Texas Tech bounced back in a huge way on Saturday following consecutive weeks of disappointment in losses to Texas Christian and Baylor. The 66-31 victory against the Iowa State Cyclones was just what Texas Tech seemed to need after the offense struggled to keep pace with Baylor a week ago. Similarly, the defense bounced back to put in a fairly good performance; at least by the standards set so far this season. Overall, the defense did enough to allow Mahomes and company the chance of pulling away from the Cyclones by the second quarter.
There was some concern regarding just how effective the Red Raider offense would be with three of its four starting receivers out with injury.