- ABC News
- December 15, 2014
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LUBBOCK, Texas -- The turnaround for Texas Tech started a year ago. After a 70-10 blowout win over Nebraska and a bye week to let their heads swell, the Red Raiders came into last year's game in Lubbock supremely confident about beating Texas. "Everybody was patting us on the back, telling us how good we were," Tech linebacker Fletcher Session said. "We weren't really focusing on Texas." It was understandable. The besieged Longhorns arrived on the High Plains looking vulnerable after two struggling performances. After losing to Oklahoma, quarterback Vince Young had been knocked out of the game in a narrow home victory over Missouri. With the largest crowd in the history of Jones SBC Stadium in attendance, the Longhorns humiliated the Red Raiders in their own backyard. The Longhorns gashed Tech for 351 rushing yards in a decisive 51-21 beatdown. "That loss humbled us," Session said. "Especially because it happened at home, it hurt -- a lot. It started some growing...