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  1. 1 hour ago, SwAss said:

    $8M per year in the first contract.  

    The original contract stipulated $8m per year, but since BYU is a private institution, they never really release their numbers so it is hard to verify.  

    The inventory has actually improved.  ESPN has benefited from all of the games with P5 schools and Boise State to the point that they have been a key partner in getting games scheduled.  We might even have a neutral site game with Notre Dame announced for next year.  

    You underestimate the size of BYU's fan and alumni base.  We have a sizeable presence both out west (as much as any Pac 12 school except maybe USC and Oregon) with a sizeable presence in Texas, the east coast and in parts of the South.  

    BYU's academics are solid and would place them in the top half or top third of the Pac 12 academically.  The Pac 12 hasn't considered BYU because of one thing, religion.  Take out BYU's association with religion and we would have been in the Pac 12 decades ago.  

    The no-Sunday play policy is overblown and easy to work around.  The LGBT issue is overblown as well, BYU has made significant progress towards inclusion of LGBT.

    If they won't take BYU, no way in hell will they take TCU.  TCU brings little to the table compared to BYU.  BYU already has a sizeable presence within the Pac12 footprint with a sizeable following outside of the Pac12 footprint as well.  BYU's tv ratings were also higher then the IR8 schools (exclusing OU/UT) by about 200k viewers per game on average.  

     

    California AB 1887 prohibits state schools funding travel to any state that has what they deem to be discriminatory laws. Texas is one of the states on their banned list. So I can’t see the PAC taking any school from Texas, Oklahoma, or Kansas. Apparently they are cool with Utah though. 

  2. 12 minutes ago, texifornia said:

    Imagine, a Baylor grad calling other programs homewreckers

     

    I don't know who this fuckwit is, but it is hilarious that there is a narrative out there saying the Big 12 "gave" Texas the Longhorn Network. He probably thinks Texas also "gave" Baylor COEDs rape.

    I am feeling better and better about this move. Good Luck to you, Rapelor. 

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  3. 4 hours ago, Michael Knight said:

    Maybe we could give every recruit some crypto

    You don't think this is already happening? Privacy Coins are the new McDonalds bag/FedEx Envelope....and now that NFTs are "legal", just imagine what will happen this season? A badass Bijan Robinson run can be sold as an NFT clip with his "autograph" of authenticity, for example. Dapper Labs is no doubt already on it. The sky is truly the limit, and it goes way beyond Nike and their considerable marketing muscle. The teams that will thrive are the ones that will embrace this shit and be creative and proactive. And it won't be hard to stay 10 steps ahead of the NCAA. Those fucktards probably still think Crypto is fake internet money, and they definitely have no idea what a NFT is.

  4. 3 hours ago, Hornlover said:

    I'm a fan of level playing field. If Bama, Georgia, aggy, and Oregon are all playing the bag game then I want Texas to be playing the bag game. Fuck them for cheating, but if that's the way to win then fuck it. Let's do it. 

    If the bag game is over and NIL is how croots get paid, then all schools should be doing it. If Oregon is breaking the NIL rules to get ahead, then either turn them in or do the same cheating. 

     

    3 hours ago, ImissWallyPryor said:

    All y’all who think this will all change if we just win, baby, might be in for a disappointment. We’re losing recruits to underperforming schools like Oregon and aggy as well as winning programs. The one thing they all have in common is that they are operating under a different set of rules. We win games, we win a few more recruiting battles, but not a lot more. What we might have to wait for is improved NFL draft results, but that will take a while. Or we can drop some bags and get the legislature to loosen up the NIL restrictions. 

     

    3 hours ago, Barbacoa said:

    There are no rules. It's an arms race. Our program is barely on the track while all these other schools are running as fast as they can. 

    This is the fucking point that needs to resonate, loudly. I am tired of following this shit, year after year, only to watch these motherfucking blatant paymasters win recruits that shouldn't even be in the conversation. Oregon? Get the fuck outta here...West Coast football is a fucking joke. Nobody fucking cares. And what the fuck has Georgia really done since 1980? These programs continue to stockpile elite talent via a coordinated pay-for-play structure, allowing them to win the majority of their games, and wait until the (5) stars align and they eventually get the combination right to make a run at a Title. "This is the Way" in college football today. Meanwhile, the NCAA will continue to pick on teams like Arizona State while ignoring Oregon, Georgia, aggy, Ohio State, Bama, Clemson, etc. We have zero reason at this point not to get in the filth and play the game the way it is being played by the most successful programs. The moral high-ground has gotten us nowhere. 

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  5. 40 minutes ago, Lobwedgephil said:
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    Noon update: Barring a major shock, it's Oregon. He still hasn't communicated with A&M. Ive got more thoughts that you'll find pretty interesting on the final page of the thread. Go give it a quick read.

    Some quick Friday night thoughts here along with the latest we're hearing:

    On the Kojo Antwi front, the reason you're seeing momentum trend towards Ohio State has a lot to do with folks on the Georgia side not feeling very confident about their chances to keep him in state. We had at least one source extremely close to the situation for the Dawgs say they felt it was going to be A&M this afternoon. Unfortunately, I haven't heard much of anything pointing to the Monday decision falling the Ags' way.  

    Ohio State is the team I felt for the past couple of weeks would be A&M's biggest competitor and that wasn't necessarily a good thing. If the two finalists are indeed the Ags and Buckeyes, that meant A&M didn't have the 'out of state' option edge over UGA for guy a lot of those in the Peach State felt was a prime candidate to leave. The other thing that raises red flags galore is the fact that several members of the Ags' Class of '22 have reached out to Antwi throughout the day and there hasn't been much, if any, feedback. Never a good sign, and we know what a tremendous job Brian Hartline and the OSU do recruiting the position.

    This is big boy recruiting here - battling it out with Georgia, Bama and Ohio State for what is essentially a five-star playmaker from out of state - and the fact that the Ags are still in the ring in the final round is why I'm cautioning against throwing in the towel. I believe he left College Station a few weeks ago a decent to solid bet to wind up an Aggie and that was for good reason. Fisher and Co. did a tremendous job in this recruitment from wire to wire so, while it appears that the Ags could fall just short, let's just sit back and put off the exercise of evaluating 'what's next' at wide receiver until Monday afternoon.

    As for Kelvin Banks, well this one is as interesting as they get. Why? Because we're down to roughly 18 hours until the five-star tackle announces a decision and no one really knows where he's heading. There's plenty of reason for confidence if you're on the side of the 12th Man. Oregon folks are flat-out quacking from Eugene and those covering the Longhorns are defiant, bristling at the mere mention that they're currently running a distant third.

    Let's start with UO. Mario Christobal is dangerous on the recruiting front and that's probably going to be the case now more than ever with the full weight of Nike behind his efforts. The Ducks are a couple of days removed from ripping Duncanville's Cam Williams right out from under Sark and the Great Flood's noses. Don't think for a second Oregon isn't capable of doing the same to both the Ags and Horns here. And, yes, if the Ducks waddle into the Lone Star State and pull off the Dallas-Houston two-step, there will be plenty to talk about on these boards come Monday.

    As for the Horns, a couple of sources on the inside in Austin refuse to believe they're out of the running, which, when you compile all of the information we have, means that they're still in some form of communication with Kelvin. I wouldn't rule Texas out of this entirely simply because Banks hasn't informed anyone of where he's headed as of Saturday evening but momentum is trending decidedly in the direction of College Station or Eugene as of this evening.

    So where does that leave the Aggies? What I do know is that Banks' visit a week ago went about as well as it could have gone...to the point that following the trip, momentum seemed to clearly swing in favor of the Maroon & White, something noticed even by the folks inside kf and covering the other contending programs took note of. I also know that communication has been consistent between Kelvin and the Ags, to the point that I'm fairly certain he was in contact with Fisher despite the A&M head coach currently being on safari in Tanzania.  

    Proximity to home, fit, connection with Henson and how long the Ags have been in the thick of this thing with the same head coach and position coach doing the recruiting are all positives working in TAMU's favor here but believe me when I say, this isn't one of those instances where we have a commitment video cut or have seen an edit. It's very much up in the air and none of the coaching staffs had been informed of a decision as of 9 pm Saturday as best I can tell (and we almost always get wind when that happens, good or bad). I still sense cautious optimism from my A&M sources, something to keep in mind because that vibe has historically turned out to be accurate under the current staff.

    Kelvin should have a final decision sometime tonight and I do think this one could swing on a final conversation or two. It's that close. We'll keep digging in over here so stay tuned. 
     

     

     

    It is really funny to watch these 9.95 clowns spew out all of this garbage, while knowing that this simply came down to the bigger bag. Texas better fucking wake up, finally realize that the NCAA is a complete non-factor, and stop fighting with one hand tied behind their back.

  6. 58 minutes ago, Spider2YBanana said:

    I mean, I can only go by what's posted here, so who knows if it's fact. I'm hoping it's just internet rumor stemming from people being upset. But again, if you have concrete evidence that proves he did that I would probably change my stance. 

    I still remember an aggy telling me that Vince Young punched his coach during a game in High School and he would never amount to anything. They were spreading that rumor around for quite a while.

  7. I had an annoying aggy text me unprovoked last night attempting to bleat about the SEC, then he said aggy will have a "Bama Level Defense" this season. Best defense since the early 90s! Like that is saying something...

    The Roller Coaster is in full incline right now. 

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