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, Assistant Athletics Director for Media Relations. 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. Credentials are for adult use only and are non-transferable.

ROAD CREDENTIAL REQUESTS
Please direct all credential requests for Texas Tech's road games to the host school's sports information director.

SMU - Brad Sutton
bsutton@smu.edu
(214) 768-1651

Rice - Chuck Pool
cpool@rice.edu
(713) 348-4034

Oklahoma State - Kevin Klintworth
Kevin.klintworth@okstate.edu
(405) 744-7714

Missouri - Chad Moller
mollerc@missouri.edu
(573) 882-0712

Baylor - Nick Joos
Nicholas_joos@baylor.edu
(254) 710-3043

Texas - John Bianco
jbianco@mail.utexas.edu
(512) 471-1346

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.

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 SBC (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 (that includes the area immediately behind the benches).

LEACH AVAILABILITY
During the season, Coach Mike Leach will hold a weekly press gathering each Monday at the JT King Room in the south end of Jones AT&T Stadium. The news conferences will begin at noon. Selected players will be available at each Monday press conference. The weekly press conferences will begin Aug. 27 and run through Nov. 12. Transcripts of the 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. All additional requests for interviews with Leach should be directed to Chris Cook.

BIG 12 CONFERENCE
In addition to his Monday pressers, Coach Leach is available on the Big 12 Conference's weekly teleconference at 10:50 a.m. on Mondays. Contact Bo Carter of the Big 12 Conference for access to the teleconference (214/742-1212).

INTERVIEW POLICY
All Texas Tech player interviews must be arranged through the Texas Tech Athletic Media Relations Office. Texas Tech players will be available following practices on Sunday and Tuesday and not available again until post-game Saturday. Players will return calls to out-of-town media Tuesdays following practice. We ask for the cooperation of the media in not phoning the players at home or interviewing them at times other than those designated.

PRACTICES
The Texas Tech Football team practices on the grass practice fields on the south end of the Football Training Facility. All practices will be closed once the season begins and interviews with student-athletes will be conducted following the Sunday and Tuesday workouts.

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 satellite feed on a weekly basis. The feed will include player and coach sound bites, game footage and various feature material and packages. This feed will go up every Monday afternoon. Please contact the Media Relations Office for coordinates and time schedules. 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 six 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. Below is a list of hotels where the team and travel party will be staying:

SMU
Renaissance Hotel
2222 N. Stemmons Freeway
Dallas, TX 75207
(214) 631-2222

Rice
Hobby Marriott
9100 Gulf Freeway
Houston, TX 77017
(713) 943-7979

Oklahoma State
Northwest Marriott in OKC
3233 NW Expressway
Oklahoma City, OK 73112
(405) 842-6633

Missouri
Holiday Inn Select
2200 I-70 Drive SW
Columbia, MO 65203
(800) 345-8082

Baylor
Hilton Garden Inn in Temple
1749 Scott Blvd.
Temple, TX 76504
(254) 773-0200

Texas
Marriott Austin North at Round Rock
2600 LaFrontera Blvd.
Round Rock, TX 78681
(512) 733-6767