Since joining the Big 12 in 2012, the Mountaineers have beaten Oklahoma only once — 23-20 in Morgantown last November on a field goal as time expired. The Sooners are coming off back-to-back road losses that pretty much ended any hope of making the four-team College Football Playoff in their final Big 12 season before moving to the Southeastern Conference.
Joey McGuire did what just about every Texas Tech coach has done when playing Kansas over the years: He won. In his first season with the Red Raiders, they won 43-28, their third straight victory in the lopsided series and the 14th in their last 15 meetings. McGuire knew then Kansas was rapidly improving.