Red Raider Recap

News & Notes from the second week of September:

Chuck Carlton of the Dallas Morning News examines the Big XII’s decision to play football while a few other conferences have chosen otherwise:

https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/tcu-horned-frogs/2020/09/07/big-12s-call-to-have-a-football-season-looks-smart-but-the-conference-isnt-ready-to-claim-a-win-just-yet/

Texas Tech Soccer has a match postponed until November due to COVID concerns:

https://themercury.com/k_state_sports/kansas-state-soccer-reschedules-match-against-texas-tech/article_b4b1c24c-a8fb-5ae7-8ac4-c396dbb6177e.html

Lubbock establishment Now We Taco’n gets a terrific mural of hometown hero Patrick Mahomes courtesy of local artist Joey Martinez:

Jones Stadium goes virtual as Texas Tech launched an interactive fan map to assist in-person attendees on gameday:

https://texastech.com/news/2020/9/11/football-tech-launches-interactive-fan-map-for-game-day.aspx

Texas Tech Cross-Country has released its schedule, featuring a trio of conference meets in Stillwater, College Station, and Lawrence:

https://texastech.com/news/2020/9/8/tech-releases-cross-country-schedule.aspx

The Big XII Conference has put in place antigen testing protocols for COVID-19 in an effort towards player safety:

https://big12sports.com/news/2020/9/11/conference-big-12-announces-antigen-testing-partnership-with-virtual-care-for-families.aspx

Texas Tech Women’s Tennis announces their schedule with three home appearances and restrictions to singles play-only as a precaution:

https://texastech.com/news/2020/9/9/womens-tennis-three-home-events-highlight-lady-raider-fall-schedule.aspx

Pete Thamel of Yahoo points out the undeniable bad day for Big XII football on Saturday:

https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football-week-1-takeaways-big-12-falls-on-its-face-062037636.html

Texas Tech Men’s Tennis kicks off their season in Midland’s Racquet Club 2020 Collegiate Invitational:

https://texastech.com/news/2020/9/10/mens-tennis-red-raiders-begin-fall-campaign-in-midland.aspx

Former Texas Tech star pitcher AJ Ramos continues his MLB career by signing with the Colorado Rockies:

https://www.mlb.com/news/reliever-aj-ramos-signs-with-rockies