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Texas Tech boasts ground attack to make Air Raid offense really hum

MAY 14, 2015 1:56p ET

MAY 14, 2015 1:56p ET

Texas Tech football, at least during the Air Raid era that started with Mike Leach in 1999 and continues today with Kliff Kingsbury, doesn't exactly conjure up visions of tailbacks running wild.

Fact is the Red Raiders enter the 2015 season with one of the deepest, most talented tailback corps in the state of Texas. In a recent ranking of the state's running back units, the Dallas Morning News slotted Tech third behind Baylor and TCU, and there's an argument to be made that Tech could easily occupy either of the first two spots.