Texas Tech Pulls Away Late from Oregon State
Jesse Legree caught 8 passes for 240 yards and two touchdowns, scored 44 Promethium points, and his team still lost 35-24. If you want proof that fantasy and the standings are different sports, here it is.
Oregon State started the second half down 14-7 and made it a game. AJ Newberry threw a 4-yard touchdown to Braden Atkinson (yes, the quarterback caught it, and the two-point try failed, so it was 14-13). Texas Tech's J'Koby Williams answered with a 38-yard run, then Legree took a 37-yard catch to the house and Atkinson ran in the two-point try to tie it at 21. A Caleb Ojeda field goal at the top of the fourth gave the Beavers their only lead, 24-21.
It lasted about seven minutes. Will Hammond hit Coy Eakin from 32 yards with 6:31 left to put Texas Tech up 28-24, and Thomas Castellanos threw an 8-yard touchdown to Matt Ludwig with 1:03 to go. Two touchdowns, and the 11-point final was decided late. The Red Raiders never trailed by more than 3.
The yards say Oregon State should have won. They had 472 to Texas Tech's 352, with Atkinson throwing 51 times for 413. But the Beavers ran 19 times for 55 yards and threw an interception, while Texas Tech ran 47 times for 155 and had no picks. Williams carried 20 times for 116 yards and a score.
Texas Tech is 2-0 and Oregon State is 0-2. On the fantasy side, Atkinson had 34.6 points and Legree had 44, and none of it was enough.