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- Pick/market: There’s a little nervousness around Lubbock tonight, and honestly, it’s understandable.

- Cover 3 says Thomas Castellanos' package of offensive plays at Texas Tech is expanding beyond the gadget-player role the hosts initially expected. The discussion identifies a growing role but provides no snap count or confirmed change to the starting lineup. - The hosts speculate that Castellanos could challenge for Texas Tech's starting quarterback job. Treat that as an analyst's depth-chart watch, not a coach-announced quarterback switch or a verified plan for Brendan Sorsby's availability.

- Cover 3 questions Texas Tech's ability to create pressure with three- and four-man rushes after its early games. The hosts contrast that with last season's disruptive defensive line and attribute some of the decline to reduced front-line talent; this is their evaluation, not a reported lineup change. - A host cites Texas Tech's blitz usage falling from 29% last season to 9% in the early sample. Oregon State's passing success raised doubts about whether dropping extra defenders into coverage was compensating for the weaker rush. - One host expects Texas Tech to blitz more against Houston to disrupt its offensive rhythm. That is a forecast of an adjustment, not a confirmed staff plan; whether the front can generate pressure remains the central matchup question.

- Pick/market: 20-17 Tech Our offense remains bad but our defense steps it up a notch and gets the stop they need at the end (interception by John Curry to seal the deal).

- Pick/market: 34-24 win, Tech forces a late turnover and dagger TD to pull away.

- Pick/market: Texas Tech goes three-and-out coming out of half and Oregon State goes 76 yards in 6 plays and scores to cut it to 14-13.

- Pick/market: With all the criticism the team has gotten from everyone on the board(including myself), I'm taking a step back and trying to identify positives.

- Pick/market: I don't see anything recently, nor historically, from these coaches, that they will be able to coach away our problems with QB, OL and running game.

- Pick/market: A complete coming out party for both teams.

- Pick/market: If the football program still list Raider Reds.

- Pick/market: A portion but no one talking about it knows exactly how much.

- Pick/market: We won't get caught by a trailing DE if we don't run plays that are too slow to develop when the D knows the QB running is close to 0%.

- Pick/market: Until we have an OC that is promoting his QB to let it fly, and the ability to check into a pass play, it will appear excruciatingly contrived.