Virginia Tech quarterback Josh Jackson had to be carted to the locker room with what appeared to be an ankle injury during the fourth quarter of the Hokies' game against Old Dominion on Saturday. Jackson was looked at by athletic staff on the sideline for a bit before being loaded onto a cart and taken to the locker room. He would return to the sideline a few minutes later on crutches. Jackson had been struggling in the game, completing only eight of his 16 pass attempts, but he was making the completions count. He'd thrown for two touchdowns and was averaging 9.4 yards per attempt. He also rushed for 58 yards, and it was on his final run where the injury occurred The Hokies replaced Jackson with Ryan Willis, a junior who has plenty of experience. While it's Willis' first season at Virginia Tech, he spent two seasons at Kansas, throwing for 432 yards and 12 touchdowns. At the time Jackson was injured, the Hokies were tied 28-28 with the Monarchs in the fourth quarter. Shortly after he was taken to the locker room, Old Dominion took a 35-28 lead, but Ryan Willis led a touchdown drive of his own to tie the game 35-35 halfway through the fourth quarter.<doc-sep>Texas Tech lost a starting quarterback for the second time in five games Saturday. This time, it was the FBS' second-leading passer. Alan Bowman, who led Tech to three victories in a row, left a 42-34 loss to No. 12 West Virginia with an upper-body injury. Mountaineers Ezekiel Rose, a 276-pound defensive end, and Keith Washington, a 180-pound cornerback, blasted Bowman from opposite sides simultaneously as the Tech quarterback threw incomplete in the second quarter. Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury had little to offer in the post-game regarding Bowman's status. He declined to answer whether Bowman could have injured ribs. "I've got to go see him and see exactly what's going on," Kingsbury said. "I don't want to comment on it just yet." Bowman came off the field holding his side and sat with medical staff members on the bench. Testing the injury a few minutes later on the sideline, he immediately hunched over in discomfort after throwing the first pass. He threw more than a dozen more passes, at one point rotating his throwing arm to test range of motion, before being taken to the locker room. He subsequently went to a Lubbock hospital for further evaluation. The freshman from Grapevine has completed 138 of 199 passes for 1,680 yards and 10 touchdowns. Duffey steps in Sophomore Jett Duffey replaced Bowman with 1:08 left in the half and Tech trailing 35-10. Duffey led a comeback, passing for 172 yards and a touchdown and rushing for 86 yards and a TD. However, Duffey threw two interceptions, one that Washington returned for a touchdown with 2:58 left in the game. "He competed hard," Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said. "He came in and fought. He'd like to have a couple throws back, obviously, but he's a great competitor and he fought hard for his teammates." Bowman took over as the Red Raiders' starting quarterback on the third series of the season when game-one starter McLane Carter went down with a high-ankle sprain. Carter has been out ever since and was on the sideline Saturday in his jersey and shorts. Safety Kenny Robinson came up with an interception just before halftime when Duffey threw into three defenders. The pick-six came late in the game, when Duffey looked right, came back to the left and Washington leaped in front of a pass for Antoine Wesley. "I'll take that on me," Kingsbury said. "I needed to give him stuff that he was comfortable with, and obviously those two plays were concepts he didn't have a good feel for." Running backs return Running backs Da'Leon Ward and Tre King, neither of whom had played since the season opener, returned from injuries. Both entered in the second half, Ward rushing for 24 yards on six carries and King for 16 yards on two attempts. Ward had been out with a groin injury, and King with a knee injury. "They're getting there," Kingsbury said. "I wouldn't say (they're) a hundred percent, but they're getting there. I think these 12 days (before the next game) will give them a chance to get full go." Fullback Mason Reed also played for the first time in three games. Vasher, Smith out Tech wide receiver T.J. Vasher sat out with the sprained knee he suffered the week before at Oklahoma State. He watched from the sideline in his jersey, shorts and cap. Tech also was without cornerback Desmon Smith, who suffered an undisclosed injury early in the OSU game. Senior De'Quan Bowman started in Vasher's spot and caught six passes for 54 yards. Mixed results Tech receivers Antoine Wesley and Ja'Deion High both went over the 100-yard mark, but it wasn't an especially good day for the receivers in general as the Red Raiders hurt themselves with dropped passes. High said, "We kept telling each other, 'Hey, the ball is coming back to you. Just keep doing what you do. Catch the ball. Make a play when your number is called." Wesley finished with eight receptions for 110 yards, including a 40-yard touchdown. High had six catches for 105 yards. One of the highlights to Tech's comeback was a sparkling catch Wesley made in the fourth quarter. On a deep sideline pass that hit cornerback Keith Washington's shoulder, Wesley kept his concentration and grabbed the carom for a 35-yard gain. That took Tech to the WVU 3-yard line, and Jett Duffey scored on the next play to bring the Red Raiders within 35-27 with 7:50 left. In brief West Virginia CB Josh Norwood was ejected for targeting after he launched into WR Ja'Deion High, hitting him in the helmet. High popped up, stayed in the game and said afterward he was fine. ... WVU WR Gary Jennings caught touchdown passes of 13 and 14 yards, giving him six for the season. Last year, he had only one TD to show for 97 catches for 1,096 yards. ... WVU WR Marcus Simms is on a hot streak the last three games: eight caches for 119 yards against Youngstown State, five for 136 with an 82-yard touchdown against Kansas State and nine for a career-high 138 yards, including a 45-yard TD, against Tech.<doc-sep>The Texas Tech Red Raiders lost to the West Virginia Mountaineers on Saturday, and they may have suffered another big loss, too. That’s because QB Alan Bowman had to leave the game with an injury, and it appears that injury was significant. As you can see in the video below, Bowman got sandwiched by a pair of West Virginia defenders after a pass attempt: The play Alan Bowman collapsed his lung. Crazy hit as he got sandwiched by two WVU defenders. Here’s to a quick recovery pic.twitter.com/MfwfJVSmz4 — Barstool Big 12 (@BarstoolBig12) October 1, 2018 According to coach Kliff Kingsbury, Bowman suffered a partially collapsed lung on the play: Kingsbury on QB Alan Bowman injury, “He had a partially collapsed lung, so he was evaluated here, they took him to the hospital, he's under observation right now and just kinda waiting to hear when he will return.” Here’s the hit from Ezekiel Rose & Keith Washington pic.twitter.com/qPWygiJiyV — Schuyler Callihan (@DVNCallihan) October 1, 2018 Obviously, that’s quite a severe injury, and we hope Bowman will be able to recover quickly. After getting banged up earlier this year against Ole Miss, this is the latest in what has been a rough season for the Texas Tech quarterback.<doc-sep>
Texas Tech quarterback Alan Bowman was injured in the second quarter of the Red Raiders' top 25 clash with Big 12 foe West Virginia. Bowman was hurt on a hit to the ribs from West Virginia pass rushers shortly after releasing a deep pass attempt. The true freshman was slow to get up and jog to the sideline where he attempted to throw passes in two separate instances but was in obvious pain before being escorted up the tunnel into the locker room. A Texas Tech spokesman confirmed in the third quarter Bowman would not be returning for the remainder of the game. The No. 12 Mountaineers (3-0, 1-0) held a 28-10 lead over the Red Raiders (3-1, 1-0) when Bowman left the contest. Double T 97.3 FM radio reported during its broadcast of the game that Bowman was taken to the hospital. Bowman finished 9-for-20 for 123 yards, one touchdown and one interception in less than a half of play. He was replaced by sophomore Jett Duffey, who had completed 9-of-11 passes for 109 yards with an interception and rushed for another 87 yards and a touchdown in two career appearances. Bowman entered the game leading passer in the country at 389.3 yards per game, and was 3-0 as a starter. He even set a Big 12 freshman record for passing yards in a single game with 605 against Houston in Tech's 63-49 win on Sept. 15. "It's hard to say. We'll see how this thing goes, but his level of maturity thus far as a true freshman, I mean, I don't know if I've seen one handle it like this so far, but we've got a long way to go," said Kingsbury ahead of the game when asked if Bowman has been better than he expected. "We've got the heart of our schedule, we've got a great team coming in here, but he's handled things very maturely from practice-wise to his preparation to on Saturdays. That's what I've been impressed with. There's things we can do better. We had some bad throws, bad reads last week, but just the mindset, the preparation and the focus each day for a young guy, it's been impressive." McLane Carter was the opening day starter against Ole Miss, but went down in the first quarter with an ankle injury. He has not suited up since then and there's no official word on a timetable for his return. With Bowman possibly out for an extended period and Carter's status still up in the air Duffey is currently the only healthy scholarship quarterback on the roster. Walk-on sophomore Colt Garrett is the next guy up after Duffey. The former Lubbock Roosevelt High School star has thrown one pass in his career at Tech, a 44-yard touchdown to freshman receiver Erik Ezukanma in a 77-0 win over Lamar earlier this season. The Red Raiders are off with a bye next week before taking on TCU in a Thursday night matchup on October 11. *UPDATE* Kingsbury stated in his regularly scheduled Sunday media availablity that Bowman suffered a partially collapsed lung. "I think without the broken ribs, it should be sooner than later. But I'm not sure the exact timetable yet."