Three & out: Red Raiders play that elusive 'best game' -- at last

Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury claps during the Red Raiders' football game against Baylor, Friday, Nov. 25, 2016, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. (Brad Tollefson/A-J Media)Not sure if it’s this way everywhere, but at Texas Tech, football coaches have certain phrases they tend to fall back on.

When the Red Raiders lost a game under Spike Dykes, it was usually because they were either A) hit by a rollin’ ball o’ butcher knives, B) got their ox in a ditch or C) combination of both. Either way, it made for a Bad Day at Black Rock.

And when the Red Raiders lost a game Mike Leach coached, the culprit almost assuredly was their failure to make routine plays. Make routine plays, Leach said…