2007 SEASON IN REVIEW: The high-powered Red Raiders were at it again in 2007,
picking up huge chunks of yardage and lighting up the scoreboard with what
appeared to be very little effort. Texas Tech put up 40.9 ppg, relying almost
exclusively on a passing attack that averaged a national-best 470.3 ypg. Coach
Mike Leach's club shot out of the gate by winning six of its first seven
games, including routs of both Iowa State and Texas A&M in Big 12 play. Losses
in three of their next four however, brought the Red Raiders back to Earth. A
34-27 win over Oklahoma got the team back in a positive frame of mind as it
finished the regular season 8-4, 4-4 in the Big 12. Tech was rewarded for a
solid campaign with an invite to the Gator Bowl against ACC foe Virginia. The
Red Raiders prevailed in that contest, 31-28, giving them wins in four of
their last five bowl games. Tech hasn't won a league title of any kind in more
than 50 years, and while 2008 could be the year the drought ends, plenty needs
to go right for that to happen.
Looking at the Big South Conference heading
into the 2008 season, it's hard to see a resemblance to the fledgling league
that began playing football in 2002.