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Expert picks for Texas Tech vs. Oregon State in Week 2 matchup - Red Raiders Wire
Texas Tech takes its Week 2 matchup against Oregon State on the road for the first time ever, heading to Reser Stadium after beating the Beavers twice in Lubbock. The Red Raiders opened the season with a win over Abilene Christian and carry that momentum into a series that has only happened twice before.
The Red Raiders opened the season with a win over Abilene Christian and carry that momentum into a series that has only happened twice before. Texas Tech won both previous meetings, a 45-14 blowout last September 13 and a tighter 15-14 finish back in September 1959. Both of those wins came at home.
Texas Tech sits at No. 13 in the US LBM Coaches Poll, and Oregon State struggled through a rough season last year. On paper, that gap should make the Red Raiders heavy favorites heading into Saturday.
For fans around Lubbock, this is the first real road test of the year. Every prior chapter of this series played out in front of the home crowd. A ranked team facing a struggling program away from home carries its own kind of pressure, even when the numbers favor the visitors.
Saturday changes that streak no matter what the scoreboard says.
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