Cotton Club Crew #31: First Place on the Line in Houston

The Red Raiders have taken a share of first place after a 3-0 start in Big 12 play. Of course, this early that means very little. But still! The winstreak is worth celebrating, and first place is very much where you want to be. Macon and Joe talk about what has sparked the hot start… read more

Cotton Club Crew #30: Big 12 Battle Royale Begins

Happy New Year to All! As a site, we took the holiday season off pretty much completely. It was a time to rest and recharge. Considering it took exactly one week for our first Texas Tech nonsense, that rest was much needed. All the other noise aside, there is a game tonight as Big 12… read more

Red Raiders Secure Another Top 25 Class, Finish Atop the Big 12

Following up last years recruiting class was going to be a challenge as the NIL era is in full force and players are flipping commitments and changing schools left and right. Texas Tech was lucky enough to secure some key recruits early in the process, most notably 5-Star wide receiver Micah Hudson out of Lake… read more

Cotton Club Crew #29: Basketball creeps closer to conference play

The nonconference slate for Tech was sometimes frustrating, sometimes exciting, and all the time just a taste of the war to come in Big 12 play. With just a few games left in the noncon season, the guys chat about the lessons we have learned so far. Who has stepped up, and who has to… read more

Cotton Club Crew #28: Texas Tech claims Independence Bowl

It is National Signing Day, but before we recap all the going ons there we wanted to look back on the Bowl Victory over Cal. The reason being that the bowl win is key to maintaining offseason momentum, and it was just a lot of fun to talk about the young stars and bright future…. read more

Ask the Expert: Da Bears

The bowl game is right around the corner, as in in two days. Texas Tech will lead off the Power Five bowl slate with a battle in Shreveport against the California Golden Bears. With something as big as the Independence Bowl on the line, we found an expert to get us all ready for the… read more

Texas Tech Rebuilds in the Trenches

Two massive, figuratively and literally, additions to Texas Tech in a an area of need. We all know that the offensive line play this season was mediocre or poor all year. Tahj was running through contact at the line regularly, and quarterbacks did not have the time to develop Kittley’s route trees. So this offseason… read more

Instant Reaction: Texas Tech holds off scrappy Oral Roberts

It was not pretty, and there was a very slow start, but the Red Raiders survived the challenge from ORU winning 82-76 at home. Oral Roberts is a tough squad, and they scared but Texas A&M and Kansas State, so the Red Raiders knew this was going to be a fight. And a fight it… read more

How To Watch: Texas Tech battles Oral Roberts

Texas Tech (6-2) returns home again to battle against Oral Roberts. Tech is reeling from the loss of Cambridge, who suffered a devastating knee injury and will be out for the season. Oral Roberts (4-4) is having a tough year, dropping matchups with UT Arlington and Missouri State. Against Texas A&M, a team Tech beat… read more

Opt-in or Opt-Out

Texas Tech, like all schools, has players who have already entered the portal or opted-out of the bowl game otherwise. Let me clear here first, this article is not talking about the guys who are portal bound. If I was planning on leaving a school and was actively looking for my next home the only… read more

SUBSCRIBE TO FFSN!

Sign up below for the latest news, stories and podcasts from our affiliates

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.