{
  "id": 3797653,
  "title": "Texas Tech, Joey McGuire, embrace villain role ahead of 2026 college football season",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/texas-tech-joey-mcguire-embrace-villain-role-ahead-of-2026-college",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-27T19:03:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/texas-tech-joey-mcguire-embrace-190351539.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "As Texas Tech football enters the offseason, the team faces a flurry of criticism and controversy. Head coach Joey McGuire remains unfazed by the backlash, viewing it as an opportunity to motivate his team. McGuire explained that numerous individuals, including university officials and coaches, had harsh words about the program. However, he sees these criticisms as fuel for his players. \"We have a lot of stuff banked because there was a lot of universities in our conference, whether it be their AD or their president, or it was one coach that had a lot to say about the Sorsby situation,\" McGuire said on SiriusXM. Despite the negative attention, McGuire stresses that the team members remain united. \"He’s still part of us. He was at our scrimmage, our first scrimmage. He’s been out here twice since we started camp, and he’s still a part of this family, and he always will be.\" With a strong 2025 season behind them, the Red Raiders aim to continue their success in the 2026 season, set to kick off on September 5th against Abilene Christian. The game will be broadcast on FS1 at 7 p.m. ET.",
  "summary": "Texas Tech head Joey McGuire likes having a lot of things bookmarked ahead of the upcoming college football season.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "Central Texas high school football coaches answer who are the area's best teams and players",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/central-texas-high-school-football-coaches-answer-who-are-the-areas",
        "published": "2026-08-26T23:05:40.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}