What If Wednesday – Patrick Mahomes Is Never A Chief, Raiderland Hot Links Featuring Tons Of Texas Tech Bowl Hype, Luv Ya Blue, John Madden Doing His Thing, Cynthia Ann Parker Day, Real Cowboys And Fred Sanford Wishes You Merry Christmas!

Good morning! pic.twitter.com/GSqmIl1IaE

— Dane Dewbre 🌵 (@MarlandDane) December 18, 2024

Is it too late to install an oil derrick on top of the Womble Football Center, and anytime this tweet comes out, oil gushes out of the derrick like white smoke at the Sistine Chapel? https://t.co/5jvAotfDcJ

— A David Collier (@CollieronTV) December 18, 2024

Lady Raiders survive a scare from Lamar 73-67 on Education Day to close out non-conference play.

Loghan Johnson with a career-high 16 points off the bench, and Bailey Maupin leading the way with 21.@RedRaiderNation | #TexasTech pic.twitter.com/nPyeNGxJeX

— Cole Banker (@colebankertv) December 17, 2024

Texas Tech football receiving leader Josh Kelly to miss Liberty Bowl, spokesman says https://t.co/QOs7OmpcuC

— A-J Sports (@RaiderSports) December 18, 2024

Time to revisit Joey McGuire's transfer portal wish list
✅1 TE (Carter)
✅2-3 OL (Zambrano, Jados)
✅2-3 DTs/EDGE (Hunter, Gill-Howard)
✅1-2 CBs (Pollock, Balfour, Boyd-Matthews)
✅1 S (Wisniewski)
EXTRAS
✅ 1 QB (Griffis)
✅ 1 WR (Virgil)
STILL MISSING
1 RB
1 K

— Nathan Giese (@NathanGiese) December 18, 2024

Joyland’s dead remains > Disney Land https://t.co/oHl6vlzrDJ

— Rob Breaux Show (@robbreauxshow) December 18, 2024

🏈 OTD in Houston Oilers History 🏈

1964 – Sammy Baugh resigns as Oilers head coach#LuvYaBlue #HoustonOilersHistory pic.twitter.com/3TUN43eGo9

— 𝕃𝕦𝕧 𝕐𝕒 𝔹𝕝𝕦𝕖 (@BudsOilers) December 18, 2024

🏈 OTD in Houston Oilers History 🏈

1983 – In the final Colts game ever in Baltimore, the Oilers close a forgettable season with a 20-10 loss. Thirteen years later, the Oilers would play their final road game as the Houston Oilers on the same field.#LuvYaBlue pic.twitter.com/RMLxy3k043

— 𝕃𝕦𝕧 𝕐𝕒 𝔹𝕝𝕦𝕖 (@BudsOilers) December 18, 2024

December 17, 1972#Steelers #Chargers
Pittsburgh wins the 1st division title in franchise history.
Steel Curtain 4 INT’s
Harris, Fuqua, Shanklin score TD’s
The players carry Noll off the field
24-2 #HereWeGo pic.twitter.com/ZWK4U8OzRi

— Old Time Football 🏈 (@Ol_TimeFootball) December 17, 2024

OTD 1976#AFCDivisional #Raiders #Patriots
Biletnikoff 9-137-1
Multiple controversial calls in this game.
A Hamilton penalty gives Oakland a second chance
Stabler scores the winning touchdown
24-21 #RaiderNation 
pic.twitter.com/3bNQHracRY

— Old Time Football 🏈 (@Ol_TimeFootball) December 18, 2024

December 18, 1932

INDOOR FOOTBALL:
The De Facto 1932 NFL Championship

An "additional" regular-season tiebreaker game to determine the #NFL champion — originally scheduled for Wrigley Field — is moved indoors to #Chicago Stadium due to heavy snows and sub-zero weather.

The… pic.twitter.com/tSJ7gcorMK

— Kevin Gallagher (@KevG163) December 18, 2024

40 Years Ago Tonight
December 17, 1984#Cowboys at #Dolphins
MNF at the Orange Bowl

The WILD final 2:45 of the #NFL regular season, SO MUCH AT STAKE

If Miami wins, they would clinch the AFC's #1 seed and homefield throughout the playoffs.

If Dallas wins, they would clinch a… pic.twitter.com/Rx0Qn3sjkI

— Kevin Gallagher (@KevG163) December 18, 2024

“Old Days”Yul Brynner Teams with Steve McQueen in the 1960 Classic Western
“The Magnificent 7”#Hollywood #movies #western #1960s #nostalgia

pic.twitter.com/Rqm1FnDPhR

— Tom’s Old Days (@sigg20) December 18, 2024

Dec 18, 1988: A Very Brady Christmas aired on CBS. #80s pic.twitter.com/wkQlc0RhEf

— Old School 80s (@OldSchool80s) December 18, 2024

🎁🎄7 Days Until Christmas🎄🎁 pic.twitter.com/0ldQfPJ64K

— RetroNewsNow (@RetroNewsNow) December 18, 2024

Robert Plant & Brian Setzer performing Elvis Presley’s Christmas classic “Santa Claus Is Back In Town” in New York City 1987. pic.twitter.com/iHfMWY0Myb

— 🎸 Rock History 🎸 (@historyrock_) December 18, 2024

Christmas adjusted for inflation. pic.twitter.com/jLMsOP0DeM

— 3PickupMusicMan (@3PickupMusicMan) December 18, 2024

On this day in Texas history, in 1778, Juan Martín de Veramendi was born in San Fernando de Béxar. He was the first alcalde of Béxar in 1824 and 1825, elected vice governor of Coahuila y Tejas in 1830, and assumed the governorship in 1832 when José María Letona died. pic.twitter.com/2kW9RA6paI

— Derrick G. Jeter (@derrickjeter) December 17, 2024

On this day in 1860, Texas Rangers under the command of Lawrence S. Ross attacked a Comanche hunting camp at Mule Creek. During this raid the rangers were surprised to find that one of their captives had blue eyes; it was a non-English-speaking white woman with her infant… pic.twitter.com/04peR5O3kX

— Trevor P. Wardlaw (@1thread6flags) December 18, 2024

Plainview, Texas in 1890. It's a rather amazing photo, isn't it? You can look at it and pretty much figure out why they called it Plainview. At this point the town was only three years old, having secured a post office on March 18, 1887. The names "Runningwater" and… pic.twitter.com/eP6xyPdX86

— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) December 18, 2024

Astonishingly clear photo of the interior of the Texas & Pacific railroad depot office in Monahans, circa 1900.

Wonderful details! pic.twitter.com/oKLunA2PBE

— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) December 18, 2024

XIT at the Long X Fall Works

We had a lot of fun helping Reynold’s Cattle Company at their Fall Works! 

Our families have been intertwined since about 1916.

We can only think that those who came before us are smiling down on us today. #XITRanch #LongX #FallWorks #Texas pic.twitter.com/gKg2sS4WxN

— XIT Ranch (@XITRanch) December 18, 2024

Grok really nailed my look as a superhero. pic.twitter.com/i0BqDl2Dhy

— Chad Hasty (@ChadHastyRadio) December 17, 2024

Things I've never done:

Gone to a @bucees

Eaten an @allsupsstores burrito

…and now I feel like @BryanMuddKAMC is going to start looking for a new co-anchor 😆 pic.twitter.com/cctey8beD0

— Lauren Matter (@LaurenMatter) December 17, 2024