5 hours ago5 hr 9 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:$$$$$$Double down, by all means. So that Tech can continue to "dominate" multiple games of blackjack against booger-eating 8 year olds and then sit at the table of sharks and get eaten alive.
5 hours ago5 hr 9 hours ago, Iceman said:It's a cheap attempt to besmirch Campbell, who has had his missteps, leadership-wise; but if he was breaking/ avoiding rules on NIL; rest assured, the football establishment would be up his ass about it.He just paid everyone 2x before the deadline. Not really breaking rules just bending them. Hope he enjoyed that turd yesterday as much as Aggy enjoyed their number 1recruiting class.
4 hours ago4 hr 18 hours ago, Chad said:That was an embarrassing performance. The trend of teams with first round byes losing in the semis appears to be continuing this season. I will not be surprised in the slightest if Alabammer knocks off Indiana to continue that trend.* Quarterfinals
4 hours ago4 hr 10 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:$$$$$$Why not?What's a few million $ to a billionaire like Campbell. This is his hobby - buying football players.
3 hours ago3 hr 10 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:$$$$$$Really fascinating to see the money man so clearly the face of the program and HC just a guy who stands on the sidelines. Very hard not to see shades of Jerrah and the Cowboys here. Lubbock is spiritually part of DFW so makes sense.
3 hours ago3 hr I hate to be the "SECSECSEC" guy but if you placed Tech in the SEC, they'd struggle to make a bowl game even with aggy's schedule. Not to mention if they actually had play a schedule like ours, they'd have a losing record. Ohio St, OU, aggy, Georgia - that's 4 losses right off the bat. Vandy also beats them. That's 5. In the SEC, they are more on the level of your Kentucky, Miss St, Florida teams.Big 12 is nothing more than a glorified Mountain West and this shit stain conference is getting automatic bids with byes. These conferences are not equal. Hell, even the ACC dwarfs what the Big 12 is rolling out. At what point is the Big 12 relegated down to a non P4 status? Not sure which teams in there actual belong at the big boy table. I don't see many, if any.And to think, a lot of people were mad that BYU was left out for Miami, lol. Big 12 are a bunch of midgets playing each other and you do have some taller midgets like Tech and BYU who look good when you only let them face Big 12 teams. Tech ran through that shitty conference with ease and people became fascinated with them.
3 hours ago3 hr 10 hours ago, UpperWestside said:Okay makes sense. I really have spent zero time understanding NIL and whatnot. In my rudimentary understanding I thought schools have a cap on what they can spend, but outside money is however much they want to spend. I am sure I am probably way off on the specifics. If Campbell wants to spend money on the school he graduated from go for it. Spend as much as you legally can and pay the players in whatever sport you see fit. There are issues I know I think differently on than Campbell, but sports-wise spend on your school if that is what you want to do.Just a simple clarification. For the first time ever, schools can spend their own revenue, up to $21M, on payments to athletes.The NIL model of compensation is not so limited. But it is ostensibly to be coupled to a NIL consideration and is not ostensibly directed by the university or team.The NIL collective, which I think Campbell primarily employs, does kind of skirt the intent of NIL. But err'one uses em. Edited 3 hours ago3 hr by TwiceHorn
3 hours ago3 hr 4 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:Just a simple clarification. For the first time ever, schools can spend their own revenue, up to $21M, on payments to athletes.The NIL model of compensation is not so limited. But it is ostensibly to be coupled to a NIL consideration and is not ostensibly directed by the university or team.The NIL collective, which I think Campbell primarily employs, does kind of skirt the intent of NIL. But err'one uses em.That's my understanding, the revenue share is limited to $20M (approx.) and there is no real limit on NIL but they have a "clearing house" that is meant to ensure that NIL payments are actual market value for NIL and not pay to play. But that's fucking absurd and will never hold up in court imo. If Big Red Sports and Imports wants to give a guy $3M in exchange for a 10 second radio spot what legal basis can there be to deny that payment? Neither the player nor the company ever agreed to be hamstrung by a "clearing house" nor did they agree to arbitration as discussed on the linked article. And isn't market value whatever someone is willing to pay? If not Big Red Sports and Imports in Norman that player probably could get a similar deal from some cheesy car dealership in Baton Rouge. I'm kind of a broken record but the reason salary caps and other limitations work in the pros is the collective bargaining agreement where the players agreed to those limitations in which they negotiated and usually receive higher salary caps (and therefore higher paychecks). Without that the NCAA and whatever other entities are created to try and limit this stuff will fail in court. I can even see federal legislation failing to reign it in based on constitutional rights to economic freedom (that's a bigger discussion for a different time just throwign it out there because it's definitely an issue).https://www.sportico.com/law/analysis/2025/arbitration-nil-clearinghouse-lawsuits-1234855588/ Edited 3 hours ago3 hr by 'stache
3 hours ago3 hr can't wait for the new "clearinghouse" discussions where our guys get held up and Bama, aggy and UGA players have zero issues.meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
3 hours ago3 hr History tells us they'll throw the hammer at OKST because they always fuck with us and only us with real punishments and nobody else especially bluebloods. Rumors are we're backing up a Brinks truck for Drew Mestemaker, if they're gonna try to step in, that is where they'll do it, but I doubt they will even try at this point cancelling any deals. If they do I suspect with established precedents we'll push back.
2 hours ago2 hr 1 hour ago, TwiceHorn said:The NIL collective, which I think Campbell primarily employs, does kind of skirt the intent of NIL. But err'one uses em.Again. Bullshit.Unless the "intent of NIL" is whatever the hell Ohio State, Georgia, and Texas decide it is. Then you might have a point.
2 hours ago2 hr 1 hour ago, dcar00 said:can't wait for the new "clearinghouse" discussions where our guys get held up and Bama, aggy and UGA players have zero issues.meet the new boss, same as the old boss.and this, in addition to any real "cap" on NIL.Nobody wants it solved for real. They just can't figure out how to maintain exclusivity either.
54 minutes ago54 min 3 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:Really fascinating to see the money man so clearly the face of the program and HC just a guy who stands on the sidelines. Very hard not to see shades of Jerrah and the Cowboys here. Lubbock is spiritually part of DFW so makes sense.He’s also the head of their board of fucking regents. He basically owns the entire college. Want Tech to go after Marcel Reed.
22 minutes ago22 min 3 hours ago, Vic Mackey said:I hate to be the "SECSECSEC" guy but if you placed Tech in the SEC, they'd struggle to make a bowl game even with aggy's schedule. Not to mention if they actually had play a schedule like ours, they'd have a losing record. Ohio St, OU, aggy, Georgia - that's 4 losses right off the bat. Vandy also beats them. That's 5. In the SEC, they are more on the level of your Kentucky, Miss St, Florida teams.Big 12 is nothing more than a glorified Mountain West and this shit stain conference is getting automatic bids with byes.These conferences are not equal. Hell, even the ACC dwarfs what the Big 12 is rolling out. At what point is the Big 12 relegated down to a non P4 status? Not sure which teams in there actual belong at the big boy table. I don't see many, if any.And to think, a lot of people were mad that BYU was left out for Miami, lol. Big 12 are a bunch of midgets playing each other and you do have some taller midgets like Tech and BYU who look good when you only let them face Big 12 teams. Tech ran through that shitty conference with ease and people became fascinated with them.I read somewhere that the Big 12 has a 1-8 playoff record after Tech’s loss. I have not verified that record but OU did go and get whacked several times to pump up that number. And TCU had a memorable showing. Tech wouldn’t have made it thru the SEC or Big 10 or ACC with only one loss.
4 minutes ago4 min 19 hours ago, mdmost said:The thing for Tech is what do you do now? You spent however much to not score any points in your playoff game. Do you now spend more millions for a decent QB? this defense was a 1-and-done and they maxed out on the value for dollar spentthey might spend twice as much just on D and not get back to the same level
3 minutes ago3 min 9 minutes ago, Vanilla Strange Gato said:I read somewhere that the Big 12 has a 1-8 playoff record after Tech’s loss. I have not verified that record but OU did go and get whacked several times to pump up that number. And TCU had a memorable showing.Tech wouldn’t have made it thru the SEC or Big 10 or ACC with only one loss.OU is 4 of those losses and UT is 1 from 2023-2024. So current Big 12 is 1-3 with TCU having the sole win (and adding a loss). The system has changed so much too it's hard to make any solids conclusions. If ASU wasn't required to be 4 last year could they have won a first round game? (probably not looks like they'd have been 12 and played at Notre Dame who made it to the finals but who knows, they played well against UT). If Tech had been seeded 5-8 instead of 4 could they have won a home game? Almost certainly if they got JMU or Tulane. Big 12 will be a one bid league most years and that's fine with me but saying the conference has to be kicked out of the system entirely because Tech's QB shit the bed is asinine. Edited 1 minute ago1 min by 'stache
Just now1 min 17 hours ago, mdmost said:No. The Big 12 is highly winnable for Tech every year now that Texas and OU are gone. Your main competition is BYU and Utah. Maybe TCU but that era seems to be slipping away for them.if dillingham had a benefactor asu would be a powerhouse
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