Monday, November 3, 2008

Texas no longer "number one" in Football

http://sports.aol.com/ncaafb/story/_a/bbdp/texas-tech-guns-down-no-1-texas/234563\

With that stunning 28-yard touchdown, the No. 6 Red Raiders turned near-heartbreak into a wild victory, 39-33 against No. 1 Texas on Saturday night.
Texas Tech showed its tops in the Lone Star State - and maybe even the best team in the land.
"Play 60 minutes," Texas Tech coach Mike Leach said. "You may have a second to spare."
That's what it came down in a West Texas-style shootout that had the Longhorns (8-1, 4-1 Big 12) rally from a 19-0 deficit in the first half and from 29-13 in the third quarter to take a 33-32 lead with Vondrell McGee's 4-yard TD run with 1:29 to play.
The problem was, Texas left Harrell too much time.


Tech really just needed about 10 yards to set up a field goal for Donnie Carona, who had been benched earlier this season but kicked a 42-yard in the fourth quarter. But Harrell took a big chance with the big throw.
If Crabtree had been tackled instead of getting in, Texas Tech might have had a hard time calling its last time out to set up a short field goal before time expired.
"On the sideline, I kind of dreamed that I would catch a pass and go in the end zone for a game-winning score. I do that, like every game, but it happened. It kind of shocked me," Crabtree said.
"All we needed was a field goal, but a touchdown's even sweeter," Harrell said. "If you're a quarterback and don't wan to be in that situation, you should probably change positions."
Thousands of Texas Tech fans poured onto the field and had to be sent off while the play was under review to make sure Crabtree didn't step out of bounds. Once the fans were chased off the field and Tech kicked the extra point, the Red Raiders were penalized and forced to kick off from their own 7.

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