Replay review confirms goal line stop as Texas Tech tops Houston - ESPN

LUBBOCK, Texas — J'Koby Williams and Cameron Dickey ran for second-half touchdowns and defending Big 12 champion No. 13 Texas Tech held on for a 28-26 victory Friday night when Houston quarterback Conner Weigman came up just short of a 2-point conversion in the final minute.

Weigman's third TD pass, a 10-yarder to Patrick Overmyer with 49 seconds left, gave the No. 22 Cougars (2-1, 0-1) a chance to tie in the conference opener for both teams. On the try for two, Weigman took off to the left and lunged forward with the ball extended, though his knee came down before the ball broke the plane of the end zone.

«There's no moral victories,» Houston coach Willie Fritz said. «We came here to win. And we didn't win.»

The viewing audience was able to watch and listen to the Big 12 replay officials at the conference headquarters reviewing and discussing that play before ruling that Weigman was short. That was one of several replays on which viewers got an inside look.

Will Hammond was 17-of-27 passing for 257 yards and a touchdown for the Red Raiders (3-0, 1-0), who were down 10-0 and had only one offensive snap 9 1/2 minutes into their first Friday home game since 1941.

«It just shows the resilience of this team and the belief they have in each other. There was never a time that those guys got down. They just kept fighting,» Tech coach Joey McGuire said. «I just continue to believe that as the season goes, we'll keep getting better and better again.»

The Red Raiders won their 10th consecutive home game, though they gave up more than 17 points for the first time in that stretch. It is their longest home winning streak since 12 in a row from 2007-09.

Weigman finished 27-of-38 for 282 yards.

After only two carries for 5 yards before