If you’re a Texas Tech fan, go ahead and clear a spot on your shelf, your desk, or right next to that tortilla you swear you didn’t throw, because the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum just unveiled something very cool.
White Texas Tech Fans Are Amped Up
For the first time, Red Raider fans can snag a Texas Tech Football and Basketball Top 25 Ranking Tracker Bobblehead, featuring the one and only Raider Red. And yes, you can manually change the team’s ranking every single week.
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Considering Tech Football is sitting at #5 in the AP Top 25 and Tech Basketball is rolling at #20, the timing on this couldn’t be better.
Adjust the Rankings All Season Long
This isn’t your everyday, “dust it once a year” kind of bobblehead. Raider Red stands proudly on two different bases, a football field and a basketball court, and each features a slidable numbered block so fans can update Texas Tech’s ranking week to week.
Only 2,025 of each bobblehead are being made, and every one is individually numbered. You can pick up one of these bad boys exclusively through the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum’s online store. They’re expected to ship in May, which means you’ve got something to look forward to once spring hits West Texas.
Check out both of the new Texas Tech Red Raider Bobbleheads and purchase them here.
The Wild Origin Story of Raider Red
Before Raider Red was blasting powder-filled shotgun shells after touchdowns, he started as a drawing. In 1971, when the Southwest Conference banned live animals at away games, Saddle Tramp Jim Gaspard teamed up with Lubbock cartoonist Dirk West, who sketched the mascot that eventually became Tech’s rowdy, mustached icon…