5 things to know about Texas Tech football in 2025

Joey McGuire previews Texas Tech football spring game format

The Texas Tech football team will wrap up spring practice at 2 p.m. April 19 at Jones AT&T Stadium. Joey McGuire explains the situational drills.

Big 12 Media Days have arrived, which means the Texas Tech football team is headed to Frisco with a slew of media members — probably far more than usual — looking to get an inside scoop on the Red Raiders for the 2025 season.

Most of those potential storylines, though, have already played out during the offseason. The Red Raiders are in a far different position than this time last year due to its high volume of activity in December.

Here’s a semi-brief refresher on all things Texas Tech to get a leg up on the competition:

Transfer portal, NIL spending puts pressure on Texas Tech football to deliver

The sentiment that Texas Tech has been a disappointment under head coach Joey McGuire is a lie. What isn’t is that the Red Raiders haven’t been nearly as good as McGuire and the team had hoped. They’ve been close, but the sting of having beaten the two teams (Iowa State and Arizona State) who played in the Big 12 championship caused a course correction.

Texas Tech went all-in on the transfer portal in December to completely reshape the roster. Using the last free-for-all period of name, image and likeness before the implementation of the House settlement, the Red Raiders brought in top-tier talent to ultimately shift the narrative around the team.

Now the Red Raiders are expected to be one of the teams in Arlington playing for a conference title and one of the Big 12’s favorites to get to the College Football Playoff. Anything short of that would be considered a failure.

It won’t mean a thing if they don’t have a ring.

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Publish date : 2025-07-08 09:03:00

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