Dec 4, 2016; Grapevine, TX, USA; College football playoff selection committee chairman Kirby Hocutt speaks to the media during selection Sunday at the Gaylord Texan Hotel. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports
As if he weren’t already enough of a legend in Lubbock, Texas Tech baseball head coach Tim Tadlock became an ever greater Red Raider icon this week when he spurned overtures from Texas A&M and signed a lifetime contract to remain at the helm of the program he’s built into a national power. That means that in his time in charge of the Texas Tech program, Tadlock has now turned down offers from both A&M and Texas thus endearing him to every Red Raider.