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Surrounded by all the excitement of playing in the Dallas Cowboys' $1 billion stadium, Baylor coach Art Briles managed to sneak in one little surprise against Texas Tech.

Texas Tech's defensive players get used to yielding the spotlight to members of the Red Raiders' high-scoring offense.

28 in Arlington, Texas. Browse more photos>> Hard fought game, but TTU comes out with a win.

View full size photo>> This weekly feature considers five reasons why Texas Tech will win and five reasons Texas Tech will lose to each opponent.

Date: November 28, 2009 :: Time: 5:00 p.m. CST :: Weather: Dallas, TX TV: FSN :: Radio: Affiliates :: Game Cast: Fox Sports A little short on time due to the holidays.

It's extravagant, high-tech and the complete opposite of a classic old stadium like Green Bay's Lambeau Field.

Baylor heard all the stories about Texas' vaunted defense. The Bears read their off-the-charts statistics, and memorized the numbers of the Longhorns' defenders.

A 60-yard interception return for a touchdown by Texas defensive end Eddie Jones accounted for the first points of the second half, boosting the Longhorns to a 47-0 lead with 7:37 left in the game.

Things started badly for Baylor this season when star quarterback Robert Griffin - the Copperas Cove product who earned freshman All-America honors in 2008 - went down with a season-ending injury in a win over Northwestern State in September.

Baylor coach Art Briles has emphasized starting and finishing Big 12 games with a flourish.

When Mizzou runs Mizzou's running game showed some progress against Colorado, whose run defense ranks 10th in the Big 12, and Baylor's run defense is ranked last.

If there was EVER a Big 12 game Missouri was gonna win by blasting an opponent, it's tomorrows game against the lowly Baylor Bears.

Jared Crick had what Carl Pelini called a "monster game." Right after Bo Pelini was hired to coach Nebraska in 2007, a good helping of Cornhusker fans, well-versed in both modern and historical college football, pointed to this upcoming week as an early mid-term, if you will, on NU's progress under Pelini.

After scoring just 24 points in the first three Big 12 games, the Bears will likely have a lot of trouble scoring against a formidable Nebraska defense.

Looks like Green will start 11:38 a.m. As we inch toward game time, we've had more and more indications that true freshman Cody Green will start today's game for Nebraska.

The Big 12 features a lot of great defensive linemen, but no one is a more disruptive force than Nebraska's Ndamukong Suh .

Nebraska may be forced ride Traye Robinson as its workhorse if Roy Helu isn't healthy enough.

Struggling to find some way to put points on the board, Baylor won't catch a break Saturday against Nebraska.

The Bears were dismantled by Oklahoma State, 34-7, over the weekend in what was their third straight loss.

OSU holds the Bears to 43 rushing yards. OSU defensive tackle Jermiah Price , safety Lucien Antoine and defensive end Ugo Chinasa swarm Baylor running back Jay Finley in the second half Saturday in Waco, Texas.