Lubbock, Texas ? Mike Leach wants his Texas Tech team to leave behind last year’s loss at Oklahoma when the Red Raiders play the Sooners on Saturday.

The 65-21 rout last November ended Tech’s unbeaten season and eliminated its chance of playing for the national title. The win kept the Sooners ahead of Texas in the BCS standings and sent OU to play for the national championship against Florida.

This year, Texas Tech needs a win to become bowl-eligible for a 16th straight season (a win over FCS team North Dakota does not count). And Oklahoma, unranked last week for the first time since 2005, in looking to improve its bowl position.

Leach says he has put the 2008 loss to his former boss, OU coach Bob Stoops, in the past.

“Any reflection on that is a complete waste of time,” said Leach, who was Stoops’ offensive coordinator in 1999. “Nothing from that game impacts this game. There’s not one play that we made or they made that affects this game.”