W illie Fritz’s University of Houston football team is 4-0, but you’d never know it if you listen to the chatter swirling around the Cougars’ Saturday night home game with Texas Tech. Even Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt is getting into the act, posting on Twitter Thursday night: “Red Raider Nation, it’s official — we have declared Saturday night’s game in Houston our 8th home game this season. Houston is West Texas.”

The oddsmakers are certainly bullish about the 11th-ranked Red Raiders’ chances of enjoying their weekend in H-Town. Texas Tech is an 11 and a 1/2 point favorite over Houston at most of the major sports books. Earlier in the week, that number stood as high as 12 and a 1/2.

This game is being treated like a grand Texas Tech party in the making in many ways. Even

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