ARLINGTON, Texas — There will be no conference crown for BYU this year.

The Cougars were bested 34-7 by Texas Tech in Saturday’s Big 12 championship game at AT&T Stadium, suffering their second loss of the season and all but ending all hopes for a College Football Playoff berth.

3 takeaways

BYU faded fast after a strong start. The Cougars forced Texas Tech to punt on the first drive of the game, then traveled 90 yards across 14 plays to put LJ Martin in the end zone for an opening touchdown.

That ended up being BYU’s lone score of the day.

Texas Tech posted 34 unanswered points to bury the Cougars, with BYU never again entering the red zone.

Outside of the 90-yard opening drive, the Cougars managed just 110 yards on their next 12 possessions and turned the ball over four times — fiv

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