Kliff Kingsbury apologizes for Texas Tech’s loss to West Virginia
By Mike Dyce
Texas Tech head coach Kliff Kingsbury was compelled to apologize to fans and alumni for his team’s performance against West Virginia.
West Virginia came into Lubbock and dropped the lumber on the Texas Tech Red Raiders. No. 20 West Virginia comfortably won the game 48-17 to remain undefeated and en route to a potential Big 12 title and maybe even a College Football Playoff berth.
But with victory also comes the agony of defeat, and the Texas Tech football team was feeling it. Head coach Kliff Kingsbury was so embarrassed by his team’s loss that he felt compelled to apologize to fans, alumni and the student body.
Kingsbury to me just now, "that's as bad as I've ever seen Texas Tech play, I'd like to apologize to the fans, student body and alumni."
— Chris Level (@ChrisLevel) October 15, 2016
Now this isn’t the first time we’ve seen a public apology of this nature in college football. Tim Tebow issued a heartfelt apology when he was the quarterback of the Florida Gators before helping them turn around the season and winning the national championship.
At 3-3, no one is expecting Kingsbury’s apology to help the Red Raiders turn around their season and win a national championship, let alone the conference. But it is a step in the right direction when it comes to comforting a hurting fan base, and a great show of respect.
The Mountaineers put up 650 yards of total offense against the Red Raiders, including a whopping 332 yards rushing. WVU quarterback Skyler Howard rushed for 89 yards.
By comparison, Texas Tech rushed for 34 yards as an entire team. Four West Virginia players had more yards rushing than the entire Texas Tech team.