On the Pitch
The Big 12 announced their post-season soccer honors, which included a huge honor for forward Taylor Zdrojewski and goalie Addie Todd:
2026 All-Big 12 Awards
Forward of the Year: Taylor Zdrojewski, Texas Tech*
Midfielder of the Year: Reagan Kotschau, Colorado*
Defender of the Year: Faith Leyba, Colorado*
Goalkeeper of the Year: Addie Todd, Texas Tech
Freshman of the Year: Brooke Goerish, Colorado*
Coach of the Year: Jennifer Rockwood, BYU
Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Taylor Zdrojewski, Texas Tech
Zdrojewski, Toddy, Kylie Bahr, and Eleanor Hays were also named to the First Team All-Big 12 team, with Raleigh Greason named to the Second Team, and Lauren Alvarez named to the All-Freshman team. Congrats to all!
Texas Tech faces off against UCF tonight as part of the Big 12 Tournament in Mansfield, Texas, with first-touch at 5:30 p.m.
On the Hardwood
The Lady Raiders host Lamar tonight with tip-off at 6:00 pm.
Texas Tech basketball is hosting Fanta in 60 Live, which I guess is a show with John Fanta, a play-by-play announcer that loves himself some college basketball. This is in preparation of Texas Tech’s game against Illinois on Tuesday night. Thomas Castellanos should make an appearance as well apparently.
On the Gridiron
The AP College Football Top 25 has Texas Tech moving up 3 spots to #10, which is great.
ESPN’s Bill Connelly has a really good recap on the college football weekend, including the West Virginia vs. Texas Tech game being his favorite of the weekend. This is not a Texas Tech-centric piece, but more about the weekned.
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal’s Don Williams: Red Raiders win a wild one over WVU | Texas Tech football report card
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal’s Nathan Giese: Destiny is in Texas Tech football’s hands now. What will they do with it?
Flush it, praise it, do what you must with the victory if you’re Texas Tech. As Joey McGuire said after beating Arizona, you don’t apologize for winning games, especially ones that keep you in the driver’s seat for a return trip to the Big 12 Conference championship.
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal’s Don Williams: Texas Tech football can’t keep living like this | Williams
We set the stage a few weeks back, noting the four games in a row against teams who were either in or just outside the top 10 in the FBS in either rushing offense or passing offense. As good as he’s shown to be, Tech defensive coordinator Shiel Wood has been hard pressed to work magic during this most important stretch of the season.
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal’s Nathan Giese: Texas Tech football offense finding another gear with Thomas Castellanos
“I would say about week three or four,” Castellanos said of when he grasped Mack Leftwich’s offense. “Football is football. Kind of just everybody run the same thing, just different terminology. And I’ve been playing quite some time. Playing quarterback, you have to be smart. You have to be able to learn and catch on quick and be able to just know what everybody’s doing on the field.”
Texas Tech received 2 commitments this weekend, the first from 4-star 2028 TE AJ Criss (6-7/210) via Red Raider Sports’ Sam Spiegelman and the 2nd from 4-star 2027 LB Jeremiah Proctor (6-3/205) via Red Raider Sports’ Ben Golan.