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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2008
TEXAS TECH 63, KANSAS 21
5B
hed in Red Raider romp
ks' three tou
chdowns against Texas Tech on Saturday. Kansas lost the homecoming game 63-21.
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Texas Tech 63, Kansas 21
<table><thead><tr><th></th><th colspan="2">Kansas (5-3, 2-2 Big 12)</th><th colspan="3">Texas Tech (8-0, 4-0 Big 12)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Total Yards</td><td>315</td><td></td><td>556</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>First Downs</td><td>19</td><td></td><td>29</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Rushing Yards</td><td>161</td><td></td><td>138</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Passing Yards</td><td>154</td><td></td><td>418</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Time of Possession</td><td>26:32</td><td></td><td>33:28</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Kansas Rushing</td><td>ATT</td><td>YDS</td><td>AVG.</td><td>TD</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Jake Sharp</td><td>13</td><td>80</td><td>6.2</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Jocques Crawford</td><td>10</td><td>44</td><td>4.4</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Passing</td><td colspan="2">COMP/ATT</td><td>YDS</td><td>TD</td><td>INT</td></tr><tr><td>Todd Reesing</td><td>16/26</td><td></td><td>154</td><td>2</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Receiving</td><td>No.</td><td>YDS</td><td>TD</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Dezmon Briscoe</td><td>8</td><td>55</td><td>1</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Kerry Meier</td><td>6</td><td>70</td><td>1</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Texas Tech</td><td colspan="2">COMP/ATT</td><td>YDS</td><td>TD</td><td>INT</td></tr><tr><td>Rushing</td><td>ATT</td><td>YDS</td><td>AVG.</td><td>TD</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Shannon Woods</td><td>14</td><td>79</td><td>5.6</td><td>2</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="2">COMP/ATT</td><td>386</td><td>5</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Washington Harrell</td><td>34/42</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Receiving</td><td>No.</td><td>YDS</td><td>TD</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Michael Crabtree</td><td>9</td><td>70</td><td>2</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Eric Morris</td><td>7</td><td>39</td><td>2</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
VIEW FROM THE PRESSBOX
IT WAS OVER WHEN...
Todd Reesing's fumble gave the Red Raiders the ball in Jayhawk territory. A quick Texas Tech score made it 28-14 and it soon steamrolled from there.
GAME BALL GOES TO.
The mad scientist of the spread offense looked every bit the part
Graham Harrell. The Texas Tech quarterback picked apart the KU secondary, going 34-42 for 386 yards and five touchdowns.
southeast corner of Memorial Stadium.
GAME TO FORGET...
Todd Reesing. In arguably the worst game of his Kansas career, Reesing passed for only 154 yards, threw three interceptions and lost a fumble.
QUOTABLE...
"In our locker room, there is no panic or feeling bad. Nobody's taken that route. We don't do that here. This program has had to fight through losses before and tough times before and we will continue to do that. There is no doubt in my mind our team will be ready to play next week. I'm not concerned about that."
Coach Mark Mangino on how his team will rebound:
oit's tackle du
B. J. Rains
on Saturday, with a wind-worn manne that waved in every direction. Still, it's impossible to deny the amazing concoction he put on
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ing Saturday's game at Memorial Stadium.
Harrell's postgame smile shined as bright as the stars over Lubbock, and he had plenty of time to get it ready. The nation's leading passer watched the final 12 minutes of the game from the sidelines with a baseball cap on instead of his helmet.
the field.
What started as an old West-style shootout turned into target practice for the Red Raiders, as gunslinger Graham Harrell bulleted five touchdown passes and ran for another to spur Texas Tech's 63-21 blowout of Kansas.
"That's what you want to do every game," Harrell said. "It's all about having fun. When we have fun, that's when we're at our best."
Harrell started the festivities with a 55-yard bomb to Edward Britton less than three minutes into the game. The Jayhawks (5-3, 2-2) shot back, but Harrell was ready with rapid fire.
He orchestrated an eight-play, 83-yard drive and capped it with a four-yard strike to favorite target Michael Crabtree. Again the Jayhawks tied it, but those were the last points they would score until late in the fourth quarter.
Tech (8-0, 4-0) had barrels of fun in Lawrence as six different Red Raiders reached pay dirt.
Texas Tech owned the second and third quarters in every way, shape and form.
In that span, the Red Raiders
"We have a chance to be speci al." Harrell said.
The Red Raiders were 9-for-13 on third down attempts, and the play that epitomized their nonstop mojo was a third and goal from the 16 yard line late in the third quarter.
Running back Baron Batch, who accumulated a game-high 117 all-purpose yards, said the reason for Tech's increased vigor in this game was a better perspective. Batch said his team used to look ahead to
controlled the ball for over 24 minutes, out-gained the Jayhawks 377 yards to 34 and ran up 42 straight points.
"Sometimes you get on a roll." Leach said. "There's a point when you kind of have momentum and the ball starts rolling your direction."
Edited by Rachel Burchfield
Harrell dumped off a short pass to Crabtree, who made a couple of spins, cut upfield and forced his way into the end zone. On the play, Crabtree shrugged off five Kansas defenders and the umpire.
Tech has had its share of doubters this season, and even the mad scientist would go only as far as to call them "better than average." But the gunslinger, armed with a cannon and a smile, knows that his undefeated team could be something more.
"I saw him and I didn't want it to be one of those South Carolina things, so I had to get out of the way," Crabtree said.
That statement is probably true for a lot of the Red Raiders. After all, a conference matchup between ranked foes rarely results in such carnage.
Crabtree was referring to last
Harrell said he believed the Jayhawks felt defeated early in the third quarter. Tech safety Darcel McBath encouraged that feeling with three straight third quarter interceptions. McBath said he hadn't had a game like that since peewee football.
week's South Carolina — LSU game, where an umpire basically tackled South Carolina's quarterback. Tackling referees was about the only thing that could've helped Kansas on Saturday, but the Big 12 officials weren't cooperating.
Crabtree echoed that sentiment when dealing with a question regarding the buildup for next week's Lone Star showdown.
"Hype?" Crabtree said. "I don't feel hype, I just see footballs. Whatever they say, I really don't listen to it."
games like next week's clash with No.1 Texas, but now they take it one game at a time and play each one with a purpose.
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Junior quarterback Todd Reesing walks off the field after throwing one of his three interceptions. Reesing completed 16-of-26 passes for 154 yards, two touchdowns and three interceptions.