FWAA Texas Tech News

One first-time winner and 10 previous ones comprise the 16th Super 11 Awards, presented annually by the Football Writers Association of America to the best performing College Sports Communicators departments in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The awards announced this week are for the 2024 season.

The Texas Tech Red Raiders drove 71 yards in the final two minutes Saturday, scoring with just 19 seconds left to stay in contention for a spot in the Big 12 Championship game with a 23-22 win at Iowa State. For gaining its first win against a Top 10 program on the road since 2011, Texas Tech earned the Cheez-It National Team of the Week award for games played the weekend of Nov. 2, as selected by the All-America Committee of the Football Writers Association of America.

The Football Writers Association of America has released a list of top candidates for the Steve Spurrier First-Year Coach of the Year Award, Freshman Player of the Year and the 2024 FWAA Freshman All-America Team. The Steve Spurrier First-Year Coach Award, presented by Chris Doering Mortgage, goes to the best first-year coach (at his school) in FBS football. The recipients of the Steve Spurrier First-Year Coach of the Year, the FWAA Freshman of the Year and a Spurrier Legends Coach awardee will be honored at a special reception on Feb 25 in Gainesville, Fla.

Texas Tech’s Bryce Ramirez is this week’s nominee for the 2023 Capital One Orange Bowl-FWAA Courage Award. Ramirez, a senior linebacker, has recovered from a compound leg fracture suffered last year to play in all six games for the Red Raiders this season. 

The 2022 Football Writers Association of America All-America Team, presented in partnership with the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, is headlined by nine first-teamers from the four teams competing in the College Football Playoff, three repeat All-Americans and a record 16 total selections from the Big Ten Conference. There are 19 schools represented from six Football Bowl Subdivision conferences on the first team and 34 different schools and eight conferences plus an Independent included on the overall 54-man team.

The Kansas State Wildcats never trailed and scored their highest point total ever in Norman as they upended No. 6 Oklahoma, 41-34, on the road in both teams’ Big 12 opener. For rolling up 509 total yards and beating the Sooners for the third time in four seasons and second consecutive time in Norman, Kansas State (3-1) earned the Cheez-It Bowl National Team of the Week honor for games of the weekend of Sept. 24, as selected by the Football Writers Association of America.

A look at the top performances from freshman players and first-year head coaches in Week 4 of the 2022 college football season.

A look at the top performances from freshman players and first-year head coaches in Week 2 of the 2022 college football season.

The Football Writers Association of America has announced its fifth "Super 11" field of sports information departments which were deemed the best in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision during the 2013 season.

Red Raiders blow past No. 5 West Virginia

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