Tech primed for Big Saturday in Lubbock vs. No. 21 Colorado

#21 COLORADO at TEXAS TECH
Lubbock, Texas | Jones AT&T Stadium
Nov. 9, 2024
FOX | 3:00 p.m. CT

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LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech (6-3, 4-2 Big 12) will face its second top-25 team in as many weeks on Saturday with No. 21 Colorado (6-2, 4-1 Big 12) visiting Jones AT&T Stadium for a 3 p.m. kickoff. The Red Raiders, fresh off a 23-22 victory at No. 10 Iowa State this past weekend, improved to 6-3 overall, clinching their 42nd bowl appearance in school history, which leads all Big 12 programs. Prior to the game on Saturday, Texas Tech will host Big Noon Kickoff for the first time before its nationally televised game on FOX which will feature the Red Raiders wearing their Mahomes Strategy uniform for the first time.

Television coverage will be provided by FOX with Jason Benetti behind the mic. He will be joined by Brock Huard serving as the broadcast analyst in the booth while Allison Williams will be reporting from the sidelines. Fans can access the game from their mobile or streaming device by using the FOX Sports app.

Texas Tech Sports Network will also broadcast the game over 46 affiliates throughout the state of Texas and New Mexico as Brian Jensen will have the call alongside analyst John Harris and sideline reporter Chris Level. The radio broadcast can also be heard on SiriusXM channel 382, as well as on the Varsity app.

GRAB YOUR FRIENDS, BIG NOON KICKOFF WILL BE IN LUBBOCK ON SATURDAY

Big Noon Kickoff, the popular FOX traveling pregame show, will make its first appearance for a Texas Tech football game this Saturday in anticipation of the Red Raiders' showdown with No. 21 Colorado at Jones AT&T Stadium.
FOX will construct its set in the green space student tailgating location immediately west of Jones AT&T Stadium, the heart of Texas Tech's pregame festivities.
The two-hour show will begin at 9 a.m. on FOX in the green space.
Big Noon Kickoff is hosted each week by Rob Stone along with analysts Mark Ingram II, Matt Leinart, Urban Meyer and Brady Quinn, highlighting the top college football storylines from across the country.
Admission for the pregame show will be free and fans are encouraged to arrive early to enjoy interactive games and special guest appearances.

TWO HOME GAMES LEFT; SATURDAY SOLD OUT

The Red Raiders have just two home games left, Saturday versus Colorado and Nov. 30 versus West Virginia.
Texas Tech announced an advanced sellout of this Saturday's game against Colorado on Sept. 5.
Limited inventory remains for its regular season finale against the Mountaineers on Nov. 30.
This Saturday's game will mark the fourth sellout (60,229) out of its first six home games this season having sold out versus ACU (Aug. 31), Cincinnati (Sept. 28) and Baylor (Oct. 19). Its other two home games were near-capacity crowds on Sept. 14 versus North Texas at 11 a.m. (57,865) and Sept. 21 at 2:30 p.m. versus Arizona State (58,795).
While seats are sold out via the Texas Tech Athletic Ticket Office, tickets can be found via SeatGeek for the Nov. 9 contest against Colorado, the official secondary ticket provider of Texas Tech Athletics.
Tickets for the West Virginia game can be purchased online at TexasTech.com or by speaking to a ticket sales representative at 806-742-TECH.

MAHOMES' STRATEGY UNIFORM SET TO DEBUT

adidas and Patrick Mahomes unveiled a new Texas Tech football uniform on Oct. 10 that features Mahomes' signature "Gladiator" logo — one of the first times in history that an athlete's personal brand has been included in official on-field apparel. The Red Raiders will wear the Mahomes Strategy uniform for the first time at home against Colorado this Saturday.
Texas Tech's Mahomes Strategy uniform is the latest addition to the partnership between adidas, Mahomes and Texas Tech that has repeatedly established new firsts in collegiate athletics and NIL. In addition to the uniform unveil, there will several other product offerings for Red Raiders fans included in the new Texas Tech x Patrick Mahomes collection, including a Dark Grey quarter-zip, fleece hoodie and new colorway of the Ultraboost 5X — all featuring Mahomes' Gladiator logo.

NOVEMBER RUN STARTS WITH RANKED WIN

Texas Tech improved to an impressive 7-2 in the month of November under Joey McGuire with last weekend's victory at Iowa State.
The Red Raiders will now try to duplicate that in back-to-back weeks as Texas Tech has not defeated a ranked opponent in consecutive games since downing No. 4 West Virginia and No. 21 TCU midway through the 2012 season.
Texas Tech will get the benefit of playing in the friendly confines of Jones AT&T Stadium where the Red Raiders are 14-4 during McGuire's nearly three full seasons.

BROOKS ON THE CUSP OF HANSPARD'S RECORD

Tahj Brooks will look to become Texas Tech's all-time leading rusher Saturday as the senior needs 121 rushing yards versus the Buffaloes to break Byron Hanspard's career record.
Brooks continues to rank among the national leaders in rushing yards per game this season as he is fifth in the FBS with 130.9 yards on the ground per contest.
Brooks became only the third Red Raider all-time and just the ninth rusher in Big 12 history to reach the 4,000-yard mark at Iowa State as he enters this weekend with 4,099 rushing yards for his illustrious career.

TWO DALLAS-FORT WORTH LEGENDS

Joey McGuire and Deion Sanders may be meeting for the first time as opposing head coaches Saturday but it won't be their first interaction with one another.
McGuire previously coached Deion Sanders Jr. when he was the head coach at Cedar Hill High School in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.
The oldest Sanders child was a freshman on the subvarsity at Cedar Hill at the time before eventually playing collegiately at SMU.
At Big 12 Media Days this summer, McGuire described the eldest Sanders as the "best dad of a player that I ever had."

NUMBERS TO KNOW

1: Tahj Brooks is one of only two rushers in the country this season to hit the 100-yard mark on the ground in every game he has played this season (minimum 7 games) and the only one to do so from a power conference.
5: With a win over the Buffaloes, Texas Tech will guarantee three-consecutive seasons of at least five Big 12 victories for the first time since joining as a charter member of the league in 1996.
14: Texas Tech's win over Iowa State marked the fourth time this season and the 14th time under Joey McGuire where the Red Raiders held their opponent to 25 or fewer points. Texas Tech is now 13-1 in those games.

WHAT A WIN WOULD MEAN SATURDAY...

A victory over Colorado would give the Red Raiders at least five Big 12 victories for the third consecutive season under Joey McGuire. In its history, Texas Tech has won five or more league games over three consecutive seasons only once previously from 1995-97 when the Red Raiders were transitioning from the Southwest Conference to the Big 12. That stretch coincided with a seven-year period with a winning conference record as Texas Tech finished above .500 in league play each year from 1991-97.
Texas Tech would improve to 7-3 overall this season with a win over the Buffaloes, marking its best start through 10 games since 2013. The Red Raiders started a perfect 7-0 during the 2013 season before ending the regular season with five consecutive losses.
Texas Tech would move to 5-2 in Big 12 play with a victory on Saturday, which marks the Red Raiders' best start to their conference schedule since their historic 2008 season. The Red Raiders finished league play at 7-1 that season, matching their most conference wins in program history.
A win over Colorado would go a long way in allowing the Red Raiders to possibly secure eight victories in the regular season for the first time since 2009. Texas Tech has finished with seven wins prior to its bowl game five times since then in 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2022.

INSIDE THE COLORADO SERIES

This will be the 11th all-time meeting between Texas Tech and Colorado and the first since 2010 when the two schools were both charter members of the Big 12 Conference. Colorado departed the Big 12 for the Pac-12 Conference a year later with the series tied at 5-5 following a 27-24 victory by the Red Raiders in Boulder.
Texas Tech was 3-4 against the Buffaloes during their first stint in the Big 12 with four of those games determined by only one possession. The home team won five of seven contests with the two exceptions being the last two meetings in the series. Colorado shocked the Red Raiders, 31-26, in Lubbock in 2007 before Texas Tech went to Boulder and delivered a 27-24 victory behind a Matt Williams 36-yard field goal with 2:09 remaining in regulation.
Texas Tech is 4-1 at home all-time against Colorado with its lone loss coming in that 2007 setback where the Red Raiders threw four interceptions, including three to Colorado defensive back Terrence Wheatley. The Red Raiders had won the previous four meetings up to that point, including a 31-10 rout in 1999 and a 26-21 victory in 2003 as Big 12 members.
The two schools faced each other three times prior to being founding members of the Big 12 Conference in 1996. Texas Tech hosted two of those meetings, defeating the Buffaloes, 21-12, in 1962 and then 24-7 in 1976. Colorado topped the Red Raiders, 45-27, in 1981 in the only non-Big 12 trip to Boulder.
This will be the third time Texas Tech and Colorado have faced each other during the month of November as the Red Raiders are 2-0 in those games with wins in 1962 and again in 2013, both in Lubbock.

SOUTH END ZONE BUILDING MAKES GRAND DEBUT

Texas Tech officially opened the South End Zone Building to Jones AT&T Stadium, a $242 million project that began following the 2022 season finale on Nov. 26, 2022.
The $242 million project will mark the largest contiguous football facility in the country, as the south end zone building will connect, via a skybridge, to the Womble Football Center and the Sports Performance Center, which opened in 2017 as Texas Tech's indoor football practice facility and indoor track and field venue. Which in total will feature more than 340,000 combined square feet of space.
The Red Raiders now enter Jones AT&T Stadium each gameday through the Gary Petersen Field Club, a 12,000-square-foot premium space that is among the first of its kind in college football. It is one of several new premium areas as Texas Tech has added 17 new luxury suites, on the 3rd floor of the South End Zone building, to go along with 500 club and loge box seats and two spacious party decks on the concourse. Texas Tech now boasts 102 premium suites throughout Jones AT&T Stadium to go along with more than 2,500 club and loge box seat options.
Joey McGuire and his staff moved into their new coaches' offices on the second floor of the south end zone building in July, giving them a stunning view overlooking Cody Campbell Field at Jones AT&T Stadium. The office location places McGuire and his staff steps from each position room and the sky bridge connected to the Womble Football Center where offensive and defensive breakout rooms will be located as well as a team meeting space and a state-of-the-art walkthrough area on the second level.
Texas Tech is slated to open the Womble Football Center side of the project this fall as the two-story building will maintain its football strength and conditioning, sports medicine and equipment areas on the main level as part of the new layout. The Red Raiders' main locker room will be located in the Womble Football Center, which includes space for 120-plus athletes and modern primary designs from Hollman that are fully ventilated and contain USB charging ports and DreamSeat technology for every player.

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