On the Pitch
Texas Tech soccer is in Morgantown tonight to take on West Virginia, who is 3rd in the Big 12 standings and with Texas Tech tied with TCU atop the standings. This will be a heck of a game.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
MATCHUP: No. 19 Texas Tech (11-2-2, 6-0-2 Big 12) at RV West Virginia (10-3-2, 6-1-1 Big 12)
DATE: Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024
TIME: 7 p.m. (ET)/6 p.m. (CT)
LOCATION: Morgantown, West Virginia (Dlesk Soccer Stadium)
WATCH: ESPN+
On the Court
Texas Tech men’s basketball has the first part of their preseason documentary to get to know the team. It’s about 13 minutes, I still can’t get it to play on Chrome (Firefox works for me) and it’s good. It’s worth your time.
On the Gridiron
Second half of the season loading 🟥🟥⬛️⬛️⬛️
It starts on Saturday.
Be early, be loud, wear red. pic.twitter.com/HAOb2VSVlT
— Texas Tech Football (@TexasTechFB) October 16, 2024
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal’s Nathan Giese on Davion Carter settling in as a starter:
“Took me a little longer than I wanted to get back,” Carter said Tuesday of the foot injury, “and I feel like the coaches did a really good job saving me and not force me back as much. But now that I’m out there with the guys, I feel like the chemistry and everything is going good together. I feel like we’re one of those offensive lines right now.”
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal’s Don Williams on the USA Today database of how much coaches rank, which is the 10th highest paid in the Big 12
Administrative
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal’s Don Williams reports that Texas Tech athletics will receive more financial support from the university, I think approximately $14.7 million as the NCAA vs. House decision that may require the athletic department to have more funds available. For comparison purposes, this isn’t that big of a deal, but it is a good amount:
For fiscal year 2023, the University of Houston athletics department reported more than $48 million from direct institutional support and student fees and the University of Central Florida athletics department reported more than $36 million through a combination of student fees, direct institutional support and direct government support.
Cincinnati reported more than $35.5 million in direct institutional support and $2.5 million in indirect institutional support. All three schools started competing in the Big 12 last year.
Arizona athletics was subsidized $47.6 million for fiscal 2023 with about $35 million of that in indirect institutional support, according to USA TODAY’s records. Arizona State athletics received about $27.5 million, more than $11 million each via student fees and direct institutional support. ASU athletics did, however, report transferring $6.4 million back to the institution.
This is a very lengthy article so that 3 paragraph snippet is not representative of the length of the article as it gets into a lot of detail and has quotes from Hocutt, Botros and Schovanec, so you’ll have to read the whole thing.