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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 and Raider Red serve as the mascots representing the teams, and the school colors are scarlet red and black. [3] 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 .
DeWitt's Red Raiders were 10-1-0 in football and headed to Jacksonville, Florida for the Gator Bowl. At the time, Texas Tech was hoping to be invited to join the Southwest Conference . All the other teams had a mascot, and it is thought that DeWitt believed creating a mascot for Texas Tech might aid the school's chances for admission into the ...
The newest Masked Rider and Raider Red have been inducted into one of Texas Tech's longest-standing spirit traditions. Texas Tech welcomes new Masked Rider, Raider Red mascots for the 2024-25 ...
Red Raiders Red & Green [386] 2022 A "big cat" logo was used with the raiders name from the 1930s to the 1970s, when a Native American logo was first used. This was replaced with a "J" with feathers in 2014. The 2022 decision removed the feathers, and the current proposal is to restore a modernized version of the big cat. [387] Jefferson High ...
The Masked Rider – co-mascot of the Texas Tech Red Raiders; Matty the Matador – mascot of the Cal State Northridge Matadors [27] Max C. Bear – mascot of the SUNY Potsdam Bears; Miami Maniac – the baseball-only mascot of the Miami Hurricanes; Mighty the Lizard – mascot of the Truckee Meadows CC Lizards [28]
Raider Red. Texas Tech's other mascot, Raider Red, is a more recent creation. Beginning with the 1971 football season, the Southwest Conference forbade the inclusion of live animal mascots to away games unless the host school consented. For situations where the host school did not want to allow the Masked Rider's horse, an alternate mascot was ...
The Pal-Mac mascot is the Red Raiders, a red-tailed hawk. The school district changed their mascot to a hawk because the previous mascot, a Native American, was deemed offensive by the mascot committee. The former mascot was the Red Devils until 1961.