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There are some big games ahead at home for the Red Raiders next season, including a Thursday night game against Baylor.

After playing for a National Championship last season, the Red Raiders start the season at no. 13 in the AP rankings.

After a student body vote, the 2019 Texas Tech homecoming king and queen were announced during the halftime break of the Iowa State Texas Tech game.

Texas Tech spotted the Cyclones 20 points in the first half and couldn't recover.

Everyone was fine and walked away from the ordeal.

There's nothing quite like a flyover to get a game started in college football. In fact, after a flyover, it's impossible for it not to feel like a big game.
Here's the action from just before kickoff of the Homecoming game between Iowa State and Texas Tech, featuring four F-16s:

The Red Raiders will host Iowa State this weekend for a homecoming matchup, and Texas Tech University really wants you to have a good time. How do I know this? Just look at all the stuff they are doing for the game.
First off, the throwbacks uniforms...

Patrick Mahomes got hurt in Week one against the Jaguars. Since then he had been playing on a hobbled ankle that seemed to really be hampering him in two consecutive losses after getting sacked multiple times a game.
It got so bad that local Chiefs fans in Kansas City took his ankle issue to the grea…

The Big 12, for a while, was all about offense. Baylor was on top. Oklahoma was scoring points. Texas Tech a head coach to be the best on offense. The defensive teams lagged behind and the high powered offenses that could play just enough defense got ahead...

Chris Beard has promised the fans in Lubbock a free party on Broadway if the Red Raiders go undefeated at home this season. The biggest test left -- or at least the best team left -- on the home schedule is coming to Lubbock this weekend...