This is the piece I never wanted to write. But for the past two seasons, it is also the piece I’ve known I’d eventually be forced to write. That’s because it is time for the Texas Tech football program to finally put an end to the Kliff Kingsbury experiment.
Of course, this is not a knee-jerk reaction to yesterday’s 21-6 wetting of the bed in Manhattan, Kansas. One game should not determine the outcome of a decision of this magnitude.
Rather, the six-year pilot program that put the fate of a multi-million dollar Big 12 program in the hands of a 33-year-old alum with only five years coaching experience, has not revolutionized the college football world as we all had hoped in December of 2012.