Every May, as summer approaches, we slowly begin to see the number of college football preview stories leaking out from the national pundits increase. What’s so exciting for the Texas Tech football program this time around is that there are significant external expectations for this season, which hasn’t been the case for quite some time.
In fact, well-respected college football insider Brett McMurphy sent out Tweet on Tuesday that got plenty of people around Raiderland buzzing. Listing his early bowl projections, McMurphy had the Red Raiders in the Cotton Bowl to square off with Alabama. While that would not have Tech playing in the College Football Playoff, it would mean that the Red Raiders were Big 12 champions given that no other Big 12 team was included in McMurphy’s projected matchups for the New Year’s Six bowls.