Texas Tech once again finds itself battling the yearly perception that nothing much will mount up in the South Plains and yet Tech will, again, find itself in a bowl game for the tenth straight year. It seems every year the pundits talk about how Oklahoma and Texas will compete for the South title while the four other teams battle for third and this year marks no exception.

What gets lost in the national media is how strong the South has become, specifically how teams like Tech are able to compete against the on the field juggernauts that is OU and UT, and the off the field competition of recruiting of trying to compete and take away prospects from the two Tier One schools in Texas.

National media members woul...

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