How culpable was Brett Yormark for Red Raiders’ debacle at UT?

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After a 57-7 loss Friday night at No. 7 Texas, the Texas Tech football team is 6-6 and expecting a bowl bid when invitations go out on Dec. 3. Best guess here is the Red Raiders will play in the Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth, the First Responders Bowl in Dallas or the Independence Bowl in Shreveport, Louisiana.

We answer questions from readers each week. There was a large number this week, so we are holding over some I’ll get to later.

Q: Do you wish the Big 12 commissioner had kept his mouth shut in Lubbock earlier this year?

DW: Brett Yormark’s public instructions for Joey McGuire to “take care of business” in Austin did get the Longhorns’ attention, didn’t they? And Steve Sarkisian said after the game, “We’ll take anything to get to kind of fire our guys up.”

The Longhorns had a lot of fun with it. I don’t think it made 50 points difference in the outcome, though.

Q: Do you expect any staff changes this offseason, via hired away or from Joey making a change?

DW: Probably. More often than not, there are changes from one season to the next. What those are in this case remains to be seen.

Next phases this offseason: See timelines for Texas Tech football projects at Jones AT&T Stadium

Column: Texas Tech football gets rolled and settles in for long wait | Williams

Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark addresses a crowd at the Red Raider Club kickoff luncheon in August in Lubbock. Yormark told Texas Tech coach Joey McGuire to “take care of business” when Tech faced departing Big 12 member Texas in Austin. The Longhorns won Friday’s game 57-7.

Q: Will they fire (offensive coordinator Zach) Kittley before or after the bowl game?

DW: I don’t think so, but it wouldn’t surprise me. Texas Tech’s average of 26.8 points per game would be its lowest in a season since Mike Leach’s first team in 2000 averaged 23.3.

That’ll be addressed,…

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Publish date : 2023-11-26 18:36:28

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