He reached his limits with Austin

Texas Tech Coach Mike Leach was red in the face Saturday after the Red Raiders lost, 59-43, to Texas at Austin, offering a not-so-thinly veiled accusation that game officials favored the Longhorns.

Without naming him, Leach noted that referee Randy Christal lives in Austin, the Longhorns’ home city.

“I think it’s disturbing that Austin residents are involved in this,” Leach said. “Am I condemning the crew? [Heck] yeah, I’m condemning the crew.”

Leach was upset that officials disallowed two Red Raiders touchdowns in the third quarter. The first was overruled after video replay showed the receiver let the ball hit the ground. On the next play, a touchdown pass was negated by a holding penalty.

“It may be incompetence, bias, I don’t know,” Leach said. “Maybe it’s something as simple as guys sitting over the water cooler at their office in Austin talking about how the great game they’re going to see -- and then perhaps a preconceived notion develops as to how it’s going to come out.”

-- Peter Yoon