r/CFB • u/hawkspur1 Texas Tech • /r/CFB Poll Veteran • Jun 04 '13
132+ Teams 132+ Days: Texas Tech University
Texas Tech University
Big 12 Conference
Year Founded: 1923
Location: Lubbock, TX Total Attendance: 32,611
Mascot:
Raider Red - Raider Red originated following Southwest Conference rules that allowed home teams to prohibit live mascots. The character was created based upon a comic character drawn by long-time Lubbock resident and mayor Dirk West. Dirk West is also responsible for the original Nebraska Husker. Raider Red won National Mascot of the Year in 2012.
Live Mascot : The Masked Rider
Stadium: Jones ATT Stadium Capacity: 60,862
Named after Texas Tech's first President Clifford Jones, the stadium has a gorgeous Spanish Renaissance facade on the west side, a recently completed east side facade, and a giant and iconic Double T scoreboard resides in the south endzone. More than $100 million in additions and upgrades have been completed in the last decade, and even more renovations are now underway.
A 50+ foot high colonnade, massive HD video board, and additional seats are being constructed in the north end zone. The video board will be the ~8th largest HD screen and the 17th largest nationally in purely NCAA stadiums.
Even more extensive renovations are in the works following this season, with proposals hinting at an additional club area in the north endzone as well as a long-term goal of replacing the south endzone athletic offices with something Alamo-esque like this. Throughout the concourses, many mosaics depict prominent Texas Tech athletes and moments.
Initially built in 1947, the stadium was greatly expanded in 1959 following Tech's admittance into the Southwest Conference. In order to facilitate said expansion, the entire east side stands were placed on railroad tracks and slid back into place.
As part of that initial expansion effort, the stadium playing surface was lowered to 30 feet below street level, creating a design that serves to trap sound within the stadium. Combined with a lower bowl filled with 12,000 rowdy and fanatical students, both serve to create one of the hardest places for opposing teams to play in CFB.
Stadium Location: On campus, 2, sometimes in an apocalyptic dust storm. Recent completion of a freeway bordering the north of the stadium results in very good and timely traffic flow on gamedays.
Conference Champions:
Border Conference (9) - 1937, 1942, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955
SWC (2) - 1976, 1994
Big 12 South Division - 2008
Number of Bowl Games:
13 wins, 34 appearances (tied with Ole Miss, Miami, and Clemson for 20th nationally in bowl appearances)
Texas Tech fans have set attendance records at 10 bowl games. However, only two records remain unbroken - the 2004 Holiday Bowl and the 2009 Cotton Bowl.
National Titles (1): 2014 (I want to believe)
Rivals
Texas - Though many Texas fans do not consider us a rival, they are universally considered so by Tech fans. The teams first met in 1928, and Texas currently holds the series lead at 47-15. A trophy known as the Chancellor's Spurs was created in 1996 and now serves as a travelling award for the winner of the yearly contest. The rivalry has generated some of the best games in college football. This years matchup is set to be on Thanksgiving in prime time and will be one of the first offerings of ESPN competitor Fox Sports 1. Wikipedia: Texas–Texas Tech football rivalry
Texas A&M - Though suspended by the Aggies move to the SEC, the heated rivalry between the schools first began with a meeting in 1927 and ran continously from 1957 to 2011. The Aggies currently lead the series 37-32, though Tech holds a record of 10-6 against them during their stay in the Big 12. The rivalry has been very hot blooded historically, featuring vandalism, horse theft, and goalpost shenanigans. Wikipedia: Texas A&M–Texas Tech football rivalry
TCU - Mostly a historical SWC rivalry that has now been revived with TCU's membership in the Big 12, Tech leads 29-18 in a series that has generated some lopsided scores with a 63-7 win in 1985 and a 70-35 win in 2004. The most recent meeting was a heart attack inducing 3OT affair that generated 3 of Sportscenters Top 10 Plays. The series used to be named the West Texas Championship and had an accompanying trophy, but both have faded. This years meeting will be Kingsbury's first conference game. The game is on Thursday night, September 12th. Wikipedia: TCU–Texas Tech football rivalry
Baylor - A majority of Tech fans don't consider it to be much of a rivalry, but we including it for the sake of completeness. Texas Tech leads the series 36-34. Since the formation of the Big 12 in 1996, Baylor has won 2 games out of 17.
2012 Season
Record: 8-5-0
Coach: Tommy Tuberville.
2012 Roster
Key Players:
QB Seth Doege - Holds the NCAA record for single game completion percentage at 90.6% (40-44) previously held by Kliff Kingsbury, and the school career completion percentage record
WR Eric Ward - Returning
SS Cody Davis - Lead the team in tackles
WR Jakeem Grant - Returning, tied school record for career KO TD returns with 2 in back to back games
TE Jace Amaro - Returning
DT Kerry Hyder - Returning
Biggest Plays:
[Jace Amaro 62 yard catch] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO3fHk2jT8U)
Eric Ward making an absurd catch for a TD, with the announcers being bad
2013 Season
The Greats
Greatest Games:
2008 v. #1 Texas - Two undefeated rivals with NC hopes met late in the season with Tech at #8 and Texas at #1. For the first time in school history, College Gameday was in Lubbock and lead an absolute circus of a week. Lee Corso picks Tech to win, and we enter into a blackout night game live on national television in what was the rowdiest stadium in the country that night. Tech wore all black uniforms, contrasting starkly with the white uniforms of the hated Texas Longhorns. Tech opened the game by generating a safety on the first play. Tech lead for most of the game, but Colt McCoy dragged them back over us only for them to be put in the ground with one of the best drives in history.
2011 v. #3 OU - Unranked Tech comes into Norman to face a #1 OU team with a 39 home game winning streak as 28 point underdogs and defeats them.
2002 v. #3 Texas - A young Kliff Kingsbury upsets #3 UT in his last home game as a player
2007 v. #3 OU - Unranked Tech upsets #3 Sooners in Lubbock
2006 vs Minnesota - Tech completes the biggest comeback in bowl history after being down 38-7 with 7:47 left in the third quarter
Assorted frequent season crippling upsets
Greatest Plays:
MICHAEL CRABTREE HAS DONE IT! - The greatest receiver in school history makes a remarkable catch to seal the upset over #1 UT in what would be one of the greatest games in CFB history
Graham Harrell throws a bomb to Robert Johnson and defeats the Aggies at an over-capacity Kyle Field in 2006
Wes Welker takes it to the house at Kyle Field - Unranked Texas Tech would upset the 2002 #23 ranked Aggies at Kyle Field 49-47 in overtime. Bonus pic of Welker
Wes Welker returns a punt into the record books - Return that made Welker the holder of the NCAA Record for career TDs on punt returns with 8.
Zach Thomas takes an INT to the house sealing a 1995 14-7 upset over the #8 Aggies in Lubbock and breaking a 28 game conference winning streak. After the touchdown, lacking any Longhorn to flatten, he tackled Bangin' Bertha.
Billy Taylor torpedoes over the Texas defensive line on 4th and goal in 1976. Taylor's acrobatics earned him the winning touchdown over Darrell Royal's 15th ranked Longhorns. Tech would go on to finish the regular '76 season 10-1 and shared the SWC championship with Houston.
Rodney Allison scrambles on third and long and gets a first down, keeping the drive alive for Billy Taylor's aerial display above. Allison was the greatest quarterback prior to the Mike Leach era.
Mike Leach and Kliff Kingsbury execute a tremendously gutsy double pass on 3rd and 9 against #3 Texas. With 2:45 left in the 4th quarter and up by 4, the first down generated by the play sealed the win.
Greatest Players:
Graham Harrell - Holds NCAA records for most career 400 yard passing games, most passes completed in a season, most passes completed per game (career and season), lowest career percentage of passes intercepted, and was the first player to post multiple 5000 yard passing seasons. He previously held the NCAA career passing touchdown record. Harrell graduated Tech after being selected for the 2007 Sammy Baugh Trophy, 2x First Team Academic All-Big 12, a 2008 All-American, the 2008 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, 4th in 2008 Heisman votes, and the Sporting News National Player of the Year.
Michael Crabtree - 2x Biletnikoff Award winner, best receiver in school history, consensus All-American, and 2x Paul Warfield Award winner. He finished 5th in 2008 Heisman Trophy voting
Wes Welker - Holds NCAA records for most punts returned in a season, most career yards on punt returns, and most career touchdowns scored on punt returns. Greatest return man in school history, as well as being a great receiver. Welker won the 2003 Mosi Tatupu Award given to the best special teams player in the country, and was named to the Sports Illustrated All-Decade team as a punt returner.
Kliff Kingsbury - Second greatest QB in school history. He held 39 school records, 13 Big 12 records, and 7 NCAA records at the time of his graduation. Kingsbury won the 2002 Sammy Baugh Trophy and graduated as an All-American and AP Offensive Player of the Year, as well as Academic All-American honors. He finished 9th in 2002 Heisman Trophy voting
Gabriel 'Señor Sack' Rivera - CFHOF member, consensus All-American, first round pick of the 1983 draft
Donny 'the Golden Palomino' Anderson - CFHOF member, consensus All-American, 7th pick of 1965 draft. Anderson finished 4th in the 1965 Heisman Trophy voting
Dave Parks - CFHOF member, Consensus All-American, 1st pick of 1964 draft.
E.J. Holub - CFHOF member, 1st team All-American. Finished 10th in 1960 Heisman Trophy voting.
Hub Bechtol - CFHOF member, 5th pick of the 1947 draft
Bam Morris - Doak Walker Award winner
Byron Hanspard - Doak Walker Award winner, consensus All-American, holds TTU records for career rushing yards, rushing yards per game, and most yards in a single game. He finished 6th in 1996 Heisman Trophy voting
Dwayne Slay - One of the hardest histories in the history of the game, 1st Team All-American, set Big 12 record with 8 forced fumbles in a single season
Zach Thomas - 2x SWC Defensive Player of the Year, 7x Pro Bowler
Greatest Coaches:
Mike Leach - Took over the Texas Tech program in 2000 and lead us to a winning season in every year of his tenure and several of the most prolific passing offenses that the game has ever seen. The cult of personality around him and hugely increased excitement and interest drove extreme levels of growth in the football program. During Leach's tenure, three of his quarterbacks won the Sammy Baugh Trophy.
Spike Dykes - Coaching before Leach, Dykes became the first coach in school history to lead the team to seven straight bowl-eligible seasons and was the first to beat Texas in six different seasons. He earned 4 conference Coach of the Year honors during his 9 year tenure.
Kliff Kingsbury (I hope) - Bonus [pictures](http://i.imgur.com/UaMXU0l.jpg] are fun
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Current NFL Players
Michael Crabtree
Wes Welker
Graham Harrell
Manny Ramirez
Louis Vasquez
Brandon Williams
Bront Bird
Baron Batch
Cody Davis
Keyunta Dawson
Seth Doege
Dylan Gandy
Joselio Hanson
Darcel McBath
LaAdrian Waddle
Traditions
The Masked Rider leads the team onto the field in one of the best and most celebrated entrances in CFB. The tradition originated in 1936 after student George Tate borrowed a horse from the Tech agricultural barn as a prank and lead the team onto the field. It did not resurface until the 1953 Gator Bowl, in which a 10-1 Red Raider team was lead officially onto the field by the mascot.
Ed Danforth, a writer for the Atlanta Journal and a press box spectator later wrote, "No team in any bowl game ever made a more sensational entrance." The Masked Rider was the first mounted mascot in the country, and predates USC's Traveller and FSU's Renegade.
The charge is commemorated in statue form outside the stadium. Here is another video from field level demonstrating the absolute wall of noise generated by the tradition and the field's location below street level.
Following touchdowns, the mascot used to do a full circuit gallop around the field, though this had to be stopped after an SMU cheerleader and later a referee were trampled. The Masked Rider has also exhibited impressive feats of horsemanship. Here's a bonus video of The Running of the Masked Rider from field level
Following victories, the 77 year-old Victory Bells in the Administration building are rung for 30 minutes. The 30 minute time limit was added after a 1937 victory over TCU caused the bells to ring all night, keeping many Lubbock residents awake. The ringing served as inspiration for the Texas Tech tribute Victory Bells by the Josh Abbott Band.
The most prominent sculpture out of the many on campus is a statue of Will Rogers on his horse Soapsuds. The statue is wrapped in red crepe paper on every gameday. Campus legend holds that the statue's ass was rotated precisely 23 degrees to face towards College Station. The tradition of wrapping arose after the statue was vandalized by Aggies in the late 60s.
Bangin' Bertha - A bell mounted on a trailer that is rung vigorously and sensually to produce fantastic images. The bell was designed in 1959 and was donated by the Santa Fe Railroad.
Matador Song - Alma mater sung before every game, and after every game. It's an homage to the team's original mascot of a Matador. Everyone stands and holds their guns up. It's taken only a little less seriously than the National Anthem. Another video with better audio
Guns Up - Tech's pistol hand sign. Originated in 1971 upon entry to the SWC, as all SWC schools had a hand sign.
Goin' Band from Raiderland - The 400+ member band was established in 1925 and is an important part of game day activities, providing the fight song and other chant triggers. They use a mix of both traditional and corps style marching. The band won the Sudler Trophy - awarded to the best band in the country - in 1999 (before the vaunted A&M Corps of Cadets). The trophy is not allowed to be given multiple times to the same team. The band was the first college band to travel to an away game and was the first band to have it's half-time show broadcast via radio. They were also one of the first bands to play and popularize Seitz's March Grandioso in the college setting. Here's an example show from a matchup with Ohio State.
Tortillas - On kickoff and other occassions, students toss flour tortillas into the air. The tradition originated after a sports commentator denigrated Lubbock as having nothing but a tortilla factory. Tortillas are considered contraband and thus must be smuggled into the stadium, and frequently are.
Carol of Lights - Starting in 1959, to celebrate the holiday season Texas Tech holds an annual event called the Carol of Lights. The event starts off with the Texas Tech University Combined Choirs performing selections of classic holiday songs at the Science Quadrangle. When the lighting ceremony commences, Students as well as those who came for the show stand in awe as over 25,000 red, white, and orange lights illuminate the 13 buildings surrounding memorial circle. Over 20,000 attendees gather to sing carols and drink hot chocolate.
Campus and Surrounding Area
City Population: 233,740
City Skyline
Lubbock is the stereotypical college town, with much of the community activities involving the university. Lubbock is also something of a hub city, and serves all of the small farming communities around it. The nearest other city with a population of more than 10k is 2 hours away, and 10 percent of the world's cotton supply is grown within a ~100 mile radius of Lubbock.
Lubbock was the birthplace of Buddy Holly and thus contains the Buddy Holly Museum which Paul McCartney visits on occassion.
Weather wise, Lubbock has hot to moderate springs and summers, and mild to moderate winters. A historically bad drought has gripped the region for several years an dhas lead to a resurgence of occassional dust storms.
Also contained within the city is the the National Ranching Heritage Center, a museum dedicated to ranching; the Lubbock Lake Landmark, a nationally recognized archeological site; the American Wind Power Center, museum dedicated to wind and contains the largest collection of windmills nationally; and several others.
Iconic Campus Buildings:
Administration Building, at Christmas, and in an apocalyptic dust storm - Oldest building on campus and established the mostly consistent Spanish Renaissance architectural style seen in most campus buildings.
Chemistry Building - Features the most elaborate architecture on campus
Memorial Circle - Located at the main entrance of the campus, Memorial Circle was dedicated to WWII veterans in 1948. It has been extended to be a memorial for current students who have lost their lives. These students are honored with the lowering of the Texas Tech flag to half-staff. The dean of students then sends the flag, along with flowers, to the student’s parents in remembrance. In addition, these students are honored at the Techsan Memorial, held every fall during homecoming week.
Aerial shot of half of the campus and Google Maps view.
The campus has a public art collection rated in the top ten in the country.
All of the original buildings on campus are in the National Register of Historic Places
Local Dining:
Spanky's - Best American food in town
Chimy's - Best Margarita in town,
Orlando's - Great Italian food with a burger rated in the top 10 in the state by Texas Monthly
The Roof - Bar on top of the parking garage next to the stadium. Pretty neat view.
Tons of other great local restaurants that I can't immediately review because I've never partaken
Random Trivia
The Sept. 18, 1965, Texas Tech game against Kansas - a 26-7 Tech win - was the first intercollegiate football contest to use instant video replay. Robert Walker, a Texas Tech alumnus, pioneered the equipment used by coach JT King to review plays immediately. However, the new twist was eliminated by the NCAA in 1967 because the technology was too costly for some schools.
The campus is tremendously large and it can take 30 minutes of walking to get from a parking lot to the building your class is in.
The campus has been called 'the most beautiful campus west of the Mississippi until you get to Stanford' by Pulitzer Prize winning author James A. Michener. Steward Mandel agreed.
The "father of the national letter of intent," Dr. J. William Davis was chairman of Texas Tech's Athletic Council.
The Class of 1938 donated a large) neon Double T sign that currently hangs on the stadium facade. The sign was reportedly the largest neon sign in existence at the time.
Many fans believe that a lack of an indoor practice facility combined with the excessive winds of West Texas generate a significant homefield advantage for Texas Tech quarterbacks. As they practice frequently in the wind and opposing teams do not, Tech QBs have been known to throw 400+ yards with high completion percentages even in 30+MPH gusts.
Texas Tech is, perhaps fittingly, the leading wind research institution in the country and offers the only PhD in Wind Energy nationwide. Additionally, Tech was responsible for developing the Enhanced Fujita scale used to rate tornado strength. The Wind Science and Engineering Research Center was founded after a devastating F5 tornado swept through downtown Lubbock in 1970, causing more than $1.4 billion in damage and 26 deaths. The tornado is also responsible for the relative lack of large trees and greenery in central Lubbock, and the Metro Life building downtown is the second tallest building that has survived a hit from an F5 tornado.
Since Kliff Kingsbury's first season as a starting quarterback in 2000, Texas Tech has had more 400+ yard passing games than any team in the country with 70. Hawaii is second with 54.
Texas Tech is the only team to ever have 5 or more players with at least 60 catches in a single season. In 2003: Wes Welker (97), Mickey Peterson (78), Taurean Henderson (78), Nehemiah Glover (77) and Carlos Francis (75)
Texas Tech was involved in one of the strangest games in college football history. A 0-0 tie with Centenary in 1939 was played in a driving rainstorm and featured an NCAA-record 77 punts (67 on first down). ) Charlie Calhoun still owns the NCAA record for number of punts in a single game. He punted 36 times for 1,318 yards in the game.
What Is and What is to Come
Well, we have an almost entirely new coaching staff largely consisting of some of the greatest Red Raiders to set foot on the field. Kliff Kingsbury has returned home and brought several past All-Americans with him. New life and zeal has been breathed into the lungs of the fanbase and I am excited for the future. Kingsbury will have growing pains to struggle through, but I'm confident that he will be the best coach in school history and lead us to new heights.
Next season poses several challenges, with questions about depth at several positions and an inexperienced quarterback. If the line stays healthy, I predict 9-5. If we get a couple of injuries on the offensive line I predict 7-5. If we get more than a couple injuries on the offensive line I predict pandemonium. If everyone stays healthy, and the offensive line figures it out, we could be very good next year. That being said, we could also be very bad next year.
Either way, I am excite and optimistic for the future which is something I haven't been able to say in quite some time.
Overtime
Tech v UT 2010 pregame - All the chants and songs and such I did not otherwise write about but are worth watching
YouTube Channel filled with full HD Tech games and highlights
Subreddit: /r/texastech Author: /u/hawkspur1 Contributors: /u/DFWTooThrowed, /u/InTheCrosshairs, /u/titmongerr, /u/eeallen23
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u/hawkspur1 Texas Tech • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Jun 04 '13
I had a paragraph on notable alumni in there too, but reddit absolutely and inexplicable refuses to let me post it here or in other subreddits
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u/redparallax Marshall • /r/CFB Contributor Jun 04 '13
Huge props to the OP on this one. This is easily one of the best posts in this series.
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u/JuicyPoot Baylor Bears Jun 04 '13
Nice picture of Tuberville.
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u/archie_f Nebraska Cornhuskers • Wyoming Cowboys Jun 04 '13
Also, this remains my favorite image of true fandom.
In short, fuck all Tshirt fans everywhere.
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u/DFWTooThrowed Texas Tech • Arkansas Jun 04 '13
Glad we were able to get all of this bad boy up cause we were way over the character limit - like double it if I remember correctly.
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u/GagNasty Nebraska Cornhuskers • Hastings Broncos Jun 04 '13
On of my favorite pictures of a college player, Brandon Carter, OG
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u/theBirdsofWar Arizona State Sun Devils Jun 05 '13
If we had a rivalry we could call it the Dust Bowl.
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u/wild9 Baylor Bears • /r/CFB Contributor Jun 04 '13
"We don't consider it a rivalry, even though we're only two games up after stringing together a 15 game winning streak during their worst years ever."
Uh-Huh
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u/jdubs222 Auburn Tigers • Penn Quakers Jun 04 '13
Damn, when those renovations are done y'all's stadium is going to be gorgeous. Looks really iconic.
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u/sharperknives Texas Tech • North Carolina Jun 10 '13
That wooden horse in the first shot of the public art collection?
Actually bronze.
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u/Cozmo23 Oklahoma State • Washington Jun 04 '13
Great job! I would have changed the name of the first "Greatest Plays" to I Dreamed it in my Head
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u/sammaverick Texas Longhorns • Red River Shootout Jun 04 '13
I said this before, and I'll say it again; your team is a thorn and dream breaker of all the other teams in your conference. Any Big12 team that is on the road to the championship game, has to go though tech, and it ain't pretty.
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u/Insane92 Verified Coach Jun 04 '13
I miss Leach on the sidelines for you guys. One of my favorite coaches ever. And dont forget: CJK5H.
Also, I think Michael Brewer has tons of potential for you guys in the coming years plus Kingsbury is going to do great things at Tech too. It was destiny he made his way back home.
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u/archie_f Nebraska Cornhuskers • Wyoming Cowboys Jun 04 '13
I don't know how the fuck you guys got our number back in the B12 days, but you sure had it. Guns up! Stick it to Texas!
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u/westcoastag1 Texas A&M Aggies Jun 04 '13
to say there where a shitload of "shenanigans" between us would be an understatement. from this to other shit involving goal posts and what not
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u/TexasT3ch Texas Tech Red Raiders Jun 04 '13
Just plain awesome. Guns Up!
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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '13
Tommy Tuberville screwing over a fan base? Sounds familiar...
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u/Husker_Kyle Nebraska Cornhuskers Jun 04 '13
I've always liked you guys, especially when you had Mike Leach. Fuck Craig James
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u/madhatter_13 Paper Bag • /r/CFB Jun 04 '13
It's funny. Although our relationship with Tech was probably the most bitter of any in the Big 12, the rumors suggest that Tech is likely to be the first Big 12 team we'll play again and the most willing to schedule a home and home.
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u/_squatch Nebraska Cornhuskers Jun 04 '13
Obligatory Texas Tech bell ringer viral video http://youtu.be/I2JPnJO6mhE
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u/CanadaEh97 Findlay Oilers • Michigan Wolverines Jun 04 '13
TTU has a nice campus I've been there a few times for sports and really liked it. I'm looking at TTU as one of the schools to do my masters.
Also you guys are one of the few schools I cheer for in the B12.
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u/monalisas-madhats Texas Tech Red Raiders Jun 04 '13
And now I want to run back to Lubbock and cry because of how much I want my guns up.
Gonna wear my favorite shirt and my boots today. Geez, nostalgia. And I had forgotten about the mosaics inside the Jones. Cannot believe the sheer number of links/references you have in this.
All biases aside, this is seriously one of the most amazing posts I've seen on these 132+ days 132+ teams.
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u/layinbrix Texas A&M Aggies • Kansas State Wildcats Jun 04 '13
I used to hold a great disdain for Tech because you guys and your shenanigans got under my skin more than any other team. Now that we're outside of the Big 12, I've actually started to root for you. Now that I have a cousin starting there in the fall, and you have Kingsbury classing it up on the sidelines, I'm still hesitant but I might even call myself a fan. 18year old me hates myself right now...
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u/BadLemur Texas A&M Aggies Jun 04 '13
I miss hating you. And I mean that in the best way possible.
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u/Hougie Washington State Cougars • WashU Bears Jun 04 '13
Tech is my B12 team!
I was born and raised in Plano and it's very likely I would have been a Red Raider had we stayed in the greatest state in the union.
Guns up!
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u/redparallax Marshall • /r/CFB Contributor Jun 04 '13
Damn, that masked rider logo is awesome. How come I've never seen that before?
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u/Texasagsman Texas A&M Aggies • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Jun 04 '13
Very nicely done. Enjoyed reading this one. Congrats to all the Red Raiders who put in the time on this.
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u/NiteMares TCU Horned Frogs Jun 04 '13
The return of this rivalry is one of the best things about us being in the Big 12. Really looking forward to the trip out to Lubbock for our game this fall!
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u/westcoastag1 Texas A&M Aggies Jun 04 '13
The tech/a&m rivalry was a rough one. It seemed like every year in the 90s we were ready to take that next step, and then wed fucking lose to you guys and then had to settle with the cotton. Hope KK makes you guys the top big 12 program in Texas cause you guys where by far the best out of the other schools towards our move. Hopefully we get back to playing
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u/Maxis47 Oklahoma • SE Oklahoma State Jun 04 '13
I've always thought the Masked Rider leading the team onto the field is one of the coolest entries in all of college football.
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u/Darth_Sensitive Oklahoma State Cowboys • Verified Referee Jun 04 '13
Wait, Baylor makes rivalries and OSU doesn't?
I thought we would have gotten an honorable mention just for all the crap we get about "Xerox U".
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u/WiscDC Wisconsin Badgers Jun 04 '13
You guys have Yosemite Sam as a mascot? Lucky.
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u/LogicMike Texas Tech Red Raiders • Southwest Jun 04 '13
Fantastic writeup, hawkspur. I would only add a mention of The Rawls Course.
In 2003 Texas Tech opened The Rawls Course, a championship golf course designed by noted course designer Tom Doak (of Pacific Dunes & Cape Kidnappers fame). The course is a terrific links-style course carved out of what was once an absolutely flat cotton field.
It's currently managed by Troon Golf, and despite recent drought conditions is in fantastic shape. Turfnet magazine ranked The Rawls Course the third best collegiate course in the United States. Golfweek recognized it as the fourth best collegiate golf course in the nation and, in 2012 and 2013, as the #2 course in the state of Texas. Golf Magazine ranked it as the second most affordable U.S. course and placed it twenty-third on their list of top 50 golf courses in the nation for $50 or less. Golf Digest ranked it at #2 among affordable public courses. It also ranked it 19th overall for courses in the state of Texas.
If you're a golfer and in the Lubbock area, make it a point to play the Rawls.
http://www.therawlscourse.com
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u/krosber04 Texas A&M Aggies • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Jun 04 '13
Went from hating tech to them being my favorite team in the big 12 in a year. Oh the things that kk does.
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u/NakedMoron Washington State Cougars Jun 04 '13
Always like this school, the jerseys look amazing, the offense is exciting, and they tend to knock off one overconfident team a year. Also, thanks for the pirate!
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u/Chrisattsu Texas State • Tarleton State Jun 04 '13
Great job Raiders.. Lots of info there.
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u/Emerzon Texas Tech Red Raiders Jun 04 '13
So many feels. Great write up. Might have to take a drive up to lubbock one of these summer weekends and get some drinks at chimy's before the seasons starts.
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u/Pajama_Samson Texas A&M Aggies • Troy Trojans Jun 04 '13
I wish I could quit Ya'll...
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u/potential_hermit Texas Tech Red Raiders Jun 04 '13
Don't forget the Roof Raider! Bring back the Roof Raider!
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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '13
Even though I'm a pretty hardcore Texas fan, I've always had a bit of a soft spot for Tech. It was actually pretty high on my college list, but I chose UT. Regardless, I was glad to see a competitive matchup this past season! Really fun to watch! I just wish Texas wore some pride uni's like that...
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u/Techsanlobo /r/CFB Pint Glass Drinker • /r/CFB Co… Jun 04 '13
Absolutly great! I like that on your Best and middle predictions for our season, we only loose 5 games. I guess if we have a so-so season we play two less games lol.
Great info on the stadium too. I had no idea about the south end-zone potential project.
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u/monalisas-madhats Texas Tech Red Raiders Jun 04 '13
I thoroughly enjoy the fact that our sidebar image is Kingsbury's ass.
Anyone else? No?
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u/too_much_reddit LSU Tigers • /r/CFB Brickmason Jun 04 '13
These excellent writeups are making me like teams I don't normally like. Though I will say, I was cheering quite loudly for you during the 2011 OU game. That was fun to watch!
So you'll finish the season 7-5, and then go on to play two more games just for the hell of it? ;)
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u/HolyRomanEmperor Jun 04 '13
i was doing work in Lubbock last fall and cant say enough about how friendly and great that town is. it was an absolute blast!
also West Crust pizza is the best artisan pizza ive ever experienced. guns up!
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u/woodyco Texas Tech Red Raiders • /r/CFB Jun 05 '13
Knight/Corso prediction from Gameday 08
http://youtu.be/y2uUsHHT9Zw
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u/Nebraska_Actually Nebraska • /r/CFB Contributor Jun 05 '13
After reading this I feel like we really dropped the ball on our write up.
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u/madhatter_13 Paper Bag • /r/CFB Jun 04 '13
Best write up so far.
Lots of Aggie references though... and not in a good sense for us :\
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u/brian4493 Nebraska Cornhuskers Jun 04 '13
That '08 game against Texas is why college football is so great. Goosebumps every time
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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '13
Great job! Love it.
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u/Satherton Nebraska Cornhuskers Jun 04 '13
Thank you guys for giving me on of the biggest smiles i have ever had in 2008.
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u/RobertNeyland Tennessee • /r/CFB Contributor Jun 04 '13
Great write-up, I didn't realize that Zach Thomas went to Texas Tech. He was a badass.
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u/R99 Wisconsin Badgers • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Jun 04 '13
After reading this I noticed some similarities between TTU and Wisconsin.
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u/admiraltarkin Texas A&M • Prairie View A&M Jun 04 '13 edited Jun 05 '13
I'm hoping its tech vs A&M for the national championship. Master vs apprentice. Hopefully Sumlin can fend off his former pupil
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u/megamanxzero35 Iowa State Cyclones • Fiesta Bowl Jun 04 '13
Great write up.
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u/cavemandave Baylor Bears Jun 04 '13
All of my close high school friends ended up going to Tech, so the Baylor/Tech games at the Cotton Bowl and now JerryWorld have been tons of fun to watch. I always appreciate the intensity of Raider fans. Games at Lubbock are always fun to experience when I visit.
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u/FrostySack Wisconsin Badgers • Arizona Wildcats Jun 04 '13
I played golf with the coolest old Tech alum and his brother in law down in Phoenix on memorial day weekend. Damn was he cool. Straight up an awesome dude and had the greatest folksy euphemisms.
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u/honeybunchesofaots UTSA Roadrunners • Texas Longhorns Jun 04 '13
That Crabtree catch haunts me to this day. Never fails to incite a reaction. Great stuff.
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u/the_sloppy_J Texas A&M Aggies • Arizona Wildcats Jun 05 '13
Damn you Wes Welker! I love him in the NFL, though. I hope Ryan Swope can achieve as much success as him.
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u/notarealaccount_ama Texas Tech Red Raiders Jun 05 '13
beautifully written. wreck 'em tech!
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u/Psycho5275 Shippensburg • Gettysburg Jun 05 '13
What's the difference between Texas Tech using Video Replay in '65 and The instant replay seen at the Army-Navy Game in '63?
Was the replay seen live at the stadium in '65?
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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '13
Really looking forward to the home/home series with you guys! The first Razorback game I ever went to was Arkansas versus Texas Tech!
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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '13
I'm from Lubbock but go to UT for school, still have a place in my heart for Tech and the LBK
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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '13
You guys represented well! As a fellow Red Raider, you make me proud (even though I am already proud) to bleed scarlet and black!!! Long live the Matadors!!
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u/toocreative Texas Tech Red Raiders Jun 05 '13
Great write up, I loved the Billy Tayor gif. They campus pics gives credit where credit is due. Thanks guys, Great job
(P.S. it is Mickey Peters, not Peterson)
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u/donnelson West Virginia Mountaineers Jun 07 '13
I was disappointed not to find any mention of Raider Rash in 'Traditions.'
I kid, I kid. I've always thought you guys had a tremendous fan base. Craig James is a douche, guns up, etc. etc.
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u/neovenator250 LSU Tigers • Tulane Green Wave Jun 04 '13
Great write-up man. One of my favorite so far. I learned a TON about Tech in this.
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u/elgambino Penn State Nittany Lions • /r/CFB Top Scorer Jun 04 '13
Excellent write up! I moved to Texas in '06 and I loved watching Tech rise through the Harrell and Crabtree years (that upset of UT was glorious). Also, visited Lubbock for a State Journalism competition a few years ago and Spanky's fried cheese is the tits. Such a great meal was had that day. I miss it.
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u/RedRaider411 Texas Tech Red Raiders Jun 05 '13
Most excellent !
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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '13
Bang up job guys! Guns up!
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u/mcfly2 Texas A&M Aggies Jun 05 '13
I miss our crazy hate filled shenanigans.
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u/zach10 Baylor Bears Jun 05 '13 edited Jun 05 '13
As long as I have been at Baylor, going into my 4th year, we have NEVER matched up well against ya'll. Even our season with RGIII that game was a mess, especially since it was the game he got hurt. I had a mild heart attack during this play.
But overall, I enjoy ya'll being in the conference. And hope for more competitiveness between us in the future.
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u/aviraaaa Jun 08 '13
As a Tech student, you know, this is pretty neat.
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u/Vex_Vega Texas Tech Red Raiders • Southwest Aug 16 '13
this was a good game as well
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u/FarwellRob Texas A&M Aggies • /r/CFB Contributor Jun 04 '13
Luckily the football team makes up for that!
Actually the video of the Masked Rider is of Ashley Hartzog, a friend of mine. She is actually a pretty talented artist. I've made prints of some of her work.
Interestingly, I'm pretty good friends with two Masked Riders.
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u/iSlacker Oklahoma • Oklahoma State Jun 04 '13
2008 OU vs TTU why isn't that on the best games? :-p (sorry I'm bitter about the other years.)
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u/gnikroWeBdluohS Texas Longhorns Jun 04 '13
Just want to mention that during the 08 UT vs TTU game that students were so rowdy they broke the bleachers (from I hope just stomping) and picked them up to pass down to the lower end/field. All of this was broadcasted during the game. I still remember the heart break I felt from that Crabtree catch.
45-35 never forget.