Amy Zientek

[Amy Zientek @amyzientek]

@united please consider this my Dear John letter. We are done. This is the second trip in three weeks that has been fouled up through no fault of weather or other unavoidable obstructions. The credit card will be canceled. The flights will be rebooked on other carriers.

[ESPN FC @ESPNFC]

MESSI ON THE DOUBLE WITH HIS LAST KICK OF THE GAME! THE GENIUS! HOW DOES HE KEEP DOING IT 🐐

[Texas Children’s Houston Open @TCHouOpen]

Etched in history.

[Amy Zientek @amyzientek]

@JJWatt I was just noticing the same thing! At least we could have different pants colors.

[Amy Zientek @amyzientek]

@raiderrooter1 @FlatlandCavalry @WilliamCGreen @joshabbottband @thepanhandlers West Texas is the Best Texas
The Chilton Song

[Jack Settleman @jacksettleman]

Attention Red Raider nation, thanks to the generosity of @TTUpessimist, we are giving away TWO tickets to the game Saturday.

All YOU have to do to enter is retweet this tweet and we will pick a winner on Friday!

Wreck ‘em

[Amy Zientek @amyzientek]

@JoshPateCFB First pic is my daughter on that fateful night in 2008, upset that the cheering of our friends had scared her. Second pic is the same daughter in 2025, now a senior at Texas Tech.

[Amy Zientek @amyzientek]

@jacksettleman @snapbacksports #CooksGarage has a great vibe in Thursday’s with a live radio show featuring west Texas musicians.

[Amy Zientek @amyzientek]

@KirkHerbstreit If #Peter needs recommendations on where to go in Lubbock, Blue is ready to assist.

[Amy Zientek @amyzientek]

@TreatyOakMusic @TexasTechFB FedEx can do amazing things and so can Lubbockites!

[Amy Zientek @amyzientek]

@KCBD11 Might not be the best idea to share this since it includes phone numbers in the screen shot.

[Amy Zientek @amyzientek]

@hertz you have lost my business and probably the business of a lot of the other 200 people standing in line at IAH. You know exactly how many people have reservations and the approximate time they are showing up. To walk into a garage with maybe 15 cars available is crazy.

[Amy Zientek @amyzientek]

@merrymary @JohnnyBonfire @nut_history And then you got them back, in a baggie, as a Christmas present 😂 Our older sister was mean!

[Amy Zientek @amyzientek]

@tylerhalverwho my daughter turned 21 today and is so excited to finally get to see you at The Blue Light on Wednesday!

[Amy Zientek @amyzientek]

Excited to head to Vegas tomorrow to celebrate mom’s 70th birthday! It’s going to be a great travel day with @SouthwestAir and @MGMResortsIntl. @missmoose76 @merrymary

[Lubbock-Cooper ISD Athletics @AthleticsLCP]

What’s going on with our student-athletes at LCISD this week? Here you go:

[Gamblin' Gauchos 🎙️ @GamblinGauchos]

Big 12 newcomers, here’s 10 THINGS that you need to know about Texas Tech and our fan base:

1. “Passionate” probably doesn’t do our fan base justice. We are loud, we protect our own, we love our school like crazy and if you piss us off we know how to hold a grudge. If you see a cactus emoji in someone’s display name, there’s a story there and it pretty well summarizes this point.

2. We throw tortillas at football games. There are differing versions of the story on how this started, but it’s a unique and spectacular tradition. You’re *technically* not allowed to bring tortillas into the stadium, so students get creative smuggling them in. Opposing players have tried to taunt our fans by eating the tortillas. We would advise against that.

3. We do not throw batteries at football games. This is something opposing fan bases say to cope with taking an L in Lubbock. They’ve been caught lying about it numerous times.

4. We have an historic live mascot entrance: the Masked Rider. It was the inspiration for Florida State’s Osceola and Renegade mascots and Oklahoma State’s Spirit Rider.

5. In football, we haven’t won “the big one”. Yet. Four Cotton Bowl appearances but four losses. Two Southwest Conference titles, both shared. If we win the Big 12 and/or a NY6 bowl at any point in the coming seasons, it will be the program’s crown jewel. We did run the Border Conference pre-1960, so there’s some fun history there with Arizona State (even though we never played them in the Border Conference era) and Arizona.

6. Patrick Mahomes is the greatest football player of all-time and he played for Texas Tech. We’re proud of that.

7. For most of our athletics history, Texas and A&M were our primary rivals although they never reciprocated the animosity to quite the same extent. A&M was more of a true rival: Texas Tech beat the Aggies more often than not during the Southwest Conference and Big 12 days. With both now gone, TCU, Oklahoma State, and Baylor would probably be our primary conference rivals with Houston (in-state) and Arizona (Border Conference revival) as secondary rivals.

8. At the turn of the 21st century, Mike Leach and Texas Tech were offensive innovators, the impact of which can be seen at all levels of football to this day. As mentioned in #5, those teams never quite won “the big one” in the postseason, but had record-setting players nearly every year: Kliff Kingsbury, BJ Symons, Taurean Henderson, Wes Welker, Graham Harrell, Michael Crabtree, and many more. The Texas Tech + Mike Leach coaching tree from that era is insane: Dana Holgorsen, Dave Aranda, Sonny Dykes, Lincoln Riley, and many, many more.

9. Lubbock is a city with nearly 300,000 people in it, but still has a college town vibe. Isolated from large metro areas and pro sports teams, the community revolves around Texas Tech. It makes for a fun gameday atmosphere. There are great BBQ joints, Tex-Mex food, and steakhouses, plus some other hidden gems. West Texas is wine country, so take your pick of wineries to visit and tour. Breweries have started popping up too, plus the traditional college bar scene and the historic Depot District where you’re sure to find live music and an underrated arts presence. Rival schools take pot shots at Lubbock either out of ignorance or because it’s perceived as an easy target in a rural area. You’ll have a good time if you visit. Great people and plenty to do and see.

10. “It’s all West Texas” means we take our fandom and passion with us wherever we go: visiting sites for games, vacation in a foreign country, or flashing a guns up hand sign from outer space. We’re proud of who we are and where we came from, and we take West Texas with us everywhere.

[Amy Zientek @amyzientek]

@JJWatt @HoustonTexans @johnson80 Mine too! This was my first Texans game.

[Visit Lubbock @Visit_Lubbock]

Buddy Holly the Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen wins Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show!🐾🏆🐶 On behalf of the music icon Buddy Holly and his hometown, we are so proud of you Buddy! https://t.co/8kASkCAMNQ

[Amy Zientek @amyzientek]

@astros What time do the gates open for today’s (Sunday, 4/16/23) game?