.com) take it while you got it

GUNS UP!