LUBBOCK, Texas — In a place so flat that the eye can see for miles and miles, the No. 7 BYU Cougars fell way short of passing the eye test Saturday afternoon in a 29-7 loss to No. 8 Texas Tech in front of 60,229 sun-drenched and wind-blown fans at Jones AT&T Stadium.

Sure, the Cougars lost by 22 points to the fired-up Red Raiders and their best-in-the-country defense. Other teams have lost to Tech in Lubbock by bigger margins. But it was worse than that. BYU (8-1, 5-1) simply didn’t look the part of a top-10 team, regardless of the opponent, on national television when it entered the game saying it was one of its most important in years, maybe ever.

For starters, had the Red Raiders (9-1, 6-1) been better in the red zone, the final margin would have been higher. BYU’s defense actually ac

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