Texas Tech football coach takes swipe at Notre Dame's independent status

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Texas Tech Red Raiders shot manager Joey McGuire took a swipe astatine the Notre Dame Fighting Irish’s autarkic presumption pursuing their triumph implicit the BYU Cougars connected Saturday.

McGuire gave recognition to BYU for moving from an autarkic schoolhouse to the Big 12 Conference successful caller years.

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Texas Tech caput manager Joey McGuire gestures for a timeout during an NCAA assemblage shot crippled against BYU, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, successful Lubbock, Texas. (AP Photo/Annie Rice)

"I person truthful overmuch respect for BYU. I do," McGuire told reporters astatine his postgame property conference. "I was truly excited whenever they joined the Big 12 due to the fact that I deliberation that they transportation a batch of value and a batch of respect. I deliberation that I person a batch of respect for them entering a league and not playing an autarkic docket similar different radical — y’all already cognize who that is.

"So, I person a batch of respect for that. I mean, they’re earning their close conscionable similar everybody, but a mates of radical successful the federation are earning their close done league play and playing successful immoderate truly pugnacious places."

Notre Dame and the UConn Huskies are the lone 2 schools that play an autarkic schedule. The Fighting Irish person been autarkic for each but 1 twelvemonth – 2020, erstwhile the coronavirus pandemic affected the full scenery of sports.

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Texas Tech Red Raiders caput manager Joey McGuire against the Arizona State Sun Devils astatine Mountain America Stadium connected Oct. 18, 2025. (Mark J. Rebilas/Imagn Images)

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This year, the No. 10 Fighting Irish person played 3 ranked opponents and are 1-2 successful those games. They person different ranked hostile connected their docket successful No. 24 Pittsburgh.

No. 8 Texas Tech has lone played 2 ranked opponents truthful acold this play and blew retired some of them.

Fighting Irish caput manager Marcus Freeman was asked astir McGuire’s comments. He didn’t thin into the drama, saying helium was conscionable focused connected the team’s crippled against the Panthers.