LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) -
From Texas Tech University:
Raider
Red, Texas Tech University's costumed public relations mascot has made it to
the elite eight for the playoff rounds of the Capital One 2012 Mascot
Challenge. Red took second place out of 16 mascots to contend for the most
votes nationwide. The playoffs are a single-elimination vote over a three-week
period.
Week one of the playoffs finds Red competing against the
University of Missouri's Truman the Tiger. Red's only regular-season loss came
in week one against the University of Delaware's YoUDee.
"Not only is it a great honor for
Raider Red to be selected for the Capital One All-American Team, but making it
to the playoffs says a lot about our fan base," said Stephanie Rhode, director
for Texas Tech's spirit squads.
The Capital One National Mascot of the Year is determined by
Internet voting. Fans can vote unlimited times at capitalonebowl.com/vote. Twitter
voters must use the hashtag #CapitalOneRaiderRed.
Fans also can follow Raider Red on
Facebook.com/TTURaiderRed
and Twitter @TTURaiderRed.
"Since the playoffs are
single-elimination, we need everyone to vote as many times as they can, all
week long. Our regular-season week against Truman was one of our toughest,"
Rhode said.
The
playoff voting will be conducted in three rounds over a three-week period today
(Nov. 26) through Dec. 17. Based on the mascot rankings at the end of the
regular season, each mascot was given a playoff seeding ranging from No. 1 to
No. 8.
The mascot with the most votes at the end of the
championship round will be the Capital One National Mascot of the Year and will
be announced during the 2013 Capital One Bowl on Jan. 1, 2013. The winner will
be awarded a $20,000 scholarship to help fund its school's mascot program. Each
of the 2012 participants also will receive $5,000 for their university mascot
program.
The original 16 contestants were selected by a
panel of judges from Capital One from among the mascot entries received from
all eligible NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision and Football Championship
Subdivision schools.
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