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Texas Tech football embraces shift from sexy team to 'silent killer'

Of the 41 states in the union that have a Football Bowl Subdivision team within their borders, none have more than Texas.

For 12 days, as teams nationwide dig into preseason drills, USA TODAY Sports’ college football reporters are traversing the state of Texas and visiting each of its one dozen FBS programs. AT&T presents Two Weeks in Texas

Day 5: Texas Tech

LUBBOCK, Tex. — The signs bracketing Kliff Kingsbury’s designated parking space along the west side of Jones AT&T Stadium are labeled with capitalized, watch-your-step reminders of its intended inhabitant, worded just strongly enough to ward off a mindless would-be parker eyeballing the spot closest to Texas Tech’s football offices.