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LUBBOCK, Texas -- Skyler Howard and his West Virginia teammates have had a goal all season to score at least 40 points.They did it and then some on Saturday as the 20th-ranked Mountaineers shut down Texas Tech 48-17. Howard ran for two touchdowns and threw for another to keep the Mountaineers unbeaten and in the hunt for the Big 12 title.It shows that we can do it, Howard said. It all goes back to the confidence.The Mountaineers (5-0, 2-0 Big 12) held Texas Tech (3-3, 1-2) to its lowest offensive output this season, just 379 yards, and harassed quarterback Patrick Mahomes most of the day. He threw for 305 yards, his second-lowest passing total of the season, and was replaced in the fourth quarter by Nic Shimonek.A 14-point turnaround in the second quarter helped the Mountaineers gain momentum. Sean Walters interception at the West Virginia 11 led to a TD pass from Howard to Justin Crawford at the other end of the field to put the Mountaineers up 17-7.We made some plays, got a good lead, Mountaineers coach Dana Holgorsen said. We were able to control the ball and shorten the game. Thats, in a perfect world, what we wanted to happen and thats what happened.Howard completed 21 of 31 passes for 318 yards. Rushel Shell, who finished with 104 yards rushing for West Virginia, scored two rushing TDs in the fourth quarter as the Mountaineers pulled away.The Mountaineers got solid play from their defense all game, adding to the mojo the offense felt, Howard saidIts always good when the other side of the ball is doing great, he said. The whole team has confidence.Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said his teams performance was embarrassing and not what he expected.Its the worst Ive seen since Ive been associated with Texas Tech, he said. We seemed intimidated and they took it.Kingsbury said some missed practices might be affecting Mahomes rhythm with the team. Holgorsen, though, thought the junior quarterback was off a bit physically.Mahomes, he needs to get healthy, Holgorsen said. You can tell hes not quite 100 percent right now. But the way he keeps it alive, Ive never seen anything like it. He keeps his eyes down field, makes any throw that you want him to. I mean, hes a fantastic player.TAKEAWAYSWest Virginia: The Mountaineers improved their success dramatically in the red zone. Coming into the game, West Virginia had found the end zone on just eight of 18 trips inside opponents 20 (44 percent). They scored on each of their eight trips there Saturday.Texas Tech: The Red Raiders streak of nine home games with at least 50 points -- an NCAA record -- ended with this loss. Their offense was stymied in every facet by West Virginias defense. Texas Techs run game, which typically sets up the pass, was nearly nonexistent. They finished with just 34 rushing yards.POLL IMPLICATIONS: Its not likely that West Virginia will move up much in The AP Poll after downing an unranked team. But one never knows. They moved up two spots after a bye last weekend.TOO FEW POINTSTexas Techs 17 points were the fewest the Red Raiders have scored since falling to Texas 34-13 in 2014. The second-quarter shutout by WVU snapped a streak of 28 straight quarters in which the Red Raiders have scored.INTERCEPTION STREAKWalters interception was the first of his career, and the team now has one in four straight games. The Mountaineers have forced a turnover in all five games this season and in 10 of their last 11. 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The next year, Jones sent his full stable to the First State, where he has since won 244 races.Jones hasnt won Delaware Parks richest race since Island Sand but came within a whisker in 2011, when Havre de Grace -- the champion older female that year -- came out on the wrong end of a photo finish with Blind Luck, with whom she traded decisions during six meetings in 2010 and 2011.On Saturday, Im a Chatterbox will be a solid favorite to give Jones his second victory in Delaware Parks signature race, the Grade 1, $750,000 Del Cap.Its been a while since we won it, so its about time we do it again, Jones said. It was 2005, and thats what started all my trips here. Hopefully, we will make amends.Im a Chatterbox capped off a highly successful 3-year-old season with a two-length win in the Grade 1 Cotillion at Parx Racing last September but has started only twice this year. She will have to stretch out to 1-1/4 miles while carrying 121 pounds and conceding four to 11 pounds to her five opponents.When you go to the Grade 1s, you have to be ready, Jones said. If I dont have her ready, its my fault. This is her third race off the layoff. I feel good about her.Im a Chatterbox, a Kentucky-bred daughter of Munnings, races for her breeders, Fletcher and Carolyn Gray of Missouri. She began her 4-year-old campaign with a second-place finish as the 1-2 favorite in the Grade 3 Doubledogdare at Keeneland. After shipping to Delaware, she had a physical setback.She came out of the Keeneland race well, but then you have to change tracks, and we came here, Jones said. She was galloping and twisted an ankle. We didnt have to do anything medically to it. She just needed a little time. Its all good now.Im a Chatterbox tuned up for the Delaware Handicap with an 8-1/2-length victory in the 1-1/8-mile Obeah Stakes at Delaware on June 11. After some early traffic problems, she stormed to the lead on the far turn and was all by herself for the length of the stretch.ddddddddddddKey ContendersIm a Chatterbox, by MunningsLast 3 Beyers: 94-88-88Gabriel Saez rode her in the Obeah, but Florent Geroux, who was aboard for her previous nine starts, is back up Saturday.She covered the final three furlongs of the Obeah in a slow 40.34 seconds, with a final eighth in 13.93, which prompted Geroux to call Jones and reassure him.Florent said she ran the same way when he won the Silverbulletday on her, Jones said, that once she gets way out front like that, she just turns off. He said thats just her.Penwith, by BernardiniLast 3 Beyers: 75-89-97She won the Grade 2 Royal Delta at Gulfstream Park in February for trainer Kiaran McLaughlin but subsequently weakened to fourth in the Grade 1 Santa Margarita at Santa Anita and tired to sixth in the Grade 1 La Troienne at Churchill. She has since breezed six times at Darleys Greentree Training Center near Saratoga and has every right to return to top form in a race where she may be the controlling speed.She gets in at a comfortable 114 pounds.Paid Up Subscriber, by Candy RideLast 3 Beyers: 92-88-88The second-highest weight at 117, she stretched out around two turns for the first time in the Grade 2 Fleur de Lis at Churchill Downs and won by three lengths for trainer Al Stall Jr.Ive got to think her last race will set her up great for the Delaware Handicap, Stall said. Her sire is Candy Ride, who won the Pacific Classic, and her broodmare sire, Street Cry, won the Dubai World Cup, so she has the pedigree for a mile and a quarter.Mei Ling, by Empire MakerLast 3 Beyers: 87-79-88Will be turning back from 1-1/2 miles after finishing second in the Rags to Riches Stakes at Belmont. Todd Pletcher puts her blinkers back on after removing them for her last start.If Penwith doesnt take the early lead, she might. ' ' '