Texas Tech head coach Joey McGuire is talking with plenty of bravado. For a coach who went 7-5 last season with his fair share of two-score losses, the math isn’t adding up.
McGuire’s latest remark questions whether or not Oklahoma and Texas are really blue bloods. He referred to the two teams in the following way to a Texas Tech dominant crowd.
“These so-called bluebloods — and I really question that. One of them’s really good in Olympic sports.”
That Texas team is 16-4 in its last 20 meetings against Texas Tech. It’s the same Texas that is in the top five nationally in all-time wins. It’s the very program that has four more national titles and 32 conference championships to Tech’s 11 conference titles. It’s the Texas that is 54-18 all-time against the west Texas program.
Not long ago, Texas Tech pulled on the heartstrings trying to keep the Longhorns in the same conference. Their reasoning: The Lubbock economy would take a hit. They may have to enjoy the final game of the rivalry taking place in Austin this season.
McGuire is putting a Texas-sized target on his back. The Longhorns will look to respond on Black Friday on Nov. 24.
Brett Yormark got the headline and the most attention for what he said today in Lubbock, but Joey McGuire also referred to UT and OU as "these so-called bluebloods — and I really question that. One of them's really good in Olympic sports."https://t.co/O36k6rUJNs
— Don Williams (@AJ_DonWilliams) August 24, 2023