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  1. It will be interesting to see a redo of this chart next year, when B12 teams have no high ratings games against Texas and OU to use in the rankings, and more of the games are on cable and streaming channels.
  2. I’m old. That’s why my curiosity is not so much about how this works wrt sex, but rather, how does this work when one of the throuple gets seriously sick. Or bankrupt. Or a child is seriously sick.
  3. I can see the implicit threat- “you shoot down our planes and your POWs will be killed”. Clearly, they see concern about citizens’ lives as a weakness. Such a monstrous culture
  4. Yeah, it will take time to unravel. We know, as background: -Russian aviation isn’t as safe as western. -Planes gets shot down by AD by accident (see 2014 777, Iran Air 655, that Korean airliner shot down by Russia). I suppose Ukraine could shoot one down by accident, too. -Russia Anita allowing the kind of investigation that could provide proof as to what happened. -Russia already blew up, last year, a building housing Ukrainian POWs, point being they don’t give a shit about them and and feel free to kill them as needed (and, of course, blaming it on Ukraine). -repeating above comment’s note, my first thought was “why would they be flying those dudes?”
  5. I don’t know how it varies school to school, but I know a few guys that collect Texas rings and they start in the four figures with the more desirable ones hitting five figures.
  6. Fatah is less extreme than Hamas. Now, mind you, they are ready to pay pensions to Oct 7 attackers, per their “pay to slay” policy, so they’re no prize themselves …
  7. I am looking fwd to our SEC friends debating our B12 friends over the relative CFP worthiness of three loss SEC teams and two loss B12 teams.
  8. My daughter had sepsis as an infant. 11 days in the hospital on an IV. It’s scary, but very treatable. Know how you can help? Get out there and give them some relief staying in the hospital with him, if possible.
  9. I can believe this. I can also believe 20k dead Russian prisoners on top of this. I can also believe well over 20k conscripts from Russian held areas of Ukraine. I can also believe Ukrainian POWs also conscripted and put in the front of meat wave charges. Russians are complete bastards.
  10. While DKR was coach, the SWC had a roster limit rule. There were no unlimited scholarships
  11. Royal was an OU alum, old teammates were boosters, and he believed in collegial sportsmanship (while beating that ass). He didn’t believe in cheating, though, and Fairbanks and Switzer did.
  12. I know nothing about Iowa’s NIL competitiveness. I do know they have a decent story to tell about OL development. But, there is something I’ve been wondering about B1G NIL… The SEC has been the best conference because that’s where the best concentration of players is, along with programs that have rabid and large support. Their supporters, though, are mostly big southern dummies. The B1G has large support, too, not as rabid, but (probably?) more prosperous. The B1G has a better media contract to support their ADs, and they have the potential for larger NIL support than their southeastern “peers”. I don’t know how many B1G teams have an institutional desire for nationally competitive football (Michigan, tOSU, PSU, USC, Washington, Oregon, NU…Illinois? UCLA? Iowa?), but they have a lot of potential to make noise, right? And aren’t we learning, with NIL that geography matters less to portal transfer than HS recruits?
  13. I couldn’t bear to listen to Corby and Bob discuss Terry’s meltdown postgame Wednesday
  14. Royal said, in response to the accusation that Texas bought players, too: “If I ever turned the Texas Exes loose on buying players, there wouldn’t be any left for anyone else”.
  15. I looked at BamaOnline. They have a thread where concern is expressed for the Longhorn players that will have to leave in order to make the numbers work. Who will take care of them? I am stunned. Fans of Nick Saban’s old team are shocked that another team is churning the bottom of its roster in order to make room for more talented players. Where have they been the last 15 years? Did they really think those third year Alabama LBs, stuck on third team on the depth chart, came up with the idea of transferring to Western Kentucky all on their own?
  16. Ok, maybe FSU and Clemson earn their share of the pie. Say, the pie grows enough with them that the slices stay the same size. Do they make the pie grow enough to make the slices bigger than before? If they don’t, why would the other conference members invite them?
  17. I suspect any “Alabama investigation” of Texas tampering is an attempt to hold off future contacts (by all other schools) with the rest of their roster. What happened to the Saban bragging to THSCA about his QB (Bryce Young) getting $1 million in NIL?
  18. Argument for the SEC or B1G taking in FSU, Clemson, Miami and maybe a few others: these teams are major programs and can compete at the highest levels, given the chance. They are definitely stronger programs than the SEC and B1G bottom dwellers. Argument against: Have to share money and they don’t increase the relative shares with their additions. Hmmmmm, wonder which argument wins out. Argument for the SEC or B1G (who are we kidding; it’s the B1G) taking in Notre Dame: It’s Notre Dame.
  19. Joel Klatt predicts Utah to be the B12 champ and rep in the CFP next year.
  20. I thought the Sooners’ expectations for Arnold next year are a bit of wish-casting. Also, it is a funny perspective of theirs, where their underperformance in NIL is cast as a lack of effort on their part, rather than a lack of resources. Their mailbag writer refers to Michigan as a blueprint, and I think he is referring to Michigan’s coaching and player development. As a counterpoint, I would note that I was told by an insider that Michigan has the NIL program that Texas aspires to.
  21. The Crimson and Cream Mailbag, offered for comment
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