Coach McGuire will have manageable goals in Year One

Coach McGuire has lit a fire under the Texas Tech football program. A large recruiting class for 2023 sits near the top of the rankings. High profile transfers have come in to help support his red hot new staff.

But for any first year head coach the most important game to win is the expectations game. Matt Wells failed miserably in year one to build any momentum, and drastically undershot expectations culminating with the embarrassing loss to Kansas.

Coach McGuire will look to avoid that same fate in his first season. But that does beg the question, what should be the expectation?

The staff is extremely competent, with both coordinators having success to prove their systems. But do they have…