On the Pitch
No. 8 Texas Tech soccer is in Provo to take on No. 22 BYU on Friday with first-touch at 8:00 p.m. CST:
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
MATCHUP: No. 8/12 Texas Tech (9-0-4, 5-0-1 Big 12) at No. 22 BYU (8-3-2, 4-1-1 Big 12)
DATE: Friday Oct. 16, 2026
TIME: 8 p.m. (CT)/7 p.m. (MT)
LOCATION: Provo, Utah (South Field)
Eleanor Hays was named to the TDS Team of the Week. Congrats!
On the Gridiron
Texas Tech announced their players that will attend the Big 12 Media Days next week and it will be Donovan Atwell, TJ Toppin, and Darrion Williams. Two of those players may not be eligible, but maybe this is a sign of the confidence that they will be fully eligible for the entire year.
.@Big12Conference Media Day roll call 🗣️
See y’all in KC next week! https://t.co/kbR5ONHoy0
— Texas Tech Basketball (@TexasTechMBB) October 14, 2026
Whole team joined the choir for Coach’s birthday 🎶 https://t.co/jku6rhgWvH
— Texas Tech Basketball (@TexasTechMBB) October 14, 2026
On the Gridiron
The Big 12 availability report was released last night and there’s more than just a few people on the list that I didn’t know were even injured.
OUT
RB #8 Cameron Dickey
WR #9 Donte Lee Jr.
CB #18 S’Vioarean Martin
S #23 Maddox Quiller
OL #77 Elias Gillen
QUESTIONABLE
QB #4 Thomas Castellanos
WR #6 Jalen Jones
CB #16 Ashton Hampton
LB #35 Adam Hill
OL #52 Cash Cleveland
OL #57 Hunter Zambrano
PROBABLE
S #0 Mikal Harrison-Pilot
I feel that the Lee, Quiller, Martin and, Gillen injuries are new, but it’s been 2 weeks so I can’t say that I remember everything. The Jones, Hill, Cleveland, and Zambrano news is also relatively new, but it seems as if that if a player is on the questionable list then they are likely to play. I suppose the good news is that Terrance Carter isn’t on the list at all.
ESPN’s Bill Connelly on the best college football receivers in the last 50 years and as you might expect, Michael Crabtree is top 10:
Mike Leach was known for getting tons of production out of unheralded recruits in his Air Raid system, but in 2007-08, we got to find out what might happen if he had a star. Crabtree was a four-star prospect from Dallas, and quarterback Graham Harrell was a four-star from nearby Ennis, and the duo lit box scores on fire. It took Crabtree just two seasons to record the stats above. He won two Biletnikoff Awards and scored the most famous touchdown in Tech history. He packed a four-year career into 26 games.
Ahead of Crabtree is Desmond Howard, Justin Blackmon, DeVonta Smith, Larry Fitzgerald, Jeremiah Smith, and Randy Moss.