Before the 1,279 passing yards, before the 14 touchdowns, before the 125 combined points, Baker Mayfield and Patrick Mahomes sat in a Lubbock, Texas apartment, playing video games and hanging out with other Texas Tech quarterbacks and wide receivers.
It was October 12th, 2013 — three years before Mayfield and Mahomes would light the college football world on fire in the 2016 game between Oklahoma and Texas Tech. Back then, Mayfield was a freshman walk-on with the Red Raiders and Mahomes, a high school senior, was still weighing his options for college.
That evening, Mahomes was a visitor in Lubbock, hosted by Mayfield and fellow Texas Tech quarterback Davis Webb.