ARLINGTON (AP) -- Texas Tech and Baylor have reached the regular-season finale in the same position, needing a win to get bowl eligible.
"It's a playoff game," Baylor coach Matt Rhule said. "Win or go home."
Still, the modes of the two teams couldn't be much more different going into Saturday's game in the NFL stadium where the Big 12 championship game will be played a week later.
For Rhule and the Bears (5-6, 3-5 Big 12), getting to a bowl game a year after winning only once would be quite a boost.
Unfortunately for Kliff Kingsbury and the Red Raiders (5-6, 3-5), this is an all-too familiar position that has their former quarterback on the coaching hot seat again.