Last night, Texas Tech beat #3 Oklahoma. It was the first time Texas Tech had beaten a Top 5 ranked opponent since the Red Raiders beat the Longhorns in 2008. Here's a list of things that have happened in that timespan.
- Brett Favre retired
- The iPad debuted
- Steph Curry was drafted into the NBA
- Instagram and SnapChat were launched
- Lebron went from Cleveland, to Miami, back to Cleveland
- Tony Romo dumped Jessica Simpson
- Monday Night Football went from ABC to ESPN
- George Steinbrenner died
- Organic matter was found on one of Saturn's moons
- Barack Obama was officially inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States
- BP spilled a colossal amount of oil in the Gulf of Mexico
- Facebook filed for an IPO
- Peyton Manning was traded to the Broncos, had neck surgery, then won a Super Bowl
- Nelson Mandela died
- The first recreational Marijuana stores opened in Colorado
- The Ebola craze came and left in the United States
- The Cubs got actually kinda good at baseball
- Tommy Tuberville left recruits at the 50 Yard Line restaurant to go to Cincinatti
- Mack Brown was fired at Texas
- Manti Te'o introduced the world to the term "Catfishing"
- Kobe Bryant announced his intent to retire
Thank you, Texas Tech Men's Basketball, for a wonderful last week and a half, and a fantastic run to come.