8/8/24: Texas Tech Football, Raiderland Hot Links Featuring Tech Olympians, James Gray, Roger Staubach Fights, The Cubs Turn On The Lights & Dan Blocker

August 8, 2024 Ryan Hyatt Raiderland Hot-Links, West Texas, Pop-Culture, Questions Of The Day Comments Off

Roger Staubach Photo via WFAA Collection SMU

Brought to you in part by Gator’s Bayou. Hot cajun food, ice cold drinks and a great patio. 98th and Slide in Lubbock.

Happy Thursday, Y’all !

Hope your week is going great, if not hot. Hopefully today is the last brutally hot day around these parts. All of a sudden 92 sounds really nice! It does not make me miss two-a-day workouts. At all.

As for Texas Tech this week, the good news is no real news injury-wise for the Red Raiders. Just keep people healthy and working out and call me August 19th. By then I think we will have a good feel for where this team will be to start the season. Can also look around the Big 12 and see how the opponents look before you make any bold predictions. I’m leaning Over 8.5 wins right now for Texas Tech. Slight lean but it’s a lean.

We’ll talk about Big 12 football and more tonight on The Daily Broadcast, LIVE at 6:30 on X, YouTube and Facebook. If you missed us Wednesday night, here ya go:

Daily Broadcast: Texas Tech Football & The Screen Game… Yes! Give Us Under, Over, Rated Right College Football Coaches. . . Bands You Never Saw In Concert, But Could Have & You Regret It!!! Hello, Aerosmith!

Raiderland Hot Links

Good morning! pic.twitter.com/WrcA3rHj97
— Dane Dewbre 🌵 (@MarlandDane) August 8, 2024

Courtney Lindsey leaves NO doubt down the stretch and pulls away to move the USA on to the 4x100m relay final. #ParisOlympics

📺 USA Network & Peacock pic.twitter.com/MeCqGxcWkI
— NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) August 8, 2024

We. Are. Back.

🆚 – Denver (Exh.)
📍 – Denver, Colo.
🕰️ – 7 p.m. (CT)/6 p.m. (MT)
🎟️ – Free
📹 – None #WreckEm | @TechAthletics pic.twitter.com/bsuFM4gsPI
— Texas Tech Soccer (@TexasTechSoccer) August 8, 2024

The departure of multi-year starters Tony Bradford and Jaylon Hutchings left Texas Tech looking for defensive tackles to assert themselves this spring and summer.
One of the redshirt freshmen is asserting himself. https://t.co/DxFjjUbyhB
— Don Williams (@AJ_DonWilliams) August 7, 2024

100 Greatest Red Raiders of All Time

No. 24: James Gray, RB 1986-1989

✅ 4,781 total yards from scrimmage and 52 TDs as a Red Raider
✅ Three seasons with 1,000+ scrimmage yards
✅ Most career TDs from scrimmage in Southwest Conference history
✅ Led the SWC in rushing, 1989;… pic.twitter.com/AfoK8bsasX
— Gamblin' Gauchos 🎙️ (@GamblinGauchos) August 8, 2024

Fergie Jenkins, 1974 @Rangers pic.twitter.com/bOC2dQUt9r
— Vintage Jerseys & Hats (@PolyesterUnis) August 7, 2024

Happy 89th, Lee Corso!

My favorite ESPN College Gameday spot

"A little modification to the pregame handshake" pic.twitter.com/yT3bpVcf2Y
— Kevin Gallagher (@KevG163) August 8, 2024

“Old Days”One of the 1960s best passing combos,Wide Reciever Tommy McDonald and QB Sonny Jurgenson take a break during an early 1960s game at Franklin Field.#NFL #Eagles #Philly #HOF #1960s pic.twitter.com/ZrUCKzPcxe
— Tom's Old Days (@sigg20) August 8, 2024

Happy #80s Birthday to Dustin Hoffman(87), U2's The Edge(63), Poison's Rikki Rockett(63), CHiPs' Larry Wilcox(77), 'Ralph Malph' Donny Most(71), Kool Moe Dee(62), A Flock of Seagulls' Ali Score(68) & Madness' Chris Foreman(68)
— Old School 80s (@OldSchool80s) August 8, 2024

Traces of Texas reader Phyllis Cypert graciously sent in this fantastic photo of Dan Blocker (aka Hoss Cartwright) in the late 1930s in O'Donnell, Texas. If you can't tell, Dan is in the center of the back row. Dan was a classmate of Phyllis' uncle Dean in O'Donnell at that… pic.twitter.com/fwJx8OaAOc
— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) August 8, 2024

I can't decide which I like better, this utterly classic 1940 photo of a man and his grandson in San Angelo or Russell Lee's caption: "Cattleman with his grandson at auction of beef steers and breeding stock at the San Angelo Fat Stock Show. San Angelo, Texas. The Stetson hat,… pic.twitter.com/gOgPDY4jCI
— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) August 7, 2024

Happy National @Whataburger Day! #whataburger #eatmorebeef

📷: Whataburger pic.twitter.com/xWqgKGWm7c
— YCT at West Texas A&M (@WTAMUyct) August 8, 2024

Sagmor Vineyard, located in Lubbock, Texas has received the “Historical Place” designation from the Texas Historical Commission, State of Texas. READ IT AT: https://t.co/5Zp4TrcnzW #txwine pic.twitter.com/7ubT1m0wwR
— Texas Wine Lover (@TXWineLover) August 8, 2024

The intersection is now open to traffic. Both US 87 and FM 41 drivers are urged to stay alert and watch out for cross traffic. https://t.co/wKaH2NQzWK
— TxDOTLubbock (@TxDOTLubbock) August 8, 2024

Research conducted using Gasmet analyzer has revealed interesting information about GHG emissions from the soil surface of a semi-arid agricultural production system. Learn more about study conducted in the @txresearch in Lubbock, Texas: https://t.co/yC9AKaM7Rs pic.twitter.com/l1njzgP1x9
— Gasmet Technologies (@Gasmet_Tech) August 8, 2024