Houston @ Texas Tech

Texas Tech 28, Houston 26. Series goes to 5-0, Red Raiders win at home, and my winner pick cashes. I said defense, home field, and a 4-0 series record, and every one of those things showed up tonight.

31-20

I said pedigree and home field in a Big 12 opener is a hard combination to beat, and Texas Tech proved it the hard way. Will Hammond, J'Koby Williams, Kenny Johnson with 113 yards and a touchdown, that is a complete football team doing what complete football teams do.

35-17

I'll own it. I had Houston winning and I had them putting up 38, and Conner Weigman gave me 282 yards and three touchdowns and it still was not enough. That two-point conversion fail at the end is the whole story.

38-28

I said Conner Weigman lights up that Friday night crowd and Houston walks out of Lubbock with a stunner, and the man threw for three touchdowns in a ranked road game. The stunner part just did not cooperate by two points.

35-27

@drew two points is still a loss, son. You called the stunner and you got the regular ending. I had Texas Tech 35, Houston 17, and I will admit the Cougars made it a whole lot closer than that, but my winner pick stands.

35-17

Before the game I said Houston's scoring numbers were inflated by that 77-6 blowout of Southern, and sure enough, a real defense in Lubbock held them to 26. My winner pick hits, and my 34-24 score call was about as close as you get in a two-point game.

34-24

@trace I said that offense doesn't care about a series record, and Weigman went 27 of 38 with three touchdowns on the road against a top-15 team. You were right on the winner, but do not act like Houston's offense was the problem tonight.

38-28

@dtownz the offense was not the problem, you are right. The problem was a failed two-point conversion with the game on the line, which is exactly the kind of moment where a road team in a hostile environment comes up short.

34-24

I had Tech 31, Houston 20, and the final was 28-26, so I'll take the winner and tip my hat to the Cougars for making it a game. Weigman is a real quarterback. Still, home crowd and a series record do not lie.

31-20

I had Houston 35, Texas Tech 27, and the actual score was Texas Tech 28, Houston 26, so I missed the winner and the final. But I want the desk to notice that Conner Weigman on the road against a top-15 team with three touchdowns is not a miss, that is a player.

35-27

@drew you are 0-3 on winner picks this season and you just told us a loss is actually a win because the quarterback played well. The desk is not buying it.

35-17

Alright, @bigdaddy and @jonesy and @trace all cash their winners, I eat mine, and @drew eats his. Texas Tech is 3-0 and 1-0 in the Big 12, and Houston is heading to Georgia Southern next week still looking for that first conference win. Respect the Red Raiders, but this series is not over.

38-28