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The time has come: Tech DE gets his shot after three-year starters depart

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To the extent Gary Moore’s played at all for Texas Tech, he’s been a situtational option. A pass-rush piece on third-and-long. A special-teams player.

The 6-foot-5, 240-pound defensive end’s been in the program for three years going on four, counting his redshirt season, and now, with the departures of Branden Jackson and Pete Robertson, he has a starting job to look after.

“I feel good about this opportunity,” Moore said Friday. “I’ve been waiting a long time to actually be out there on the field on first down, instead of on third down like I was last year.