Aggies end three-game slide with win at Tech
By: Brad Cox
Issue date: 10/23/09 Section: Sports
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The Aggie players jumped around and yelled as the clock ticked to 0:00 at Jones Stadium, ending No. 21 Texas Tech's 16-year home win-streak against A&M with a 52-30 Aggie victory.
"In the beginning, walking by the fans yelling at you and telling whatever they have to say-," said senior defensive lineman Matt Moss. "It was really great having it be super quiet at the end and having everybody leaving with a couple minutes left in the game."
Moss was one of the most versatile defensive players for A&M, recording a sack, a pass breakup and recovering a fumble near the end of the game to put the Aggies in control.
After exchanging congratulations with Red Raider football players at midfield, the team rushed to the Aggie band and sang the War Hymn with beaming pride, high-fiving fans that made the trip to Lubbock afterwards.
"It feels really good and its one of the biggest wins of the year," Moss said. "We came in here and we knew A&M had struggled here in Texas Tech and we wanted to come in here and we wanted to be special."
The game did not start as planned when an early fumble gave some A&M fans a haunting memory of the 62-14 loss to Kansas State last week that began in a similar way.
But the Aggie defense did not budge, returning the ball to A&M and leading to a game-tying touchdown reception by sophomore running back Cyrus Gray.
The combination of Gray and freshman running back Christine Michael proved to be the knockout punch against the Raiders. Each notched his first 100-yard rushing game as Gray had 131 and three touchdowns and Michael had 121 and two touchdowns.
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