Texas Tech football released the availability report for Baylor and this is much better than against Arizona. The Availability Report below is for Baylor:

OUT FOR SEASON
Dylan Spencer So. OLB Knee
Joseph Adedire Jr. OLB Knee
Vinny Sciury Sr. OL Knee
Cam’Ron Valdez Jr. RB Knee

OUT FOR BAYLOR
Javeon Wilcox R-Fr. DB Knee
Dylan Shaw R-Fr. OL Hand

QUESTIONABLE FOR BAYLOR
Chapman Lewis So. DB Hamstring

And the following Availability Report was for the Arizona game withe underlined players being the ones that got healthy.

OUT FOR ARIZONA
Javeon Wilcox R-Fr. DB Knee
Dylan Shaw R-Fr. OL Hand

QUESTIONABLE FOR ARIZONA
Charles Esters III Jr. OLB Thigh
Chapman Lewis So. DB Hamstring
Jason Llewellyn So. TE Head
Bralyn Lux Sr. DB Thigh
Jalon Peoples So. DB Hip
Joseph Plunk Sr. DB Shoulder
Isaac Smith Jr. OLB Head

That’s a big improvement and I’m happy to see so many players off of that list, especially the defensive ends and defensive backs. Would love to have Chapman Lewis back, but I suppose there is a possibility that he could play.

Red Raider Sports’ Justin Apodaca helps recap the presser:

Despite the relationships with the staff and players on the roster, McGuire is hoping that the Red Raiders are able to keep it within themselves and take care of business on their home field on Saturday.

“I do think winning last year helped this building, and I’m sure winning year one helped that building, you know, but we’re all really good friends. I mean, the people that I know on that staff,” McGuire said. “I think year three has probably changed a little bit, for us, you’re getting farther and farther away from less players on that roster that we were key in recruiting…So I think it becomes more and more like any other week in the Big 12, just trying to find a way to win.”

Open For Business John Kurtz wrote what I’ve been thinking, which is the SEC loses games and it’s a testament to the deepness of conference and when the Big 12 does it, then the conference is weak:

While the SEC will be credited with being a deep league when Vandy, Kentucky, and South Carolina rise up to beat Bama and Ole Miss, the Big 12’s perception suffers when Arizona State knocks off Utah or BYU takes down K-State.

Tennessee is still ranked 11th after averaging a paltry 18 points per game the last two weeks against Arkansas (who lost in Stillwater) and Florida. LSU is in the top ten with a loss to 3-3 USC. 7th ranked Alabama should have just dropped its second straight game to a team picked to finish in the bottom quarter of the league.

It is what it is.

Here’s the good news, though. The SEC’s vulnerability makes college football look wide open this year, and that continues to bode well for a Big 12 team to make noise in the playoff.

Encouraging.

Projected Big 12 Standings pic.twitter.com/A3e2OhK9VY

— Kelley Ford (@KFordRatings) October 14, 2024

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal’s Don Williams writes about how the spotlight will be on them for the rest of the season:

“Where we’ve got make some big improvements,” McGuire said, “is three out of our next four opponents throw the ball — and want to throw the ball — more than they run the ball. Iowa State is a really good football team, and they’re very balanced and they’re very good.

“But Baylor, when you look at their passing yards versus rushing yards — TCU, the same — that secondary needs to be healthy. We’ve got to get better at being physical with receivers. We were better last week. We can’t take a step back, and that comes with the secondary and the linebackers.”