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Humbling 2004 loss sparked change for Red Raiders

By Tim Griffin
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, October 19, 2005

LUBBOCK, Texas -- The turnaround for Texas Tech started a year ago. After a 70-10 blowout win over Nebraska and a bye week to let their heads swell, the Red Raiders came into last year's game in Lubbock supremely confident about beating Texas. "Everybody was patting us on the back, telling us how good we were," Tech linebacker Fletcher Session said. "We weren't really focusing on Texas." It was understandable. The besieged Longhorns arrived on the High Plains looking vulnerable after two ...

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