Football 
Tech football prepares to take field for spring practice(3)
Several weeks after Tommy Tuberville’s hiring, word out of the Texas Tech football office was that the Red Raiders’ new head coach had worn a suit and tie to work every day.
Reminded of that when he showed up to do a clinic lecture in jeans and a pullover shirt, Tuberville explained: “This is football.’’
Finally, this [...]
Tech moves football opener to a Sunday
Texas Tech and SMU have moved their football season opener to Sept. 5, a Sunday, to accommodate a national telecast by ESPN and ESPN360.com. The kickoff will be at 2:30 p.m. at Jones AT&T Stadium.
The game originally was scheduled for Sept. 4.
“This move gives our program national exposure early in the season,” Tech athletic [...]
Leach attorneys confident after this week’s testimony
By Matthew McGowan / Avalanche-Journal
Mike Leach and Texas Tech dug their legal trenches deeper Friday after a week of pretrial investigations and viral Internet videos culminated in a vitriolic new round of finger-pointing.
Lawyers on both sides of the escalating lawsuit claimed the upper hand after a week’s worth of sworn testimony from several of the [...]
Leach testifying under oath about December events
By Matthew McGowan | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Mike Leach, Texas Tech’s former football coach, is in downtown Lubbock today testifying under oath about the events that led up to his firing in December. Sitting in on the deposition are Leach, his attorneys, Tech President Guy Bailey and several members of the university’s legal team. Leach did not [...]
High standards precede Brewer in Hub
When Austin Lake Travis quarterback Michael Brewer announced his oral commitment Friday to play for Texas Tech, it was duly noted in his hometown that Brewer would follow Todd Reesing and Garrett Gilbert as Lake Travis quarterbacks who went on to the Big 12 Conference.
Hardly overlooked was the fact Brewer’s grandfather, Charlie Brewer, and his [...]
Lake Travis QB commits to Tech
Michael Brewer, who quarterbacked an unbeaten state championship team for Austin Lake Travis last season, made an oral commitment Friday to Texas Tech, one of his family members confirmed.
Brewer completed 256 of 367 passes for 4,450 yards and 43 touchdowns last season, throwing seven interceptions. His Class 4A team went 16-0, scoring 50 or more [...]
Tuberville talks about winning championships at Tech
PlainsCapital Bank vice chairman David Seim says he has an April event to put on his calendar for the first time – the Texas Tech spring football game.
While many Tech fans were angered by the December firing of Mike Leach, others are warming up to his replacement. Speaking Tuesday to a crowd of about 700, [...]
Killeen Ellison standout pledges to Tech
Texas Tech picked up an oral commitment Monday night from Devon Hocutt, a fullback and linebacker from Killeen Ellison.
Ellison coach Buddy McBryde said Hocutt is 6-foot, 258 pounds and has been timed at 4.6 seconds for the 40-yard sprint.
“He’s very big, very athletic, an extremely strong player,’’ McBryde said.
Hocutt played inside linebacker in a 4-4 [...]
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