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  1. 9 hours ago, Blotto said:

    That's cute. Didn't we sign a 15 year $250M deal with Nike like 10 years ago?

    Yes. Aggy has almost caught up. Whoop!

    What's more remarkable about the UT deal is that we signed it right in the middle of our Chuckles doldrums.

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    The UT System Board of Regents approved a new 15-year licensing and apparel agreement with Nike worth $250 million. School officials said it's the biggest contract ever signed between a school and an apparel company. 

     

  2. What I love about Surly is that, despite the front that this is a bunch of amoralistic shitheads, the most intelligent "fan" discussions of Texas sports happens here. Like, it's possible to have differing opinions, and we at least try to get past the veneer of blind homerism for our team. We don't (generally) dogpile the fans of opposing teams if they bring something to the discussion. And if you say ignorant things like "ketch thinks" you're sent packing. In summary, fuck all of you.

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  3. 4 minutes ago, markstanco said:

    Is the rookie salary something like $75,000 cad currently?  Thats like 55k in USD. 

    Between that and auctioning his stuff on Twitter, he's more than half way to six figs. Aggy network at its finest. Whoop!

  4. 1 hour ago, SydneyCarton said:

    I’ll put on my QAnon hat and point out that a disaster relief company in Texas paying NIL to players is about a cubt hair shy of our tax dollars supporting Texas A&M athletics. 

    I think it's simpler than that. They're just angling for the prime contract after the next Bonfire disaster.

  5. 5 hours ago, closetojumping said:

    I swear I think someone did a "where are they now?" follow-up years later on the guy and they actually interviewed him.

    Written in 2011, when we were all young and innocent and didn't need to take our metamucil. Poor kid got banned from Tech for awhile but eventually went to school there and graduated. 

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    "My dad was a school teacher and the superintendent called my dad," Valdez said. "I thought it was pretty cool and then when I went to volunteer at the Spirit Arena the Wednesday or Thursday at the basketball game two Tech police officers came up there.
    "I got a notice served that I was banned from all Tech property indefinitely… The Kiss concert was coming up soon and I was looking forward to that and didn't end up getting to go. The forums and websites took over at that time too. I was 12 or 13 and I was bummed out because I had always wanted to go to Tech. They kind of turned it around completely on the websites and it kind of developed into its own character."

    Looks like this is his Insta. Can only be judged by Mike Leach, apparently.

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  6. 8 minutes ago, Bodacious Bevo said:

    I listen on apple podcasts and the ads are insane there too, but they're uploading the audio without any ads except for their sponsored reads? I don't notice randomly interjected ads on other pods I listen to 

    These are dynamically inserted ads. It's up to the podcast creators whether the hosting company inserts them. They are definitely generating additional revenue for OTF. 

  7. 7 minutes ago, Newy25 said:


    I listen to the audio on Spotify. The commercial ads are every 2-3 minutes on the last two I listened to. 

    Agreed. I listen to the podcast audio as well. It's brutal. There will be 1-2 minutes of ads inserted into the program, and then Bobby or whoever will do another 30-60 second read. It's becoming unlistenable.

    To be clear, I am a huge fan of what Bobby, Gerry, et. al. bring to the table. But they are producing too much material (it is therefore repetitive), and their podcasts come off very much like a website choked with pop-up ads. I hope this is seen as the constructive feedback it is intended to be.

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  8. 5 minutes ago, Viper said:

    Didn't Nahlin hire Landon at IT? Did he get let go or just find out it was an unpaid contributor situation?

     

     

    Had never heard of that guy, but what a loser. He should, you know, get a real job and support his family. 

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