Texas Tech was penalized more than twice as much as Iowa State, but the majority of those costly calls were warranted.
This loss doesn’t fall on the #Big12Refs, like we love to make fun of on social media. Many of the Texas Tech penalties were just mental mistakes. Even the targeting call on Jordyn Brooks was accurate, though it didn’t seem like a vicious hit.
There were two freshman quarterbacks on the field this afternoon, but only one revealed his inexperience. Alan Bowman threw three interceptions and caused a safety when he was appropriately penalized for intentional grounding in the fourth quarter.