Well this is one for the awkward section of the record books.
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Texas Tech announced on Tuesday that they would be moving their 2017 season opener against Eastern Washington from Saturday, Sept. 2 to Sunday, Sept. 3.
Texas Tech season opener w/Eastern Washington moved to Sunday night Sept. 3
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) April 18, 2017
That has become a somewhat common move recently by teams taking advantage of the open television spot with no NFL regular season competition, but there was one huge problem here: Apparently Eastern Washington wasn't in on the deal.
We have NOT agreed to play on Sunday vs Texas Tech...not sure why this was released but again we have not agreed to this change...#GoEags
— Bill Chaves (@NorthDakotaAD) April 18, 2017
Ummm... oops!
Texas Tech has since deleted all references to the game being moved, and they are reportedly still working out potential conflicts with Eastern Washington.
.@EWUeaglesAD says school has not agreed to play Texas Tech on Sunday Sept. 3. Tech says it’s working to resolve “conflicts”
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) April 18, 2017
What a mess.
