Aug. 14, 2007

LUBBOCK, Texas - Tickets for the 2007 Football Kickoff Luncheon are available and reservations are currently being taken through the Red Raider Club. The annual event begins at noon on August 23, with doors opening at 11:15 a.m.

Head Coach Mike Leach will highlight the event and members of the Texas Tech Football team will be in attendance. Brian Jensen will emcee the luncheon.

Single tickets can be purchased for $30, while a group of seven can sit at an assistant coach's table for $500. Reserved tables of eight bearing the name of the purchaser's company are $300. Tickets are being sold through the Red Raider Club at (806) 742-1196 or via e-mail to Amy McBride at amy.mcbride@ttu.edu.

The annual Fan/Autograph Night follows August 24 at 7 p.m. on the turf of Jones AT&T Stadium. Fans are encouraged to bring their cameras and memorabilia to be autographed.

The Red Raiders kick off the 2007 season at SMU on Labor Day, Sept. 3, in Dallas. ESPN will carry the game live from Gerald J. Ford Stadium.