Redraiders.com · Dec 4, 2015
Talbot: Football too violent to not have bye weeks
Tech's Devin Lauderdale makes a catch while in the arms of TCU's Nick Orr in the first half. Texas Tech played Texas Christian University at AT&T Jones Stadium Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015, in Lubbock, Texas. (Mark Rogers/AJ Media)Texas Tech doesn’t get much of a break during the season.
It didn’t seem like they got one at all this year.
And the 2016 schedule isn’t much better.
The Red Raiders play their entire Big 12 slate without a bye week.
Why?
Texas Tech takes its second bye week in the first week of December so students can concentrate on their final exams.
The university doesn’t like its athletes competing during finals week.
It wants the focus on academics.