Texas Tech cancels Midland spring football game

LUBBOCK, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) – Texas Tech football announced its Spring Game, to be played in Midland this upcoming Saturday, is canceled, citing the forecasted storms in the Permian Basin area Saturday.

As of Thursday morning, National Weather Service forecasts project a more than 80 percent chance of rain in the Midland area with a possibility of lightning beginning early Saturday morning – during many of Texas Tech’s pregame festivities – and lasting until late that afternoon. Percentages move closer to 90 percent at the time of the 1 p.m. scheduled kickoff.

“This was a decision we didn’t want to make as our entire program was looking forward to our trip back to Midland,” head coach Joey McGuire said. “As we got further into this week, it has become clear we’d likely not be able to start our Spring Game on time yet alone complete it. We appreciate the many donors who helped organize this event as the Permian Basin area is such a tremendous supporter of this football program and university.”

The Red Raiders will still hold a Team Behren (Morton) vs. Team Tahj (Brooks) scrimmage on Saturday, but it will be held at Texas Tech’s Sports Performance Center indoors and closed to the public.

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