The August pre-season football hype got off to a roaring start on Monday with the announcement that Texas Tech and Oregon have scheduled a home and home series for 2023 and 2024. The first game will be played in Lubbock, followed by a matchup in Eugene the next year.
The first thought that came to mind when hearing the news was that Coach Kingsbury doesn’t appear like he’s backing away from any challenges before Big 12 play each season. While the 2014 and 2015 matchups with Arkansas were already set when he arrived in Lubbock, future matchups with Houston (2017 and 2018), Arizona (2019 and 2020), Arizona State (2016 and 2017), North Carolina State (2022 and 2027), and now Oregon (2023 and 2024) indicate that Kingsbury is looking for at least one early season test during the non-conference schedule each season.