exas Tech and Colorado may be headed for another Big 12 fight, but the softest moment this week came off the field. Deion Sanders Jr. publicly thanked Joey McGuire for a gesture that stretched back years, long before the Texas Tech coach signed his $51.9 million extension.
“From Cedar Hill to Texas Tech – it’s a beautiful thing!” Deion Sanders Jr. posted on X, tagging Joey McGuire. “I asked Coach for help expanding; he told me I could come record at Texas Tech during spring workouts and etc… I never got around to it, but thank you for always looking out for me since I was 14.”
Joey McGuire wasn’t simply another coach offering a favor to Deion Sanders’ oldest son. He has known the Sanders family for well over a decade. Before he arrived in Lubbock, the 54-year-old coach built Cedar Hill High School into one of Texas’s powerhouse football programs during a remarkable 14-year run that produced three state championships…