Texas Tech football is on their early season bye, meaning things are fairly quiet caddie corner to Jones Stadium. However, things were anything but quiet for Chris Beard and Tech basketball in recruiting this week. So, we take a look at what we learned, questions that have come up, and what we might see in the near future in this week's edition of the 3-2-1.

1 - The bye week was as expected for Texas Tech football

Knock on wood, but it seems as if everything went like most early bye weeks do for the Red Raiders and Kliff Kingsbury. The head coach wanted his team to use the week to recoup physically, work on some basics to try and iron out some kinks, and hit the recruiting trail. Check marks on all three of those.

However, the most important part of a bye week is making sure everyone stays out of trouble with more free time on their hands. The Tech staff kind of got a quirky assist on that, though, because the Kansas game is on next Thursday. That means the team will start game week two days early on Saturday, which means there won't be as much room for weekend shenanigans that could land someone in the dog house.

Regardless, everything seemed to go as planned in the bye week, and now Tech will dive head first into conference play.

2 - DeShaun Foster found himself a running back scholarship for 2017

Well, would you lookie there. The Red Raiders picked up a commitment from big body JUCO running back Tyree Range on Tuesday evening, a surprise to many, as it was believed Tech wouldn't take a tailback in the 2017 class. However, the decommtment of offensive lineman Jared Hocker seemed to open up a scholarship, one that running backs coach DeShaun Foster scooped up to use on a big, physical running back to add a new, dynamic piece to the backfield.

Foster has been recruiting Range since high school, a prospect that only went JUCO because he wanted to see if he could earn some more high profile offers after suffering an injury as a senior. He'll have four years to play three, which is great news for Tech as they find new ways to attack a defense with the possibility of a more physical ground game in hand.

3 - Newsflash: Chris Beard and his staff are really good at recruiting

Texas Tech basketball certainly started the 2017 recruiting class off with a bang this week, adding three commitments in less than seven days. The new pledges are JUCO guards Hyron Edwards and Jordan Brangers, and high school, Lubbock Coronado guard Jarrett Culver.

Culver was the biggest surprise of the bunch, as the West Texas native had several big recruiting trips on the books to Texas - the believed favorite - and several other schools that he decided to nix in favor of committing to Tech.

The way that Chris Beard and his staff continue to recruit has honestly been jaw dropping. They're doing things on the recruiting trail in basketball that few, if any, have seen in Lubbock, and he's done all of it before ever even coaching a single game.

Good times are on the way on the hard court.

1 - What does Trae Young need to see on his visit to increase Texas Tech's standing

And staying on the subject of hoops, there are still a few big targets left on the board for the Red Raiders, primarily legacy and five star guard Trae Young, who will be taking his official visit to Lubbock beginning next Thursday.

Those few days will comprise the single most important, and most intimate, time that Beard gets to show off what Texas Tech is and pitch his vision for the future of hoops on the South Plains.

So, what is it that Young needs to see for Tech to really be in it down the stretch? We'll probably learn if he finds the answer or not after next weekend.

2 - How does this Tech football team change coming out of the bye, if at all?

For better or worse, most football teams come out of the bye week either firing on all cylinders or sputtering along, regardless of what happened in the games before the off period.

It's the time when coaches can recalibrate and tinker with their team's X's and O's, chemistry, and many other facets. And you likely won't know how those changes affect them until you're in the thick of the first contest after the break, which is obviously the Thursday nighter in Lubbock against the Jayhawks.

So, what will be different about the Red Raiders? Does the defense get better? Is the offense out of sync? Does everything sit at status quo? We'll know on Thursday night at around 8:30.

New defensive front seven offers will go out this weekend or early next week

Everyone has been chomping at the bit to see David Gibbs and his defensive coaches extend some new offers to defensive linemen and linebackers, and if it's going to happen anytime soon, this weekend makes the most sense.

The whole staff is out on the road recruiting since it's the bye week, catching some games of either commits or prospects they're interested in. Gibbs wants the coaches to see any prospect they're considering offering in person, and now is when they'll see the most players in one sitting before the end of the season.

So, to me that says you should see some new offers go out on defense soon. I guess we'll find out.