Tuberville, now a U.S. Senator from Alabama, was the subject of a Wes Nessman video commentary from four years ago. At the time, Tuberville had compared Lubbock to Iraq.
Texas Tech and Cincinnati already have a connection, due to former football coach Tommy Tuberville, and that connection should be used to name their new rivalry games.
The former Texas Tech coach is against legislation that would allow college athletes to profit off of their 'Name, Image, Likeness'. Tuberville was elected to the U.S. Senate last year.
A Brownfield, Texas resident has started a Change.org petition asking that ESPN remove Tommy Tuberville from Saturday's Texas Tech-University of Houston game.
In his usual understated style, a sly smile came across the coach's face, and he chuckled when asked by 1340 The Fan's Rob Snyder if he was surprised to learn about Tuberville's involvement with the game.