Tahj Brooks Leads Texas Tech to 52-15 Rout of West Virginia in Final Home Game
Tahj Brooks carried for a season-high 188 yards and three scores in his final home game as a Red Raider as Texas Tech dominated West Virginia 52-15 at Jones AT&T Stadium on Saturday.
Brooks leaves as Tech's all-time leading rusher and put on a clinic against the Mountaineers before leaving the game late in the fourth quarter to the cheers of fans and teammates.
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In the process, Texas Tech's Big 12 Championship hopes are still alive - however slim - as the program wins eight games in the regular season for the first time since 2009.
Mountaineers quarterback Garrett Greene lost a fumble and threw an interception in the loss, as coach Neal Brown's seat gets hotter in Morgantown after a 6-6 regular season.
The Red Raiders led 35-3 at the half as Behren Morton threw for 359 yards and two touchdowns as Caleb Douglas had a touchdown and Josh Kelly posted 150 yards through the air.
Tech coach Joey McGuire posts his third winning season in as many years in Lubbock and can post nine wins on the year with a bowl game victory. It would be just the 14th time in program history the team reached that total.
It's just the fifth time in program history the Red Raiders have posted six conference wins.
Brooks ran for at least 100 yards in every game he started this year, and his 11 games of 100 or more yards broke Byron Hanspard and Bam Morris' record of 10. Two weeks ago, Brooks broke Hanspard's school record of 4,219 career yards.
West Virginia's perfect Big 12 road record came to an end in disappointing fashion on Saturday as they entered the game 3-0 in league road matchups. They allowed 29 second-quarter points to the Red Raiders on Saturday.
Up next for the Red Raiders is an outside chance at a Big 12 Championship appearance. Both teams are bowl-eligible this year.
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