CREDENTIAL REQUESTS
Please direct all credential requests to www.texastech.com. Requests should be made on-line at the official website of the Texas Tech Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Confirmation of your request will be made upon review by Blayne Beal and Chris Cook. Credentials are limited to members of the working media who are assigned to cover Texas Tech Football. Every effort will be made to fulfill each request.

ROAD CREDENTIAL REQUESTS
Please direct all credential requests for Texas Tech's road games to the host school's sports information director. Please note that most schools request that you fill out on an on-line application in order to be considered for credentials.

TEXAS (Sept. 19)
John Bianco • jbianco@mail.utexas.edu
(512) 471-1346
www.texassports.com

HOUSTON (Sept. 26)
Chris Burkhalter • cburkha@mail.uh.edu
(713) 743-9404
www.uhcougars.com

NEBRASKA (Oct. 17)
Keith Mann • kmann@huskers.com
(402) 472-7775
www.huskers.com

OKLAHOMA STATE (Nov. 14)
Kevin Klintworth • kevin.klintworth@okstate.edu
(405) 744-7714
www.ok-state.com

BAYLOR (Nov. 28)
Heath Nielsen • heath_nielsen@baylor.edu
(254) 710-3538
www.baylorbears.com

MORE ON CREDENTIALS
Credentials must be requested on-line by 5 p.m. of Wednesday each game week. All requests made game week will be held for pickup until 5 p.m. Friday at the Athletic Media Relations Office in Room 117 in the south end of Jones AT&T Stadium. Credentials not picked up by 5 p.m. Friday will be available at the Jones AT&T Stadium Will Call window Saturday, beginning three hours before kickoff; however, parking will not be available at that point.

PHOTOGRAPHERS
Photo credentials and photo vests are to be properly displayed at all times and are good for press box access at all times. Photographers must stay behind the dotted line that surrounds the field and are not permitted in the team bench areas.

PRESS FACILITIES
The Jones AT&T Stadium Press Box is equipped with both ethernet lines and wireless capabilities. For wireless access, contact a member of the Texas Tech Athletics Media Relations staff on game day. The press box has seating for 108 working members of the press and a dedicated photo workroom for up to 10 photographers.

PHONE LINES
Texas Tech provides a minimal number of complementary phone lines. Those members of the media wishing to order their own phone lines can do so by calling AT&T (806) 472-1651.

LEACH AVAILABILITY
During the season, Texas Tech Head Coach Mike Leach will hold a weekly noon press gathering each Monday at the J T King Room in the south end of Jones AT&T Stadium. Selected players also will be available. The weekly conferences will begin Aug. 31 and run through Nov. 23. Transcripts of each news conference will be available on the athletics web site (www.texastech.com) early each Monday afternoon. During the season, Leach also will meet with the media each day following practice.

BIG 12 CONFERENCE
In addition to his Monday pressers, Mike Leach is available on the Big 12 Conference's weekly teleconference at 10:50 a.m. on Mondays. Contact Bob Burda of the Big 12 Conference for access to the teleconference (469/524-1007).

PLAYER/COACH AVAILABILITY
Select players are available for interviews on Monday only. Players will be made available from 11 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. Phone interviews will be conducted via conference call or upon special request.

Coaches are available for interview each day after practice.

TEXAS TECH PRACTICE SCHEDULE
The team will practice each day except for Monday and interviews will follow at the conclusion of practice.
Sunday - 8 p.m. (Coaches Only)
Monday - No Practice (Select Players & Coaches)
Tuesday - 3:15 p.m. (Coaches Only)
Wednesday - 3:15 p.m. (Coaches Only)
Thursday - 3:15 p.m. (Coaches Only)
All PRACTICES ARE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC & MEDIA

MONDAY PRESS CONFERENCE
Texas Tech's weekly press conference will be held at noon each Monday in the J.T. King Press Conference Room located in the south end of Jones AT&T Stadium.

MONDAY CONFERENCE CALL
Select Texas Tech players will be available for a conference call beginning at 12:30 p.m. (CT). Media wishing to schedule interviews on the phone with Tech players should conduct them via this call. Contact Blayne Beal in the media relations office for the phone number and access code.

VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS/PRESS CONFERENCES
Video from press conferences and games can be obtained via FTP. To obtain broadcast quality footage, enter ftp://129.118.102.78 into your FTP software as the address. The username and password are case sensitive:
User: ttumedia
Password: Raiderpower08

WEEKLY RELEASE
Texas Tech's weekly release and stat package, which includes notes and depth charts, is available each Monday on the Texas Tech web site (www.texastech.com).

PHOTO REQUESTS
All still photography requests of Texas Tech players and coaches must be faxed or e-mailed to Chris Cook.

WWW.TEXASTECH.COM
This is the official web site of the Texas Tech Athletics Department. Texas Tech football releases as well as a wide variety of athletics department information can be found on the web.

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