{"id":41161,"date":"2025-11-08T14:29:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T14:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/41161\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T14:29:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T14:29:05","slug":"live-updates-and-analysis-from-lubbock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/41161\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Updates And Analysis From Lubbock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LUBBOCK, Texas \u2013\u00a0BYU football faces its most challenging test of the season when it takes the Jones AT&amp;T Stadium turf against the ninth-ranked Texas Tech Red Raiders.<\/p>\n<p>No. 7 BYU faces No. 8 Texas Tech on Saturday, November 8. Kickoff is at 10 a.m. MT.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The lights are bright. The stakes are high.<\/p>\n<p>But you know what they say: pressure is a privilege. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xfK0GQvVoI\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/xfK0GQvVoI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Big 12 Conference (@Big12Conference) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Big12Conference\/status\/1986948856374759499?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">November 8, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is the third matchup between the two programs, with each team defending its home field. BYU won the only matchup since joining the Big 12, handing the Red Raiders a <a href=\"https:\/\/kslsports.com\/ncaa\/byu-football\/texas-tech-all-time\/563107\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">27-14 loss<\/a> in Provo in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Tech\u2019s only loss this season was a wild 26-22 comeback by Arizona State in mid-October. The Red Raiders won their next two games by a combined score of 87-20.<\/p>\n<p>BYU is one of four remaining unbeaten teams in FBS. They are joined by No. 1 Ohio State, No. 2 Indiana, and No. 3 Texas A&amp;M.<\/p>\n<p>BYU football players who are \u201cOUT\u201d for Saturday\u2019s game against Texas Tech<\/p>\n<p>RB Sione Moa<br \/>\nCB Marcus McKenzie<br \/>\nDT Anisi Purcell<\/p>\n<p>BYU players \u201cDoubtful\u201d vs. Texas Tech<\/p>\n<p>By Big 12 rules, a status of doubtful means a player has a less than 25 percent chance to play.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Tech football players who are \u201cOUT\u201d for Saturday\u2019s game against BYU<\/p>\n<p>DL Skyler Gill-Howard<br \/>\nWR T.J. West<br \/>\nWR Leyton Stone<br \/>\nWR Roy Alexander<br \/>\nOL Hunter Zambrano<\/p>\n<p>Final availability reports will be released 90 minutes before kickoff.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pregame<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Key Storylines for No. 7 BYU at No. 8 Texas Tech on today&#8217;s Cougar Tracks.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N7dz0eg5Kn\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/N7dz0eg5Kn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lS93o4rIPv\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/lS93o4rIPv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mitch_Harper\/status\/1986509387972694239?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">November 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">College Gameday: BYU at Texas Tech <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bOoTKqhQnS\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/bOoTKqhQnS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mitch_Harper\/status\/1986873047979082204?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">November 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow BYU football coverage with KSL Sports<\/p>\n<p>Find BYU\u2019s entire 2025 football schedule\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kslsports.sports.gracenote.com\/football\/ncaaf\/teamschedule\/33\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Are you on Threads yet? Let\u2019s connect; follow us at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@kslsports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@kslsports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Follow KSL Sports on\u00a0\u00a0and\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p>Take us with you wherever you go.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kslsports.com\/app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Download the new &amp; improved KSL Sports app from Utah\u2019s sports leader.\u00a0You can stream live radio and video and stay updated on all your favorite teams.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bpreece24\" data-show-count=\"false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Follow @bpreece24<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUBBOCK, Texas \u2013\u00a0BYU football faces its most challenging test of the season when it takes the Jones AT&amp;T&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41162,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[16727,168,170,169],"class_list":{"0":"post-41161","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lubbock","8":"tag-kslsports-com-utah-sports-news","9":"tag-lubbock","10":"tag-lubbock-headlines","11":"tag-lubbock-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}