After going to Lubbock the Cyclones learned it doesn't just burn when they pee, but also when they take the field.
On Saturday I noted in our GameThread that this might be the most important game of Paul Rhoads' career. A winnable road contest against a team who had just went through the meat grinder of TCU and Baylor (not to mention a non-conference date with Arkansas). The matchup included two teams who had played the previous three contests to within at least 11 points of each other.
Yet it was apparent from the first few snaps of the ball that Iowa State was there to hold on for dear life and let Texas Tech decide if the wheels were going to fall off.