Texas Tech @ Baylor preview

Last Meeting ( Nov 25, 2016 ) Baylor 35, Texas Tech 54

Texas Tech and Baylor will likely light up the scoreboard Saturday afternoon at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. The Texas Farm Bureau Shootout has lived up to its name as Texas Tech and Baylor are averaging a combined 95.1 points in the neutral-site game in the past seven seasons.

The Red Raiders can help continue to that streak, ranked fifth nationally in passing offense and 17th in scoring despite a four-game losing streak. Nic Shimonek joins three other Big 12 quarterbacks in the nation's top five for passing yards while Keke Coutee has five touchdown receptions of 40 yards or more. The Bears, who snapped an eight-game losing streak by beating Kansas last week, enter the weekend with the 121st ranked defense, allowing 479.4 yards. Freshman quarterback Charlie Brewer will likely start his second game, but coach Matt Rhule is monitoring sophomore Zach Smith's recovery from a shoulder injury.

TV: Noon ET, Fox Sports Network. LINE: Texas Tech -7

ABOUT TEXAS TECH (4-5, 1-5 Big 12): Shimonek (3,068 yards, 26 touchdowns, seven interceptions) has thrown four touchdowns in back-to-back games after being held without a scoring pass in the loss to Iowa State. Coutee (69 catches, 1,026 yards, nine touchdowns) and Dylan Cantrell have combined for 15 touchdown catches. Justin Stockton leads the Red Raiders with 525 rushing yards, but Tre King (504 yards, three touchdowns) has headlined with 184 rushing yards in the past two weeks while Desmond Nisby has a team-high seven rushing touchdowns.

ABOUT BAYLOR (1-8, 1-5): Brewer (646 yards, five touchdowns, one interception) threw for 315 yards and three scores against Kansas after Smith (1,458 yards, eight touchdowns, seven interceptions) started the previous six games. Denzel Mims, who is expected to play Saturday after being helped off the field in the third quarter of the Kansas win, leads Baylor with 43 catches for 849 yards and seven touchdowns. Senior Taylor Young (51 tackles, three sacks) recorded 10 tackles and three tackles for loss last week after moving from outside linebacker to middle linebacker.

EXTRA POINTS

1. Texas Tech has missed at least one kick in each of its losses during its four-game skid, a total of five field goals and two extra points by four different kickers.

2. Mims has four 100-yard performances in his past six games and has four touchdowns catches of 40 or more yards.

3. The Red Raiders have tallied at least 600 yards of total offense in each of their past three meetings with Baylor.

PREDICTION: Texas Tech 45, Baylor 38