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Jalin Conyers on the Long Road Home to Lubbock
The Arizona State Sun Devils game is not about revenge for Jalin Conyers. The Texas Panhandle product transferred to Texas Tech to play for his home.
The first time Jalin Conyers put on the Texas Tech scarlet and black was the most nervous he’s ever been for a football game. Forget the 60,229 screaming fans in attendance for Tech’s season opener against Abilene Christian; Conyers had 40 of his friends and family members there specifically for him.
His grandfather, Colin Locke, was among them. Conyers’ ‘Pops’ was a lifelong Texas Tech fan who used to scour Seat Geek for last-minute deals to football games that he could take his grandson to. Since every fan stood the entire game, Pops used to hoist Conyers onto his shoulders to see over them. When he got tired, Conyers would stand on the stadium chair.
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