12/18/23: Helmet Stickers, Christmas Crazy, Raiderland Hot-Links Featuring Texas Pasta Smack, Golf Tips, 1950s Lubbock & Wisdom From Tommy X Hancock

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Happy Monday, y’all!

This is gonna be a weird, strange, busy, crazy week. Our schedules are messed up. Kids are out of school. You might have to work, but no one is really working so you can’t get work done. And then there is Christmas shopping…that you haven’t started. We are here to help!

Raiderland Helmet Stickers

Each Monday we hand out the highly-coveted and sought after Raiderland Helmet Stickers to those folks who deserve a little recognition for being awesome; sports or otherwise. Lots to choose from for Texas Tech fans with football and basketball winning this past week. I suppose we can leave out the Dallas Cowboys this week…and the Texans should get one as an organization for beating the Titans while Tennessee taunted Houston and all of Texas wearing Stolen Uniforms and logos. That was a sports crime Sunday. So, who gets your stickers this week? Tell us in the comments below.

Raiderland Hot-Links

Stuff we like, we see and we post. You can do the same. Post in comments cool links you thing Raiderland Folks would like.

Good morning! pic.twitter.com/gQppHP5WZi
— Dane Dewbre 🌵 (@MarlandDane) December 17, 2023

The postgame vibes 🤌#WreckEm pic.twitter.com/e4EbMVpx3S
— Texas Tech Football (@TexasTechFB) December 17, 2023

If you look up the word “vibes” in the dictionary, you’ll find a picture of Coach P there 🔥 pic.twitter.com/1LBsSOIDyn
— Lady Raider Basketball (@LadyRaiderWBB) December 17, 2023

The weekly Q&A, post-Independence Bowl. I was dinged by a player hitting the transfer portal after I answered a question about his future with the Red Raiders next season. https://t.co/Ki2Wm7NVNf
— Don Williams (@AJ_DonWilliams) December 18, 2023

Independence Bowl Recap, Vanderbilt Stinks, Portal SZN https://t.co/s78pKuuv6P
— Gamblin' Gauchos 🎙️ (@GamblinGauchos) December 18, 2023

Monday morning quote:
“Practice is an opportunity to fail. And failure is the playground of success." -Paul Assaiante
— Andrew Brandt (@AndrewBrandt) December 18, 2023

Keenum began his press conference by saying how proud he’s always been to wear the name “Houston” across his chest, and how much it meant to be able to do it again today. pic.twitter.com/Zy0Iwt1fHP
— Drew Dougherty (@DoughertyDrew) December 17, 2023

I’m sorry but the wrong 49ers player is the consensus MVP favorite. Since the 49ers picked up Christian McCaffrey, this offense has been amazing and has enhanced the passing attack. If I had an MVP vote, I’d give it to McCaffrey at this point in the season. pic.twitter.com/ljBCmtCkrd
— Greg Peterson (@GUnit_81) December 17, 2023

Tried to trade @AJ_DonWilliams a Billy Clyde Puckett card for Elliott but he wouldn’t do it! https://t.co/ZVkbyETo9K
— Ryan Hyatt (@RyanHyattMedia) December 18, 2023

Mike Tyson was 53 years old here. I want you to watch this clip at least twice and then imagine what that shit was like when he was 23.

pic.twitter.com/aBszJtp00O
— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) December 17, 2023

Haven’t had a @ForeTPeople tip in while but here’s a technique to increase angle of attack to spin the ball as much as possible on short shots. Right arm straight going back and pivot going through will put you in a great impact position around the greens. #WTDRP @CoorsLight from… pic.twitter.com/BfQtskUaaY
— West Texas Driving Range Pro (@jjkilleentcu) December 18, 2023

December 18, 1977
Billy Johnson has 263 yards of total offense (1-31 6-138-1 4-81 KR, 2-13 PR)#Oilers pic.twitter.com/1C3lWfVZfs
— Old Time Football 🏈 (@Ol_TimeFootball) December 18, 2023

Dec 18, 1982: "Maneater" by Hall & Oates hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. #80s Held the top spot for 4 weeks. pic.twitter.com/6ublYQpRJ2
— Old School 80s (@OldSchool80s) December 18, 2023

You will never see pasta shaped like Nebraska pic.twitter.com/Uv0rOlgTkL
— Rich O'Toole (@RichOToole) December 18, 2023

A remarkable photo. I don't know if y'all watched the Willie birthday special on PBS tonight but what a show! https://t.co/aRE1r8Xka3
— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) December 18, 2023

The Arcane Texas Fact of the Day:

The 1950s were a boom time in Lubbock: the population of the Hub City increased from 72,000 in 1950 to almost 130,000 in 1960.

Shown here: a scene in downtown Lubbock circa 1950. Courtesy of the Winston Reeves collection from Texas Tech… pic.twitter.com/nL55dMVmG6
— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) December 17, 2023

The Texas quote of the day comes from the legendary Charles Goodnight:

"The cowboy of the old days is the most misunderstood man on earth. Few young people of the younger generation realize that the Western men —- the cowboys —- were as brave and as chivalrous as it is… pic.twitter.com/3InXfMyXSd
— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) December 17, 2023

#Shale drillers from the #PermianBasin in West Texas to the Bakken shale of North Dakota have ramped up oil #production, pushing output to a record just as #OPEC put the brakes on supplies in a bid to arrest price declines.

Read more: https://t.co/LlbhF4u3He #drilling #oilandgas pic.twitter.com/qOuxWav6Z2
— World Oil (@WorldOil) December 18, 2023

Tamales on a burger? Make room for this hearty new trend with deep roots in the tortas of Mexico City. https://t.co/T4dXvjYrm5
— Texas Highways Magazine (@TexasHighways) December 18, 2023