Originally published at: https://pistolsfiringblog.com/summer-schedule-preview-texas-tech-osus-new-football-rival/
The Red Raiders return enough firepower to be a hard out for anyone.
Exciting.
Yep!!! I’m excited at the fact we now have a rival we can actually beat. On top of it, we actually lead the series as well.
It would make the most sense for Tech to be our “rival” giving there is some history and their animosity towards us: calling us Xerox U
Yea some of their “Xerox U” claims make them one of the biggest history deniers around.
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I think Tech as a rival is very underwhelming.
Tech has only threatened once to be in the B12 title game in 2008 before they were demolished by Ou 65-20 something. In bedlam, we knew if we won we either had a shot at the title game or ruined their chances. Tech is not going to the title game this year. If we pick Kansas St, who has had more success than ourselves, to be our rival it makes more sense. The Wildcats have made the title game 4 times and won it twice, as well as winning the conference in 2012 without a title game.
Do we really want to pick a rival, where the victory means so little to the conference race…?
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Total team championships, all sports: Oklahoma State 53, TX Tech 3. Football - OSU has won 13 of the last 15. Rivalry? Uh, ok…
I lived in Amarillo for a long time before moving to Albuquerque, now in Burleson, so I have a lot of friends who are Red Raiders. Actually I even have a degree from Tech as well. The interesting thing is most Tech fans feel a certain kinship with OSU. They hate UT, we hate OU. Neither of us win as much as we wish we had. That doesn’t sound like a breeding ground for a rival. Let the rival emerge organically, we can’t crate it.
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I, also, almost went to Texas Tech, but I already have a high school diploma.