Most Texan Thing You’ve Done This Week, Raiderland Hot Links Featuring Texas Tech Football Turning Heads, John Facenda, Olivia Newton-John, Texas History And Tacos

August 8, 2025 Ryan Hyatt Raiderland Hot-Links, West Texas, Pop-Culture, Questions Of The Day Comments Off

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Happy Friday, Y’all !

Busy day at the end of a busy week, so let’s get to it!

We’ll be with y’all tonight LIVE at 6:30 Central on The Daily Broadcast. From the latest Texas Tech Football news, college football notes and NFL preseason, we’ll feature it all. Join the show with your great comments and questions on X, YouTube, Facebook Live.

We had a large show Thursday. Give it a watch here:

Daily Broadcast: Texas Tech Gets Commit From Greatest Recruit In The History Of Ever, Over, Under, Rated Right NFL QBs – Is Troy Aikman Underrated??? Plus A Great Visit With Lubbock Media Icon/Socialite/Great Podcast Host Tye King… Find Out Why He’s More Than Just Another Pretty Face!

Get your questions and comments ready and we’ll see you tonight.

Most Texan Thing

Each Friday we wrap up the work week with one simple question.

What’s The Most Texan Thing You’ve Done This Week?

For me, I had to begrudgingly admit that Whataburger is no longer a Texas Icon. It’s just another fast food place now. I hate it, but it’s true.

Fire away with your comments below and we’ll discuss tonight on The Daily Broadcast.

Raiderland Hot Links

Each morning we serve ’em up, Fresh and Hot! The best links from Raiderland and Beyond!

Good morning! pic.twitter.com/YeXBiEJCfY
— Dane Dewbre 🌵 (@MarlandDane) August 8, 2025

Behold: Two new glorious additions to the Green Space outside of Jones AT&T Stadium pic.twitter.com/JEOpp5nZ0f
— Texas Tech Red Raiders (@TechAthletics) August 8, 2025

Update: Episode 1 will now be dropping Friday morning. We apologize for the delay. https://t.co/qHSYts5G49
— Texas Tech Football (@TexasTechFB) August 8, 2025

Midseason form in the exhibition 😏#WreckEm | @TechAthletics pic.twitter.com/i6oLkZFmfc
— Texas Tech Soccer (@TexasTechSoccer) August 8, 2025

Texas Tech just landed one of the top overall recruits in the 2027 class in LaDamion Guyton.
Guyton spoke highly of outside linebackers coach C.J. Ah You before making his announcement. https://t.co/GUlexCikpn pic.twitter.com/9KsWuw4fPX
— Nathan Giese (@NathanGiese) August 7, 2025

Joe Walter, No. 63 back left, from North Garland and Texas Tech, played in the NFL from 1985-97. https://t.co/eOorcGSVBO
— Don Williams (@AJ_DonWilliams) August 7, 2025

Marlins pitching prospect Patrick Monteverde went airborne to get this out himself 😤 pic.twitter.com/g8fUQUNE1L
— MLB (@MLB) August 7, 2025

Happy 69th birthday to Dave Rozema. Rozema played in 40 games for the Rangers from 1985 to 1986. pic.twitter.com/veW8SbFnom
— Texas Rangers Baseball History (@TxRangerHistory) August 8, 2025

Born August 8, 1913
John Facenda#NFL #NFLFilms pic.twitter.com/KEh16X3LEV
— Old Time Football 🏈 (@Ol_TimeFootball) August 8, 2025

https://twitter.com/KevG163/status/1953668081563447768

Happy 76th, Brian Sipe!#Browns Quarterback

Highlights from his 1980 #NFL MVP season

That year, Sipe became the third quarterback ever to throw for 4,000 yards in a season.

The Browns' All-Time Leading Passer with 23,713 yards#DawgPound pic.twitter.com/k8DNlCPf5k
— Kevin Gallagher (@KevG163) August 8, 2025

Polaroid Camera and Film (1987) pic.twitter.com/A7NgXTuMIe
— RetroNewsNow (@RetroNewsNow) August 8, 2025

"Xanadu" debuted in theatres today in 1980. The film stars Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly (in his final film role). #80s pic.twitter.com/yUfTVfZWVy
— LandOfThe80s (@landofthe80s) August 8, 2025

On this date in 2022 musician/actress Olivia Newton-John passed away at the age of 73. #80s pic.twitter.com/HI7094XE4X
— LandOfThe80s (@landofthe80s) August 8, 2025

Aug 8, 1986: Stand By Me was released in limited theaters. #80s Wide release would be August 22nd. pic.twitter.com/Y1AoRkkAAK
— Old School 80s (@OldSchool80s) August 8, 2025

Glen Campbell 🎩🪄 Wichita Lineman

Remembering the Legend, Glen Campbell on the date he left us.

August 8th, 2017 #RIP #GlenTravisCampbell pic.twitter.com/ot1HY9HEs1
— Music Jim 🎩🪄 (@MusicJim2) August 8, 2024

Sold: 1949 GMC FC152 Pickup 3-Speed for $36,250. https://t.co/cwHhmnrKAB pic.twitter.com/Fce8SmU3ue
— Bring a Trailer (@Bringatrailer) August 7, 2025

TFI TACO FRIDAY BABY BABY ❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/ucc49SvkRS
— Taco King 𝕏 (@tacokingX) August 8, 2025

William Barret Travis was born on August 9, 1809, and died on March 6, 1836, while defending the Alamo. To mark his birthday, the Alamo Gift Shop offers history enthusiasts a wide selection of Travis items!

Take a part of history home with you: https://t.co/EfxAVrqxFI pic.twitter.com/geOMdvWmcR
— The Alamo (@OfficialAlamo) August 7, 2025

Have a great morning, friends!
Pic: Pampa, Texas, in abt 1926 pic.twitter.com/y5UTGIvWBf
— Trevor P. Wardlaw (@1thread6flags) August 7, 2025

I am already starting to get Friday Night Lights stir crazy. I just love this photo. It’s 1940, and the Mineral Wells High School football team has just taken down their longtime rivals, the Weatherford Kangaroos, 21 to 6. The best part? That’s Mineral Wells’ mayor, George… pic.twitter.com/zdFUiIWDrX
— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) August 7, 2025

🎶 Barracuda 🎶

Spotted near an artificial reef in the Gulf by our Coastal Fisheries team#TexasCoast pic.twitter.com/XmV32VUg0Z
— Texas Parks & Wildlife (@TPWDnews) August 7, 2025

She never carried a rifle or led a posse. But Mary Ann “Molly” Goodnight changed the fate of the American West forever.

She was no outlaw. No legend in boots.
Yet on the rugged Texas Panhandle in the late 1800s, she stood tall—not with weapons, but with wisdom, grit, and a heart… pic.twitter.com/HsLMymZrZR
— WindTalker (@nmlinguaphile) August 8, 2025