Red Raiders' Joey McGuire 'Shocked' by Loss vs. Washington State Cougars

The Texas Tech Red Raiders were dominated at the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball in Saturday night's 37-16 loss to Washington State in Pullman, Washington.

A game that - from a gambling standpoint - was a "pick em" game, meaning both teams should've been evenly matched, turned into a rout early due to sloppy play from the good guys from Lubbock.

McGuire's road woes have continued since he arrived at Texas Tech as he's now just 3-9 in true road games.

"I don't have a lot to say, McGuire said after the game. "Man, I didn't do a good enough job to win the game. And there's a lot of stuff that's going on between the penalties, uh, frustrating. 10 of 80 for penalties, one of five for fourth down, four turnovers. And, you know, that's on me, and I've got to get it fixed. It's very frustrating right now."

McGuire even had a hard time twisting anything about the game into a positive.

"It's kind of a double-edged sword. I mean, I thought that we played better in the secondary, but then we also gave up 212 yards rushing to a quarterback, you know. So it's kind of back and forth with that, but you said it. I mean, we come out. We're trying to be aggressive. We take the football and we can't field the kick, you know, and so they get the ball right there. So you lose the possession like we had two turnovers that were on their side of the field. You know, I know there were two big penalties to where we're on their side of the field, same as last week.

"You know, we get penalties when we're driving in, and it's frustrating. We're our own worst enemy right now, and you don't have a chance to even win a game whenever you're doing the things that we're doing, playing the way we're playing."

McGuire brought in a ton of transfers that were supposed to improve the team this season. But so far, they've just brought disappointment for McGuire.

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"The discouraging one is tonight because we lost. I mean, if we came out and we won by one point, I would say that we every game you got to learn from and you're not going to play a perfect game. But, you know, I would be happy. I'm really discouraged right now because for two games, we have been our own worst enemy. We can't get out of our own way. And when I say we, it starts with me, you know, going back and taking a really hard look at what we're doing on both sides of the ball and on special teams. And, you know, some of the in-game decisions that you've got to be better at."

McGuire and the Red Raiders now prepare for the University of North Texas Mean Green at Jones AT&T Stadium on Saturday.