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Texas Tech football: Why the Red Raiders were able to beat West Virginia

The old sports axiom tells us that winning cures all. But while beating a 3-win West Virginia team certainly doesn’t cure everything that is plaguing the Texas Tech football program, Saturday’s 38-17 win certainly was a small step in the right direction.

There are still miles and miles to go in the rebuild of Red Raider football. When a win over a team as bad as West Virginia makes us feel like our team has brought home a trophy, it speaks volumes about where you are as a program.

But on a micro-level, this win was one of the best of the year for the 2019 Red Raiders.