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  1. Hahahahaha. Oh man, it’s always glorious when the bitter tears come out. It’s happening more and more these days. Texas shows everyone what a payroll to meet looks like, finally, and other fans can’t handle it. So then they start grasping at straws in whatever direction they can find to make themselves feel better. We’re not the bad guys in all of this, Sbb. You have a great institution, so do we. Your athletics department has tumbled into the shitter in some important sports and climbing out will be tough, but you sold your soul to join the Big 10 rather than get left behind and you’ll get there.
  2. The first episode was trash. The casting of that 6-headed retard as the main protagonist makes this show almost unwatchable. She is fucking terrible in every way. As much as I liked the first season, I am giving this one more episode. This feels like Hollywood garbage in its usual form.
  3. Now back in on Latimer. Gerry: Four-star RB target locks in Texas OV Long-time running back target in the 2026 cycle Amari Latimer (Tyrone, Ga./Sandy Creek) has locked in a June official visit. Texas running backs coach Chad Scott has been in communication with the Peach State downhill back since being hired at Texas, and has now locked in an OV. Latimer, 5-foot-11 and 210-pounds, was considered a Texas lean prior to Tashard Choice's departure for the NFL. Latimer now has three OV's locked in. He begins at Wisconsin May 30-June 2, then goes to Miami June 6-8 and Texas the weekend after. Latimer has two uncles that played for the Hurricanes. +++++++ Anyone feel like they have a clue where things land at RB in this cycle? My view: 1) They want 2 RBs, per usual. 2) KJ Edwards appears to be one of them. 3) They're still casting a wide net for another high end guy between Latimer, the Bama guy, and the Florida guy. Are they totally done going after Osborne, who is leaning Michigan, or is he going to appear back on the radar as well?
  4. I agree with your skepticism, but what imma typed is currently correct. They were talking about it this morning on XM 84. He's consistently told all teams that if they're not planning on playing him both ways, a lot, then they shouldn't draft him. Apparently, many folks around the NFL think that the Browns are okay with that and plan on drafting him at their early slot in the 1st.
  5. You are comparing apples to hand grenades, man. Not even worth rebutting.
  6. He underwhelmed last year. Demarco Murray isn’t someone that will coach that greatness back into you. Tatum is another 5 star that went to OU and busted. It’s becoming hilarious.
  7. Meyer brought his own playbook and Florida obliged. The most absurd part about Texas trying to land Meyer was him asking about bag game infrastructure and the Texas folks telling him that Texas doesn’t do that. He allegedly looked at them and said “well, you guys aren’t serious about winning then.” They were shocked. While not long ago, we are pretty far from that shit at this point. Florida absolutely played the bag game with Urban Meyer. I didn’t believe so at the time, but folks closer to all of this than me have removed my illusions for me over the years.
  8. You should quote the people claiming 8 with an outside shot at 10. They have to be in this thread, right? You were rightly mocked for calling for 16 picks. Reasoning around why that didn’t work out doesn’t matter. They weren’t going to have 16 picks. Anyway, spiking the ball on the 10 yard line by declaring 13+ as a given is a choice.
  9. Every SEC school not named Vanderbilt, for starters. Georgia under Smart was the most ridiculous until Fisher showed up at ATM. Bama would buy an entire top end of a class for less than $1M. Auburn bought Can Newton for $200k. They all thought it would never end. OSU, Oregon, Clemson, FSU, USC - they all played as well. Fuck every one of these schools.
  10. I know a witch in Alquippa, if that helps.
  11. It appears as though the money earmarked at WR got moved to Mosley. They really like the freshmen WRs early. Jackson appears to have been correct in his evaluation of McCutcheon, who he fought for as a target. At some point, you can't keep bringing guys in over the top of other promising guys who want to see the field and who also happen to be expensive NIL agreements. At RB, Texas stands to have at least 6 guys at the ready. Go get another guy when those guys think they're healthy and good enough and things start to unravel. I'm not sure why you think Texas is going to be restrained. They're going to go after fewer positions, sure. They're loaded. Where they see a real need, what Burton is saying is that they're going go heavy on the offers for the right guys, lock them up quickly, and be done with the process.
  12. Manning is going to make well north of $5M this year and he’s rich already. These folks just assuming that the dude is going pro have their heads planted firmly up their asses.
  13. It’s merely realizing that $20M/$21M isn’t going to be enough to compete. Texas and others are already way above that threshold across all sports. Texas dwarfs that in football alone. Programs at Alabama, LSU and numerous other dirtbags in the SEC plus guys like UCLA, Purdue, NW, Maryland, Vandy, most of the Big 12 and ACC are all begging for the $20M/$21M to be a hard cap. None of that is principled. They simply don’t have the money to make larger numbers work. This is like when the Royals or Twins bitch about the Dodgers. If they had the same access to capital, they’d be doing the same thing. They don’t, so they bitch. Whining that athletes are getting more money somewhere else and it makes it harder for your program to compete gets you collectively to the clearinghouse notion. It’s a house built of straw and kindling. I’m not saying anyone here has to like any of this. The only thing any of us can control is how you choose to respond to your circumstances. This chaos is here and will be around for a good long while. If collective bargaining is actually ever achieved, I do think that changes everything. That seems pretty fucking far from here though. All of this considered, I strongly advise enjoying ALL of the crying from the longstanding cheaters who rigged the sport in their favor. Watching Bama and Georgia cry repeatedly has been very fulfilling. They’re two of 12-15 doing it who have no shame in their complete hypocrisy. Watching Ohio State pivot and make the new terrain the same as the old terrain has been impressive, but they look like the only one capable of it.
  14. This has all been hashed and rehashed on the NIL thread in the recruiting forum on many other threads in the recruiting forum. Offline, it’s also been discussed ad nauseum. Here are the high points: 1) Collectives are going nowhere. It’s something of a MAD role for the bigger programs and something of a means of keeping the old dirty players from feeling like they can start winning again with $25k bags on “signing day”. 2) CDC finally grasps point 1. It took awhile. 3) There’s a concept of a clearinghouse for “fair market value” to govern NIL deals within the House settlement. Many talking heads and old school cheaters are banking on this as a means of keeping mean old Texas and a few others under the NCAA’s thumb. The first time a booster attempts to pay an LB $50k for an autographed jersey and the clearinghouse declines it, a court will laugh at that case within days. If a guy wants to pay another guy some amount for his actual NIL, no clearinghouse can decide whether that is right or wrong. 4) 501(c)3s will go away as part of the deal. As for TOF, there is already an LLC under the umbrella and will continue in lieu of the charity side in order to facilitate the booster-side overall work with the AD. 5) Averaging payouts across all scholarships is folly. The lion’s share of the revenue will go as stated previously in this thread. 6) Corporate NIL will continue to benefit big programs, big brands, blue bloods and flavors of the month. Texas is always 3 of those 4 and often 4 of those 4 and will be one of the big winners in all of this. 7) Collectives are going to play a big role in helping maintain many of the non-revenue sports.
  15. We get one chucklefuck running an RV and sex tent into a low-hanging bridge and all of the sudden everyone is likely to wreck their RV rather than have it spontaneously combust on us as we’re cruising America in the far left lane at 55mph? Speak for yourself, sir.
  16. Riley is a comfort take. Okpala is undersized and the recruiting numbers for him are inflated. Calicut doesn’t have a true position. It’s happening as much in Norman as anywhere right now, and that’s even better.
  17. As seen above and just fucking plastered everywhere, plenty of people conflate anti-trust shit at a macro level versus an independent entity selectively involved with only a segment of the market. The SEC can do whatever the fuck it wants regarding league eligibility. Players that don’t like it can fuck off elsewhere and still have market access and earning power. The NCAA losing constantly in court has zero to do with what a conference would be able to argue in court. This notion that a player could argue that a league rule limits earning power is a laughable fucking joke. It’s lazy thinking riddled with logical fallacies, such as applying the transitive property.
  18. Rashada entered the portal in the winter cycle, I believe. Talk about trading one shitty mercenary headache for another. Wow.
  19. Fades are pure vanity plays for the OC. They fucking suck as playcalls. One of the reasons Sarkisian fucking sucks in the red zone is because he loves calling stupid ass fades that rarely do anything unless they’re to Jayden Blue, and he isn’t walking through that door any more.
  20. The Tennessee PR mechanism is out in full force at this point. They’re hinting at or outright stating to folks that the guy is absolutely not a “good kid” and that he’s fully culpable for this debacle alongside his dad. They’re now citing various examples of the player’s selfishness and poor work ethic. I heard on XM 84 yesterday and this morning as guests from various Vol sites have spoken. Give Tennessee credit for learning a thing or two after the period of constant embarrassment from the Butch Jones years of “champions at life” and such to the Schiano hire/retraction to the Pruitt debacle. They’ve done well in public challenging the NCAA on NIL repeatedly, hyping the football team, and now spinning the negs on Iamaleava. I like Klatt, but that is a terrible comparison for many reasons. Also, ATM already provided a full guaranteed buyout of Fisher’s contract in the first edition. All they did the second time was give the imbecile a raise and add years. The idiocy of the lopsided contract in Fisher’s favor existed from day one of his time at ATM.
  21. That lawyer can go take a long walk on a short pier. What shameless whining.
  22. They are not fucking around with OL and DL candidates this cycle. They’re bringing in a lot of guys and they look like they want to sign a lot of guys as well.
  23. My bad, I didn’t realize you were living with the idea that college football wasn’t corrupted by money for most of the last century. Holy shit.
  24. One of the notions espoused frequently in these discussions is that “teams should break away and just form minor leagues and dump the idea that they’re ‘student athletes’”, which is a big part of your whine here. The premise is laughable. If that happens in football, people will be as interested as they are in the G League or MiLB. Nobody will give a fuck. There will be no money above basic salaries for players and the teams will be nearly worthless. People care because of the school affiliation and the concept that these teams are comprised of guys that do actually go to school. If the 5 and 4 stars go elsewhere and Texas is still fielding a football team, I’ll still be watching Texas. I don’t think many folks would see it differently. And the money would still follow. The Iamaleava situation perfectly exemplifies the mercenary problems that have plagued college football for decades. This one is just now in the wide open. “I’ve got to get mine while others are getting theirs. “ Just because that dude over there is getting more than you, it doesn’t mean you’re being unfairly compensated. Now this guy has fucked around and I am excited to watch him find out. Chris Plank, sooner honk and halfwit, just commented on College Sports Sunday that Iamaleava has everything teams want in the NFL, basically because he’s tall and has a big arm. Do any of these people watch the games? This dude has mostly looked like complete asshole against decent to good defenses. Maybe that improves, but so far he just looks like a selfish idiot failing to make plays. That considered, Milton got drafted and Milroe is about to apparently go in one of the first 3 rounds, so I guess the NFL is also truly full of idiots.
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