I know, you told me so.

LINCOLN, Neb.(AP) Texas Tech took a break from its win-with-offense style.

The Red Raiders ' 31-10 upset of No. 15 Nebraska clearly belonged to the defense.

Steven Sheffield passed for a touchdown and ran for two in his first road start, but the offense went dormant for long stretches of the second half, and the defense never let Nebraska back in the game.

''We were losing yards as fast as we were gaining them there for a while,'' Tech coach Mike Leach said. ''We tested them in about every way that we could. Bad field position. The offense goes three-and-out and then three-and-out. It was like, 'What are you going to do about this, defense?' They just kept stepping up.''

Texas Tech (5-2, 2-1 Big 12) won for the first time in four road games since last October. The Raiders came to Lincoln with the nation's second-ranked offense, but they managed just 259 yards - 263 under their average - and mustered only 47 in the second half.

Still, the effort was good enough, largely because of a defense that held Nebraska (4-2, 1-1) to 285 yards and the Huskers' lowest point total since a 41-6 loss to Missouri in 2007.

The loss further exposed Nebraska's offensive shortcomings against quality defenses. For the second straight week Zac Lee and the Huskers did next to nothing for three quarters.

Last week they were able to rally for four touchdowns in the fourth and beat Missouri 27-12.

There would be no late comeback against Tech.

''We didn't execute from the beginning to the end,'' Nebraska coach Bo Pelini said. ''On offense, we didn't come off the ball. We didn't catch the ball. We didn't make the right reads at quarterback. We didn't run the ball effectively.

''On defense, we didn't make plays. You can sit there and ask all of the questions you want in the world. It comes down to we got beat because we didn't make plays. We got outplayed and outcoached.''

The loss comes a day after Pelini finally handed out the Blackshirts, a tradition dating to the 1960s where the defensive starters wear black practice jerseys as a symbol of excellence.

Pelini waited until midseason for the second straight year to unveil the Blackshirts, and nose tackle Ndamukong Suh said Pelini should take them back.

''It had nothing to do with our black shirts, yellow shirts, white shirts or whatever ....,'' Pelini said. ''It's not about blackshirts.''

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Well I'd welcome people to ridicule me and take some shots at my Cornhuskers in the comments section but I think everyone got it out of their systems on my Facebook wall, my missed call log and my text message inbox.

After this game there probably needs to be a permenant moratorium on me criticizing Ruffin McNeill. The Tech D looked good but Nebraska's offensive line and quarterback helped them out by failing in every way conceivable. Stupid penalties, stupid mistakes and failing to throw the ball downfield handcuffed Nebraska and spoiled what I still thought was a decent performance for Nebraska's defense. Of course decent wasn't really what I had in mind. I do like the fact that Pelini realizes that right now gestures and traditions like the Blackshirts need to take a back seat to getting shit fixed. Now he just needs to fix it.

As for Tech, they have to stay focused. At least the QB position isn't an issue anymore with Sheffield firmly planted in as the Raider's starting passer. So, congrats to Tech. I'm done thinking about this game.