Nate Night Thoughts: Five years later Texas Tech is right where it began

In 2013 Kliff Kingsbury inherited a team that had low expectations and a 3-man QB competition between Davis Webb, Michael Brewer, and Baker Mayfield. This year Kliff also has a 3-man QB battle and it’s starting to look like True Freshman Alan Bowman is a serious threat to win the starting job. When was the last time Tech started a True Freshman at QB for the season opener? You guessed it, 2013 when Baker Mayfield took the field against the SMU Mustangs. Is all of this starting to sound familiar?

Defensively, the 2013 team did struggle against stiff competition, but the key to the 7-0 start for the 2013 Red Raiders was the play of the defense through that stretch. Through the first 7 games of…