Texas Tech University Athletics
Texas Tech and Texas Set For Primetime on ABC
June 01, 2010 | Football
June 1, 2010
OOLTEWAH, Tenn. - For the third straight season, Texas Tech will play rival Texas in front of a national television audience in primetime as ESPN and the Big 12 announced their preseason television selections earlier today.
Texas Tech and Texas will kickoff at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 18 inside Jones AT&T Stadium and the contest will be carried live on ABC with a reverse mirror on ESPN2. The annual Red Raider-Longhorn gridiron clash returns to the Texas Tech campus and Jones AT&T Stadium which served as the site for one of the most memorable college football games in history. Texas Tech posted its first-ever win over a No. 1 ranked team on Nov. 1, 2008, when Michael Crabtree hauled in a 28-yard touchdown reception in the final seconds to hand the Longhorns a 39-33 loss.
The game drew over 11 million viewers across the country and ranks as one of the most watched regular-season games in ABC/ESPN history.
Texas Tech's season opener against SMU on Sunday, Sept. 5 in Lubbock will also be televised nationally by ESPN. Kickoff has been set for 2:30 p.m. and the game will mark the first for newly named head coach Tommy Tuberville. Additionally, Tech's game at New Mexico on Sept. 11 will be televised on The Mtn. with kickoff set for 7 p.m. (CT).
