Plenty of big-picture goals got less realistic for Texas Tech with its most recent loss at Iowa State.
Because of the schedule, the Red Raiders can make that result seem as remote as the Ice Age in the next two weeks.
CFP No. 7 Oklahoma visits Saturday followed by No. 17 Texas on Nov. 10. A win -- or two -- and Tech (5-3, 3-2 Big 12) can put itself back into the middle of the Big 12 championship game discussion, depending on what else were to happen.
History says, yes, there's a chance.
Tech has played Oklahoma and Texas in back-to-back games in 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2007 and 2014.