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  1. Technically, we're observably not. I don't know. I feel in a lot of ways UT was on the leading edge of commercializing college sports in the 80s and 90s. I watched as the gameday experience became more and more about what sponsor we could graft on for a few more bucks, so the athletic department could show they were raising revenue year after year - their source for job security in ways success on the football field never mattered. We sold our soul in half a dozen ways. We named the field after Joe Jamail for a huge donation. At least it was from a legendary alum, but it still bothered me some. I realize we've walked that back. I'm glad we don't have a corporate sponsor for the stadium, but I feel like it's just a matter of time. I saw an article today from The Athletic on how much college expenses and revenue have risen from 2005 to 2023 based on FOIA records. They did a survey of schools, with 3 from the SEC, 3 from the Big 10, 3 from the ACC, 3 from the Big 12, and a few others. It basically said what I've been saying for years, which is we're nowhere near the top of the scales, and that it's not sustainable. But the only thing that's really going to bring it under control - either the rabid search for new revenue sources, or the escalation of expenses - is some kind of federal legislation, or the collapse of the industry. Maybe both. I feel good about UT's ability to weather wherever all this goes, but I'm concerned about what the future of college football is going to entail.
  2. I feel quite confident Texas gets the benefit of the doubt. When we were down, both in 1984-97 and 2010-2022, members of the media in general practically openly rooted for us to be relevant again. Nonetheless, some media people enjoy feeling like they're puncturing the balloon more than others, Kirk Bohls style. My perception is that when it comes to Texas, Josh Pate is one of those.
  3. So I just watched this: And yes, he does pick Texas, but he ends it with that weird segment about Texas losing to Washington, Georgia 2x, and Ryan Day. Never mind he beat Saban in Tuscaloosa by double digits. Beat Michigan in Ann Arbor. Beat Dabo Swinney. None of those count according to Pate. Every coach at every level - every great player, too - has this onus on them that until they win a championship they haven't won a championship, yet. That's not about Texas, and it's not about Sarkisian. Ryan Day was hearing it prior to last year. And if Texas falls short this year - which they very well might - we'll hear some version of that refrain all offseason. Shoot, BurntOrange&White will make a few dozen posts on it on this board all by himself. This is a reflection of it. Sarkisian has Texas in a place where they should be a part of the conversation every year right now. You have to have a few breaks go your way to win it all, but before that you have to be in the conversation. As long as Sarkisian is the head coach and locked into his job, I feel confident Texas is going to be right there. So we just have to be patient as fans until our number comes up. I'm excited as a fan to be able to watch the journey. Pate's comments are chum in the water for the anti Texas folks out there. He's feeding his audience what they want to hear even while he picks Texas to win. He wants it both ways.
  4. I'm just going by the times I've listened to him. You know how it is. People love to hedge their bets by talking about both sides of something, so they can always later say they were right.
  5. I have no room to talk about other people's long winded delivery.
  6. I don't listen to Finebaum, either. The worst Texas is going to go this year is 9-3. He was talking about a meltdown type of season. It was an obvious anti hype take, which...fine. But compared to his takes for teams like OU and A&M, both of whom he hyped up that don't have nearly the talent advantage, it sounded absurd. It felt like a take made for clicks, which is certainly part of the business model, but not something I get excited about. There are certain talking heads who enjoy throwing out anti Texas takes. Tim Brando is a big one. Josh Pate seems to be another. There are other guys who seem to go out of their way to give Texas the benefit of the doubt. Joel Klatt has always seemed to be that way to me. I'd put Greg McElvoy in that category as well, lately. There are a lot of more neutral guys out there - the amount of content on social media regarding college football is pretty much endless. I tend not to gravitate towards people who seem to enjoy taking shots at Texas. If that makes me a raging pussy, I don't mind being called that. To me it would be masochistic and self hating to go seeking that kind of content.
  7. I'm pretty sure he's paid by TexAgs to come on their show on a regular basis. He had a great interview with Steve Sarkisian from 3 months ago. It's definitely worth a listen. I can't stand him usually, though. If I get very desperate for more college football talk I'll click on him. There's so much content out there, that usually doesn't happen, but every now and then. His takes on Texas during SEC media days were absurd. It was all about what happens if Texas has a bad season this year. How bad will the wheels come off in Austin? It sounded like Aggie propaganda to me.
  8. That's a "No no no no...yes!" play. BTW, glad Ehlinger is Longhorn.
  9. My imagination is telling me Goosby is just fine. I just wanted to get this out there to reassure everyone. When I bug the shit out of people about the topic who know more than I do, the most credible ones either tell me they don't know, it's day to day, or I send them into a panic because there are times I know more than they do, even if this isn't one of them. This is after getting reassured for the better part of two weeks that everything is fine, nothing to see here. "His Dad tells me he's fine and will play against Ohio State." That's Tuesday. Then it's "It looks iffy." "Should I pray?" "Couldn't hurt." I think my human need for drama is getting fed here, too. I'm so wound up about the start of the season all these emotions have to go somewhere, even if it's completely unproductive. Goosby's health is what my brain has decided to fixate on. The rest of me is simply along for the ride. The truth is it's going to be whatever it's going to be. We have another week of this. I can't wait for the game to get here and to watch this team on the field, regardless of Goosby's situation. I do hope it's something he's able to shake off at some point in the season. I do believe that's the case, whatever is going on.
  10. Technically they'd be better off not getting the touchdown there. Just run out the clock. If you give the ball back to KSU they have a chance at an onside kick. Just to be clear, I don't think it matters. Avery Johnson is their quarterback. They're not getting two scores in this amount of time.
  11. I actually think he's pretty good. I don't want to, but I like his radio show.
  12. Yes, I wasn't really directing the statement at you. You were more the foil for a comment on college football in general this offseason.
  13. Just to remind you, they're in Ireland.
  14. You only say that because you're on a Texas site. That's not a knock on you as a Tech fan, BTW. That's a gibe at college football fans in general this offseason.
  15. It's weekend at bernie's thing. I'm sure of it. They're probably going to bring his dead corpse back as the head coach any year now.
  16. KSU used to be A&M. Their Potemkin village of a college town calls the center of it where the nightlife is based Aggieville. I would have put the equivalent of air quotes in that last sentence but then I realized I'd have to put quotation marks around pretty much every word.
  17. Have you watched Brian Kelly? I don't disagree, but the level of douchbaggeriness in college football is pretty high. My gosh, we had the biggest douchebag in college football roaming our sidelines for a few years recently. My understanding is he's wielding a sledgehammer on a construction site somewhere to this day.
  18. I celebrate it. Good on you for pointing it out.
  19. I'm cheering for KSU because Bill Snyder once said that losing the Alamo Bowl was worse than losing his daughter. Oh, wait. No. Actually that's why I'm rooting for ISU. I like Matt Campbell as a coach a little more than Chris Klieman. I don't know why Campbell hasn't been snapped up by another program already. ''
  20. It's awesomeness. I don't understand why everyone doesn't embrace this. It's the most awesome thing a random football fan could do. First of all, it's the single most identifiable thing a person can do on a moment's notice that definitely identifies them as a college football fan. Even the heavy metal devil horn people don't really do it upside down. Have a tv camera on you? Do the horns down, or horns up if you happen to be a Texas fan. Either one, the cult of college football knows on some level you're one of us, even if you're part of a sect they don't identify with. We already have the most iconic symbol in college sports. The Longhorn symbol may as well be the swoosh of college athletics. I say way more horns down thrown at random games where Texas isn't involved. I love it so much.
  21. Well, I'm having a bit of a personal nuclear meltdown. Does that count? It feels like the one position we haven't emphasized enough in my opinion in either recruiting or the portal over the last couple of years (and by that I mean literally THE ONE position) is the position we're getting a series of unfortunate news regarding. I mean, it is what it is. I haven't changed my mind at all about what our defensive front is going to do to their offense. I am getting more concerned about what their defensive front is going to do to our's, however.
  22. There are hundreds of topics about which I make people's eyes glaze over. Paleolithic era. Punk rock. The Malazan series. The impact of social media. You name it. Never have I made more people find somewhere else to be more often more quickly than when NIL gets brought up. People don't realize how much they don't want to know more about NIL more clearly than after starting a conversation with me.
  23. I don't think Perry Minton and Chris Beard were related to each other, no.
  24. I believe Shaw had a knee arthroscopy. Don't know anything about Chatman. Interesting to hear. Interesting in a bad way, but interesting nonetheless.
  25. Haven't you ever been talking to someone who says they're a big Texas football fan and realize pretty quickly into the conversation that the two of you have different understandings of what that actually means?
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