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In Regards to Cold Weather and Rookie QB's

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Texas Tech football notes: Facing cold Saturday forecast in Iowa, Kingsbury says it's no problem
Cold won't affect play selection

Saturday at Iowa State figures to be the closest thing Texas Tech’s had to a cold-weather football game all season. It’s supposed to be chilly and breezy, but Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury doesn’t foresee it affecting his play selection.

“We ran it 44 times last week, so whatever we have to do to try and win the game,” Kingsbury said after Tuesday’s practice. “Pat (Mahomes) does a good job throwing in all types of weather, so whatever is working is what we’ll do.”

Tech and Iowa State play at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa. The National Weather Service forecast calls for 39 degrees at kickoff, dropping to 32 by game’s end and northwest wind from 10-15 mph during the game.

“I know it’s supposed to be windy and a little chilly,” Kingsbury said, “but we have some of those things here in Lubbock. So I think we can handle those conditions, but I guess we’ll see.”

Kingsbury noted on Monday that one of Mahomes’ most impressive performances, to him, was two years ago in Ames. Mahomes threw for 328 yards and four touchdowns, rallying Tech from deficits of 24-14 in the third quarter and 31-27 in the fourth quarter to win 34-31.

That was Mahomes’ third career start, and first on the road.

“That’s still my favorite start he’s had,” Kingsbury said, “simply because we were out of bow contention, got down late in the third, could’ve easily packed it in. It was cold, a tough atmosphere and he kept figthing and brought us back and found a way to win that game.

“That told me a lot about him and his competitive spirit early on.”