#Joey McGuire

Georgia will chase a third consecutive national championship in 2023 as the favorite in the USA TODAY Sports way-too-early Top 25 for next season, ahead of the familiar run of teams that have come to dominate the Bowl Subdivision. The Bulldogs are followed by No. 2 Michigan, No. 3 Alabama, No. 4 Florida State and No. 5 Penn State. After an…

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer TCU is looking to pull another upset. Georgia is trying to win a second straight national title. The third-ranked Horned Frogs and top-ranked Bulldogs face off in the College Football Playoff championship game on Monday night at Sofi Stadium. Georgia is a 12½-point favorite, according to FanDuel…

The college football season ends Monday night with a championship game in which Georgia is a two-touchdown favorite over TCU. Forget those betting lines. Forget the bluebloods sitting at home - some idiot talking head actually said he'd rather see Georgia playing Alabama. Forget the naysayers who whine about the postseason, saying there are too…

TCU is looking to pull another upset. Georgia is trying to win a second straight national title. The third-ranked Horned Frogs and top-ranked Bulldogs face off in the College Football Playoff championship game Monday night at Sofi Stadium in Inglewood, California. Georgia is a 12 1/2-point favorite, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. That's down a…

The latest of Wednesday's four college football bowl games will air live from NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, and feature a Big 12-SEC clash between the Texas Tech Red Raiders and the Mississippi Rebels. Although Ohioans won't be able to legally wager on the TaxAct Texas Bowl tonight, there is still plenty of time to rack up…

Sometimes the air can get sucked out of a bowl game weeks before it takes place. Coaching changes, opt-outs, and players entering the transfer portal have a way of making some of these contests feel like formalities. The Texas Bowl does not fit that bill. Not only does this matchup feature two teams from Power 5 conferences, but both Ole Miss and…

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During the college football season, the Stadium staff will provide weekly betting picks and advice in this roundtable. Here are our thoughts on the bowl games played from Dec. 28 to Jan. 2. podcast. Spotify and Apple for episodes and follow Stadium Bets on Twitter for more sports betting content. Ben Wittenstein, Stadium Social Media…

Ole Miss vs Texas Tech prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. TaxAct Texas Bowl, Wednesday, December 28 Date: Wednesday, December 28 Game Time: 9:00 pm ET Venue: NRG Stadium, Houston, TX How To Watch: ESPN Record: Ole Miss (8-4), Texas Tech (7-5) - - It seems like it's all just starting for Texas Tech. Head coach Joey McGuire came up with a…

Another great college football season has come and gone. Sure, we still have some bowl games to get through but for some teams, the season is over. Before we know it, July will have come around and we will all be picking our preseason Big 12 teams for next year. However, before we get into the offseason, I wanted to look back at some of my picks…

Ole Miss' promising season, which once had College Football Playoff hopes, unraveled with three straight losses in November. Meanwhile, Texas Tech won its final three games, including 51-48 over Oklahoma in overtime in the season finale. Here's what to know about the matchup. Wednesday, Dec. 28 at 9 p.m. ET at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. ESPN is…

Baylor (6-6) kicks off this year's slate of Big 12 bowl games, as they battle Air Force (9-3) in the Fort Worth. Baylor's season was certainly one that had its ups and had its downs, with the downs coming later in the season on three consecutive losses. Still, the Bears can capitalize on some momentum going into the offseason if they can cap off…

The final week of mass chaos in college football is a bittersweet moment. But it never fails to deliver. Not only are programs chasing bowl eligibility, but the last weekend of November is also loaded with rivalries. Spots in conference championships are at stake. In select parts around the country, College Football Playoff dreams, too. Week 13 put…

The 2022 college football season wrapped up the regular season on Saturday. There were five games this week, with Texas beating Baylor 38-27, West Virginia got by Oklahoma State 24-19, TCU crushed Iowa State 62-14, Texas Tech got by Oklahoma 51-48 in overtime, and Kansas State rolled Kansas 47-27. So now it's time for our Big 12 Power Rankings.…

During the college football season, the Stadium staff will provide weekly betting picks and advice in this roundtable. Here are our thoughts on the Week 13 slate. podcast. Spotify and Apple for episodes and follow Stadium Bets on Twitter for more sports betting content. Ben Wittenstein, Stadium Social Media Producer: Under 47.5 in Iowa State vs.…

Joey McGuire is rebuilding the excitement level at Jones AT&T Stadium in his first year as Texas Tech coach, leading the Red Raiders to five home victories for the first time since 2009. That's also the last season Tech finished better than.500 in Big 12 football games, and the Red Raiders still have a chance to achieve the latter this year,…

Here is a capsule look at today's games of interest: Kickoff: 3 p.m. TV: Fox Radio: WDBQ-FM 1097.5 Series record: Minnesota leads, 62-51-2. What's at stake: The West Division title is back in play in for both teams with each on three-game winning streak. The Hawkeyes and Gophers are in a four-way tie for first place with Illinois and Purdue,…

There's been a tremendous amount of success from a handful of first-year coaches, but others have suffered bumps. This serves as an updated stock watch for first-year head coaches as we head toward the final stretch of the season. Pac-12 Kalen DeBoer, Washington The Huskies (8-2) have been rolling pretty much the entire season. They started 2022…

The Baylor Bears are set to host the Kansas State Wildcats on Saturday, as both teams try to stay in the race for the Big 12 Championship Game. The predictions for the Bears-Wildcats game will come later this week. But what about the rest of the Big 12? Staff members from Longhorns Country, Inside the Bears and Red Raider Review provide their picks…

college football odds series for our Baylor Texas Tech prediction and pick. The Baylor Bears were a preseason top-15 team. The presumption heading into 2022 was that Baylor would continue to be a very strong defensive team, for the simple reason that Dave Aranda has a great track record as a defensive coach. Aranda coached the LSU defense to the…

The 2021 college football bowl season features 42 bowl games. Some may say that's too many, but it's hard to complain about football when we know the barren wasteland known as the "offseason" is right around the corner. That being said, it is the holiday season, and that means it could be a little harder to get in front of a TV with an assortment…

Buckle up for the biggest regular season game in Tennessee and Georgia history. Moving forward, both in this article and for the rest of the season, we'll refer to teams by their College Football Playoff rankings, but we're making an exception for the 25th regular-season AP No. 1 vs. No. 2 game in college football history, and the first for both…

Here is everything you need to know about the upcoming matchup between the Texas Tech Red Raiders and the TCU Horned Frogs. Saturday, November 5, 2022; 11:00 a.m. CT; Amon G. Carter Stadium; Fort Worth, Texas TV: FOX (Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt, Jenny Taft) Radio: Texas Tech Sports Network (Brian Jensen, John Harris, Chris Level); Texas Tech Sports…

Jimbo Fisher's (lack of) performance has been the talk of college football this season, and rightfully so. After starting 2021 ranked No. 6, the Aggies finished unranked. Despite that underperformance, the Aggies again started No. 6 this fall, and at press time it looks like Texas A&M will not only finish out of the rankings come January, they…

Here is everything you need to know about the upcoming matchup between the Baylor Bears and the Texas Tech Red Raiders. Saturday, October 29, 2022; 6:30 p.m. CT; Jones AT&T Stadium; Lubbock, Texas TV: ESPN2 (Clay Matvick, Rocky Boiman, Dawn Davenport) Radio: Baylor Sports Network (John Morris, J.J. Joe, Ricky Thompson); Texas Tech Sports Network…

We're nearly halfway through the college football season, and there are storylines galore to discuss. While the expected powerhouses continued to take care of business, upstarts staked claims to headlines as we navigated Week 6. Kansas lost star quarterback Jalon Daniels but still took fellow unbeaten TCU to the brink before the Horned Frogs…

A Big 12 showdown is on tap this weekend as the Texas Tech Red Raiders will make the trek to Stillwater to do battle with the #7 Oklahoma State Cowboys. Join us for our College Football odds series, where our Texas Tech-Oklahoma State prediction and pick will be made. Fresh off of a gut-wrenching 37-28 out on the road against Kansas State, the Red…

STILLWATER, Okla. - Oklahoma State football returns to the friendly confines of Boone Pickens Stadium where it will play host to Texas Tech for another Big 12 showdown this weekend. The Cowboys (4-0, 1-0 Big 12) are hoping to maintain control as the top dog in the conference, but the Red Raiders (3-2, 1-1 Big 12) have already proven to be a sneaky…

It's time to settle some SEC offseason coaching feuds in week six of the college football season. This week also brings a battle of churches in all places, Las Vegas; a Wednesday night game; Jim Carrey sequels; and a first for ESPN's College Gameday. For new readers, this is how the guide works. The game, time, and channel will be listed. Time is…

Seventh-ranked Oklahoma State is riding high after avenging last year's Big 12 title game loss to Baylor. However, the Pokes' defense is set to encounter its toughest test this season when Texas Tech visits Stillwater. We look at this matchup and more for our college football upset picks. With conference play now in full swing, it can become even…

Another week, another ranked team for the Texas Tech Red Raiders. Texas Tech will face its fifth straight ranked team when they travel to No. 7 Oklahoma State on Saturday for a 2:30 p.m. contest at Boone Pickens Stadium. Since the Red Raiders soundly beat Murray State to open the season, it's been nothing but a steady diet of ranked teams. The Red…

Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college football (Irish hangover remedies sold separately in Evanston, where it's been a month since Northwestern got drunk on victory over Nebraska): Story lines for the month ahead: A defining three-game stretch looms in the back half of October for James Franklin (31) and Penn State. The Dash…

The 2022 college football season wrapped up Week 4 and the Big 12 started to get into more conference play, and we got multiple upsets, overtime and much more. Then, there were non-conference games that saw the Kansas Jayhawks improve to 4-0, while TCU took back the Iron Skillet from SMU. All in all, it was a fun weekend to close out the month of…

college football odds series for our Texas Texas Tech prediction and pick. The Texas Longhorns had lost to Alabama by one point, a crushing result on a day when they largely outplayed Nick Saban's SEC colossus. Texas outplayed Alabama in the trenches and was bitterly unlucky that quarterback Quinn Ewers got hurt early in the game. Had Texas been…

The NC State Wolfpack play a rare Big 12 opponent when the Texas Tech Red Raiders come to Raleigh this week. We're breaking down the betting angles with our Texas Tech-NC State picks. NC State is one of eight AP Top 25 teams facing an undefeated opponent this week but is one of just three facing an opponent from a Power 5 conference. Here are our…

A year ago, the Texas Longhorns beat the Texas Tech Red Raiders in a 70-35 shootout that saw the two squads combine for 15 touchdowns. This year's matchup has little chance of producing similar fireworks. New Texas Tech head coach Joey McGuire appears intent on building a high-flying offense, but the Red Raiders (2-1) currently lack the personnel…

The offseason coaching carousel was a wild one, with several big-name programs making changes. As a result, there are 29 head coaches making their debuts during the 2022 season. Fourteen of the new faces are coaching in the Power Five, too. After three weeks, let's check in on how each is doing. No, we're not hitting the panic button on anyone…

With 17 starters returning from a nine-win 2021 season, including quarterback and Heisman hopeful Devin Leary, No. 13 NC State is a frontrunner to advance to its first ACC championship game as coach Dave Doeren enters his 10th season with the program. The USA TODAY Network South Region has broken down every game in the Wolfpack's 2022 schedule and…

The Texas Tech Red Raiders take on the NC State Wolfpack. Check out our college football odds series for our Texas Tech NC State prediction and pick. This is a fascinating Week 3 game. Both teams have some upside, but no one is sure if either team can realize its potential. Texas Tech and North Carolina State are both mysterious, and this game…

Last week ATS: 10-7-1 (6-4 B1G, 4-3-1 National) Season ATS: 21-18-2 (10-9-1 B1G, 11-9-1 National) If you missed this week's Big Ten picks, they can be found here. (All lines courtesy of Draftkings Sportsbook.) No. 12 BYU v. No. 25 Oregon (-3.5) - 3:30 p.m. - FOX After getting curb-stomped down in Atlanta by Georgia, Oregon rebounded last week with…

Texas coach Steve Sarkisian wouldn't budge Thursday when pressed about who will start at quarterback against UTSA on Saturday - Quinn Ewers, Hudson Card or Charles Wright. "What I can clarify is all three of the guys got better," Sarkisian told reporters. "I don't think it's my job to get on here and tell you guys what our game plan is going to…

Texas Tech will take its undefeated record on the road to face another undefeated team when it faces North Carolina State on Saturday. Texas Tech (2-0) beat the Houston Cougars, 33-30, in two overtimes on Saturday, giving them a victory with backup quarterback Donovan Smith at the controls. It certainly wasn't a perfect game, but he's giving the…

The Texas Tech Red Raiders face the North Carolina State Wolfpack in a Week 3 college football game on Saturday. Which team will win the game? Check out these picks, predictions and odds for the game, which is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. MST and can be seen on ESPN2. North Carolina State is a 9.5-point favorite in the game, according to Tipico…

With the first full weekend of college football games in the books, only one team from a Group of Five conference remains in the AP Top 25: the University of Houston. Here's a look at why the Cougars are the Group of Five Underdog of the Week, per the college football betting odds, plus a few honorable mentions: Despite being the only ranked team…

Houston and Texas Tech squared off in last year's season opener at NRG Stadium - home of the Houston Texans. While the Cougars possessed an early 21-7 lead, disaster repeatedly struck in the second half. Houston tossed four picks to the Red Raiders, causing Texas Tech to score 31 unanswered in a 38-21 victory. The trajectory of the teams changed…

VSiN's college football expert dives into two of Tuesday's higher-profile bowl games. This matchup might have been more interesting a decade ago, when it was not long after Mike Leach was forced out at Texas Tech under controversial circumstances. Most have likely forgotten - though, from what we gather, Leach hasn't. That creates an interesting…

The College Football Experience ( @TCEonSGPN) on the Sports Gambling Podcast Network previews the upcoming 2022 college football season for the Texas Tech Red Raiders. Pick Dundee aka ( @TheColbyD) & Patty C ( @PattyC831) break down the Texas Tech Red Raiders 2022 roster and key in on each and every game Texas Tech has on the schedule this year.