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A geographic note in the Iowa State-Texas Tech game<\/a> appears to have been misconstrued.\u00a0During the game Saturday, a Fox Sports graphic (possibly running off this AP game preview<\/a>) indicated that Tech has only played four “November games north of Oklahoma” before this one. The four: At Missouri, 2011 (L); at Boston College, 1962 (L); at Creighton, 1942 (L); and at Wake Forest, 1941 (W).<\/p>\n Wake Forest is not <\/em>north of Oklahoma. It is due east. Wake’s stadium, located about\u00a036\u00b07’44” N<\/a>, is barely north of Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, 36\u00b07’29” N<\/a>, and Razorback Stadium, 36\u00b04’5″ N<\/a>.\u00a0Texas Tech has won in Stillwater in November<\/a> twice.\u00a0If the graphic had said “north of Oklahoma State” or “north of Stillwater”, it would have been correct.<\/p>\n So to clarify, Saturday’s win in Ames is indeed the first<\/em> time Texas Tech has won a game north of the state<\/em> of Oklahoma in November, out of four<\/em> games total.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (Clickbait headline alert!) A geographic note in the Iowa State-Texas Tech game appears to have been misconstrued.\u00a0During the game Saturday, a Fox Sports graphic (possibly running off this AP game preview) indicated that Tech has only played four “November games … Continue reading