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 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.

NEVADA (Sept. 6)
Jamie Klund f¤ jklund@unr.edu
(775) 784-6900 x263

KANSAS STATE (Oct. 4)
Kenny Lannou f¤ klannou@k-state.edu
(785) 532-6735

TEXAS A&M (Oct. 18)
Alan Cannon f¤ acannon@athletics.tamu.edu
(979) 845-0563

KANSAS (Oct. 25)
Mike Strauss f¤ mstrauss@ku.edu
(785) 864-3417

OKLAHOMA (Nov. 22)
Kenny Mossman f¤ kmossman@ou.edu
(405) 325-8231

MORE ON CREDENTIALS
Season credentials will be mailed in mid-August; while single-game passes will be mailed approximately 10 days before the game. 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.

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 Carmen Madrid at AT&T (806) 472-1651.

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.

LEACH AVAILABILITY
During the season, 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. 25 and run through Nov. 24. 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). INTERVIEW POLICY
All Texas Tech player interviews must be arranged through the Texas Tech Athletic Media Relations Office. Texas Tech players will be available by advance request only and typically only on Mondays. Players will return calls to out-of-town media Mondays.

PRACTICES
All practices will be closed, beginning one week prior to the season opener.

POSTGAME PROCEDURES
The Texas Tech locker room is closed. Coach Leach will meet with the media as soon as possible after the game in the designated interview area. Following the completion of his remarks, requested Texas Tech players will be available in the interview area. Post-game interviews with both head coaches take place simultaneously in Jones AT&T Stadium, but typed quotes from both sessions are included in the post-game media packets distributed in the Press Box.

SATELLITE FEEDS
The Texas Tech Athletic Department offers a weekly press conference feed for download via www.collegepressbox.tv. The feed will include player and coach sound bites, game footage and various feature material and packages. Texas Tech will also offer a satellite feed with highlights following every home game that is not televised. Depending on deadline situations and the time of the game finishing, sound bites may also be included in the feed.

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).

WEEKLY TV SHOWS
Red Raider Sports with Mike Leach (30 minutes of weekly highlights) is televised each Sunday at 10 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. during the football season. KJTV (FOX 34) is the outlet in Lubbock for the 10 p.m. broadcast, while UPN carries the 10:30 p.m. showing. The show also can be seen in various areas around the state (check local listings). A replay of the show airs Wednesdays throughout the season on FOX Sports Southwest (time to be determined). Drew Dougherty is the host.

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. Also, football information can be located at www.mikeleach.net.

PHOTO REQUESTS
All still photography requests of Texas Tech players and coaches must be faxed or e-mailed to Chris Cook. He can be reached at (806) 742-2770 or electronically at chris.cook@ttu.edu.

TRAVEL INFORMATION
The Texas Tech team and travel party will depart Lubbock on Friday afternoon for each of this season¡¦s seven road games. The Red Raiders will fly to each site via Southwest Airlines charter. In each case, the team will return home immediately after the game. The team will hold meetings and conduct a walkthrough at home on Friday and will not practice at the away site.