The Big 12 has been a mess for nearly a decade. When original members started bailing and the conference decided to add TCU and West Virginia and then stop expansion, it was destined to fail.
The conference was looked at as the smallest and weakest conference by most of the country with only Oklahoma doing anything on a national scale in the biggest sport of Football in the College Football Playof
The Big 12 commissioner search has been pretty quiet over the last two weeks since Bob Bowlsby announced that he was stepping away and a new commissioner would be named in the next 90 days. Either that's because there is already a plan of succession in place and this all began last July, or the Big 12 was blindsided again...
Pitts is in his 43rd, and final season, as the on-site producer/engineer for Texas Tech Football radio broadcasts. Suspended announcers Brian Jensen and John Harris also participated in the ceremony.
The Red Raiders and Wildcats will kickoff next Saturday at 11am at Jones AT&T Stadium. Texas Tech is trying to become bowl eligible for the first time since 2017.
The Red Raiders are looking to make it three straight wins against the Mountaineers on Saturday, October 2. Last year, Texas Tech won 34-27 with Henry Colombi throwing and rushing for a touchdown during the win.
Texas Tech and Cincinnati already have a connection, due to former football coach Tommy Tuberville, and that connection should be used to name their new rivalry games.