Over the past two weeks, the Avalanche-Journal has been following the story of Texas Tech football and other schools working with Oregon and Oregon State to help the latter two keep alive the Civil War rivalry, the series between two schools less than 50 miles apart that dates to 1894.
The Oregon-Oregon State games have long been conference games. Now that Oregon is leaving the Pac-12 Conference for the Big Ten beginning next season, the Ducks are still amenable to playing the Beavers annually in non-conference games, but they need help to make that happen next season.
Enter Texas Tech, Washington State and Boise State making schedule arrangements to help facilitate. If this happens — and Texas Tech athletics director Kirby Hocutt said the schools are working toward it, but not final — the Red Raiders’ Sept. 7 road game next season will be at Washington State instead of Oregon.
Tech is due a $400,000 game guarantee if it plays at Oregon and would get a $500,000 game guarantee if it plays at Washington State, Hocutt said, a net add of $100,000.
Washington State would complete a two-game home-and-home by coming to Lubbock in 2032. Tech’s road game at Oregon would be pushed back to 2033.
That generated considerable discussion among Tech fans, so here’s a question-and-answer session devoted to it.
Q: So two weeks after saying “no more no-upside road games,” Kirby is bought for all of $100k to schedule a “no-upside road game.” Great work there, Tech.
DW: Reread the story. Hocutt didn’t exactly say “no more no-upside road games.” He said with Tech’s quarter-billion-dollar stadium project coming into place for next season, Tech will schedule seven home games every year. Tech already has seven home games next season.
Washington State’s not a no-upside road game. Cougars players were Power-Five players this year. Just because a…
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Author : Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Publish date : 2023-12-10 10:03:46
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