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24 minutes ago, SL Xpress said:

My biggest short term fear is that Texas toes the line with the spending cap while other programs do not, waiting for the enforcement arm to make an example of someone.

If that doesn't happen, or if the example is a slap on the wrist, I hope Texas is competitive with the prevailing salary structure to the extent they can still pursue national championships. 

But it's all so early now. No reason to hyperventilate at this point. But someone is not going to heed the House settlement caps in some way, and that someone isn't likely to be Texas. So we'll see what happens from there. 

Come on man…I’ve always assumed you’re old enough to remember when Reagan destroyed the Soviet Union by forcing them to spend billions they didn’t have just to keep up! (Insert your own “no CR” here:_______).

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1 hour ago, closetojumping said:

I worked with a woman for 6 years who was very hot in just about every way - great figure, face, hair, style, brains, attitude, you name it. Also, she had toe-thumbs. It was a distraction once you noticed it to the point of affecting how you viewed her overall appearance.

Like, oh sure, YOU worked with Megan Fox

 

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Posted
4 hours ago, Chili dog said:

Not in the picture I saw posted earlier. She’s meh. 

 

Then give me Jessica Biel. I could walk into the Target in Lakeway on a random Tuesday afternoon and find six women hotter than Heather Graham. Heather Graham looks like the picture on the warning label on the Accutane medication package telling you what your kid might look like if you take Accutane while pregnant. I’ll pass.  

This was in the 90's. Her body was all-time. And Jessica Biel most amazing trait was her skin (not to Buffalo Bill this shit), really mind-blowing, like a porcelain doll. 

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Posted
Just now, MirrOlure said:

Come on man…I’ve always assumed you’re old enough to remember when Reagan destroyed the Soviet Union by forcing them to spend billions they didn’t have just to keep up! (Insert your own “no CR” here:_______).

Ha! I won a bunch of high school debates with that argument. Back in the early 80s high school kids weren't ready to make counter arguments. Made one girl break down in tears. 

The amount of spending on college athletes is entirely dependent on how much ego wealthy alums have tied up in seeing their alma mater be successful. Or in the case of Larry Ellison, apparently his wife's alma mater. Texas isn't going to be able to force other schools to spend money they don't have unless the enforcement arm of the House settlement is actually effective. My bet is that it's not effective for any number of reasons and the spending cap becomes a mirage. It will be interesting to see how schools like Texas respond. Right now the sales pitch is you can make more in Austin with legitimate NILs than you can anywhere else because of the size of the city and no sports team, plus the Longhorn national brand. I'm not saying that's wrong, but if an extremely wealthy person from another school wants to spend a decent portion of their wealth on college athletics, that's going to trump Austin's potential NIL market. 

But maybe the House settlement sticks. 

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Posted
32 minutes ago, SL Xpress said:

Ha! I won a bunch of high school debates with that argument. Back in the early 80s high school kids weren't ready to make counter arguments. Made one girl break down in tears. 

 

I'm guessing yours was a war of attrition

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Posted
8 hours ago, Dbeasy said:

What the hell is wrong with you? Did you eat paint chips as a kid? Did your mother drop you on your head? STFU if you don’t know anything about a topic being discussed. Given that criteria, we won’t ever hear from you again. 

His mother was his sister.

Posted
40 minutes ago, SL Xpress said:

Ha! I won a bunch of high school debates with that argument. Back in the early 80s high school kids weren't ready to make counter arguments. Made one girl break down in tears.

Surprised you could type this out what with the Parkinson's, Alex P Keaton.

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Posted
2 hours ago, Lone Star Horn said:

like Megan Fox

Megan Fox has a genetic condition called brachydactyly type D, also known as "toe thumbs," which causes her thumb to appear shorter and rounder than usual

 

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Posted
1 hour ago, mwaadeeb said:

This was in the 90's. Her body was all-time. And Jessica Biel most amazing trait was her skin (not to Buffalo Bill this shit), really mind-blowing, like a porcelain doll. 

Jessica's face is not not, uh, great. Her body, though? 

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Posted
10 hours ago, Hookem2147 said:

Full update from Florida On3 mod

Yes I know the buzz thats been out there points to 4-star Kendall Guervil ending up at Texas when he commits on July 2.

However, I heard today that he and UF remain in contact, and there is still a feeling on UF's end that they are still battling for him. Most of the info we've heard since he set his commitment date points to Texas. He's named them his No. 1 for a few months, and it's felt like him setting a commitment date while on his Texas OV is telling. Wouldn't say I've heard any sort of confidence or optimism yet on UF's end. Hell, Texas still is confident I'm told.

Just passing along that I was told UF doesn't feel like they are out of it as they try to fight for him these last few days before his commitment date. I'm assuming NIL is what the key piece will have to be for this to turn another way.

Will update if we hear anything more on this.

Please change your font….I have a crick in my neck from reading it.

 

 

 

 

your font….I have a crick  in my neck.

Posted
4 hours ago, closetojumping said:

This is so over the top that I’m almost forced to believe it. Then I think about all of you pear-shaped people I’ve seen at the tailgates over the years and remember that Chili dog would be all over Heather Graham like white on rice if he had the chance. 

Emma Stone. Anna Kendrick. 

You haven’t seen me at a tailgate, but if you ever do, I will double down. I agree on Stone and Kendrick, though. Worse than Graham. But at least they can act.

And I feel kinda bad bagging on anyone’s appearance. Heather Graham isn’t hideous, but she’s far from a smoke show. I give her a 7. I think she triggers me because she is so bankrupt of any talent that she would have to look perfect to justify her fame, and she does not. She’s legitimately the worst actress in the history of cinema, and I find that distracting, like thumbs or knees for you. She ruined the second Austin Powers.

I also find it distracting that her eyes are on the side of her head and her forehead takes up a little too much real estate on her face. If she were in any way charming, clever or believable as an actress, I might be able to over look it. Instead, I find those imperfections agitating. If she weren’t willing to flash her tits, we’d never have heard of her.

Posted
4 hours ago, Sgt Hulk said:

Put down the drugs bro 

Or at least share them. I sincerely hope you brought enough for the whole class. Full doses, preferably. None of this microdosing silliness that really only exists to make people more effective proles

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Posted
3 hours ago, Chili dog said:

You haven’t seen me at a tailgate, but if you ever do, I will double down. I agree on Stone and Kendrick, though. Worse than Graham. But at least they can act.

And I feel kinda bad bagging on anyone’s appearance. Heather Graham isn’t hideous, but she’s far from a smoke show. I give her a 7. I think she triggers me because she is so bankrupt of any talent that she would have to look perfect to justify her fame, and she does not. She’s legitimately the worst actress in the history of cinema, and I find that distracting, like thumbs or knees for you. She ruined the second Austin Powers.

I also find it distracting that her eyes are on the side of her head and her forehead takes up a little too much real estate on her face. If she were in any way charming, clever or believable as an actress, I might be able to over look it. Instead, I find those imperfections agitating. If she weren’t willing to flash her tits, we’d never have heard of her.

Y'all motherfuckers. Y'all motherfuckers. I'm not saying that Anna Kendrick, Heather Graham, young Susan Sarandon, or Emma Stone are all 12/10 or anything. And I'm sure those of you whose wives haven't left you penniless, destitute, and miserable beyond comprehension, dearly, dearly love your spouse and consider her (or him - no judgment here) to be the most gorgeous sentient alive.

But y'all motherfuckers. Somewhere between the ages of 17 and 27, likely the vast majority of that timeframe, all of y'all would have crawled belly first through broken glass for a single crumb of a crumb of pussy from any of the actresses listed above. Don't act like you wouldn't have. It's unbecoming. 

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Posted
8 minutes ago, campcrunk said:

And I'm sure those of you whose wives haven't left you penniless, destitute, and miserable beyond comprehension, dearly, dearly love your spouse and consider her (or him - no judgment here) to be the most gorgeous sentient alive.

I mean, these aren't mutually exclusive. 

Posted
4 minutes ago, Rimbo said:

I mean, these aren't mutually exclusive. 

You're absolutely right - but there's definitely an implication in some of the above posts that the women listed there are somehow equivalent to the some of the women I saw waiting in line for a popular KC "BBQ" joint I had to eat at because a client said I just "had to try it." He's a fucking idiot, their shitty deli meat "brisket" sucks, searing cubes of beef does not a burnt end make, and their women are busted. The pork ribs were OK, I guess. Also, Anna Kendrick and young Susan Sarandon in particular - absolutely would. All day long. Or at least 37 seconds it would take me to finish

Anyway, I got mad about horrendous KC "BBQ" and kind of forgot my point. 

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Posted
5 minutes ago, campcrunk said:

You're absolutely right - but there's definitely an implication in some of the above posts that the women listed there are somehow equivalent to the some of the women I saw waiting in line for a popular KC "BBQ" joint I had to eat at because a client said I just "had to try it." He's a fucking idiot, their shitty deli meat "brisket" sucks, searing cubes of beef does not a burnt end make, and their women are busted. The pork ribs were OK, I guess. Also, Anna Kendrick and young Susan Sarandon in particular - absolutely would. All day long. Or at least 37 seconds it would take me to finish

Anyway, I got mad about horrendous KC "BBQ" and kind of forgot my point. 

i mean my standards are definitely lower now than they were, too.

Posted (edited)
10 hours ago, SL Xpress said:

Ha! I won a bunch of high school debates with that argument. Back in the early 80s high school kids weren't ready to make counter arguments. Made one girl break down in tears. 

The amount of spending on college athletes is entirely dependent on how much ego wealthy alums have tied up in seeing their alma mater be successful. Or in the case of Larry Ellison, apparently his wife's alma mater. Texas isn't going to be able to force other schools to spend money they don't have unless the enforcement arm of the House settlement is actually effective. My bet is that it's not effective for any number of reasons and the spending cap becomes a mirage. It will be interesting to see how schools like Texas respond. Right now the sales pitch is you can make more in Austin with legitimate NILs than you can anywhere else because of the size of the city and no sports team, plus the Longhorn national brand. I'm not saying that's wrong, but if an extremely wealthy person from another school wants to spend a decent portion of their wealth on college athletics, that's going to trump Austin's potential NIL market. 

But maybe the House settlement sticks. 

I know shit about fuck, but I can speculate. 
 
-The House settlement: for 10-20 programs, this limits what they will pay players. For the rest of FBS, it requires them to pay their players more than they had been. (Note- this money comes from the AD and I’ll bet every AD, not just OU’s, has to sweat to varying degrees to come up with it). 
-The surprising thing to me is how rarely we are seeing pissant programs, now required to budget $15-17M for players, sign blue chips. 
-I suspect Texas is being outbid by programs ready to challenge the limits of the NIL Clearinghouse. Such challenges are a solid bet. 
-I think the Texas program doesn’t want to back from competition. I don’t think the Tower is likely to force them to do so, as happened under Cunningham. If the Tower does, we will know when we see Sark take another job. (Not saying that is the only reason he would leave, but there is no way he is going to allow himself to become David MacWilliams or late term Akers)

-If these recruitments are about NIL, then it’s smart to wait until the end for your final bid. All the other cards are laid down, you know the cost, you know the other player options, you know more about the recruit, and you have a sense of where regulation of rules is. 

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Posted

Gerry 

Spoiler

OnTexasFootball takes a look at the week of announcements scheduled. 

Kendall Guervil ...
Texas had a nice sized lead here for a while. And then the home state Gators got extremely aggressive to begin the week ahead of the July 2 announcement. The news of the very impactful move leaked out from the Georgia market when they received the bad news. Guervil and family went from constant communication with Texas staff members for weeks to near zero on Monday. 

Trenton Henderson ...
The 5-star from Pensacola (Fla.) Catholic is expected to announce for LSU over Florida and Texas July 2. This is one the Longhorns will continue to pursue through the season leading up to the December signing period. 

Kosi Okpala ...
The OTF 4-star+ linebacker has also been a Texas lean since early in the process. The 6-foot-2, 227-pounder has been on campus in Austin more than anywhere else, and saved his final OV for the Longhorns June 20-22. Okpala was the first in-state linebacker prospect Johnny Nansen went to see after being hired by Texas. The Longhorns' competition is Penn State, Baylor and Miami. The Houston area prospect is scheduled to announce July 3 around 11am CST.

John Turntine III ...
This is a recruitment Texas has been in a good position for since late in sophomore season. To put it bluntly, this one would be a body blow for the Texas staff if it went another direction. Kyle Flood has been on the OTF 5-star longer than anyone. And there is positive feelings on the 40 to start the week. Texas is seemingly battling Michigan with Texas A&M and Stanford not throwing in the towel. 

Felix Ojo ...
The OTF 4-star+ upside offensive tackle prospect has always been considered a wildcard for us because of making seven official visits and the lack of consistency in the recruitment. The two constants in terms of team have been Texas and Ohio State, however. Along with the two favorites, the DFW area prospect made official visits to Florida, Michigan, Ole Miss, Colorado and Utah since the first weekend in May. Ojo listed Texas and Ohio State as the final two last week. He now has Texas, Ohio State, Florida and Michigan as the four finalists headed into his birthday announcement July 4.

Kaydon Finley ...
Notre Dame is considered the favorite over Texas as of Monday night. The Longhorns are seemingly prioritizing NIL allotment in the 2026 cycle at positions other than WR. Finley will announce July 4.

 

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Posted

I’m curious about Turntine and Ojo.  Gerry has more than once made a comment along the lines of “Let’s see if they will both go to the same school”.  

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There is a huge gulf between internet fuckable and real life fuckable standards. No one is talking about being seen in public with these women or spending time with them with any consistency. 
If I don’t have to give up anything for it, they’re all well within the real life fuckable range. 

Posted
13 hours ago, Lone Star Horn said:

like Megan Fox

Megan Fox has a genetic condition called brachydactyly type D, also known as "toe thumbs," which causes her thumb to appear shorter and rounder than usual

It's a genetic condition that creates an optical illusion in beholders of the thumb toe? 

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With the news that Guervil is going to commit to Florida being confirmed by Bobby this morning, I wonder if this place can handle the caterwauling we’re all about to experience. 

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8 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

With the news that Guervil is going to commit to Florida being confirmed by Bobby this morning, I wonder if this place can handle the caterwauling we’re all about to experience. 

You know they can't.

People forget about Sark's black magic in the midnight hour of every class.

2021: Worthy

2022: Banks, Brooks, Williams

2023: Hill, Moore

2024: Filsaime, Mack

2025: Terry, Littleton, Charles, Sharma, McCutcheon, Phillips

I'm sure more will fall when the dust settles.  We've already blindsided a few schools early which has made them adjust and get crazy.  We will see how "real" these offers are later.

You can bet for sure that there will crying and gnashing of teeth by the $EC mouthbreathers later this cycle.  I'm betting on some crying and whining by Georgia, Florida and LSU fans.  

I for one can't wait.

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Posted
10 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

With the news that Guervil is going to commit to Florida being confirmed by Bobby this morning, I wonder if this place can handle the caterwauling we’re all about to experience. 

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Posted
39 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

With the news that Guervil is going to commit to Florida being confirmed by Bobby this morning, I wonder if this place can handle the caterwauling we’re all about to experience. 

 

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Posted
1 hour ago, RomaVicta said:

So, if we get three of four from Sarandon, Graham, Biel, and Fox, we'll have a top 3 class?

I’m not sure I could handle more than 1

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Bobby

The old saying, “Recruiting can change in the blink of an eye” certainly remains appropriate.

But in a sign of the times, I think the statement deserves to be updated.

Recruiting can change in the blink of a new NIL offer.

That’s reality.

I’m not bemoaning the existence of NIL by the way. Texas has been the benefactor of NIL as much or more than any team.

After all, NIL finally equalized a long thought to be advantage of other less scrupulous teams who historically have been willing to circumvent NCAA rules by paying players under the table. NIL allowed Texas supporters to change the paradigm. And they did, successfully.

In fact, I was told yesterday, as the 2024-2025 academic calendar came to a close and every penny had to be paid to athletes, that Texas athletes received more NIL this past year than in any previous year. I am also told that there was a year over year NIL increase in every single sport on campus.

The end result? Well, Texas won the Director’s Cup as the nation’s best athletic department. The football team is as talented as it has been in decades, etc.

Without question, NIL has been good to Texas athletics.

But other teams, like Florida, have strong NIL programs, too.

That’s apparently where the rub is today.

Yesterday afternoon it became apparent that longtime Texas target and lean Kendall Guervil, a defensive tackle from Fort Myers, Fla., would likely sign with the Gators rather than the Longhorns. An increased NIL offer was cited as the reason.

Texas is currently sitting in a unique situation. The Longhorns have an immensely talented and relatively young roster.

That roster and the corresponding salary cap is already accounted for in 2025. But GM Brandon Harris and coach Steve Sarkisian must be looking ahead to 2026 and wanting to keep the vast majority of its roster intact.

That desire and need to reserve capital for the existing roster can and will limit what the Horns have to spend for class of 2026 recruits.

In other words, some schools may just have more gun powder left for recruiting. We’ll see how Texas navigates this in the coming days, weeks and months ahead.

 

 

 

 

my guess is we’re sticking to the “strict salary cap” of revenue sharing and using TOF as “legitmate” NIL only. While teams like Ohio State, Georgia, USC are continuing as normal in addition to the revenue share cap. 

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4 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

my guess is we’re sticking to the “strict salary cap” of revenue sharing and using TOF as “legitmate” NIL only. While teams like Ohio State, Georgia, USC are continuing as normal in addition to the revenue share cap. 

If, by November, it appears there are no guardrails enforcing the new “rules”, Texas can adapt. 

Posted
3 hours ago, statsman said:

I know shit about fuck, but I can speculate. 
 
-The House settlement: for 10-20 programs, this limits what they will pay players. For the rest of FBS, it requires them to pay their players more than they had been. (Note- this money comes from the AD and I’ll bet every AD, not just OU’s, has to sweat to varying degrees to come up with it). 
-The surprising thing to me is how rarely we are seeing pissant programs, now required to budget $15-17M for players, sign blue chips. 
-I suspect Texas is being outbid by programs ready to challenge the limits of the NIL Clearinghouse. Such challenges are a solid bet. 
-I think the Texas program doesn’t want to back from competition. I don’t think the Tower is likely to force them to do so, as happened under Cunningham. If the Tower does, we will know when we see Sark take another job. (Not saying that is the only reason he would leave, but there is no way he is going to allow himself to become David MacWilliams or late term Akers)

-If these recruitments are about NIL, then it’s smart to wait until the end for your final bid. All the other cards are laid down, you know the cost, you know the other player options, you know more about the recruit, and you have a sense of where regulation of rules is. 

Agree on you broadly, but particularly agree on the bid aspect. If it's an open bidding situation, the more discovery you can get the better your bid submission. That even allows, in certain cases, for you to opt out if there isn't enough value. Putting in a final offer early is detrimental to the value proposition of the bid AND competitive advantage. In fact, its madly advantageous to the players as they now have a low bar minimum to evaluate other offers. 

Accepting an offer from a school you have no interest in attending is a common practice. How many readers here applied to a backup university they knew that unless shit went sideways they were never attending. Hell, one was throwing money AND credit hours at me. A lot of them. I was NEVER going there, in fact, I probably would have just gone to CC and worked my way into a decent place.

Posted
1 hour ago, SydneyCarton said:

With the news that Guervil is going to commit to Florida being confirmed by Bobby this morning, I wonder if this place can handle the caterwauling we’re all about to experience. 

It's almost like the Monday after a Cowboys loss.  Glorious.  

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