Friday night under the lights in Lubbock carries extra weight as the No. 13 Texas Tech Red Raiders open Big 12 play against the No. 22 Houston Cougars. Coming off a hard-fought 35-24 victory over the Oregon State Beavers to improve to 2-0,

CORVALLIS — DeCorion Temple acknowledged what few Oregon State fans were willing to on Saturday: he committed offensive pass interference. The Beavers tight end ran a crossing route from right to left and hit a Texas Tech defender in the back with his forearm,

Texas Tech football dodged a bullet at Oregon State. Fans fear the Red Raiders are living on borrowed time, especially with Big 12 play already here.

While the Oregon State Beavers gave a strong effort against a ranked Texas Tech squad this past weekend, OSU fell to 0-2 to start the season with a 35-24 loss. Entering the weekend as underdogs by nearly four touchdowns,

UH can make a statement Friday night at Texas Tech in the Cougars' chase for their first College Football Playoff berth.

Texas Tech football's unwanted week is here: the 6-day turnaround of playing in the Pacific Northwest on Saturday night, back home for UH on Friday.

On Friday, No. 22 Houston visits No. 13 Texas Tech. This could be a huge opportunity for Houston, which hopes to contend for the Big 12 conference title.

On Monday night, the Denver Broncos will face off against the Kansas City Chiefs. Former Texas Tech and current Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes will be returning from injury in Week 1 . In the contest between the Broncos and Chiefs,

Texas Tech has money, facilities, talent and motivated boosters hell-bent on getting to the top. Not everybody is happy about it.

McGuire vowed that he'd wear a THSCA hat pregame as a sign of respect and appreciation for the support the association has had for his program. The coach tends to refer to his program as the "unofficial home of the Texas High School Coaches Association" because his staff often has coaching ties from across the state.