Romaine's first pick came after fellow linebacker Brock Golwas batted a pass from Bearkats backup quarterback Brett Holloway into the air. Romaine grabbed the deflection and ran it in from 15 yards out. On Sam Houston's very next offensive drive, with Landyn Locke now at quarterback, Romaine jumped a route in front of a wide receiver and took that one back 31 yards for another score.
Two takeaways, two touchdowns, in the span of one series change. Texas Tech Athletics confirmed the feat hasn't happened for the program since 2013, which puts Romaine's afternoon in rare company for a defense that turned a rough patch for Sam Houston's offense into six quick points the other way.
For Texas Tech fans, it's the kind of sequence that turns a linebacker into a trivia answer for years. The same Red Raider ran back interceptions thrown by two different Sam Houston quarterbacks on consecutive snaps, a stretch of football that swung momentum without the offense doing anything at all.
Sam Houston ran two plays. Both ended in the Texas Tech end zone, and neither one was on offense.