Because of weather delays in Dallas the United Airlines plane sat down on the Lubbock, TX tarmac.
Red Raiders had their dinner delivered to the asphalt and sang a bit of karaoke.
Joey McGuire, Texas Tech’s football coach, said that the team dealt with the difficulties well.
Texas Tech football players didn't let an eight-hour flight delay on the tarmac keep them from staying loose and getting warmed up on the way to an away game at Texas Christian University.
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Texas Tech
Texas Tech's flight was delayed on Friday, Nov. 4 on the way to the game at TCU in Fort Worth.
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Texas Tech
Because of weather delays in Dallas, United Airlines’ plane was stuck on the runway at Preston Smith International Airport Lubbock, Texas for eight hours.
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Texas Tech
The Texas Tech players sat opposite each other on tarmac, and ran through plays in sweatsuits.
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Texas Tech
Fox sideline reporter Jenny Taft, a Fox football reporter, recapped the travel experience before Saturday’s Texas Tech-TCU match on Saturday, November 5.
Jenny Taft is a Fox football reporter.
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"The distance between Texas Tech and TCU is about 350 miles, which is roughly four and a half hours in the car," Taft said on Fox. "But once the team committed to flying, they had to stick with the plan."
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Texas Tech
The Red Raiders football team was scheduled to depart on Friday at 12:30 p.m. Central Time — but the plane didn't take off until 8:05 p.m.
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Texas Tech
The short flight was completed less than one hour later at 8 :52 Central Time. It took the team 56 minutes to travel from the airport (47 minutes) to reach the hotel.
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Texas Tech
It wasn't an official practice — the team did that Friday morning before heading to the airport.
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Texas Tech
"We got off the plane a few times to stretch our legs and guys messed around on the tarmac, but it wasn't an organized practice," Texas Tech Assistant Athletic Director Matt Dowdy told Insider by email.
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Texas Tech
Joey McGuire, Texas Tech’s football coach, told Taft that the team dealt with the difficulties well.
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Texas Tech
"Luckily, the schedule wasn't too disrupted," Taft said on the Fox broadcast. "They always have their position meetings in the morning and the walkthrough as well."
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Texas Tech
Texas Tech provided dinner for the team to be delivered on the tarmac during the delay. For entertainment: Karaoke. "Receiver Myles Price really stole the show," Taft said on the broadcast.
Myles Price, Texas Tech Red Raiders
