Satchel

Richard Rohr is a bad ass.

He’s a stressed AF. Read his 3am screeds.

True, but there is no shortage of other schools willing and able to do business with these kids. I’m friends with a board trustee at SMU and their boosters can’t wait to throw all kinds money at these new moguls.

Somebody help me understand how DEI causes injury to those in the dominant culture college campuses in Texas?

That’s Uncle Ruckus, y’all.

Correct. And everybody outside of the South will snicker.

The notion of historical blue bloods continuing to be a thing is very much an open question. The playing field has leveled and continues to change. The days of kids caring about Roll Tide, Pig Sooie, or Hook ‘Em are so over. They’re business people now and they’re all about business.

It’s annoying to watch her be so willfully ignorant. She’s stupid too.

There 71 select schools in the AAU. I would be surprised when one considers the impact on faculty recruitment and retention, research dollars and brand, Texas and aggy administrators won’t being saying “so.”

It’s a reset for him and Piggy will reap the rewards.

I agree.

I think he’d be silly to leave. Doesn’t have much to prove and Baylor will pay him.

Scott Drew is prominent in KY’s conversation.

It’s still unsettling that college adjacent people feel comfortable suggesting that absence of people of color (who do not play sports for LSU) can make white people happy.

So, it has only taken a few Republicans 5 years come to grips with unassailable facts and admit that their party is irredeemably lost: https://www.yahoo.com/news/house-intelligence-committee-chair-says-155145884.html House Intelligence Committee chair Mike Turner said Sunday that Russian propaganda has “absolutely” seeped its way to Congress, saying some of his Republican colleagues have repeated false claims on the chamber’s floor. “It is absolutely true we see, directly coming from Russia, attempts to mask communications that are anti-Ukraine and pro-Russia messages, some of which we even hear being uttered on the House floor,” the Ohio Republican told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.” Turner’s comments come after House Foreign Affairs chair Michael McCaul’s told Puck News last week that Russian propaganda has “infected a good chunk” of the GOP base. Turner, who has been an outspoken advocate of passing additional aid to embattled Ukraine, said Sunday: “There are members of Congress today who still incorrectly say that this conflict between Russia and Ukraine is over NATO, which of course it is not.”

Shit will get real when the AAU opens an investigation into how the state of Texas has negatively impacted the quality of education offered in state publics with its onerous limitations on what can be taught in the social sciences.

Going to the Sec should make racists in Texas feel better about themselves. Damn. https://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/politics/watching-the-happiest-country-on-earth-finland-on-pbs/112931525/

Anybody who thinks state schools in Texas are sufficiently diverse, equitable and inclusive is just not paying attention. Since the first Black student was admitted to UT in 1956, no public university playing D1 sports at the highest level has even 5,000 black students enrolled - and that’s in the state that is home to the largest number of black citizens in the country. Black people feel under assault in Texas and it’s not because we’re paranoid.

SMU, TCU, Baylor and a number of out of state schools will gladly affirm their support of DEI in order to sign prized athletes who will be re-directed from public universities in Texas. It is my guess that those on the approved list of schools will be prepared to meet whatever financial obligation successfully competing in the NIL environment requires.

I don’t think Beard is as bad or any worse than other very talented, complicated, difficult nomad coaches. See Larry Brown.

I think conservatives in Texas have pushed and pushed to eradicate any semblance of racial progress in this state, so much so, that a groundswell of anger is building in non dominant communities that will be made manifest on our college campuses.

Why do the craziest of crazies from other states “migrate” to Texas?

From the NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/04/04/world/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news Here’s what we know: President Biden appeared to condition future support on how Israel changes course. Hours later, the White House said the Israeli leader had agreed to open a crossing in northern Gaza to allow in more aid. Biden tells Netanyahu that U.S. support hinges on treatment of Gaza civilians. The White House says Netanyahu agreed to open another crossing for aid after pressure from Biden. A call for early elections by a member of Netanyahu’s war cabinet highlights the domestic pressure he is under. Israel’s military cancels leave for combat units and jams GPS signals. World Central Kitchen demands an independent investigation into Israel’s deadly strike. More than 600 lawyers and retired judges call on the U.K. government to end arms sales to Israel.

Stay tuned.

People just haven’t paid attention. Beard is a restless soul. He’s not likely to stay anywhere longer than 5 years