MANHATTAN, Kan. - For most of its road games, Texas Tech traveled with a 2-by-4 wooden plank that symbolized how the Red Raiders wanted to attack road games.
Metaphorically speaking, Chris Beard would offer the players something if they walked across the plank while it was on the ground, something that was a sure thing to do as every player would volunteer to walk across it.
But raise that plank high in the air and the Red Raider volunteer line would dwindle because the mentality about the same physical task changes.
Justin Gray couldn’t put his finger on it, but there was just something about road games that lacked consistency as Texas Tech finished 0-9 on the road in Big 12 games with a 61-48 loss at Kansas State Saturday afternoon in Bramlage Coliseum.