7/31/24: Overrated, Underrated, Rated Right Wednesday – Guitarists , Raiderland Hot Links Featuring Texas Tech Football Returns, Lots Of Josh Jung & Donkey Kong Hits America

July 31, 2024 Ryan Hyatt Raiderland Hot-Links, West Texas, Pop-Culture, Questions Of The Day Comments Off

Brought to you in part by Arctic Air in Lubbock. It’s gonna be 100 degrees again around West Texas today. If your AC isn’t up to the task, you need to Call The Bear!

Happy Wednesday, Y’all !

The end of July.

Hard to believe we’ve knocked out another summer month. NFL football back Thursday night with the Texans and Bears in the HOF Game, Texas Tech begins practice this morning. It’s time!

We’ll hit on all of that and more tonight on The Daily Broadcast, LIVE at 6:30 on X, Twitter and our YouTube Channel. Join the fun with your questions and comments. Here’s Tuesday’s if you missed it.

Daily Broadcast: What’s A Healthy Behren Morton Worth To Texas Tech’s Win Total This Year? The History Of Option Football In 5 Minutes Or Less! Sports You’d Add To The Olympics. Enjoy, Comment, Share!

Over, Under, Rated Right Wednesday

Each Wednesday we give you a topic and you get to rating. Today we’re looking at guitar players. Who is underrated, who is overrated and which pickers are about right? Have some fun with it as always. Here’s a few of our top Underrated Guitar Players.

Mark Knoffler
Jerry Reed
Lindsey Buckingham
Glen Campbell
Brian Setzer

That should get you started.

Raiderland Hot Links

We serve ’em up every morning in Raiderland, the freshest and hottest links around!

Really enjoyed seeing both @Sn1per_T and @Leagueme_0 the past two days. Brought back some great memories! #WreckEm https://t.co/kffZ9fuYWs
— Kirby Hocutt 🌵 (@kirbyhocutt) July 30, 2024

Day 1⃣ of a new season.

Let's get it Red Raider Nation ❤️🖤 pic.twitter.com/46wl9MVM3U
— Texas Tech Soccer (@TexasTechSoccer) July 30, 2024

Josh Jung on getting the monkey off his back with a single in his first AB since April 1 … pic.twitter.com/WZON9CPEWr
— Stefan Stevenson (@StefanVersusTex) July 31, 2024

Good to have you back, Jung man. pic.twitter.com/2z8CrCTvGt
— Texas Rangers (@Rangers) July 31, 2024

7/30/73: Jim Bibby throws the first no-hitter in team history by blanking the A's, 6-0. Bibby fans 13 to beat Oakland ace Vida Blue. Jeff Burroughs hits the second of three grand slams in a ten-day period. #StraightUpTX pic.twitter.com/f3n6u5nzbM
— Texas Rangers Baseball History (@TxRangerHistory) July 30, 2024

Happy 73rd, Efren Herrera!

The second Mexican-born player ever drafted by an #NFL team, Efren was a First-Team All-Pro placekicker and Super Bowl champion for the Cowboys in 1977.

But perhaps his most memorable play, however, was not a kick — but this key pass reception from… pic.twitter.com/9ufYmGHYRI
— Kevin Gallagher (@KevG163) July 30, 2024

July 31, 1981: the Donkey Kong arcade game was released by Nintendo in North America. #80s pic.twitter.com/RkEOWG89Rq
— Old School 80s (@OldSchool80s) July 31, 2024

A crystal clear scene in Odessa, undated. I love old signs and there are some dandies here, including that Phillips 66 sign. I'll leave it to some of you old car buffs to tell us what the newest car in this photo is so we can approximate when it was taken. 1940s? Also, I'd love… pic.twitter.com/XEW6JRkI94
— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) July 30, 2024

On this day in Texas history, in 1902, German born Charles Rath died in Los Angeles. He was among the first to take advantage of the buffalo-hide and bone trade, opening businesses at Adobe Walls, Fort Griffin, Mobeetie, and the short-lived town named after him: Rath City. pic.twitter.com/OfUqJrhrGX
— Derrick G. Jeter (@derrickjeter) July 30, 2024