It’s late October so naturally, the attention of most people in and around Lawrence, Kansas has already left the gridiron and turned to the hardwood where the Jayhawks are again the preseason favorites to capture the Big 12. But Saturday night, the Texas Tech football team will find itself in the shadows of Allen Fieldhouse trying to bring home the season’s fourth win in front of a crowd that might not top the one that will be on hand for the first basketball home game in Lawrence next month.
When Matt Wells leads his team onto the field against KU, he will finally be facing one of the three other new head coaches in the conference this year, Les Miles.