Everything posted by statsman
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Tell me about ou
It’s actually interesting case law now. He lied his ass off, to avoid prison, of course. It is so weird. You’d think OKC would be a big city, but the same grifters seem to have their hands in every grift, like a low budget 1980’s movie.
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Tell me about ou
That’s fantastic. Let me tell you, you go down some interesting and crazy rabbit holes when you google “Barry Switzer arraigned”, “Barry Switzer charged” and so on. I’m going to write a long post about it. Nack to “Sellout Crowd”- an Okie should know better than anyone that Switzer being attached to a project is a warning, not an enticement.
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Tell me about ou
Thx. Googling, it does look like “Big Dog Holding” was the founder of “Sellout Crowd Media”. Yes, Tramel should have had an attorney look at the loan. Yes, if the dudes in “Big Dog Holding” were decent guys doing business with someone they have known professionally for decades, signing papers they knew he was unfamiliar with, they would have made sure he understood that he was personally on the hook for the loan, and not the venture. Given who they were, you could argue Tramel should have known they weren’t good dudes, … except he had spent most of his career explaining to his readers that they were admirable guys.
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Tell me about ou
Was the “Big Dog” group associated with the creation of the failed venture? Or, was Tramel offered an opportunity to have an ownership share, and he sought out “Big Dog” for help in funding? The former looks a lot worse than the latter. Also, is OKC not big enough to have other people involved in shady ventures than Switzer and his SIL? Because it looks like they are attached to every scam and scheme.
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OU Football 2025 - Cheated Its Way To a Backdoor CFP Appearance
Ha-ha! I didn’t realize I had done that (reference to Indian Territory)
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Tell me about ou
Reading more, evidently, when Tramel borrowed the money, he didn’t realize that it was written as a personal loan to him, and he is personally on the hook for it.
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Tell me about ou
I think this story belongs here, and not the new 2025 Sooner thread. It is a weird one. https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/funders-of-defunct-sellout-crowd-media-startup-sue-over-business-debt/ Some Oklahoma sportswriters (including Berry Tramel) started a news site exclusively for Oklahoma sports. They borrowed money from “Big Dog” (evidently the nickname of Bob Stoops. The site failed and Big Dog wants its money back (it’s gone). Big Dog is funded by Stoops, Toby Keith’s estate and Hunter Miller (Switzer’s SIL and partner in that -again weird- Ponzi scheme Switzer and Donnan ran about 15 years ago).
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OU Football 2025 - Cheated Its Way To a Backdoor CFP Appearance
The Oklahoma media is trained. No one goes off the reservation
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OU Football 2025 - Cheated Its Way To a Backdoor CFP Appearance
If they get blown out by Michigan (in week 2, I erred above in saying Game 1), they are a crappy team. Michigan is probably starting true freshman Bryce Underwood, and as talented as he is, he is a work in progress. Id love to see it, though.
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OU Football 2025 - Cheated Its Way To a Backdoor CFP Appearance
We will know about Oklahoma by their sixth game, the RRS against Texas. Their first six games have three sacrificial lambs - Illinois State, Temple and Kent State. Game 1 is hosting Michigan, which should be a little worse (a little better on offense?, definitely worse on defense) than the team that Texas played last year. Game 4 is Auburn- a really good roster in a “prove it” year for Frieze. Game six is Texas. If Venables were to circle three games for extra focus next year, those three would be it. Mateer will be playing hero ball in those games and dishing against the three scrubs. Texas is the game they most want to win, but they really, really don’t want to lose to Auburn, led by Jackson Arnold (who, despite all his flaws, QBed OU in its signature win against Bama last year). If OU starts 6-0, they have a great shot at the playoffs, even with the murderer’s row they finish with. 5-1, and Venables has a good shot at keeping his job.
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OU Football 2025 - Cheated Its Way To a Backdoor CFP Appearance
I’m just happy that the “Hale” that wrote this article isn’t the “James Hale” that was an OU insider-writer for so many years, after getting out of prison for running a Pinzie scheme.
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NIL Recruiting News Megathread
The concern would be DeLoitte instituting a de facto salary cap, while the good ole boys go back to dropping bags under the table. There is an alternative, if things work out that way. Like minded schools, that don’t need a salary cap (Texas, yes, TAMU, tOSU, ND, Michigan, maybe UGA, certainly Oregon, maybe Florida, Miami) could form their own league. The only league without a salary cap will, in short order, be a premier league. (And the ratings for this league will be amazing).
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NIL Recruiting News Megathread
https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/breaking-news/article/power-conferences-working-on-contract-to-bind-schools-to-new-enforcement-rules-with-strict-punishments-005652210.html
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Realignment talk not going away
I’m sure Stanford has an attitude that they’re better than everyone else. To be fair, they are better than everyone else.
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Parenting Woes & Other Stories
There is a great documentary from the 1970s about raising teenage daughters. It’s called, “The Exorcist”
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
It depends. Are you one smooth motherfucker? If so, yes. You are probably taking that 6, early, because you are aware of traits that raise her worthiness.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
Mack took three stars late in the class, trying to fill it. Sark is taking three stars early, and foregoing available four stars to do it. Completely different thing.
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Lincoln Riley to USC
Notre Dame needs more tough games
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What teams will use NIL to become the "new" top athletic programs in the years to come?
Oh. Yeah. ATT has four levels. From day one, in 2009, word was out to not buy tix on the fourth level, anywhere. The experience sucks. The sound is bad and you spend the whole time watching the huge TV screen in front of you, instead of the game. I’m cheap as hell, and I always go for the third level. Fourth level is a total waste of money and (worse) time.
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Realignment talk not going away
Stanford is a unique football program. It is as good as it wants to be. There are no shortage of Stanford billionaires. Its recruiting pull may be the best in the nation (obviously, I’m a Longhorn maniac. If my daughter were to be offered a choice between UT admission, and Stanford admission, I’d have to tell her that Stanford looks pretty great. Any of you differ?) Stanford is not interested right now. If that changes, it sits where it wants.
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Tell me about SMU
You touch on a few things, but the one I want to highlight is “conference loyalty”. That runs both ways. In the ‘80s, when the NCAA was shutting down the Pony Express mess (no matter your opinion on the NCAA rules, the SMU president was personally signing off on forms stating they weren’t cheating, when he knew damned well they were cheating their ass off), the big SMU boosters decided the SWC was going down with them. They hired PIs to investigate the other schools, and found some penny ante shit Texas was doing (an assistant loaned his car to an injured player, so he could park near class. Players dropping out were given bus fare home. This was a whole different level than being given a 280Z and $2k per month, the Pony standard). They turned Texas in. In the ‘00s, Texas proposed a B12 network. The other schools rejected it as not worth the investment (I have to think that if TCU were in the conference, CDC would have seen the value). Then, when Texas started its own network, the rest of the league turned on them. There is a lesson here. I suspect that Mississippi State and Iowa already know it. When you’re a “little ‘un”, you need to go along with the “big ‘uns”. Tying Gulliver down didn’t work in the story and it damned sure doesn’t work in real life.
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Ticketmaster Resale
We have tix to a show in NYC, that we can’t attend, purchased from Ticketmaster. The event conditioned than as not available for TM resale. They can be transferred. I thought “ok, transfer to me, load into Apple wallet on my phone, and sell on StubHub”. However, some googling indicates TM can block that? Anyone with experience? Or, anyone want theee tickets next weekend to see Hugh Jackman at Radio City Music Hall?
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OU Recruiting 2026: Burnt Vegetables
Mostly agree, with one caveat. Yes, OU lacks the higher tier financial backing. No, they are not optimizing what they have. Similar to how Texas would be if Herman were not fired, I’m sure there are willing boosters that want to sit out this current wave of giving and keep their powder dry for a Sooner coach they believe can get things done (i.e. not Venables). “Joe, why should I give $5 million to sign a couple of sure studs? All they’ll do is take OU from 6-6 to 8-4 and we’ll be one year farther away from doing anything “.
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Nick Saban to co-chair President Trump’s planned commission on college athletics.
Thats (revenue sharing, regional alignment) all great for making money for all. Thats all great if your goal is making money. What if your goal is to win? To win big? And you don’t care about other programs’ welfare and prosperity? Because, that’s where the Longhorns are. Campbell’s goals are not aligned with UT’s. Neither are Saban’s. Screw them.
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OU Recruiting 2026: Burnt Vegetables
Would Dillingham take a job where Nagy doesn’t work for him? I doubt it. They’re going to have to hire another assistant