Texas Tech announced Tuesday that it had sold its initial allotment of 11,016 tickets to the Alamo Bowl, prompting Alamo Bowl officials to allocate more tickets to be sold through Tech.
Upper-level sideline tickets in the Alamodome, all priced at $55, are what’s currently for sale for Tech’s Jan. 2 game against Michigan State.
Dave Welsh, Tech assistant athletic director for ticket operations, said there wasn’t a specific number newly allocated.
“We can keep selling and selling and selling, and whatever we need we can get from the bowl,’’ Welsh said. “They’re all upper level, and we’re going to try to help them sell as many of those tickets as we can.’’
Welsh said the Tech ticket office at the moment is filling orders and not yet assigning seats, but he said all upper-level seats being reserved are sideline/yard-line seats.
Tech said it sold more than 25,000 seats through the athletic department the last time the Red Raiders played in the Alamo Bowl in 2001.
RRC adds hotel rooms
Texas Tech announced Tuesday that the Red Raider Club has added blocks of rooms at three more hotels on the San Antonio Riverwalk after its block at the Grand Hyatt sold out.
It now has blocked off rooms at Westin Riverwalk, Marriott Riverwalk and Hilton Placio Del Rio, all within walking distance of the Alamodome, where Tech plays Michigan State on Jan. 2.
According to Tech officials, more than 1,000 rooms were reserved by Tech fans after the pairing was announced Sunday.
Reservations are being accepted through National Travel Systems by calling 1 (888) 603-8747 or (806) 794-3135 or by e-mailing at sportsinfo@nationaltravelsystems.com.
Leach: Potts to start
Tech coach Mike Leach told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram he’ll stick with quarterback Taylor Potts, who started the last three regular-season games, in the Alamo Bowl.
Late in the season, Leach faulted himself for going back and forth between Potts and Steven Sheffield.
“I’m going to start Potts,’’ Leach told the newspaper. “He’s steady, and I need to settle on one and quit pulling them in and out, and then in the spring they’ll battle it out.’’
Davis honored
Tech safety Cody Davis has been named to the first team of Phil Steele Publications’ freshman all-America team. The 6-foot-2, 200-pound redshirt freshman from Stephenville is second on the team with 72 tackles and has six pass breakups.
Several Tech players also were named to Steele’s all-Big Conference team. Guard Brandon Carter was on the first unit, and the second team included defensive end Brandon Sharpe, offensive tackle Marlon Winn and cornerback Jamar Wall.
Making the third team were running back Baron Batch, wide receiver Alex Torres and defensive end Daniel Howard, and the fourth team included quarterback Taylor Potts and running back Eric Stephens.
Story courtesy of www.redraiders.com
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