Dallas Morning News · Dec 4, 2017
Texas Tech to play USF in the Birmingham Bowl
Texas Tech knows where it will play for its bowl game, but it comes as a bit of a surprise. The Red Raiders will play South Florida in the Birmingham Bowl on Dec. 23.
Here are five takeaways from the bowl announcement:
This is a surprise
The Birmingham Bowl is not a Big 12 bowl destination, and Texas Tech was thought to be a contender for the Heart of Dallas Bowl. The news that the Red Raiders will travel to Birmingham isn't ideal. The Heart of Dallas Bowl at the Cotton Bowl would have been a much better spot for Texas Tech because of proximity and the ease of traveling. Texas Tech will take any bowl game it was given, but this one came as a surprise.
Scouting South Florida