Texas Tech really, really wants a shot at Steve Sarkisian and the Longhorns

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Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian, center, waits to take the field with his team before a game against Kansas, in Austin, Texas, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. | Eric Gay, Associated Press

Last week, Texas coach Steve Sarkisian took a shot at Texas Tech’s schedule last year — although the former BYU quarterback didn’t specifically say the Big 12 champion’s name. Sarkisian said that Texas’ twos and threes could have won the league last year.

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Naturally, Tech’s Joey McGuire was asked about those comments Thursday at the league’s spring meetings on Thursday in Frisco, Texas, and the Red Raiders coach said he “was talking to Kalani (Sitake) earlier, because they played together at BYU” and Sitake knows Sarkisian as well as anyone.

“And I said (to Sitake), there’s no way they’re talking about us, because Sark is a pretty tough guy. His teams are really tough, and I would think that if he was talking about us, that he would call us out,” McGuire said.

“He wouldn’t just say … there’s another team in our state, and so I guess he was talking about us.”

McGuire went on to challenge Texas to play the Red Raiders in Week 1, either in Lubbock or at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, the place where Tech routed BYU last December to win the Big 12 title.

Texas Tech head coach Joey McGuire gestures for a timeout during a game against BYU, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in Lubbock, Texas. | Annie Rice

He said he’s spoken to officials at both Texas State and Abilene Christian and that those schools are willing to play each other in Week 1 and let Texas and Texas Tech, respectively, buy out the contracts with them and play each other.

“I’m sure, because Texas has got a lot of money, that they can buy their contract out, but I do know there’s a lot of Red Raiders that could help them buy that contract out if they don’t want to, and they can come to Lubbock Week 1, and we can figure out if their twos and threes can win this conference,” McGuire said.

Texas Tech does not have to face BYU or Utah this season.

“We would love to play the University of Texas,” McGuire concluded.

Later, Texas Tech mega-booster Cody Campbell took to X to proclaim the Red Raiders are “upping the ante” and will pay the buyout for both the ACU and Texas State games so the Tech-Texas game can happen.

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