2 months ago
NEWYou tin now perceive to Fox News articles!
Texas Tech booster Cody Campbell, who sits arsenic president of nan school’s committee of regents, had a societal media joust pinch Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark complete a Red Raiders shot crippled that will apt move to Friday nighttime during nan upcoming season.
It whitethorn look for illustration a trivial conflict complete a crippled schedule, but Campbell, who has go 1 of nan astir salient boosters successful assemblage sports, posted connected X that nan crippled betwixt Texas Tech and Houston should stay arsenic scheduled connected a Saturday, Sept. 19.
Why? Campbell based on "Friday Night Lights" successful Texas is "sacred" for precocious schoolhouse football.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM
Cody Campbell stands backstage during ESPN's College GameDay astatine Texas Tech University successful Lubbock, Texas, connected Nov. 8, 2025. (John E. Moore III/Getty Images)
"Friday Night Lights are ineffable successful nan Great State of Texas! It is perfectly absurd that nan @Big12Conference and @FOXSports would see scheduling @TexasTechFB and @UHCougarFB connected a Friday nighttime (October 18th)!! I cognize that @brettyormark is not a autochthonal Texan, but he's been present agelong capable to cognize better! Come on, man!" Campbell posted, though it should publication September – not October 18.
Yormark was asked astir Campbell’s tweet, telling nan Lubbock Avalanche-Journal connected Wednesday that, "Cody Campbell does not tally nan Big 12."
TRUMP RIPS NIL ‘DISASTER’ IN OVAL OFFICE, WARNS IT’S KILLING COLLEGE SPORTS
Yormark added that nan league’s committee and diversion board approved to person 12 games per twelvemonth not beryllium played connected Saturdays successful bid to raise Big 12 viewership. As a result, a Texas Tech crippled was expected to beryllium 1 of them because of their opinionated successful assemblage football.
"Friday nighttime Big 12 shot games outperformed nan Conference’s mean standing by 64% successful 2025," Yormark added. "All of our schools are treated arsenic during nan TV scheduling process and this crippled fits wrong our scheduling parameters. I americium thankful that our TV partners supply america pinch these opportunities."
Campbell continued to push backmost astatine Yormark, though, posting different tweet connected Thursday that added different basking taxable for Red Raiders football – their now-banned tortilla celebration.
The Big 12 banned nan tortilla-tossing ceremony astatine Jones AT&T Stadium, threatening fines to nan assemblage if fans continued to do so.
Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark gestures earlier nan Big 12 Championship crippled betwixt Texas Tech and BYU astatine AT&T Stadium successful Arlington, Texas, connected Dec. 6, 2025. (John E. Moore III/Getty Images)
"Apparently Brett didn’t get nan memo: EVERYTHING RUNS THROUGH LUBBOCK!!," Campbell tweeted, referencing a celebrated building from caput coach Joey McGuire, who was caught saying it successful nan locker room aft a 2022 triumph complete Texas. "Maybe we should bring nan tortillas back??"
Campbell said pinch ESPN astir Yormark, wherever he continued to return jabs astatine him.
"As commissioner, he needs to retrieve that he useful for nan presidents, and nan presidents activity for nan boards," Campbell told nan outlet. "He is not nan dictator of nan conference. That’s not his role. It is his work to advocator for his members successful each cases."
Campbell told nan Avalanche-Journal that he feels it’s excessively precocious to alteration Texas Tech’s crippled against Houston, adding that it wouldn’t beryllium bully for nan squad considering their erstwhile crippled is simply a travel to Oregon State connected Sept. 12.
Cody Campbell stands connected nan section aft nan Big 12 Championship crippled betwixt Texas Tech and BYU astatine AT&T Stadium successful Arlington, Texas, connected Dec. 6, 2025. (John E. Moore III)
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP
Campbell has not shied distant from addressing his mindset successful assemblage sports, particularly erstwhile it comes to media rights. He has advocated for nan conferences to harvester their authorities into 1 entity for illustration a master sports league, though he has seen superior pushback connected that front. He was besides a portion of President Donald Trump’s "Saving College Sports" roundtable, which took spot astatine nan White House connected March 6.
Campbell is simply a erstwhile Texas Tech violative lineman who is responsible for co-founding nan Matador Club, nan NIL corporate that has led nan complaint successful revamping Texas Tech athletics successful hopes of making them a powerhouse crossed each sports.
Follow Fox News Digital’s sports sum connected X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
Scott Thompson is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital.
