Of the 22 transfers the Texas Tech football team added since last season, offensive lineman Will Jados and wide receiver Reggie Virgil are the only two who came from the same program.

Jados spent four years, Virgil three at Miami — not The U; the other one: Miami in Oxford, Ohio. The two speak fondly of their days with the RedHawks, who finished each of the past four seasons in bowl games, including 11- and 9-win seasons the past two years.

Even with all the winning they were a part of, it was reinforced for the pair last week that they're in a whole different world. At Miami's Yager Stadium, which opened in 1983 and has permanent seating for 24,000, the list of the top 10 attendance figures tops out at 30,087. Tech reported double that and a few more for the Aug. 30 season open

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