LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – A rematch that has everyone, including Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark, eagerly waiting in anticipation will finally kickoff this weekend at 11 a.m. on Saturday in AT&T Stadium in Arlington.<\/p>\n
The Big 12 Conference Championship game between Texas Tech and BYU will see the culmination of both teams\u2019 bodies of work in the regular season, something Yormark believes should be taken into consideration.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoth teams got to Arlington by earning it on the field with impressive 11-1 records,\u201d Yormark said. \u201cBoth programs are not only worthy of competing for the Big 12 title, but they both deserve to be in the (College Football Playoff) based on their resumes and their body of work.\u201d<\/p>\n
The relationship between Texas Tech and BYU football runs parallel to the one between coach Joey McGuire and coach Kalani Sitake.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m really fired up,\u201d McGuire said. \u201cI get to play a good friend in Kalani. I love that dude, I think we\u2019re a lot alike. We\u2019re high-energy guys, we have two physical teams. I think the two best teams in the conference are playing this weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sitake gave high-praise to the Red Raiders, who beat the Cougars in Lubbock on ESPN\u2019s College Gameday.<\/p>\n
\u201cTexas Tech is a complete team with a great coach, great coaching staff, and on all three phases, they play amazing football,\u201d Sitake said. \u201cI think they\u2019re the best team in the country, so when you look at it that way, we have our work cut out for us.\u201d<\/p>\n
McGuire joined a program that had only been ranked for two weeks after the 2013 season. He says he\u2019s grateful Texas Tech is where it\u2019s at today, just one win away from a 12-1 regular season and a conference title.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had a vision four years ago and we got some incredible people in our administration and our donors that really got behind it,\u201c McGuire said. \u201dBetween the building of the new facilities and revenue sharing and things like that, we pushed our chips all in this year, and we feel like it paid off.\u201c<\/p>\n
As Texas Tech gets ready for a physical battle to determine the best in the conference, the moment is not lost on the program, and McGuire said the team is ready to show what the Red Raiders are all about with the whole country watching live from AT&T Stadium.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s exciting and it means a lot to this town and it means a lot to Red Raider nation. We can\u2019t wait to get there,\u201d McGuire said.<\/p>\n
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