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Remembering 2008: Ten years ago, Texas Tech took on Kaepernick; Nevada

Long before he became the most divisive figure in sports; back when the only knee he took was to run out the clock and no one cared what he did during the National Anthem, Colin Kaepernick was one of the nation’s most dangerous quarterbacks who, in week-two of the 2008 had sights on upsetting the No. 13 Texas Tech Red Raiders in Reno.

Tech entered the game after a 49-24 week-one win over Eastern Washington that was far from being as dominate as many expected. So a road trip to take on a Wolfpack team that was one of the top non-BCS teams in the country had the Red Raider faithful on edge.