9/5/24: The Fighting Mahomes Are Back, Raiderland Hot Links Featuring Texas Tech @ Washington State Preview, RIP Big Spring Great Charley Johnson, Tony Dorsett Running, Teddy Roosevelt Standing And Freddie Mercury Singing. . .

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes runs onto the field during team introductions prior to an NFL Divisional Playoff football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)

Brought to you in part by Gator’s Bayou, 98th and Slide Road in Lubbock. Will they have the Chiefs and Ravens on tonight? Darn right they will! So drop by and tell them hello from Raiderland!

Happy Thursday, Y’all !

Welcome back, NFL.

We’ve missed you.

We’ve got a solid Thursday night opener with Kansas City and Patrick Mahomes, (his name now legally attached to the team) hosting Baltimore in a rematch from last year’s playoffs. With KC going for a 3-peat, this game matters more than most season openers. On down the road, it could be a tie-breaker for home-field advantage in the playoffs, so both teams will be highly focused. Can’t wait.

We’ll talk about that and some Texas Tech/Washington State match-ups tonight on The Daily Broadcast. We’ll come your way LIVE at 6:30 tonight on X, YouTube and Facebook LIVE. Join the show. If you missed us Wednesday night, here ya go:

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Raiderland Hot Links

Each morning, we serve ’em up hot and fresh, the best links around Raiderland and Beyond!

Good morning! pic.twitter.com/SGGs1daAwh
— Dane Dewbre 🌵 (@MarlandDane) September 5, 2024

A rare trip to the state of Washington, a rare matchup, but plenty of ties between the two programs.

📰 » https://t.co/H3YKjGlk32 | @tootntotum pic.twitter.com/D7ylBHPpK9
— Texas Tech Football (@TexasTechFB) September 4, 2024

One of the best entrances in college football is now even better. #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/ifr4A91d0B
— Texas Tech Red Raiders (@TechAthletics) September 4, 2024

HOME OPENER 😆

🆚Northern Arizona
⏰6 p.m.
🏟️United Supermarkets Arena

📊https://t.co/tl0kwDEQgR
📺https://t.co/xTxk7vnuF7 pic.twitter.com/H1u7bPOtBa
— Texas Tech Volleyball (@TexasTechVB) September 5, 2024

Reserved for the best of the best.

Congrats to Calum Scott on being named to the @TheHaskinsAward Fall Watch List, an award given annually to the best collegiate male golfer. #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/zZIOOxX1eg
— Texas Tech Men’s Golf (@TexasTechMGolf) September 4, 2024

One of the best from Big Spring, Texas. https://t.co/FGGzMojkgv
— Don Williams (@AJ_DonWilliams) September 5, 2024

Reposting this as I just learned of the passing of former Oilers QB Charley Johnson via @BigRed_STL

RIP Charley, thoughts and prayers go out to his family & friends 🙏🏻🕊️ https://t.co/m2EIv4ofTi
— 𝕃𝕦𝕧 𝕐𝕒 𝔹𝕝𝕦𝕖 (@BudsOilers) September 4, 2024

Big 12 Fans:

If you are a DirecTV customer, you no longer have access to Big 12 sports on the ESPN family of networks.

As negotiations continue in an effort to restore ESPN programming to DirecTV, be reminded that other major TV and streaming providers like Dish, Sling, Hulu…
— Big 12 Conference (@Big12Conference) September 4, 2024

Mentor meets student Saturday in Pullman.

Tech OC Zach Kittley explained to @AJ_DonWilliams on Monday how WSU OC Ben Arbuckle first joined him at Houston Baptist. pic.twitter.com/BSkMva2unT
— A David Collier (@CollieronTV) September 5, 2024

When they worked together at WKU, Zach Kittley taught Ben Arbuckle to always pick up the phone. In December 2022, Arbuckle took Jake Dickert's call, landing him in Pullman — where Arbuckle's Cougs will face Kittley's Red Raiders this weekend. https://t.co/zbL4WsUsi7
— Greg Woods (@GregWWoods) September 4, 2024

ROBBERY TO END THE GAME! #StraightUpTX pic.twitter.com/kTcPNHQI3D
— Texas Rangers (@Rangers) September 5, 2024

A perfect 🔟 for Olympic gold medalist, @hezrivera! pic.twitter.com/GhPPDJghJn
— Texas Rangers (@Rangers) September 5, 2024

September 4, 1993: Yankees’ pitcher Jim Abbott, who was born without a right hand, tosses a no-hitter against Cleveland at Yankee Stadium. pic.twitter.com/pKjkBFi0om
— This Day In Sports Clips (@TDISportsClips) September 5, 2024

On this NFL season eve, as autumn draws near…

Some poetic verse for you, as read by NFL Films' John Facenda

"Autumn is a gypsy queen 🍂…" pic.twitter.com/Idgy75FJ5Z
— Kevin Gallagher (@KevG163) September 5, 2024

September 4, 1978

Tony Dorsett was a Lamborghini.

In the 1978 MNF season opener, the #Cowboys' second-year stud gains a single-game career-high 254 total yards.

His scintillating 91-yard touchdown was the longest reception of his career and Roger Staubach's longest career pass pic.twitter.com/EpZLM9VfYL
— Kevin Gallagher (@KevG163) September 4, 2024

September 4, 1978 – Roger Staubach on the cover of Sports Illustrated#NFL #OTD #1970s #DallasCowboys pic.twitter.com/jA1FEkLBRg
— JVAN (@VanderlansJim) September 4, 2024

Also, today would've been the 78th birthday of Freddie Mercury (died in 1991) & 95th birthday of Bob Newhart (died earlier this year) #RIP pic.twitter.com/6f1WVg0ldE
— Old School 80s (@OldSchool80s) September 5, 2024

A glimpse into Freddie's world of music and how precise and competent he was with Queen's music.#Queen pic.twitter.com/w0ffv7Y7bn
— 🎸 Rock History 🎸 (@historyrock_) September 4, 2024

The legendary Freddie Mercury would have turned 78 today.

Here are some of his best moments that have gone down in history 🧵

1. Freddie Mercury doing a vocal warmup at Live Aid with 70k people in his hands. pic.twitter.com/sG2BlKpQ8b
— 🎸 Rock History 🎸 (@historyrock_) September 5, 2024

On this day in Texas history, in 1839, the side-paddle steamer Cayuga was sold. During the Texas Revolution, she ferried supplies, transported government officials and refugees, and was the temporary capitol from April 15–26, 1836. pic.twitter.com/Tc3hadVfi9
— Derrick G. Jeter (@derrickjeter) September 4, 2024

Along a brick road between Mineral Wells and Weatherford, 1930s. That looks to be a US Department of Agriculture car. A GORGEOUS photo! pic.twitter.com/EGHztZpqVQ
— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) September 5, 2024

President Theodore Roosevelt returns to San Antonio for a reunion of the Rough Riders, 1905. Seven years before, Roosevelt had gone to Cuba with these men to charge up San Juan Hill during a battle in the Spanish-American War, which began in the aftermath of the internal… pic.twitter.com/E8lSQ1P82e
— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) September 4, 2024

Teal season opens Sept. 14. With wet conditions, hunters will have ample opportunities to harvest birds.

Here’s the forecast—> https://t.co/KWlKvHLfUf #TexasHunting pic.twitter.com/iqb2bVWms1
— Texas Parks & Wildlife (@TPWDnews) September 4, 2024

Even Lugano knows it’s all west Texas pic.twitter.com/HALgmTbDn5
— Pete (@pistol_pete69) September 4, 2024

Here's a look at the drought situation across the South and Rolling Plains per Thursday morning's update of the U.S. Drought Monitor. #txwx #Lubbock #drought #KLBK

U.S. Drought Monitor: https://t.co/hI7HhXLKwl

(Improvements were noted for some thanks to our recent rainfall.) pic.twitter.com/yMP1v4mTYM
— KLBK Weather (@KLBKWeather) September 5, 2024