On the Pitch

Texas Tech soccer will be back in action on Friday in Waco to take on Baylor, first touch is at 7:00 p.m.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
MATCHUP: RV Texas Tech (6-1-0, 0-0-0 Big 12) at Baylor (5-0-2, 0-0-0 Big 12)
DATE: Friday, Sept. 19, 2025
TIME: 7 p.m.
LOCATION: Waco, Texas (Betty Lou Mays Field)
WATCH: ESPN

On the Hardwood

Texas Tech basketball (both men and women) will host the Broadway Block Party on on Tuesday, October 29th from 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The event will be in front of Chimy’s and part of Broadway will be blocked off.

On the Gridiron

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal’s Nathan Giese asks if David Bailey and the Texas Tech defense can flex their muscles against Utah:

Containing Dampier is key for the Red Raiders, something Bailey understands. While the focus on the rushing game starts with integrity in the gaps and rush lanes, Texas Tech’s defensive players also have to trust their eyes and not be deceived when Dampier starts to scramble.

“I know they do a lot of misdirection,” Bailey said of Utah’s offense, “so just focusing on what the coaches are telling us to focus on. And then I trust that the other 10 is going to do their job.”

CBS Sports’ Brad Crawford picks this weeks games and he and a cohort pick the bigger games this week and they pick Texas Tech by a hair.

ESPN with their power rankings:

17. Texas Tech Red Raiders
Previous ranking: 21

Sophomore running back J’Koby Williams had more receiving yards (116) Saturday than his entire freshman year (100), including a 30-yard TD catch. The Red Raiders still haven’t allowed a point in the first three quarters of any game this season, led 45-0 through that point of this one, and put up 513 yards to Oregon State’s 282. The Red Raiders muddled through their second extended weather delay (90 minutes in the first game, 2½ hours in this one) in three games. Behren Morton lit up the Beavers for 442 yards and four TDs, and the Red Raiders are on fire rolling into Big 12 play, with a huge showdown Saturday at Utah. — Wilson

The availability report is now housed at the Big 12 site and here’s the list for Texas Tech:

OUT
CB #23 Tarrion Grant
OL #52 Cash Cleveland
OL #53 Holton Hendrix

DOUBTFUL
DL #8 E’Maurion Banks
WR #18 Roy Alexander
DL #88 Amier Washington

QUESTIONABLE
CB #4 Maurion Horn
OLB #11 Charles Esters III
OL #57 Hunter Zambrano

PROBABLE
TE #7 Terrance Carter Jr.
OLB #9 Romello Height
LB #13 Ben Roberts
S #15 Oliver Miles III
S #22 Marcus Ramon-Edwards