Texas Tech football: Kliff Kingsbury's defensive investment in David Gibbs paying off

LUBBOCK and FORT WORTH -- Texas Tech’s defense had expectations for the first time in a while heading into the 2018 season with eight starters returning. A pair of second half shutouts to start Big 12 were a good start, but the defense was unsatisfied after losing to West Virginia.

“[It’s] definitely not how we want the 806 defense to be portrayed,” linebacker Dakota Allen said during the bye week. “We feel like we haven’t played a complete, full game to our potential.”