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Satchel

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  1. Perhaps, but Tech is well positioned to be in the mix going forward.
  2. Wouldn’t surprise me to see them run the table and be right back in the CFP next year.
  3. I just don’t know… https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-fighting-institute-peace-court-010117027.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has renamed the U.S. Institute of Peace after President Donald Trump and has planted the president's name on the organization's headquarters despite an ongoing fight over the institute's control. It’s the latest twist in a seesaw court battle over who controls the U.S. Institute of Peace, a nonprofit think tank that focuses on peace initiatives. It was an early target of the Department of Government Efficiency this year. On Wednesday, the State Department said it renamed the organization to the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace to “reflect the greatest dealmaker in our nation’s history.” The new name could be seen on its building, which is near the State Department.
  4. Trump Calls Ilhan Omar “Garbage” as His Team Breaks Out in Applause Donald Trump went on a particularly racist tirade about the Democratic representative. And his entire Cabinet enjoyed it. She’s a real terrible person … I hear [Somalians] ripped off that state for billions of dollars … I don’t want ’em in our country, I’ll be honest with you. Somebody’ll say ‘Ooh that’s not politically correct.’ I don’t care. I don’t want ’em in our country. Their country’s no good for a reason. Their country stinks, and we don’t want ’em in our country. “We’re gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. Her friends are garbage.… When they come from hell, and they complain, and do nothing but bitch? We don’t want ’em in our country. Let ’em go back to where they came from and fix it.” Trump’s Cabinet members started banging on the table, clapping, and cheering as the meeting concluded on that note. https://newrepublic.com/post/203870/trump-calls-ilhan-omar-garbage-cabinet-applauds
  5. It might be time for the schools who spend all of their time pining away for membership in the B1G or Sec to reassess the prudence of doing so. This would be especially true of B12 schools like Tech. Should Tech continue on its current trajectory, it’s possible they could represent the B12 in the CPF every year for the foreseeable future. At the same time, it’s hard to ignore the allure of playing in conferences which were largely crafted by media conglomerates that can promote their brands and make life miserable for those outside their orbit. Arkansas proves the earlier point. By virtue of their fidelity to the Sec, including the money and visibility it provides, it appears wouldn’t change a thing, despite 20+ years of losing football. Why would a school like Tech even want to flirt with the idea of becoming another Arkansas? Sometimes, comparison really is the thief of joy, especially if it’s possible to grow and flourish where you are planted.
  6. Mace will respond by saying he left because she spurned his amorous advances, because everybody wants her crazy ass.
  7. Since the Tech coach and his AD have this incredible synchronicity, I think it qualifies as a reach out.
  8. Ole Miss could not have allowed him to remain on the payroll, coach and recruit to their revival from inside their building. He should have announced earlier and left with the same result. There’s just no good way/time to leave. I fault OM for allowing the drama to go on as long as I did.
  9. I disagree about him not dragging this out. Hard to believe he decided last night. Everybody believed he was going to bolt.
  10. LSU has always had its priorities in order: https://deutsch29.wordpress.com/2023/10/15/lsu-library-roof-is-being-repaired-finally/
  11. I agree. Okie State lucked out too.
  12. I guess we’ll have to wait and see, but I’m not sure a lot of these new hires are upgrades. It’s what happens when left behind hysteria takes hold/
  13. The Lane kiffin hysteria has been one of the most bizarre things to happen in quite awhile. He’d better be the ultimate example of what DKR defined as ‘“having potential”, because he certainly hasn’t done it yet. That said, I think he’s handled this in the worst way possible. He crapped all over OM without good reason. Just an unnecessarily ugly situation in my view.
  14. Whiskey Pete is a bloodthirsty demon: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/11/28/hegseth-ordered-second-strike-kill-caribbean-boat-survivors-report.html Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, following the first striking of a boat in the Caribbean in September, issued a verbal directive to U.S. service members to "kill everybody" with a second strike that would leave no survivors, according to a new report from the Washington Post. The Post reported that the second strike was conducted at Hegseth’s discretion and carried out by the counterterror group SEAL Team 6 after two survivors of a vessel allegedly carrying narcotics were spotted. The vessel originally held 11 individuals before it was struck by a missile off the coast of Trinidad.
  15. Yes, there’s still money to be squeezed from Louisiana hospitals. You obviously don’t get just how important this is.
  16. Texas attorney general Ken Paxton urging state schools not to sign CSC’s participation agreement https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/breaking-news/article/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-urging-state-schools-not-to-sign-cscs-participation-agreement-142644828.html “ Paxton identifies several reasons that schools should not sign the document, including the requirement to waive legal action, the CSC’s over-extension of authority to penalize programs without a legitimate option for appeal and the concept of schools acquiescing to “unnamed policies.”
  17. Well… Officials have detained the mother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt's nephew amid the Trump administration's ramped-up immigration enforcement efforts, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to NBC News. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents took the woman into custody in Revere, Massachusetts, this month, the source said. A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said Bruna Caroline Ferreira is a "criminal illegal alien from Brazil" who overstayed her tourist visa, which expired in June 1999. https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/white-house-press-secretary-karoline-051116896.html
  18. Well, in fairness, we also did not see Elon Musk make the Nazi salute twice on tape.
  19. Brazil is not playing around with their criminal former president. His plan to jailbreak to the American embassy has been foiled. We should be so lucky: https://www.dw.com/en/brazil-judges-vote-to-keep-jair-bolsonaro-in-custody/a-74874368
  20. The Sec obsession with the future of Lane Kiffin should be studied by a sports psychologist.
  21. Texas Tech considers not signing House Enforcement Agreement https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6829627/2025/11/22/house-settlement-enforcement-signing-texas-tech/# The general counsel for Texas Tech, whose athletic department has thrived thus far in the name, image and likeness era, has advised the school that it should not sign a College Sports Commission agreement requiring schools to comply with its new enforcement model. On Wednesday, the Power 4 conferences sent an 11-page University Participation Agreement to their schools that requires them to cooperate with investigations, abide by enforcement decisions and not file lawsuits regarding athlete compensation rules that arose from this summer’s House settlement. The general counsel for Texas Tech, whose athletic department has thrived thus far in the name, image and likeness era, has advised the school that it should not sign a College Sports Commission agreement requiring schools to comply with its new enforcement model. On Wednesday, the Power 4 conferences sent an 11-page University Participation Agreement to their schools that requires them to cooperate with investigations, abide by enforcement decisions and not file lawsuits regarding athlete compensation rules that arose from this summer’s House settlement. In a memo to Texas Tech board chairman Cody Campbell obtained by The Athletic, Texas Tech University System general counsel Eric D. Bentley cites 16 sections of the agreement as rationale for why the school should not sign the agreement. Front Office Sports first reported the memo. “(The agreement) requires the University, its representatives (which is defined too broadly), student-athletes and associated entities and individuals to comply with not only the current rules, policies, and procedures, but the University must also agree to comply with ‘any other policies and procedures that the CSC may from time to time adopt,’” he wrote. “Under this agreement, the CSC could adopt a rule or penalty that would apply retroactively to the University or its student athletes, impose severe penalties against the University or its student athletes, and the University would have contractually agreed to not take any action against CSC.” He also raised concerns about a clause that could hold a school responsible if external parties, including state officials, take action against the CSC over an unfavorable decision. “This clause attempts to penalize the University for appropriate actions taken by the Attorney General to protect state agencies and its citizens, which is obviously unacceptable,” he wrote. In addition to his role as Board chairman, Campbell is a billionaire Texas Tech booster who has helped raise tens of millions of dollars for NIL deals for Red Raiders athletes. Texas Tech reportedly spent $25 million on its 10-1 football team, which is in line to earn the school’s first-ever Big 12 championship game berth. He has said athletes across all teams are receiving $55 million this school year. The bulk of those deals came from Campbell’s since-disbanded NIL collective, Matador Club, which front-loaded its 2025-26 payments before July 1, to avoid being subject to CSC’s new NIL Go clearinghouse.
  22. Okay, so you are getting a new fancy football facility after all?
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