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				<title><![CDATA[Harrell leads offensive outburst as Texas Tech rolls]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[LUBBOCK, Texas (Ticker) -- The combination of Graham Harrell and
Michael Crabtree was far too much for Southern Methodist to 
handle.

Harrell tossed three of his five touchdown passes to Crabtree as
12th-ranked Texas Tech extended its winning streak over SMU to 
13 games Saturday with a 43-7 triumph.

Unbeaten against the Mustangs since 1986, the Red Raiders had 
little trouble continuing the trend in this one.  Less than a 
minute after Baron Batch gave Texas Tech (3-0) a 10-0 lead with 
a 43-yard touchdown run 8:24 into the game, Harrell began his 
aerial attack with a 23-yard scoring pass to Crabtree.

The pair hooked up for a 47-yard TD at 6:09 of the second 
quarter, completing a six-play, 98-yard drive that took just 
over two minutes off the clock.  They connected for a 50-yard 
score 1 1/2 minutes into the third for a 29-0 bulge.

Crabtree, who turns 21 on Sunday, finished with eight catches 
for 164 yards.  It was the 13th time in his career the sophomore
surpassed the 100-yard mark.

"He's a big-time player," SMU coach June Jones said.  "He's 
going to get that on a lot of people."

Harrell, who added scoring tosses to Edward Britton and Detron 
Lewis, completed 31-of-48 passes for 418 yards.  The senior led 
the NCAA with 5,705 passing yards last season.

The five TD passes gave Harrell 97 for his career, surpassing 
Kliff Kingsbury (95) for the school record.

Taylor Potts came on and went 6-of-7 for 95 yards as Texas Tech 
racked up 698 yards of total offense.

Batch gained 98 yards on 10 carries and Shannon Woods - who 
scored two touchdowns in each of his first two games - had 13 
rushes for 86 yards for the Red Raiders, who improved to 28-5 at
home since the start of the 2003 season.

"It's great to get out there and get tired in a game and know 
how it feels to almost cramp up," Batch said.  "I had a blast.  
It was a lot of fun. ... I'm just seeing things a bit better and
feel like the game is slowing down for me."

Texas Tech finished with 180 yards rushing, its most since 
gaining 175 against Baylor in 2006.

"We can always run," Batch said.  "We have playmakers in every 
position."

SMU (1-2) avoided a shutout when Logan Turner found Aldrick 
Robinson from seven yards out with 4:29 remaining in the 
contest.  Turner relieved Bo Levi Mitchell, who was a dismal 
13-of-24 for 155 yards with five interceptions.

"He's just got to play within the scheme of things," Jones said 
of Mitchell.  "He hasn't thrown the ball.  In his high school, 
he hasn't been a real passing quarterback.  You scramble around 
and you've got to be able to run the ball and not pass back into
the middle of the field. ... He's an 18-year-old kid trying to 
make things happen, and he's just got to learn to play within 
himself."

Mitchell attributed his problems to not being entirely familiar 
with the offense.

"I won't be done learning until the end of the year," he said.  
"I'm glad I've picked up what I've picked up so far.  I got to 
play my heart out every single game and really just do what the 
coaches tell me to do.  The thing is, you can only learn so much
in practice.  It's all about game-time decisions and getting out
there and playing the games and going against a defense with 
another color."

"Bo is going to be a great quarterback," Mustangs wide receiver 
Emmanuel Sanders said.  "It's a process.  Champions aren't made 
overnight. ... It's just growing pains, for all of us.  It's not
just Bo Levi Mitchell, it's this whole team."

Three of Mitchell's interceptions were recorded by Daniel 
Charbonnet, who set a school record.  The strong safety notched 
the Red Raiders' first multi-pick game since Brock Stratton 
notched a pair in 2006 against Iowa State.

"A lot of games, you go to the right place and they never throw 
your way, but it felt good," Charbonnet said.  "Everyone was 
going to the right place, and I just happened to get lucky and 
they threw it my way.  It's just a blessing."

"Daniel Charbonnet did some great things," Texas Tech coach Mike
Leach said.  "He is a very versatile player."

Sanders hauled in eight passes for 125 yards for the Mustangs, 
notching his seventh career 100-yard game and fourth in a row.

Donnie Carona opened the scoring for Texas Tech with a 35-yard 
field goal just 2 1/2 minutes into the game.  It was the 
freshman's first field goal in four attempts this season.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:47:44 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Texas Tech hosts SMU in what could be high-scoring affair]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[SMU (1-1) at No. 12 Texas Tech (2-0), 7:00 pm EDT

LUBBOCK, Texas (Ticker) -- Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell
had his way against Southern Methodist last season.

It could be more of the same Saturday, when the 12-ranked Red 
Raiders seek their 13th consecutive victory over the Mustangs, a
winning streak that dates to 1989.

In last year's 49-9 win over SMU, Harrell completed 44-of-59 
passes for 419 yards and four touchdowns.  The 44 completions 
were a career high for Harrell, who then surpassed that mark 
four times.

Texas Tech's high-powered offense struggled at times in last 
week's 35-19 win at Nevada, and coach Mike Leach admitted he 
took too many chances in the game.  The Red Raiders went for it 
on 4th-and-1 from their 30 on their first possession and failed.

"I thought I gambled stupid," Leach said.  "I thought it was 
just dumb.  Being in Reno, I guess I got the bug.  I was stuck 
in a hotel where you don't have any clocks and they were pumping
oxygen in there.  I thought it was my lucky day, we won the 
game."

Harrell, who passed for an NCAA-best 5,705 yards last season, 
was far from his best.  He threw two interceptions and completed
only 19-of-46 passes for 297 yards.

Two completions to Michael Crabtree, including an 82-yard 
touchdown, accounted for 132 yards.  Harrell completed a 
career-low 10 passes in the first half.

However, Texas Tech's beleaguered defense, which is ranked 95th 
in the Football Bowl Subdivision, surrendered only three field 
goals on Nevada's five trips inside the red zone.

SMU (1-1) recorded the first win of the June Jones era last week
with a 47-36 victory over Texas State.

Bo Levi Mitchell threw five touchdown passes as the Mustangs 
snapped an 11-game losing streak, which had been tied for the 
longest in the country.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:02:53 GMT</pubDate>
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