Red Raiders savor streak-busting victory in Austin

Get your A-J Media Digital Subscription now!AUSTIN – Texas Tech gave up 276 rushing yards and four touchdowns to a third-choice running back, not to mention blowing a 14-point lead from the first half and a 10-point lead in the fourth quarter.

Winning cures a lot of ills, though.

That’s why, after Tech beat Texas in Austin for the first time in 18 years Thursday night, the thumping music and noise from the Red Raiders’ locker room next door was bleeding into Kliff Kingsbury’s post-game press conference.

“We tried not to play it up too big,” the Tech coach said after his team’s 48-45 Thanksgiving night win on national television. “We knew it’d be a tough challenge on senior night with a very…