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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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).
  4. 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
  5. I’m sure Stanford has an attitude that they’re better than everyone else. To be fair, they are better than everyone else.
  6. There is a great documentary from the 1970s about raising teenage daughters. It’s called, “The Exorcist”
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. Notre Dame needs more tough games
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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?
  14. 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 “.
  15. 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.
  16. Would Dillingham take a job where Nagy doesn’t work for him? I doubt it. They’re going to have to hire another assistant
  17. To be clear- I am a reactionary conservative, an old school Reagan Republican. I did not criticize Campbell because of his political affiliation. I criticized him, and characterized him as a foe, because of his sports affiliation, and only that.
  18. The way I heard it- the Texas powerbrokers, once NIL is established- “we have to decide if we want to compete or not. If we want to compete, we need to be in the SEC”.
  19. OU counts on recruiting Texas. Any disagree? Switzer said it was one of his program’s three pillars. The Big 12 was perfect for them. In the original version, they got 2-3 games in Texas, every year. In the last iteration, they got 2-3 league games per year in Texas. That was more than all other blue bloods except one. In the SEC, they get 1-2 games per year, depending upon whether TAMU is on the schedule, and where. Most years, the SEC will give other blue bloods (Georgia, Alabama, Florida,…) as many games as OU gets in Texas. So, yes, OU needs the SMU series, not that I think of it. They probably need to ring TCU, Baylor and UH, too. Not TT- not enough recruits out there (although their recruitments of Daryl Shepard and Jack Mildren, back in the day, were infamous)
  20. All the bullshit from the Big 12 was based on the assumption that Texas didn’t have the ability to leave. There was a small window where: -all UT regents were Exes -Governor is an Ex -Legislator was in a long period between sessions Texas took that opportunity and bailed, and I remember the caterwhauling from Waco, Fort Worth, Lubbock and Houston. We don’t want to give those assholes another chance.
  21. I don’t think it’s mean. The Athletic article quotes Campbell on what he wants- more media revenue sharing and more regional conferences. I don’t think he means that Tech should be in a conference with UTEP, do you?
  22. …and bring in national TV broadcasts, where they weren’t before. In 2023, Texas @ Baylor was an ABC night game and home sellout. They have not sold out at home or been on ABC since. They have been on streaming almost a third of the time. In 2023, Texas played at UH. The game was on Fox, and was a home sellout. They have been on Fox once more (never on ABC) but have not had another home sellout. In 2022, Texas played at TT, in front of 60,975, an attendance they have not achieved again (I think they call 60,229 a sellout, and they have hit that). The game was on ESPN. Tech has played on ABC once, since then, in Austin in 2023. In 2023, TCU hosted Texas in front of a sellout crowd, and on ABC. Neither has happened for the Frogs since (the BCSCG losers did have sellouts before that game). Yeah, the B12 Texas schools badly want Texas on the schedule. No, it would not be good for UT.
  23. The Texas state legislature is unlikely to do something like that for UT without trying to re-addressing the Texas departure to SEC.
  24. Sounds like Campbell wants revenue sharing and more regional conference alignments (i.e., he wants Texas’ media money and for Texas to have to play Tech). Just another wealthy west Texas communist. Screw him.
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