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On September 3, 1994, an accident involving the Masked Rider resulted in the death of Texas Tech's animal mascot, a black American Quarter Horse named Double T during a Lubbock football game between Texas Tech and the New Mexico Lobos. After a 3rd quarter score by Tech, then Masked Rider, Amy Smart, fell from the horse after the horse's saddle ...
Raider Red is a Wild West character with an oversized cowboy hat. He carries two guns which he fires into the air after Texas Tech scores. [1] Jim Gaspard, a member of the Texas Tech Saddle Tramps student spirit organization, created the original design for the Raider Red costume based on a character created by Lubbock, Texas, cartoonist and former mayor Dirk West. [2]
The Masked Rider, Texas Tech's primary mascot, dates back to a 1936 prank. George Tate borrowed a horse from the Texas Technological College Dairy Barn and led the football team onto the field. [1] This was done a few more times during the 1936 season but was not seen again for 17 years.
Fans rallied on social media to make the opossum the new Texas Tech mascot. Team mascot the Masked Rider was reportedly horseless for Thursday's game. Even the horse's stand-in was unavailable ...
Texas Tech athletics teams compete at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level and is a founding member of the Big 12 Conference. From 1932 until 1956, the university belonged to the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Texas Tech was admitted to the Southwest Conference on May 12, 1956.
In a post on social media, Bevo's handlers announced the birth of a female longhorn calf, just in time for the CFP semifinal at the Sugar Bowl.
TimeOut, Fresno State’s cartoonish bulldog mascot, was brown and not its usual gray color during the 2008 baseball season when the Diamond Dogs won a national championship.
He was born in Littlefield, Texas, but his family moved to Lubbock soon after. He attended Texas Tech University where he drew cartoons for The University Daily student newspaper. [1] He appeared as "Uncle Dirk" on a local children's program for three years while heading up his advertising agency, West Advertising.