Texas Tech’s game against the UCF Knights started at 4:05 p.m. local time, was televised on FS2, reportedly had a fox before it started, and included a fake field goal, blocked extra point and five combined drives (excluding the last drive) that ended in opposing territory without any points. It even had an appearance from […]
Funky timeslot, funky channel, funky game: Brooks’ 182 leads Texas Tech to bowl eligibility
Football: Texas Tech pounds Ole Miss in Texas Bowl, Shough announces return
“Texas is West Texas,” Texas Tech head coach Joey McGuire said after the Texas Bowl win, repeating the “it’s all West Texas” mantra that’s been on billboards and become a saying around Texas Tech. Exactly one year ago, Texas Tech football ended the 2021 season with a 35-7 win in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl over […]
After unforgettable Texas win, Texas Tech shows how special this program, athletics can become
Although I watched some Texas Tech games on television, I never went to a Texas Tech football game in person until my freshman year. It was the second game of 2020, the “COVID season,” and it was against that team in burnt orange. I still remember how weird it was to have limited capacity and […]
Football: Texas Tech Somehow Defeats No. 25 Houston in a Double-Overtime Thriller
Both Texas Tech football head coach Joey McGuire and UT-San Antonio football head coach Jeff Traylor were on the cover of Dave Campbell’s Texas Football during this summer, and now they both have playing the Houston Cougars in an overtime game in common as well. Traylor and UTSA played Houston close last week, falling 37-35 […]
Football: Texas Tech outruns Murray State Racers 63-10 in Joey McGuire’s debut
A new era is officially underway in Lubbock. Texas Tech football delivered a dominant performance in Joey McGuire’s debut as Tech’s head coach. In a 63-10 dismantling of FCS opponent Murray State, Texas Tech put up 605 total yards while scoring a whopping nine touchdowns. The Red Raider offense put on a clinic, executing big […]
Joey McGuire Announced as Texas Tech Football’s New Head Coach
Joey McGuire will be the new football head coach at Texas Tech after the 2021 season, Director of Athletics Kirby Hocutt announced Monday. He will be formally introduced in a press conference at the club level of the West Stadium Building to Jones AT&T Stadium at 12 p.m. Tuesday. He was an assistant at Baylor […]