Texas Tech ready to get started with coach Wells in opener

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2018, file photo, Texas Tech's Alan Bowman throws a pass against Lamar during an NCAA college football game in Lubbock, Texas. Bowman was tearing it up as a freshman for the Red Raiders until a partially collapsed lung ultimately limited him to eight games. He passed for 2,638 and 17 touchdowns in those games and after he was gone so were the Red Raiders bowl chances. (Brad Tollefson/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via AP, File)

FILE - In this July 15, 2019, photo, Texas Tech head coach Matt Wells speaks on the first day of the Big 12 Conference NCAA college football media days in Arlington, Texas. New Kansas State coach Chris Klieman has seven championship rings, all at the FCS level. Texas Tech’s Matt Wells is coming off a successful stretch at his alma mater in the Mountain West Conference. Their Big 12 debuts will be their first games as head coach of a Power Five team.(AP Photo/David Kent, file)