Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Raiderville prior to the TTU vs UT game

Raiderville residents Kellen Ketchersid, center left, and Collin Griffith, center right, play Xbox 360 with friends outside Jones AT&T Stadium, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008. Texas Tech students have been camping outside the stadium since Tuesday afternoon in hopes of being one of the 12,000 students allowed in the stadium for Saturday's Texas vs. Texas Tech game.
(Geoffrey McAllister, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal)

Raiderville residents Will McKenzie, left, Bryan Boyd, center, and Will Kelly, right, play Xbox 360 with friends outside Jones AT&T Stadium, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008. Texas Tech students have been camping outside the stadium since Tuesday afternoon in hopes of being one of the 12,000 students allowed in the stadium for Saturday's Texas vs. Texas Tech game.
(Geoffrey McAllister, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal)

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Mike Leach fed the masses of Raiderville on Thursday.

The throng of Tech students that has continued to gather outside Jones AT&T Stadium in the tent city dubbed Raiderville seemed to draw as much pleasure from his presence as they did from the food he brought.

Leach, Tech's head football coach, put in an appearance following afternoon practice to praise the devoted students and fans as the highly anticipated game between the No. 7 Red Raiders and No. 1 University of Texas approaches. (Continue reading the related article: Tech coach Leach fuels feeding frenzy at Raiderville)