Texas Tech Red Raiders Football Seasons - 2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders Football Team, Texas Tech Red Raiders Football Teams (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: 2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Texas Tech Red Raiders football teams, 2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, 2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Texas Tech Red Raiders football under Mike Leach, 2009 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, List of Texas Tech Red Raiders football seasons, Texas Tech Red Raiders football under Spike Dykes, 2006 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Texas Tech Red Raiders football under Jerry Moore, 1993 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, 1995 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, 1999 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team. Excerpt: The 2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University in the college football season of 2008/09. The team was coached by Mike Leach. The Red Raiders played their home games at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas. The football team competed in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), formerly I-A. With an 11-1 record in the regular season, the Red Raiders finished in a three-way tie with the Oklahoma Sooners and Texas Longhorns atop the Big 12 South. In order to break the tie, BCS standings were used to determine who would face Missouri in the conference championship game. The Sooners, ranked #2 in the BCS polls at the time, were chosen to represent the South Division in the game. Sports Illustrated's Stewart Mandel has Tech ranked at #10 in his preseason poll and later #8 in his college football power rankings. The team is also ranked #10 in the preseason by Fox Sports. ESPN.com writer Mark Schlabach ranked the Red Raiders #12 in his preseason poll and later #11 and #8 in revised editions of his preseason polls. In a March 26, 2008 article, Yahoo Sports writer Olin Buchanan declared that Tech could challenge Oklahoma and Texas for supremacy in the Big 12 South in 2008. As plusses, he cited a strong q...