Randolph Duke

Out of an abundance of caution, remove him from the program and the university. let those running the criminal justice program decide his criminal punishment. Kicking him out of school and throwing him into prison can be two separate decisions arrived at by two different arms of state government.

You really think everyone else in the car knew it was stolen and the kid was completely clueless? I would bet money that if you investigated past how sportswriters framed the situation you would find some "small details" that were left out. If people he knew to be shady characters showed up in a strange car out of the blue that had the ignition cylinder punched and he couldn't put two and two together, the guy was criminally stupid. Regardless, he needs to be removed from both the program and the university. If he wants to come back after a while and plead for reinstatement, let him. But if the details presented are accurate, he needs to be gone immediately.

I'm wondering if the hard lesson that actions have consequences might improve this guy's life. It seems allowing him to continue to make bad decisions and never being held accountable is what would ultimately ruin his life. He certainly didn't seem to learn anything from how he was treated after his first run-in with the law. Not everyone who shits on you is your enemy.

ags and their "history of convenience" and "situational ethics" are comical. Horace Carswell enrolled at A&M back in the 1930s, stayed one semester, ran like Hell from that shithole and then spent four years at TCU getting his education. To this day, as evidenced by his shrine on the aggy campus, aggys embrace Carswell as one of the greatest aggys EVAR! Barely a semester on campus and plenty of evidence that he wanted nothing to do with A&M, or anything A&M was about. Yet here is a kid who showed up, did what was asked of him, "stood ready to come off the bench to the aid of his school in a time of great need," delivered a season-salvaging win against Alabama while playing injured, and "aggy ethics" don't even earn him a "thank you" on the way out the door as he carries the aggy diploma he earned under his arm. And let's not forget King Gill quit on his team mid-season back in 1921 because he wasn't getting playing time and thought he would do better playing another sport (basketball). His having quit on the team was why he was in the stands for the 1922 Dixie Classic game and not on the sideline with the large group of other available substitutes. The people of Texas deserve better than Texas A&M.

Oklahoma is a seriously fucked up place. The place sucks. Then again, even in states such as Texas where criminal behavior used to be taken seriously, judges have simply quit applying the law. I literally had a Texas judge refuse to issue an arrest warrant because she claimed no law enforcement officer would take it seriously. Her comment was "You are going to just have to figure something else out."

For this type of criminal behavior, yes. Ignoring shit like this is how you start down the road of becoming Baylor. He needs to be gone this morning.

The article was written in the 2020 season, based on 2019 data. They just recycled an old article without updating any data. source article: https://www.gobankingrates.com/net-worth/sports/25-most-valuable-teams-college-football/ From the article: Using data from Forbes, GOBankingRates ranked the top 25 teams based on their three-year average revenue, while also listing each team’s three-year average profit for reference. Some teams rake in the big bucks through lucrative media contracts, and others rely on massive fan bases. And then some of the teams earn their money the old-fashioned way — by winning on the field. Last updated: Oct. 8, 2020 The first entry: Clemson University: $77 Million Three-year average profit: $27 million Conference: ACC The star-studded and perennially dangerous Clemson Tigers, helmed by quarterback Trevor Lawrence, steamrolled through the Atlantic Coast Conference this season, entering the Fiesta Bowl ranked No. 3. In a magical comeback, the Tigers overcame a 16-0 deficit to beat Ohio State 29-23 in the College Football Playoff semifinal. It was the team’s 29th straight victory, and the Tigers will play No. 1 LSU in the title game on Jan. 13. It will be the defending champs’ fourth visit to the championship game in five years.

This poor kid is passing up the opportunity to win a guaranteed national championship AND to go through the rest of his life as a better American than anyone else. He showed up in August and by December his only thought was "RUN!" Son, thank you for your service.

Another example of why I say, "Those who know A&M best respect A&M the least." I cannot remember a time where people were talking about what A&M has accomplished, instead of what A&M "was about to accomplish." Those just getting to know A&M actually believe A&M is a military academy with a great and admirable military history. They actually believe A&M is a wealthy institution. They actually believe A&M athletics are "on the precipice." All these are laughable to those who know A&M well. Trust me, I wish I could find any reason to respect that which is Texas A&M. I am envious of schools such as Duke and UNC, or Stanford and Cal, each of which has a rival that is a peer institution, and each of which is a well respected institution. But no. All we get is Texas fucking A&M. "The sleeping giant." "On the precipice." The people of Texas deserve better than Texas A&M.

Quit trying to defend anything about how the coaching staff handled the OU or the Kansas games this past season. Neither game justified their remaining employed by the university. The program will never get out of the crap hole it has been in for far too long as long as pure shit is defended as acceptable. Sark and his staff were badly out coached by Riley and his staff and the Kansas game is completely indefensible. End of story.

To his credit, Leon correctly surmised an additional year of college experience wasn’t going to help his draft status. Im guessing he’s destined to be a chicken farmer, putting that quality aggy edumacation to its highest and best use.

“TXAGBQ76” forgot to include thr fact the aggys are so fucking clueless about military matters they don’t have the slightest understanding about the difference between actually being in the military and being a civilian in a silly costume.

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West Virginia and TCU are the dominant schools in NCAA rifle competition. In fact, West Virginia has more NCAA national championships in just that one sport than aggy has in school history- all sports, both genders. How do you explain a “military” school such as aggy where they don’t even have the balls to complete in the NCAA rifle competition. If aggy was even tangentially a military school, wouldn’t you expect them to not only complete in NCAA rifle competition, but to dominate the sport? That shows you how much of a costume fraternity the aggy corps actually is. A school that craves national championships so much they fabricate them in some sports and won’t even compete for championships in a sport they claim is the raison d'être of the school since the day it was founded. The aggy corps is remedial Boy Scouts for those with low self esteem and who lack the intellectual capacity to understand just how silly their little fraternity truly is.

Emmert and the NCAA are going to find themselves up to their necks in litigation (yet again) if they try to interfere with some of these NIL deals.

They have no clue how simple it is to disprove so many things they believe in so fervently. aggys are stunningly child-like. And incredibly intellectually lazy.

The two latest 990s from Texas Exes, filed Aug 2019, and Dec 2020. Also for the last decade available here https://www.causeiq.com/organizations/ex-students-association-of-the-university-of-texas,741109640/ Not seeing any $38 million gifts to the athletics department. Texas Exec 990 2019 06.pdf Texas exes 990 2018.pdf

Here is a great example of how programs like aggy differ from programs such as Texas and, for this example, Michigan. Notice in the TMF report they are indicating the problem is insufficient operating revenues for 2022, 2023, and 2024 that will be made up in part by diverting Kyle Field capital contributions to cover the operating loss. How is a lack of operating revenue in 2024 Covid related? It isn't. aggys is a "boom and bust" type program that struggles to pay its bills on a regular basis. Here they are taking money dedicated for capital projects and instead using it to keep afloat. Next they will take from their maintenance budget (if they haven't already) and things around Kyle Field will start to fall apart. Remember how in 2011 they couldn't even light the lights outside their stadium because the facility was such a fire danger? Once every 20 years (or so) they have a decent team. Those "up years" allow aggy to push a capital campaign and mostly get caught up. However, even through this latest round of capital infusion they have struggled to repay the "interest-free loan" they took out from the academic side in 2006, so aggy ain't caught up. Not even close. In 2018, aggy's outstanding athletics debt was 1.5x gross revenues. In 2019, it was 1.5x. In 2020, it shot up to 1.8x. For comparison, in FY2020, UT Austin total athletics debt was 0.9x gross revenues, or half that of A&M. OU was 1.28x, LSU was 1.35x, Alabama was a 1.36x. And now we know aggy operating revenues through at least 2024 (very probably longer) will be insufficient to cover expenses. And, they have already refinanced the original debt on the stadium to stretch out their repayment schedule past 2050. Teams, such as Michigan, that regularly generate excess operating revenues have the financial wherewithal to perform regular maintenance. Why did I pick Michigan? Because "The Big House" and the original Kyle Field were both built in the same year. Over the years, the stable operating income has allowed Michigan to maintain and expand their stadium so it is what it is today. The ags, on the other hand, had regularly deferred maintenance on Kyle Field so often due to financial hardship, they had to tear the stadium down and do a major capital project that in no material way resembles their original stadium. So the classic aggy cycle has started again. Shuffle money from the capital account to pay operating expenses, take money from the maintenance budget to meet capital account obligations, wash, rinse, repeat. I suggest if you go to Kyle Field, you may want to again remember to always wear a hat and watch for falling bat guano. Its coming back to aggyland sooner than expected.

If only there was someone why could see into the future and determine is aggy athletics would be suffering financially once their capital campaign ended. Here is a prime example why aggy culture is considered to have "a cultural bias that impedes risk identification." In aggy culture they are taught when one is confronted with a knowledge gap the correct course of action is not to conduct some level of research, but to instead to completely fabricate an answer whose only necessary attribute is that it conforms to their pre-conceived narrative. I assure you this idiot has no basis whatsoever for the 70% figure he insists is true. Another example redneck math. Here are the financials for a number of D1 athletics programs, as of the end of their fiscal year in 2019. Pre-pandemic. This now makes 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2022, 2023, and 2024 as years aggy athletics has been unable to pay its bills. 8 out of 19 years. Texas A&M 2019 NCAA financials.pdf UT Austin 2019 NCAA financials.pdf OU FY2019 NCAA AUP Report.pdf LSU NCAA Financial Report - FY19(1).pdf Florida NCAA financials 2019.pdf Texas tech 2019_NCAA_Financial_Report.pdf 2019-NCAA-Financial-Report Kansas.pdf Michigan 2019.pdf Wisconsin 2019_NCAA_report.pdf

If that is your goal, go for Lt Governor. And very clever. If you won, they would be wearing clown suits before you entered office.

ags bleat about how "teaching them lib-rul arts is just a waste of taxpayer money!" Yet almost to an individual, they lack a functional understanding of our system of government. They don't have a clue how the THECB operates, how "the A&M education" is different than that offered at UT Austin, or why "the A&M education" is different. Their insecurities drive them to insist "we is just like UT Austin," which is comical. Which is how we end up with roughly 500,000 "college educated" Texans who can't understand that an 8-year contract for $125 million doesn't work out to $13mil/yr.

The truly aggy thing is that if the aggy education was worth a shit the ags themselves would understand our federal system does not allow a state university to execute the federal functions of a service academy. The ags read the provision of the Morrill Act that mandates instruction in military tactics at Land-Grant institutions are ignorant to fact that provision is completely without legal effect. The aggy corps of cadets exists as it does entirely because the Texas state legislature allows it to exist. It is the state that designs their costumes, the state that mandates any education or training they receive, and the state that is responsible for the fact those idiots have no understanding whatsoever that they are just playing dress-up and not actually in the military. Don't denigrate the federal government by associating it in any way with the aggy corps of cadets. That embarrassing clusterfuck is entirely on the people of the state of Texas.

I understand. It will be what it will be. My frustration is when the system for choosing a new head coach is to assemble a group of blind monkeys in a room to throw darts at a list of candidates, it often leads to a "wtf moment" which, in Texas' case, has lasted for quite a long time. Too long in the minds of some. This past season was a rather profound "wtf" moment. The problem with Texas football isn't that we don't have Quinn Ewers or that we do have Steve Sarkisian. The problem is we have some really shitty monkeys. And the answer to problems isn't to fire Sarkisian and then yell "assemble the monkeys!" The answer is to start asking now how the monkeys have gotten it so wrong, so often, for so long, and to then either get a higher caliber of monkeys or make some changes in how the decisions are being made. Some very painful soul searching needs to be done now, so when what many of us fear to be the inevitable happens, we have a better plan that to (yet again) yell "assemble the monkeys!" Or at least we aren't (yet again) assembling the same collection of blind monkeys who have already failed repeatedly. And spectacularly. But that isn't how things work at Texas because the Texas monkeys happen to also be members of the "lucky sperm club" so they throw money from their cages at university administrators and ladder-climbing state politicians and insist next time they will do what they proven inept at doing for a really long time. Which is demonstrating a grasp of what attributes make an effective college football coach. Or at least one that can get past his first contract at Texas.

Jimbo is the collective mid-life crisis of a bunch of white trash rednecks. The kind of white trash rednecks who show pictures of their wife from 2013, back when she was married to someone else. But next year, she's gonna be purty-er than ever. Just you wait.