Media Information Media Information The 2005 edition of the Texas Tech University Foot- request. Credentials are for adult use only and are credentials will be sent to the opposing school’s sports ball Media Guide is a comprehensive source of non-transferable. information director for distribution at that school’s information for media covering the Red Raiders.Ad- weekly news conference. All requests made the week ditional information can be obtained by calling the ROAD CREDENTIAL REQUESTS of the game will be held for pickup until 5 p.m. Friday Texas Tech Athletic Media Relations Office at (806) Please direct all credential requests for Texas Tech’s at the Athletic Media Relations Office in Room 117 742-2770. Our fax number is (806) 742-1970. road games to the host school’s sports information in the south end of Jones SBC Stadium. Credentials director. not picked up by 5 p.m. Friday will be available at THE SCHEDULE the Jones SBC Stadium Will Call window Saturday, Texas Tech will play 11 games during the regular Nebraska _ _ _ _ Keith Mann beginning three hours before kickoff. season, including seven games at home and four on [email protected] the road. Tech will play a total of three non-confer- (402) 472-7775 PHONE LINES ence games and eight Big 12 games. Texas Tech provides a minimal number of comple- Texas _ _ _ _ _ _ _ John Bianco mentary phone lines. Those members of the media ALL-TIME RECORD [email protected] wishing to order their own phone lines can do so by The Red Raiders are in their 81st season of inter- (512) 471-1345 calling Carmen Madrid at SBC (806) 472-1651. collegiate football and boast an all-time won-lost record of 465-375-32. Tech also is 40-32 in nine Baylor _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Nick Joos PHOTOGRAPHERS years of competition in the Big 12 Conference. [email protected] Photo credentials and arm bands are to be properly (254) 710-3043 displayed at all times and are good for Press Box ac- CREDENTIAL REQUESTS cess at all times. Photographers must stay behind the Please direct all credential requests to Chris Cook, Oklahoma State _ Steve Buzzard dotted line that surrounds the field and are not permit- Assistant Athletic Director/Media Relations. Re- [email protected] ted in the team bench areas (that includes the area quests should be made in writing and on company (405) 744-7714 immediately behind the benches). letterhead and can be faxed to (806) 742-1970 or e-mailed to Cook at [email protected]. Confir- MORE ON CREDENTIALS LEACH AVAILABILITY mation of your request will be made upon receipt. Season credentials will be mailed in mid-August; During the season, Coach Mike Leach will hold a Credentials are limited to members of the work- while single-game passes will be mailed approxi- weekly press gathering each Monday at the JT King ing media who are assigned to cover Texas Tech mately 10 days before the game. For those members Room in the south end of Jones SBC Stadium. The Football. Every effort will be made to fulfill each of the media covering a team that is visiting Lubbock, news conferences will begin at noon. Selected players 62 Media Information both sessions are included in the post-game media weekly highlights) is televised each Sunday at 10 packets distributed in the Press Box. p.m. and 10:30 p.m. during the football season. KJTV (FOX 34) is the outlet in Lubbock for the 10 SATELLITE FEEDS p.m. broadcast, while UPN carries the 10:30 p.m. The Texas Tech Athletic Department offers a satellite showing. The show also can be seen in various areas feed on a weekly basis. The feed will include player around the state (check local listings). A replay of the and coach sound bites, game footage and various fea- show airs Wednesdays throughout the season on FOX ture material and packages. This feed will go up every Sports Southwest (time to be determined). Monday afternoon. Please contact the Media Relations Office for coordinates and time schedules. Texas Tech WWW.TEXASTECH.COM will also offer a satellite feed with highlights following This is the official web site of the Texas Tech Athletics every home game that is not televised. Depending on Department. Texas Tech football releases as well as a deadline situations and the time of the game finishing, wide variety of athletics department information can sound bites may also be included in the feed. be found on the web. Also, football information can be located at www.mikeleach.net. WEEKLY RELEASE Texas Tech’s weekly release and stat package, which in- PHOTO REQUESTS cludes notes and depth charts, is available each Monday All still photography requests of Texas Tech players on the Texas Tech web site (www.texastech.com). and coaches must be faxed or e-mailed to Chris will be available at each Monday press conference. Cook. He can be reached at (806) 742-2770 or elec- The weekly press conferences will begin Sept. 5 and WEEKLY TV SHOWS tronically at [email protected]. run through Nov. 17. Transcripts of the news confer- Red Raider Sports with Mike Leach (30 minutes of ence will be available on the athletics web site (www. texastech.com) early each Monday afternoon. During the season, Leach also will meet with the media each day following practice. All additional requests for inter- views with Leach should be directed to Chris Cook. BIG 12 CONFERENCE In addition to his Monday pressers, Coach Leach is available on the Big 12 Conference’s weekly tele- conference at 10:50 a.m. on Mondays. Contact Bo Carter of the Big 12 Conference for access to the teleconference (214/742-1212). INTERVIEW POLICY All Texas Tech player interviews must be arranged through the Texas Tech Athletic Media Relations Of- fice. Texas Tech players will be available following practices on Sunday and Tuesday and not available again until post-game Saturday. Players will return calls to out-of-town media Tuesdays following prac- tice. We ask for the cooperation of the media in not phoning the players at home or interviewing them at times other than those designated. PRACTICES The Texas Tech Football team practices on the grass practice fields on the south end of the Football Training Facility. All practices will be closed once the season begins and interviews with student-athletes will be con- ducted following the Sunday and Tuesday workouts. POSTGAME PROCEDURES The Texas Tech locker room is closed. Coach Leach will meet with the media as soon as possible after the game in the designated interview area. Following the completion of his remarks, requested Texas Tech play- ers will be available in the interview area. Post-game interviews with both head coaches take place simulta- neously in Jones SBC Stadium, but typed quotes from 63 Media Information Texas Tech Football Outlook 2005 OFFENSE 22 in 1993. Henderson is a dual threat for the Red Raiders as he also was one of the team’s top recep- tions leaders with 60 catches in 2004. Redshirt fresh- QUARTERBACKS man Shannon Woods emerged from spring drills as Senior Cody Hodges will enter fall workouts as the the backup to Henderson, after battling last season’s only quarterback on the Red Raider roster with a snap second-team back, Taurance Rawls. Woods is a power on the collegiate level. Hodges threw for 54 yards on runner whose style is similar to Henderson. 5-of-9 passing last season in four appearances and has 70 yards on 7-of-12 passing in seven career op- portunities. Hodges closed an impressive spring sea- INSIDE RECEIVERS son by passing for 237 yards and completing 20-of-26 Sophomore Danny Amendola stepped up last season in the spring game. Redshirt freshman Graham Harrell as a true freshman and took over the starting position competed with Hodges throughout the spring, before at H back. Amendola, who also handles punt return breaking his leg in a non-practice mishap with four duties for the Red Raiders, logged 13 receptions for spring workouts remaining. Harrell will compete for the 119 yards and a touchdown last season and returns starting nod when fall camp begins and will be joined with a strong hold on the position. Redshirt freshman by sophomore Phillip Daugherty in the competition. Eric Morris is slated as the backup, while sophomore walk-on David Schaefer should also see playing time following a successful spring workout. The battle for out. Tech expects the return of senior Bristol Olomua, RUNNING BACKS Y receiver should continue into fall camp with former who did not participate in spring drills. Olomua caught The Red Raiders return one of the most versatile backs Tech quarterback Robert Johnson and redshirt fresh- five touchdown passes last season on 27 receptions in in the country to the offense in Taurean Henderson. man L.A. Reed vying for the position vacated by seven games from the Y position. Also, senior Slade The senior back led the team with 840 yards on the AP Third-Team All-American Trey Haverty. Johnson Hodges is expected to compete for playing time. ground last year and scored 16 rushing touchdowns, emerged from spring drills with a bead on the position the most in a Tech single-season since Byron Morris’s after an injury hampered much of Reed’s spring work- WIDE RECEIVERS Preseason All-American Jarrett Hicks leads what is pos- sibly the most talented wide receiver group at Tech dur- ing Leach’s tenure.