This week Conner gives the history of Tech's second mascot, Raider Red!
Earlier in this series, we learned about the history of the Masked Rider. As any Tech fan knows, the Masked Rider is not the only mascot for Texas Tech. I was on vacation and was unable to produce a history lesson for Monday. So today will be a combined history and visual history lesson. I hope you enjoy learning the origins of Raider Red!
Raider Red was born in 1971. Prior to that year’s football season, the Southwest Conference, which Tech was a part of at the time, passed a regulation that prohibited livestock mascots from attending away games.