Big Numbers, Big Win, Big Expectations

Crushed spirits, broken dreams. The life gone from the game. That's what most teams would be like after a major conference loss that was as excruciating as it was embarrassing.

Not the Bulldogs, however.

New Mexico State never really had a chance from kickoff. Tech's side of the scoreboard climbed like an odometer: 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, 38, 45.

The one splinter of light for NMSU came in the last 5 minutes of the fourth quarter when Davon House returned a fumble for a touchdown. But by then it was too late. The Bulldogs had already put up 45 unanswered points. The Aggies can thank House for preventing a shutout.

Tech spread the ball with a vengeance. Porter and Livas got their fair share of pigskin, but no less than 8 different players had over 10 rushing yards each, and 5 players had over 10 yards receiving.

Jenkins himself rushed for 35 yards and a touchdown.

Overall, Tech had 540 yards of total offense, and allowed only 142. That 540 yards was almost evenly balanced between the ground game and the air game.

We did lose a fumble, and our 3rd downs could use a little work, but this is not the team that was crushed under Nevada last week.

It's a team that sees punishment as opportunity to improve. Every game won by the Dawgs this season has been by a margin of 21 points or more.

Next week it's another Aggie Team, Utah State, that will feel the Dawg Bite. Utah is 1-5 overall and 0-2 in the WAC.

But it's a road game. Time for Tech to take the W outside The Joe and show the world what the Dawg can do.

Go Dawgs!