Bruno71

I afraid this NIL ‘stuff’ is going to rapidly turn into a steaming pile of shit. At least professional sports have systems in place to control the payola. This is starting to look like ‘Pay to Play’ with a lot of lipstick. .

In my ‘youth’, couldn’t wait till mid-July for ‘Dave Campbell’s Texas Football’. A SWC legend.

Disclosure…I’m an old ag ‘71. This whole thread has been an interesting read and, I think, pretty much lays out the different ways this latest SEC group of schools can play each other going forward. But, being newbies to the conference, you will discover the old guard that runs the SEC really doesn’t give a shit what you think should be done. You, for the first time ever, are not on home turf. You basically are leaving a sinking ship with bags of money, hoping to be picked up by somebody. You, being Texas, don’t see it that way. But it is what it is. You bags of money are what’s getting you picked up. You’re not a cultural fit with any of the schools and your reputation for trying to runs things is well known. They remember how you put them down 10 years ago as not being up to your academic and cultural standards and how you wanted to go with the west coast schools. And Arkansas, Missouri and A&M have pretty well put the word out you don’t play well with others. One more thing. You keep talking about this ‘Rivalry’ game with the Ags. It’s over. A&M moved on 10 years ago. For money and political reasons, A&M bosses may well take an annual game with Texas. But it won’t be because they want to. You may have heard this already, but the Ags feel like someone who finally got rid of their crazy, domineering ex, moved into a nice home in a nice neighborhood, made new friends and had plans for the future. Ten years later, the ex tracks them down, goes to the HOA,who then moves the ex into one of your spare bedrooms. And then said ex wants to pick things back up where they were 10 years ago. 😂 None of this may matter anyway. I’m thinking all of us could just be a minor league for the NFL in a few years. Schools would only matter as a place for the players in development to play. Yearly transfers between teams. Players on payroll. Deferred academic scholarships(no school while playing), etc. But the schools will be making lots of money so who cares. But, like I said, this is a good thread with grownup discussions and disagreements. I can’t say that for some of Surly’s threads. But you probably know that.

Hey guys. First post here. Full disclosure. I’m an old ag (‘71) who has enjoyed Shaggy/Surly for years. Horns win or lose, this bunch is hilarious and knows Texas football. Even if you rarely agree with each other. With the current situation I thought I could add to this group by sharing some thoughts I have about our last decade in the SEC. 1. Two divisions suck. We still haven’t played Georgia at Kyle Field. To me,a big part of being in SEC was playing ‘real’ SEC teams on a regular basis. Pods take care of that problem. 2. Rivalry games are greatly over-rated. To keep Alabama happy, everybody got assigned a cross-division ‘Rival’ they played every year so Alabama( more on that later) could destroy poor Tennessee on a yearly basis. One result was A&M and Georgia didn’t play for 8 years. LSU and Florida found out they were Rivals🤣and got to be each other’s every year cross division game. Both of them hate it. Ags got South Carolina which turned out ok for wins but boring for fans. 3. Alabama runs the SEC. Everyone denies it of course. I’m sure you guys will be trying to replace or at least become #2 in short order. A&M might be your best friend when you start getting political. As you know you will. 4. You will never be considered real SEC. Its a very conservative, provincial group as a whole . UT-Austin is not. A&M looks like Berkeley compared to the old South core of the conference. They will take your money though. 5. One last thought on pods. If we go that way, I doubt the ags, horns and Sooners will be in same pod. Too much power. LSU would have 3 boring opponents as every year opponents. I think the Ags will be with LSU. And nobody( except Texas and ESPN) give a damn about a renewed A&M-Texas rivalry.