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THURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2013
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
GAMEDAY PREVIEW
CONNOR OBERKROM
coberkrom@kansan.com
STARTING LINEUP
OFFENSE
Usually, a potent offense and a freshman walk-on quarterback don't mix but that's exactly what Kliff Kingsbury has done. Texas Tech starts Baker Mayfield, but it's not like he is that much under the radar. He's one of the many quarterbacks that hail from Lake Travis High School in Austin, Texas (Todd Reeing included). Mayfield hasn't had any trouble moving the ball coupled with a pair of athletic receivers in Eric Ward, Jace Amaro and Bradley Marquez, which have amounted for third in the country in passing yards with 408.5 yards per game. Like most Texas Tech teams in the past, they love to sling the ball around and will be a stiff test for the Jayhawks secondary.
POSITION NAME NO. YEAR
QB Baker Mayfield 6 Fr.
HB Kenny Williams 34 Jr.
WR Jace Amaro 22 Jr.
WR Jakeem Grant 11 So.
WR Bradley Marquez 4 Jr.
WR Eric Ward 18 Sr.
LT Le'Raven Clark 62 So.
LG Alfredo Morales 56 So.
C Jared Kaster 75 So.
RG Beau Carpenter 72 Jr.
RT Rashad Fortenberry 71 Sr.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Texas Tech kicker Ryan Bustin so far has connected on 9 of his 10 kicks and Tech's punter is current 31st in the country with a 44.7- yard average.
COACHING
Kingsbury, who Weis coached for one year with the New England Patriots, is well-connected with Weis. After serving as the offensive-coordinator for Texas A&M for one year, Klingsbury has brought back the high-powered offenses in Lubbock. Saturday, however, is his first Big 12 road test of his head-coaching career. Kingsbury, who is just 34 years-old, and has brought his fiery attitude to the team as a whole.
DEFENSE
The Red Raiders are no do-nothings either. Currently 10th in the country in points allowed, returning eight starters on defense has been a big part of that. Their big showing came against TCU yielding only 10 points and will be far the biggest test Kansas has encountered.
POSITION NAME NO. YEAR
DE Kerry Hyder 91 Sr.
N Dennell Wesley 96 Sr.
T Branden Jackson 9 So.
LB Pete Robertson 10 So.
LB Will Smith 7 Sr.
LB Sam Eguavoen 13 Jr.
LB Terrance Bullitt 1 Sr.
DB Bruce Jones 24 Sr.
FS Tre' Porter 5 Sr.
SS J.J. Gaines 3 So.
DB Olaoluwa Falemi 29 Sr.
TEXASTECH
Texas Tech has gone from picked in the middle of the pack in the Big 12 to suddenly a Big 12 contender, currently ranked 20th in the country and is coming off a breezy 33-7 win over Texas State.
PLAYER TO WATCH
With the Kansas secondary showing off their ballhawk skills each week. Saturday provides another tough matchup and it likely will be assigned to nickelback Victor Simmons, and that's tight end Jace Amaro. One of the top tight ends in his class, Amaro looks like a tight end, but runs like a wide receiver. While Simmons looks to get the initial matchup against him, look for Dave Campo to mix it up and try to throw off the robust receiver off guard with different matchups.
ATA GLANCE
MOMENTUM
Texas Tech is 13-1 all-time in Kansas and with a new head coach this year they look to stack on another victory. The only loss came when Kingsbury was the quarterback in 2001.
BY THE NUMBERS 408.5 Passing yards per game for Texas Tech
1 Losses that Tech has against Kansas
215 Pass attempts for Texas Tech this season
Edited by Jessica Mitchell
QUESTION MARKS
Can the secondary continue its path in becoming a threatening defense? Albeit a new secondary, they have performed their tasks dutifully thus far and Saturday will either be an indictment or another validation that this group can be an adequate force.
ASHLEIGH LEE/KANSAN
Junior quarterback Jake Heaps throws a pass during the Sept. 14 game against Rice.The Jayhawks lost 23-14.
BABY JAY WILL WEEP IF
Texas Tech puts up more than 40 points. The Texas Tech offense while highly formidable still has some kinks to work out with their quarterback. A walk-on freshman quarterback shouldn't be able to put up that many points on the road against what we know as a capable secondary, so far.
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