There is only one team in the Big 12 that is yet to have a week off this season. And before Texas Tech fans begin to rant and rave against the evil conference schedule-makers, they should turn their vitriol against the Texas Tech administration.
Texas Tech University has a policy in place preventing its athletic teams from competing during the week of semester finals. This means that Kliff Kingsbury’s football team had to tell the Big 12 that it would not be willing to play on the regular season’s final day, December 3rd.
More importantly, this policy has forced the football team to play 11 consecutive weeks with no break.