HC Joey McGuire’s expensive offseason defensive rebuild paid off. Texas Tech just got their first Big 12 conference championship in seven decades. The Red Raiders handled BYU 34-7, capped off a 12-1 run, and secured the first outright league title in 70 years. But while the win validates every dollar they spent, little did we know the real story sits in the motivation behind their most physical defender.

DL Lee Hunter entered the Big 12 Championship with a personal motivation that extended beyond the stakes of the playoff bracket. And it was Joey McGuire who let the world know why getting a first round bye is tremendously important to him.

“He said, ‘Coach, I heard we could possibly get Christmas off.’ And I said, ‘yeah, we’ll figure out the time and everything where y’all can go home, b

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