CREDENTIAL REQUESTS
Please direct all credential requests to the online credential portal located at www.texastech.com. Confirmation of your request will be made upon review by Blayne Beal. Credentials are limited to members of the working media who are assigned to cover Texas Tech Football. Please note that Texas Tech Athletics does not grant credential requests to freelance photographers.

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 Athletics Communications 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 on Saturday. Will Call opens three hours prior to kickoff.

The deadline for season media/photo requests is Monday, Aug. 15.

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

NEW MEXICO (Sept. 17)
Chris Deal
cdeal@unm.edu
(505) 925-5521
www.golobos.com

KANSAS (Oct. 1)
Katy Lonergan
katyl@ku.edu
(785) 864-7314
www.kuathletics.com

OKLAHOMA (Oct. 22)
Kenny Mossman
kmossman@ou.edu
(405) 325-8228
www.soonersports.com

TEXAS (Nov. 5)
John Bianco
john.bianco@athletics.utexas.edu
(512) 471-1346
www.texassports.com

MISSOURI (Nov. 19)
Chad Moller
mollerc@missouri.edu
(573) 882-0712
www.mutigers.com

BAYLOR (Nov. 26 - Cowboys Stadium)
Heath Nielsen
heath_nielsen@baylor.edu
(254) 710-3538
www.baylorbears.com

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. Photo vests are distributed on game day in the press box.

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 Communications 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.

PARKING
Media parking for the 2011 season will be located at the Texas Tech Greenhouse and the Texas Tech International Cultural Center. Media shuttles will transport credentialed members of the media from those parking areas to Jones AT&T Stadium. Please follow the instructions located on the back of your parking pass for access to each of these parking areas.

MONDAY MEDIA LUNCHEON
During the season, Texas Tech Head Coach Tommy Tuberville will hold a weekly media luncheon inside the football training facility, located next to Jones AT&T Stadium. The event will be held each Monday morning at 11 a.m. beginning on August 29 and running through Nov. 21. Coach Tuberville will be joined by requested players who are able to attend the event when class schedules do not conflict. Please submit your requested players for each Monday's media luncheon by 2 p.m. on the preceding Sunday. Transcripts of each news conference will be available on the athletics web site (www.texastech.com) on Monday afternoon.

TUBERVILLE AVAILABILITY
Sunday: By phone
Monday: Big 12 Conference Call, weekly media luncheon and by special request
Tuesday: Following practice
Wednesday: Following practice
Thursday: By request at his weekly radio show
Friday: No availability
Saturday: Postgame

BIG 12 CONFERENCE CALL
In addition to his weekly news conference, Tommy Tuberville is available on the Big 12 Conference weekly teleconference at 10:50 a.m. on Mondays. Contact Bob Burda in the league office for access to the teleconference (469/524-1007).

PLAYER/COACH AVAILABILITY
Players will be available on Monday's (by request) during the weekly media luncheon and on Tuesday afternoon following practice. For Tuesday's post practices interviews, please submit a list of players to Blayne Beal by 1 p.m. each Tuesday afternoon. Phone interviews will be conducted following Tuesday's practice session.

Offensive coordinator Neal Brown and defensive coordinator Chad Glasgow will be available to the media following practice on Sunday only. Assistant coaches will not be made available.

TEXAS TECH PRACTICE SCHEDULE
The team will practice each day except for Monday and interviews will follow at the conclusion of practice. All practices are closed with the exception of the first 15 minutes on Tuesday and Wednesday for B-Roll footage only.
Sunday - TBA (Coordinators Only)
Monday - No Practice (Coach Tuberville & Requested Players)
Tuesday - 3:45 p.m. (Coach Tuberville & Players)
Wednesday - 3:45 p.m. (Coach Tuberville)
Thursday - 3:45 p.m. (Coach Tuberville)

VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS/NEWS CONFERENCES
Video from news conferences and games will be available to the media via FTP. A new system is being put into place and will be available by mid-to-late August. Please contact Blayne Beal in the athletics communications office for video highlights prior to the launch of the new FTP system.

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) (http://www.texastech.com/media/text-media.html).

PHOTO REQUESTS
Texas Tech will utilize a media download website for all still images and official logos beginning in the fall of 2011. Please contact Blayne Beal for access.

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 in our online space.

SOCIAL MEDIA
Texas Tech athletics offers numerous ways to follow Red Raider football through social media channels. Twitter:
@TechAthletics: News and information on all 17 intercollegiate sports at Texas Tech, including football
@TechGameDay: Score updates as well as photo and video features on Saturdays
@TTuberville: Head Coach Tommy Tuberville
@BlayneBeal: Associate AD/Communications (Football) Blayne Beal
@RedRaiderRules: Know the rules when it comes to NCAA and Big 12 Conference compliance

Facebook Fan Pages:
Texas Tech Athletic Department
The Official Tommy Tuberville Fan Page

For the media: Live video streaming of any Texas Tech Athletics event, including news conferences, on any social media platform is strictly prohibited. Violations of this policy will lead to a revocation of credentials.

USE OF AUDIO/VIDEO IN COVERAGE OF TEXAS TECH ATHLETICS
Any media entity collecting any sort of "video or audio materials" (film, traditional video or audio, digital video or audio, photos, etc.) from Texas Tech University Athletics game events or press conference/media events may use that material only for traditional television newscasts, Web-based or print coverage, or other electronic transmission as approved by the University in writing, with a limitation of up to three (3) minutes in length from any single event. Such media entity may not offer any live video, audio or other coverage of the event without the advance, written permission of Texas Tech University Athletics.

This policy includes all games, matches and events involving any of Texas Tech's athletic programs. It includes all media events -- press conferences, pre/post-practice interviews and pre/post-game interviews. An exception would be a one-on one interview arranged through the Texas Tech Athletics Communications office with a Texas Tech, coach, athlete or administrator.