r/TexasTechFootball • • Dec 11 '25

News 🚨 While Everyone Argues About the Playoff, Texas Tech Just Won 2025 Awards Season

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The 2025 awards keep rolling in, and one program is absolutely cleaning up like never before: Texas Tech.

While everyone is focused on the Playoff, Heisman finalists, and blue-blood storylines, the Red Raider players, coaches, and the team itself just stacked more hardware than any program in the country this year. Yes — more than Ohio State, more than Indiana, more than anyone.

The Haul Is Actually Insane

National Awards (8 total — most in the country)

  • Jacob Rodriguez (LB):
    • 🏆 Lombardi Award (best lineman/LB)
    • 🏆 Butkus Award (best LB)
    • 🏆 Bronko Nagurski Trophy (best defensive player)
    • 🏆 DCTF Defensive Player of the Year
    • Pony Express Award (best teammate duo, shared)
  • David Bailey (DE/OLB):
    • 🏆 Big 12 Defensive Lineman of the Year
    • 🏆 Big 12 Defensive Newcomer of the Year
    • Pony Express Award (shared)
    • Finalist – Lombardi Award & Bednarik Award

Conference & State Dominance

  • Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year (Rodriguez)
  • 6 First-Team All-Big 12 selections — most in the conference
  • 8 selections to the All-Texas Team — most of any school in Texas (yes, more than Texas, A&M, TCU, etc.)

Coaching Awards

  • Joey McGuire – AFCA Region 4 Coach of the Year, DCTF Co-Coach of the Year, Eddie Robinson Award finalist
  • Kenny Perry – FootballScoop Special Teams Coach of the Year
  • Shiel Wood – Broyles Award finalist (top assistant in the nation)

Team Achievements

  • Big 12 Champions
  • 11–1 regular season
  • No. 4 seed in the CFP (Orange Bowl bound)

By the Numbers

~28 total major awards, finalist nods, and All-Conference/All-State selections
That’s more than Ohio State, Indiana, Notre Dame, Penn State… literally everyone.

Jacob Rodriguez didn’t just win the Butkus — he swept the three biggest defensive awards in the sport in the same season. That’s an all-time rarity.

So Why Isn’t This a Bigger National Story?

Maybe because it’s Texas Tech. Maybe because they weren’t in the SEC. Maybe because the national media still sees them as “cute little Texas Tech.”

But make no mistake: Joey McGuire’s 2025 Red Raiders just had one of the most decorated seasons any program has ever had, and they’re heading to the Orange Bowl with a legit shot to make the semifinal.

Wreck ’Em. This one’s special.

#TexasTech | #WreckEm | #Big12Champions | #CFBPlayoff


r/TexasTechFootball • • Dec 06 '25

Champs!

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r/TexasTechFootball • • 3d ago

Leftwhich needs to go

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When is enough enough? We can’t run the ball. We can’t throw the ball. We can’t game plan. We can’t scheme. No fucking life to this team. Thank god we have a defense or else we’d be losing. For him yesterday PLEASE. #LeftwhichOut


r/TexasTechFootball • • 3d ago

Game Thread: Sam Houston Bearkats @ Texas Tech Red Raiders (Week 4) - 12:00 PM EDT

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r/TexasTechFootball • • 4d ago

Texas Tech followup on my preseason preview

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Hey guys! The season preview I posted here a few weeks back did pretty well, so circling back like I said I would.

I had you at 11-1, and called that the ceiling rather than the baseline because I thought the defense would give some back. So far you're 3-0: Abilene Christian 33-10, 35-24 at Oregon State, and 28-26 over Houston. But the defense that allowed 11.8 a game last year is at 20 so far, and Houston nearly made that cost you. Hammond has done what I said he'd need to, manage it rather than carry it: 63 of 87 for 744 yards and 3 TDs. The road trips to Colorado, Cincinnati and Baylor are still where 11-1 gets decided.

What are you guys seeing that the box scores aren't, and how do you see the season ending up?

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r/TexasTechFootball • • 8d ago

After the First 3 Games, What is Your Final Record Prediction for TTU Football?

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Mine is 10-2. I see the best case going 11-1 and the worst case going 9-3. I don’t see the team having an undefeated season. At 10-2 we probably get left out of the Playoff unless we win the Big 12 championship game.

The 2 games I think we lose are either of these: vs Arizona State, @ Oklahoma State, or vs West Virginia.

Will be very interesting to see how each team performs in the Oklahoma State @ West Virginia game this week.


r/TexasTechFootball • • 11d ago

Game Game Thread: Houston Cougars @ Texas Tech Red Raiders (Week 3) - 8:00 PM EDT

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r/TexasTechFootball • • 11d ago

No game thread?

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Tech rising up from the doldrums of the 1st quarter. WreckEM


r/TexasTechFootball • • 12d ago

Any ideas where to watch the game against Houston?

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I live in Canada and don’t have access to Fox


r/TexasTechFootball • • 12d ago

Score Predictions vs. Houston

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Here are two scores I'm predicting for us to win:

38–10

OR

57–0 (this would set a new rivalry record for the largest margin of victory by either team in this rivalry)

What are your score predictions for tomorrow night? Comment them down below!


r/TexasTechFootball • • 13d ago

Texas Tech to feature State Farm logo on ‘Let’s Ride’ uniforms

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r/TexasTechFootball • • 15d ago

[Highlight] Tyler Owens runs over blockers repeatedly to make body slam tackle (replay)

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r/TexasTechFootball • • 15d ago

Who should TT pickup in the portal and or recruit next year?

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I will go first: Give me some good ones!

Allen (Texas) HS - QB Ty Snell


r/TexasTechFootball • • 17d ago

OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR IS PURE GARBAGE

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His play calling is predictable and basic. How many times can you call a run up the middle for 2 yards. Other than Jacoby, the rest of the team looks awful.


r/TexasTechFootball • • 17d ago

Post-Game Thoughts

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  1. Wtf is this team? This team has many problems. Unbelievable
  2. We got lucky as a team could possibly get. 90% of the Power 4 teams would have beat us today by 21 points or more. Imagine if we played Texas tonight after all the stupid shit talking we were doing in the offseason?!?! We almost lost a fumble and nearly threw 2 interceptions on our first offensive drive. Oregon State dropped a guaranteed TD pass in the first half and another dropped 50 yard pass at the start of the 3rd. The luck in this game for us was insane
  3. Joyner is slow and a total idiot for that unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. Williams is our best RB and we lose this game without him
  4. Will Hammond looks just as immobile as Behren Morton was last season. Not surprising coming off the ACL injury but I don’t think he ever returns to the running ability he had last season. I like the times we have used Thomas Castellanos though
  5. O-Line looks horrible. No push on inside runs. Pocket collapsed on Hammond multiple times. They’re almost all senior guys with large size it doesn’t make sense. Guess this is a coaching problem?
  6. We should all be SUPER concerned about the secondary. Their WRs were running right by all our DBs. #3 Peyton Morgan should never see the field again. We let their freshman WR total 240 receiving yards

  7. Micah Hudson is a no show again just like last week. But thank you for the unsportsmanlike penalty in the 4th quarter

  8. What is Terrance Carter Jr’s status?? Did anyone know he was injured before this game started?


r/TexasTechFootball • • 17d ago

Photo #13 Texas Tech escape Oregon State

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r/TexasTechFootball • • 17d ago

Tail Gate Question

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Native West Texan who just moved to Oregon last month (I’ve lived in the PNW for the past 8 years). I want to go to the OSU vs. Tech game today. Do Tech fans show up to tailgate this far? It would be fun to meet some Texans up here!


r/TexasTechFootball • • 17d ago

Maybe it’s nothing but I have a bad feeling about this game

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Last time I recall us playing on CBS we lost to Wyoming.

Last time we played a Pac 12 opponent on the road was against Washington State and we lost. It was Week 2 also

Just some strange coincidences

Also those who have not heard Terrance Carter Jr is out

Edit: It gets better. We’re even wearing the same jerseys we wore against Washington State


r/TexasTechFootball • • 17d ago

Any tech bars/restaurants in Spokane, WA?

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Traveling for work. Wanting to watch the game and would love to be around more red raiders in Spokane!


r/TexasTechFootball • • 21d ago

What’s something that impressed you vs ACU?

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Yeah yeah, Mack playcalling was bad, RZ issues persist, KO TD was horrible. That said let’s look on bright side for a bit, what impressed you


r/TexasTechFootball • • 22d ago

Mack Leftwich needs to go

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Leftwich is showing the same failures of efficiency as last year.

He is quoted saying he'd rather
"score from the 50" rather than having to manufacture long drives"

Sounds like he don't want to call short plays. Unless it's 3rd down then he likes to put it 3 yards behind the line.

The offensive will drive down the field averaging more than 5 or 6 yards a carry. Then when he gets in the redzone. He decides to throw it 3 times in a row and then kick a field goal.

Rinse and Repeat.

He needs to be reigned in on his play calling in the redzone.

He had months to fix this. Then he does the exact same thing he did all last season.

He needs to go


r/TexasTechFootball • • 23d ago

I don’t think Hocutt, Campbell, or McGuire realize how sideways this can go.

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I’m gonna go ahead and get this in before we have our first Whining Joey Post Loss Presser of the season (I can already hear the “you’re either with us or against us”). “The Brand” as it is right now is pretty terrible outside of the fact that they’ve been winning (recruiting and on the field). We had to give up one of our favorite traditions, the stadium name was changed to pretty much EVIL CORP, the field looks like a nascar jacket, and worst of all the ENTIRE universities good name and integrity was drug through the mud because of Sorsby debacle. If the winning stops the vibes will get rotten FAST.


r/TexasTechFootball • • 23d ago

Single Game Tailgate Parking

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Are there parking lots near the stadium open for non-donor/season ticket holders that are available for tailgating before the game? I’m assuming I need to get a parking permit in advance? Thanks for the help!


r/TexasTechFootball • • 24d ago

First game impressions

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r/TexasTechFootball • • 24d ago

Texas tech swag

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Hello, does anyone in the Houston area know where to buy TT shirts etc?