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Baylen Brown wants to stay in state to play college football, but he had a specific location in mind. Brown, who will be a three-year starter at left guard for San Antonio O’Connor, committed to Texas Tech on Tuesday, two days after receiving a scholarship offer from the Red Raiders. “It wasn’t too hard of a choice,” said Brown, whose paternal grandfather attended Tech and whose father grew up in Lubbock. “I had a lot of offers, but Tech is where I wanted to be. Playing in the Big 12 has been a dream since I was a little kid.”

Four Red Raider prospects compete at track meet 05/17/12 - 5:33am

Texas Tech’s 2012 football signing class could have had a chapter get-together last week in Austin. Receiver prospects Reginald Davis, Keenon Ward and Dominique Wheeler all competed in the state track and field meet as did cornerback La’Darius Newbold. In less than a month, they all plan to graduate and move to Lubbock. Davis, who led the small East Texas community of Tenaha to a state championship in December, has been looking forward to the day for a long time.

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Former Texas Tech DL Gabe Rivera named to 2012 class for College Football Hall of Fame 05/16/12 - 5:45am

Rivera, the Red Raiders' star defensive tackle from 1979 to 1982, was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in the Class of 2012.

Texas Tech archives contain more than one snapshot of Gabe Rivera putting a bear-hug-style mauling on opposing ball carriers. Along with the pictures are the stories. Of Rivera knocking the helmet off of SMU star Eric Dickerson. Of Rivera chasing down Arkansas quarterback Brad Taylor with a no-quit 50-yard sprint. Of Rivera having his way with any blocker the top-ranked Washington Huskies put in front of him.

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Moore hits reset after injuries derailed promising start to 2011 season 05/09/12 - 5:40am

If Moore is healthy for a full season, he might add a big-play dimension the Red Raiders have needed the last two seasons.

The injury that ruined Darrin Moore’s 2011 football season was hard enough to experience live. That didn’t stop the Texas Tech wide receiver from asking to see it on videotape. “My coach didn’t even want to show me it after the next day when we watched film,” Moore said recently, “but I told him I wanted to see it, so we went over it, like, two times. It looked pretty bad.”

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Tech AD Hocutt discusses hiring of new Big 12 Commissioner (Video) 05/04/12 - 7:48pm

New Mexico QB plans transfer to Tech 05/03/12 - 5:37am

University of New Mexico quarterback Dustin Walton plans to transfer to Texas Tech, an Albuquerque, N.M., television station reported Tuesday. Walton told station KOB he plans to enroll at Tech this summer and sit out the one year required by the NCAA. The 6-foot-3, 216-pound Walton passed for more than 8,000 yards in his high school career at Raton, N.M., throwing for 89 touchdowns and 22 interceptions. He was all-state in 2009 and 2010, enrolled at UNM in January 2011 and redshirted last season.

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Tech football season tickets open to public 05/02/12 - 5:33am

Season tickets for the 2012 Texas Tech football season are now open to the public.

Season tickets for the 2012 Texas Tech football season are now open to the public, the school announced Tuesday. Tech’s 2012 schedule will be the first in the revamped Big 12 Conference, which now includes West Virginia and TCU after Texas A&M and Missouri departed for the Southeastern Conference. The schedule will be highlighted by home games against conference powers Oklahoma (Oct. 6) and Texas (Nov. 3) as well as Homecoming against West Virginia (Oct. 13). Tech will have six home games total in 2012.

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Rams, Tech ex agree to terms 04/30/12 - 4:34am

Texas Tech defensive end Scott Smith has agreed to terms on a free-agent deal with the St. Louis Rams, according to a listing of free-agent signings Sunday by NFL.com. No Tech players were chosen in the three-day NFL draft that concluded Saturday, and Smith is the first Red Raider to reach a free-agent agreement.

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Back in Lubbock, Welker anxious about contract 04/27/12 - 6:06am

Wes Welker has spent the last five years with the New England Patriots, averaging 111 catches per year. He’d love to spend the next half dozen or so years doing the same thing in the same place. The former Texas Tech receiver was back in Lubbock for a public appearance Thursday, hoping a contract extension can be worked out soon to secure his future with the Patriots.

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