Joey McGuire calls for home-and-home series with LSU

Brian Kelly turned eyes at SEC Spring Meetings, discussing a possible scheduling agreement with the Big Ten. Unsurprisingly, one coach inside the Big 12 believes they should get into the mix as well. Instead of LSU going up against a Big Ten opponent, Texas Tech‘s Joey McGuire called for Kelly to schedule a home-and-home series with his program.

“Let’s decide it on the field,” McGuire said when discussing the College Football Playoff. “If we’re sitting here talking about the playoffs — if you win the conference championship, you should be in the playoffs. Now, all of a sudden, we have cross-conference games where we’re playing each other. I think that would be a great way to do it.

“I saw Brian Kelly say he’d love to play a Big Ten team. Hey man, I’d love to play LSU, home-and-home series. Whoever plays that, then we look at the rankings and everything like that.”

#TexasTech head coach Joey McGuire during the coaches round table here at Big 12 Media Day.

“I’d love to play a Big Ten team, I’d love to play LSU in a home-and-home series.” pic.twitter.com/yubwBd6dG5

— Jarrett Ramirez (@JarrettDRamirez) July 8, 2025

From a historical standpoint, LSU-Texas Tech is a matchup we have only seen on three occasions. The latest came back in 2015 when Les Miles and Kliff Kingsbury were in charge of their respective programs. To find the other two, you have to go back to 1954 and 1957, where a home-and-home did take place. LSU has taken all three games.

However, this would be about the future and what playing high-level nonconference games could mean when looking at the College Football Playoff. It’s something both Kelly and McGuire are looking to appear in with LSU and Texas Tech. Of course, Kelly has experience during the four-team era while at Notre Dame.

There is one issue, though. Texas Tech’s schedule is booked up for the foreseeable future, not having a nonconference slot open until 2030. Even then, the Red Raiders are scheduled to face Arkansas in an old-school Southwest Conference showdown. Another SEC team on the future schedule is Mississippi State, with games in place in 2028 and 2029.

LSU does have a little more flexibility as the future SEC scheduling model remains in limbo. The only year fully booked, even if the SEC moves to nine conference games, is 2029. Arizona State and Utah are future Big 12 teams the Tigers will face down the road.

Talking season creates a lot of fun moments and for now, all McGuire did was find a way to produce one. Who knows, maybe LSU and Texas Tech will face off in the coming months/years with a little more than just a regular season game on the line.