So... as we soon found out around these parts football is serious business!!! It was the craziest thing. Raiderville was a new introduction to College student loyality or new excuse to party all week. Tech students gather on campus, set up tents, couches, you think it I'm sure you'll find it there. Raiderville hit maxium capacity of something like 10,000 students by Thursday morning. These students had been camping out on the campus lawn since Monday! On the day of the big game; Texas Tech Red Raiders versus University of Texas Longhorns the city was nothing but hussle and bustle. People of Lubbock were gathering supplies for BBQ's or getting ready to head to the AT&T stadium to cheer on their favorite team. It seemed as though every person (including infants) in Lubbock were sporting their team colors or supporting their teams with smack talkin' shirts or team jerseys. Us gals from Az had never seen anything like it before. Families split; Moms in burnt orange and Dads in red and black (or vice versa), kids were split too. Wild!!! In good spirit and new to town we jumped right in. With plans of furthering my education and obtaining my BSN through Tech it was a no brainer where our loyality lies. So we purchased Tech gear and planned to watch the game in style. We went to my friends apartment that happened to be blocks away from the stadium and spent the evening watching the game. We were sorely disappointed in our Tech boys; longhorns "hooked us" winning 24-10. Better luck next time Raiders! 
