Leading Off
A Few More Weekends Without Sport. I think that the official first date for preseason practice is somewhere around August 12th, so you’ve only got a few more weekends without any sort of Texas Tech athletics. The summer has sort of flown by for me, probably because it’s just been so busy and there’s so little break between sports, if any at all. You should try to remember with men’s basketball and baseball how many more good days you’ve had than bad days and we’re pretty lucky to have those programs.
Texas Tech Volleyball
We had a little fun in front of the camera today! π₯ Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at our 2019 video shoot! π
π΄#WreckEmβ«οΈ pic.twitter.com/CjTSm25Yna
β Texas Tech Volleyball (@TexasTechVB) July 20, 2019
Texas Tech Track and Field
ICYMI: Yesterday, we released πππ π³ππππππππππ, the story of Texas Tech history as told by the Red Raiders who made it.
Whether it be for the first time or again, watch it by hitting the link below! π₯β¬οΈ
π΄#WreckEmβ«οΈhttps://t.co/TPKQPUnPgi
β Texas Tech Track & Field (@TexasTechTF) July 20, 2019
Texas Tech Golf
Please consider playing in The Red Raider Classic-Capital Mortgage Services golf event benefiting the Texas Tech Menβs and Womenβs golf teams. #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/tZyydTOQnw
β Texas Tech Menβs Golf (@TexasTechMGolf) July 20, 2019
She just keeps winning.
Sofia Garcia is your 2019 Dutch Junior Open champion!!! π
π°: https://t.co/ORFy0VJGvn
π΄#WreckEmβ«οΈ
β Texas Tech W Golf (@TexasTechWGolf) July 20, 2019
Texas Tech Tennis
This team went to work in the classroom!
We had 7οΈβ£ student-athletes earn @ITA_Tennis Scholar-Athlete status!! πππ
π΄#WreckEmβ«οΈhttps://t.co/bmCUC6czo6
β Texas Tech Womenβs Tennis (@TexasTechWTEN) July 19, 2019
5 Red Raiders on the @ITA_Tennis All-Academic Scholar Athlete list, a conference best.
Only school in the @Big12Conference to earn the All-Academic Team honor.
We got it done in the classroom this year. π€
π°: https://t.co/NXwSIYWk5q
π΄#WreckEmβ«οΈ
β Texas Tech Men’s Tennis (@TexasTechMTEN) July 18, 2019
Lady Raider Basketball
We made time for a little family fun at Coach Marlene @Stollings house! β€οΈπ
π΄#M2M | #WreckEmβ«οΈ pic.twitter.com/R8IxPEIqB0
β Lady Raider WBB (@LadyRaiderWBB) July 19, 2019
Texas Tech Basketball
Choosing victory in mid-July.
π΄#4To1 | #WreckEmβ«οΈ pic.twitter.com/t49fMjtKx5
β Texas Tech Basketball (@TexasTechMBB) July 19, 2019
Texas Tech Football
π΄Lead with E N E R G Yβ«οΈ#WreckEm pic.twitter.com/UFPonmmbya
β Texas Tech Football (@TexasTechFB) July 19, 2019
Giles to Texas Southern. Former Red Raider footballer and LSU Tiger footballer Jonathan Giles has ended up transferring to Texas Southern, via The Advocate’s Brooks Kubena. Giles will be a graduate transfer, so he’s eligible to play immediately. Giles never experienced the success at LSU that he did when he was at Texas Tech. I posted this on Twitter on Saturday and there was a lot of folks essentially saying, “LOL, should have never transferred, the grass isn’t always greener.” And well, I think things always work out the way they are supposed to work out, Giles obviously didn’t want to be in Lubbock and Texas Tech so whatever. I still hope that Giles has success and does whatever he wants to do, sure, it didn’t work out at Texas Tech, but I don’t wish ill will on him. I need the least amount of bad Texas Tech mojo possible. Putting good thoughts out there into the universe.
Wells on Linebackers. A-J Media’s Don Williams writes about the relatively unknown linebackers from Utah State who have had post-college success, namely Bobby Wagner and Kyler Fackrell, and Wells says that it is how they evaluate linebackers:
βI think you look for guys that can run, that are tough, love the game, have passion, that are smart,β Wells said. βAnd then you transition them. Typically, a lot of our guys have actually gone from outside to inside. We will recruit high-school linebackers that play linebacker, but I would tell you we potentially will recruit more that donβt play linebacker.β