Texas Tech, Houston Set For Ranked Big 12 Showdown In Lubbock - Yahoo Sports

Joey McGuire's Red Raiders come home off a 35-24 road win at Oregon State, a game they trailed 24-21 in the fourth quarter before Will Hammond found Coy Eakin for a 32-yard touchdown. J'Koby Williams ran for 116 yards and a score in that same game, giving Tech's offense the push it needed when things got tight in Corvallis. Houston arrives having gone the opposite route, blowing out Southern 77-6 heading into its first real test of the year.

This is the first true measuring stick of conference play for Tech, and the matchup carries extra weight because both programs walked in unbeaten. A nationally televised game in Lubbock this early in the season means eyes across the Big 12 land on Jones AT&T Stadium, not just local ones.

For people here, it is the first chance to see whether Tech's offense can handle real conference pressure the way it handled Oregon State's fourth quarter push. Houston's margin of victory says nothing yet about how it handles a ranked road environment, and Friday will answer that fast.

One team leaves Lubbock still unbeaten. The other finds out just how big a gap exists between beating Southern by 71 and beating Texas Tech at home.