8/1/24: Welcome Back NFL, But We’ll Only Watch For A Few Minutes, Raiderland Hot Links Featuring Texas Tech Football, Big Country Arrives For Rangers, Sweetness & Happy Birthday MTV!

August 1, 2024 Ryan Hyatt Raiderland Hot-Links, West Texas, Pop-Culture, Questions Of The Day Comments Off

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Happy Thursday, Y’all !

The NFL is back and Texas Tech is going undefeated. Probably like 20-0 or something. Between seeing Michael Hudson catch a pass and hearing folks talk about how good Tech is on EA Sports video game, it’s gotta be true.

August Optimism is the Best Optimism.

Even Dallas Cowboy fans can dream that this year might be different.

(It won’t).

We will get into all that and much more tonight on The Daily Broadcast, LIVE at 6:30 on X, YouTube and Facebook Live.

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Here’s last night’s in case you missed it.

Daily Broadcast: Texas Tech Is Going 15-0!!! 1 Practice In! Who Is The Ultimate Red Raider Football Player? Great Guitarists? Who Is Overrated/Underrated?

Raiderland Hot Links

We serve ’em up every morning, the freshest and hottest links from Raiderland and beyond!

2024 season loading… pic.twitter.com/7BgkDxO59w
— Texas Tech Volleyball (@TexasTechVB) July 30, 2024

Day two of Tech practice. Offensive lineman Davion Carter in an orthopedic boot.
— Don Williams (@AJ_DonWilliams) August 1, 2024

Day 2 is upon us pic.twitter.com/y2LGggiW6P
— Nathan Giese (@NathanGiese) August 1, 2024

Two years ago today, Brett Yormark officially took office as Big 12 Commisioner. Could things have realistically gone any better for the league since that day? pic.twitter.com/Kn2zAMK0Le
— John Kurtz (@jlkurtz) August 1, 2024

Big Country in the building. pic.twitter.com/vln5j0NnPi
— Texas Rangers (@Rangers) July 31, 2024

7/31/84: The Orioles lost 7-6 to the Rangers, squandering an early lead. Homers by Gary Ward, Larry Parrish, and Pete O'Brien powered Texas. Rookie Jeff Kunkel hit his first MLB homer to tie the game. Odell Jones got the win, giving manager Doug Rader a 40th birthday present. pic.twitter.com/yYkmEPbkj0
— Texas Rangers Baseball History (@TxRangerHistory) August 1, 2024

Random 1979 play involving Steve Rogers, Willie Stargell, Andre Dawson & Dave Parker… pic.twitter.com/EPaoQQgJAQ
— Stirrups Now! (@uniformcritic) August 1, 2024

OTD 1975
The Dallas-Fort Worth Shamrocks of the National Women’s Football League
🎥 @SMUJonesFilm
pic.twitter.com/w9uqREy586
— Old Time Football 🏈 (@Ol_TimeFootball) August 1, 2024

Future #Bears legend Walter Payton cuts upfield for the College All-Stars against the defending-Super Bowl champion #Steelers.

Sweetness's Soldier Field debut

August 1, 1975 pic.twitter.com/BdSsUHJjuy
— Kevin Gallagher (@KevG163) August 1, 2024

New Feature
TV Guide of the Day#Nostalgia #TV #1970s pic.twitter.com/87ua1ZChgh
— Tom's Old Days (@sigg20) August 1, 2024

It is also the 43rd birthday of MTV. The cable network launched at 12:01am on Aug 1, 1983. #80s Ladies and gentlemen, Rock and Roll… pic.twitter.com/F61oPGLHah
— Old School 80s (@OldSchool80s) August 1, 2024

Cowboys enjoy the food at the West Texas Fair in Abilene, 1957. A Dr. Pepper and a slice of home made pie for 30 cents? Sign me up!

Courtesy the fabulous Portal to Texas History. pic.twitter.com/68R0UYrTUY
— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) August 1, 2024

Texas 101: Texas Tech University, located in Lubbock, was established in 1923 by legislative action to found a school of higher learning in West Texas.
— Derrick G. Jeter (@derrickjeter) July 31, 2024

All hail the Texas-shaped peanut patty 🤠 https://t.co/NrOq3gE7dv
— Texas Highways Magazine (@TexasHighways) July 31, 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/BGMwDEmlpK pic.twitter.com/lLCutGDysA
— Chris Whited – KLBK (@severewxchaser) August 1, 2024