FOX Big Noon Kickoff headed to Lubbock for Texas Tech vs. Colorado

Certainly, the Texas Tech football team opened eyes around the country by beating No. 11 Iowa State on Saturday. Now, the Red Raiders will get plenty of extra attention as the FOX Big Noon Kickoff pregame show is set to come to the South Plains.

This weekend, the 6-3 Red Raiders will take on Colorado, which is 6-2 overall and 4-1 in Big 12 play. It will be a crucial game between two teams that still have hopes of playing for a Big 12 title and FOX is sending its traveling pregame show to cover it.

This will be the first time that FOX's pregame show has come to Texas Tech. What's more, it is only the second time that one of the national traveling pregame shows has come to Lubbock after ESPN's College GameDay was broadcast from Lubbock in 2008 when the No. 7 Red Raiders hosted the No. 1 Texas Longhorns in the famous game that ended with the Graham Harrell to Michael Crabtree touchdown catch in the closing seconds.

Big Noon Kickoff is hosted each week by Rob Stone along with analysts Mark Ingram II, Matt Leinart, Urban Meyer, and Brady Quinn. It airs from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Central.

However, this does not mean that Tech and Colorado will kick off at 11 a.m. Though that is the time that FOX typically airs its biggest game of the day, this week, Ohio State and Purdue will occupy that window on the network.

Meanwhile, the Red Raiders and the Buffaloes will play at 3 p.m. Central. Though Red Raider fans were hoping for a night game, against "Coach Prime" Deion Sanders and his team, a 3 p.m. kick is far more desirable than an 11 a.m. kick.

It should be an exciting Saturday for the Red Raiders. Not only is the game already a sell-out, but it could also be the day that running back Tahj Brooks breaks Texas Tech's all-time rushing record. He is just 120 yards away from setting that mark and in every game he's played this year, he's run for at least 109 yards. Overall, he's averaging 130.8 yards per game on the ground so many think he'll pass Byron Hanspard this week.

Details about the Big Noon Kickoff broadcast such as the location and the time that fans will be allowed on the set have yet to be announced but are expected in the coming days. It will certainly be a weekend to remember around Raiderland.