Texas Tech Decides to Win The Alamo Bowl 41-31

(San Antonio,Tx) – It was Fourth and 5 from the Michigan St. 30, Texas Tech with the ball up 3 with 4 minutes to go. Punt? Kick a Field Goal? Field Goal would put you by six and hope Michigan St. dooesn’t score a Touchdown?  That’s not what  Texas Tech Interim Head Coach Ruffin McNeill was thinking  when he decided go for it. TT QB Steven Sheffield hit his WR Alexander Torres on a slant for 6. First Down!  This time from the Michigan St. 18, 4th Down and 4.  Go for a Field Goal? Go up by six and hope Michigan St. doesn’t comeback and pin a 6 on you? That’s not what McNeill was thinking when he said go for it. TT QB Sheffield hit Detron Lewis on quick out for 5. First Down! Those two  gut decisions by McNeill allowed for RB Baron Batch on the next play  from the 13 to scamp right up the middle on a quick give from Sheffield to score a Touchdown to go up by 10 with under a minute to go and give Texas Tech an Alamo Bowl Victory. Ruffin McNeill although a defensive coach there for years looked like a seasoned head coach, just as well may have played his way in for a 2010 Texas Tech Head Coaching job! The good thing about those decisions was fantastic for wagerers who gave the +8 to Michigan St. a nice sigh of relief when Baron Batch deked his way into the endzone.