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Finally...a cooldown and good chance for rain. Of course, it could've happened some time last month and not this weekend.

Good news is the best timeframe for rain is earlier Friday. There is still a decent chance for a shower or thunderstorm Saturday morning, trending lower through the day Saturday.

Kickoff near 82, dropping to the low-mid 70s by the end of the game. Wind out of the NE/E 5-15mph. Rain chance about 20-30% Saturday evening. Partly cloudy sky.

Sunset is at 8:13 Saturday. Just walking around the campus and outside south end zone when it was dark last night, facility looks incredible. With some clouds in place, it hopefully will be a real nice sunset Saturday night. And no, the sunset is not most important thing I'm looking forward to Saturday, but figured it was worth mentioning.

Guns Up!

Take five minutes and get to know the six Texas Tech athletes that make up Team Mahomes a bit better in this mini doc on each of them. When you see them all together, accolades and all laid out in each of their individuals stories it's just yet another reminder of the great athletic talent that roams this campus. Hope you enjoy, wreck 'em!

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No QB is going to throw for 400 yards and five TDs against a top 10 and Big 12’s best defense in that weather.

But he played winning football.

He was 15 of 21 for 141 yards and a touchdown. More importantly, against that Cloud defense that usually eats spread QBs for dinner, he did not throw an interception. Repeat: He did not have a pick.

He had a QBR of 143.5. And this was in 3 degree wind chill.

On the game-winning drive, he was 5 of 6 and the TD. In addition, his tough runs allowed us to run out the clock.

I’m sorry none of this as clever or succinct as Shough sucks.

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Cannot remember EVER a time when the current coach of a program donated part if his paycheck back to the AD lol.

He plays hard.. He’s a great leader by example…. He’s tough..

However.. once again, the difference in the two teams tonight was the QB position. Theirs was better than ours.

Shough just isn’t a winner. He’s an awkward athlete. He was directly responsible for all 4 turnovers. Taking the last one away, because it was necessary, he’s still responsible for the three worst plays of the evening. He was reckless with the ball in key moments.

All of the noise about Morton throwing picks in practice is rather comical at this point. Any credit given to Shough for practice should be thrown out the window.

It’s time to see what we have with Morton. Anyone that has watched him perform agrees that he probably has the best arm talent seen at Tech not named Patrick Mahomes. It’s time!

Are we in a time where we will be rooting for every conference member? We need everyone to win every OOC game for SOS whether we like them or not.

First preview of the season. What are your keys for Saturday evening?



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Getting this ad on the board now. If RRS picked up Dan Flash's as a sponsor that's a huge deal. Hopefully they'll get some TTU-branded shirts soon.

Are there any fan color schemes by section or side for this weekend? I want to make sure I show up in the correct colored banana hammock.

Jakeem Grant Jack Anderson, Jaylon Hutchins, SaRoderick Thompson, Douglas Coleman -all on the list.

Wasn’t it supposed to go to the airport? I’m assuming it’s in @codycc64 backyard now?

The initiative has successfully closed 10 years since it was first launched. Here’s the full release:

LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech Athletics celebrated Friday the end of The Campaign for Fearless Champions, officially closing the most-successful fundraising initiative in its history with more than $500 million raised towards facilities and student-athlete resources.

It was 10 years ago this month when Texas Tech Director of Athletics Kirby declared “we believe we have a bold future in front of us.” Hocutt’s bold vision would transform Texas Tech’s athletic facilities across every sport, while also pouring resources into the student-athlete experience through scholarships, academic resources, strength and conditioning, sports psychology, nutrition and the creation of the J.T. and Margaret Talkington Department of Student-Athlete Development.

"It is with great pride, we celebrate the tremendous success of The Campaign for Fearless Champions," Hocutt said. "From the start, our goal was to position Texas Tech Athletics to compete at the highest levels. Thanks to our generous donors at every level, we are ready to achieve that goal.”

Under Hocutt’s watch, Texas Tech has bolstered its athletic facilities through the Campaign with the world-class Whitacre Athletic Complex and Sports Performance Center, the Dustin R. Womble Basketball Center, the Texas Tech baseball team facility and Cash Family Nutrition Center, among others. The Campaign officially closes with the completion of the flagship project, the South End Zone Building at Jones AT&T Stadium and the Dustin R. Womble Football Center, a $242 million project that opens this season.

"Thank you to every donor at every level for your incredible generosity and unwavering support over the past decade,” said Senior Associate Athletics Director Andrea Tirey. “Your contributions to The Campaign for Fearless Champions have directly enhanced athletic facilities and enriched the lives of our student-athletes. Your investment is a commitment to excellence and a belief in the future of Texas Tech Athletics.”

With the completion of the final Campaign projects, Texas Tech will transition its fundraising initiatives to meet the current needs of today’s student-athletes. Texas Tech previously announced in June 2023 a modernization effort to the Red Raider Club to maximize the value it delivers to student-athletes, which now includes promoting and assisting in the fundraising efforts for The Matador Club, the official NIL collective of the athletics department. That effort will increase in the coming months as Texas Tech continues to evolve with the changing world of intercollegiate athletics.

“Texas Tech has proven to be a national leader in the NIL space and will continue to do so as we transition our fundraising efforts even more to current student-athlete priorities,” Hocutt said. “Texas Tech Athletics intends to compete at the highest level in all that we do, and I firmly believe our best days are ahead of us due to the support we receive each and every day.”

For more information regarding the Red Raider Club or The Matador Club, please visit RedRaiderClub.com or MatadorClub.org.

Netflix released Untold: Sign Stealer this week. It’s a documentary about the sign stealing scandal from last season. It’s worth a watch.

Connor Stalions perfected the art of sign stealing while he was on the staff at Navy and Michigan.

It’s worth a watch.

It will be interesting to see what happens with this as more it it comes to light.

Anybody know if the Matador Club still puts on a tailgate outside the stadium? Any other tailgate options open to a couple of Red Raiders? Happy to donate to the cause.

@MattErnst34

Getting some rain this weekend?

After a long 9 years of not seeing a Tech football game in Lubbock, my Dad and I decided we need to make the trip to see a game this year. We landed on the Colorado game. I realize tickets to this game in particular are going to be more hotly sought after than others. Anyone have any tips for scooping some decent seats at a reasonable price? Right now I've just been casually looking at the second hand seller sites. Should I just lock in what I can find now or am I safe to wait a little closer to the start of the season? Wreck em!

Here's ACU's roster

And don't go for the lazy points with [random player with dreadlocks] = picture of a mop. That's just pathetic. Put some effort into it.

Anyway...

Luke Moffitt (WR #16)



Jim Breuer from Half-Baked

Fascinating documentary on Connor Stallions and impressive turn around time considering it was just last season.

Definitely skewed to be Stalion’s side of the story but interesting nonetheless.

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63-percent of the projected starters going into week one of the college football season are transfers, whoa

0.5 TDs for Micah Hudson on Saturday? Just curious to take the boards temperature on this.

LET'S GOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

I can't believe the college football season is nearly here. I've got some College Pick'em Groups on Yahoo! that I've posted on RRS, when I remember, for a few years now. If you're interested in joining, please check them out. If you played last year you should have an invite in your email to sign back up this year. The password for all leagues is: Lubbock

Group 1
Group #1413
This Group picks games from Y!'s selected games and the AP Top 25 and you use Confidence Points to rank each game.

Group 2
Group #1412
This Group only picks Big 12 games, No Spread, No Confidence Points, just straight picks for a quick and easy league

Group 3
Group #1414
This Group picks AP Top 25 and Big 12 games, no spread, no confidence points.

Again, the password for all three leagues is "Lubbock" Let me know if you have any questions or run into any difficulties. If there is a 4th league you'd like to see let me know as I could be talked into opening another one up. Good luck to everyone.

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Found this interesting. I doubt ACU made the move.