‘Got a little aggressive there’: Mack Leftwich takes responsibility for Texas Tech’s red-zone struggles

Texas Tech piled up 471 yards of total offense against ACU but kept stalling out once it reached scoring range, leaving points on the field in a game the Red Raiders still won comfortably. Leftwich met with reporters to break down what went wrong, along with updates on Will Hammond's first start back from injury and the running game. Fans who packed Jones AT&T Stadium saw plenty of movement between the 20s.

Leftwich also touched on a bigger role for Thomas Castellanos and what Tech's coaches noticed scouting Oregon State's defense ahead of the trip out west. Cleaning up red-zone execution matters more once conference-caliber defenses show up on the schedule. But a win is a win, and 471 yards for 33 points is the kind of math that gets corrected in film sessions all week.

Oregon State will be Tech's first true road test of the year. The question now is whether a coordinator who admits he pushed too hard can dial it back without losing the aggression that got his offense downfield in the first place.