WEEKEND EDITION / THURSDAY, SEPT. 1, 2016 VOLUME 91 ISSUE 4
GAME DAY
GUIDE
TECH HOSTS STEPHEN F. AUSTIN TO BEGIN 92ND SEASON By BRANDON SOLIZ
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Sports Editor
he 2016 NCAA football season began last Thursday when former Texas Tech quarterback Davis Webb took the snaps for his new team, the Cal Bears, against Hawaii in the Sydney Cup in Sydney. Now, the rest of the FBS will begin Thursday and throughout the weekend. In Lubbock, the Red Raiders will kick off their 92nd season at 7 p.m. on Saturday. Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury released the depth chart for the upcoming game against the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks on Monday at the weekly Big 12 Conference coaches news conference. Junior quarterback Patrick Mahomes II will be taking the snaps for the Red Raiders come Saturday. He will be backed by redshirt sophomore Nic Shimonek. Other keynotes for the game’s lineup include freshman offensive lineman Terence Steele, who is listed as the starting right tackle. Jordyn Brooks, freshman linebacker, is another new face on
the team. Brooks is listed as the middle linebacker and will be alongside sophomore D’Vonta Hinton and senior Malik Jenkins. The linebackers had to refamiliarize themselves with their positions when former Red Raider Dakota Allen was dismissed before the spring semester for burglary charges. Other positions will see familiar faces in the game, such as sophomore defensive tackle Breiden Fehoko and sophomore safety Jah’Shawn Johnson. On the offensive side of the ball, offensive guard Baylen Brown and receiver Devin Lauderdale will make the start for Tech in their respective positions. The Red Raiders will embark on their journey through 2016 with the longest active home opening winning streak, according to Tech Athletics. Tech has not dropped a season opener in Lubbock since 1992 when then-ranked No. 15 Oklahoma Sooners paid the Red Raiders a visit.
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