Texas Tech’s offense isn’t going to look the same and might not put up the same kind of gaudy numbers as years past. But still, don’t expect the unit to suffer too much.

Offensive coordinator David Yost isn’t an air raid coach, but plenty of his schemes are air raid-adjacent. He spent three years as a wide receiver coach at Washington State under Mike Leach, but his main influence came from Gary Pinkel and coaching up Brad Smith, Chase Daniel and Blaine Gabbert into elite college football players at Mizzou.

There are two areas where Yost will differ most from Kliff Kingsbury: pace and physicality. Yost wants his offenses to move quicker in order to catch defenses off guard. That means, at times, quicker calls and decisions for the offense. And when the Red Raiders move, Yost wants to be able to win up front with power.

“Under Yost, we’re going a little bit faster,” offensive guard Jack Anderson said. “With this offense,

we’re trying to be good at what we know and the plays that we have in and not really add a huge playbook to it.”

Every good offense starts with a good quarterback, and Texas Tech could have one of the best in the state. Alan Bowman completed 69.4 percent of his passes for 2,638 yards, 17 touchdowns and seven interceptions in just eight games because of injuries. He posted a 408-yard game against Kansas, and broke Patrick Mahomes’ freshman record with 605 yards against Houston.

Skill talent will be more of an issue. Five Utah State players posted 650 all-purpose yards for Yost last season, including a pair of running backs who cleared 1,000. Wide receiver T.J. Vasher is the only returner who cleared that mark for the Red Raiders. Da’Leon Ward and Ta’Zhawn Henry will get the bulk of carries up front, but Utah grad transfer Armand Shyne will also get a shot. Vasher is the one proven piece at receiver. Seth Collins has to take a step.

There will be growing pains — potentially major ones — after switching systems in 2019. But ultimately, Yost will help made Texas Tech a more effective offense.