Wildcats Still Waiting For First Bowl Win Since '49; Setback Sets Pace For Awful Saturday For Big Ten

At Dallas:

Taylor Potts threw for four touchdowns and scored an additional TD thanks to a trick play as Texas Tech (8-5) withstood a Northwestern (7-6) rally to win the inaugural edition of the TicketCity bowl 45-38 on Saturday.  The Wildcats, who still have not won a bowl game since the 1949 Rose Bowl, have lost their last eight bowl games.  The Red Raiders also got help from Eric Stephens, who ran 86 yards for a touchdown.

Red Raiders Overtake Spartans In San Antonio

At San Antonio, Texas:

In a battle of teams that underwent all sorts of recent turmoil, Texas Tech (9-4), with Ruffin McNeill as interim head coach, replacing the fired Mike Leach, defeatedMichigan State (6-7) , minus 14 players suspended in the aftermath of a November dormitory brawl, by the score of 41-31 in Saturday's Valero Alamo Bowl. Backup quarterback Steven Sheffield (replacing an injured Taylor Potts---who had thrown for an Alamo Bowl-record 372 yards and two touchdowns) marched the Red Raiders downfield in eight plays, culminating in the game-winning 11-yard touchdown pass to Detron Lewis in the fourth quarter.

Tech Cans Embattled Football Coach

BREAKING NEWS: Texas Tech has given head football coach Mike Leach the boot.