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Ganz wanted to throw the ball out of bounds. He missed his target.
“He basically threw it right to me,” Wall said.
Wall’s pick preserved a 37-31 overtime victory for No. 7 Texas Tech against Nebraska on Saturday.
Eric Morris gave the Red Raiders, 6-0 overall and 2-0 in the Big 12, the lead with a 1-yard run around right end on the first possession of overtime. But freshman Donnie Carona’s extra point was partially blocked and short, and that left the door open for Nebraska to win it with a touchdown and extra point.
Wall made it all moot.
“I thought he was going to try and throw it over me. I was getting ready to jump, and he threw it right to my chest and I was just like, ‘OK,’ ” Wall said.
Ganz was trying to throw it away, but got grabbed from behind as he was throwing.
“It’s just a sick feeling to end it like that after we played so hard and so well,” Ganz said.
Texas Tech’s Graham Harrell, who threw for two touchdowns and ran for another, was 20 of 25 for 284 yards, his lowest total since 2006.
It’s probably no consolation to Nebraska, but this was far better than the last time the Huskers came to Lubbock. Texas Tech laid the worst loss in school history, 70-10, on Nebraska in 2004.
“It’s not fun whether you lose in overtime or you get beat by five touchdowns like last week,” Nebraska receiver Todd Peterson said. “There’s no moral victories, we came in here to win and we can play with these teams and we’ve got to come out with that attitude.”
Nebraska, 3-3, is 0-2 in the conference for the first time since 1968. The Huskers are winless in 11 straight against opponents ranked in the top 10.
Texas Tech matched the longest single-season streak without a loss in nine years under Mike Leach.
“It was really a strange game,” Leach said. “I haven’t been in one like this.”
And Leach’s team provided the strangest moment.
On fourth and 5 from his own 36 with 4:30 left, Leach sent his offense out to try to draw Nebraska offside.
The Huskers stayed put, but center Stephen Hamby snapped the ball anyway. So Harrell went deep to All-American Michael Crabtree, who made the catch for 47 yards.
A few plays later, Harrell took it in on a sneak to put Tech up 31-24.
Ganz, who finished with 349 yards, brought the Huskers back quickly. He hit Peterson with a 17-yard TD with 29 seconds left to tie the game.
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