Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark fired back at Cody Campbell after the chairman of the Texas Tech Board of Regents publicly complained about the Red Raiders possibly playing a Friday night game against Houston next fall.
Yormark told the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal that Campbell “does not run the Big 12.”
The spat started with a post on X from Campbell where he criticized Yormark, the conference and Fox Sports.
“Friday Night Lights are sacred in the Great State of Texas! It is absolutely absurd that the @Big12Conference and @FOXSports would consider scheduling @TexasTechFB and @UHCougarFB on a Friday night,” Campbell said in the post. “I know that @brettyormark is not a native Texan, but he’s been here long enough to know better! Come on, man!”
Campbell took to social media again after Yormark’s response to the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.
“Apparently Brett didn’t get the memo: EVERYTHING RUNS THROUGH LUBBOCK!!” Campbell said in a post on X. “Maybe we should bring the tortillas back??”
Texas Tech banned its tortilla throwing tradition last fall after the Big 12 voted 15-1 in favor of penalizing items thrown on the field.
Campbell, a former Texas Tech offensive lineman, raised $25 million to finance the Red Raiders’ roster that won the program’s first Big 12 championship and made its first College Football Playoff appearance last year. He recently told The Dallas Morning News there’s even more where that came from.
Texas Tech’s game against Houston is currently scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 19 in Lubbock.
