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  On 8/3/2019 at 11:33 PM, Deej said:

Eddie Cochran would like a word with you.

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Yeah, he wrote and performed it in 1958. But The Who and Blue Cheer had hits in the late 60's performing it.

 

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  On 8/3/2019 at 10:12 PM, Bam Bam Sam said:

Yeah, that video only confirmed what I heard about him. If he gives a shit about engineering he sure as hell ain't going to Auburn over Texas, ESPECIALLY not for mechanical. 

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Yeah, Auburn is Alabama's "cow pasture college" like aggy is the "cow pasture college" in Texas.

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  On 8/3/2019 at 10:38 PM, Machinator said:

From a poster on another board who was very familiar with the Bijan recruitment

 

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1. Bijan is the anomaly Drayton needed. Bijan didn't respond permanently to pressure and he is very devout in his faith, something a lot of other running backs we've recruited aren't about. Many are more about the hype and the golden things. Had Texas joined in the Noah Cain sweepstakes sooner, Drayton would have won that too. But, for all intensive purposes, Bijan was literally the perfect kid for Drayton to make a real, meaningful connection with.

 

2. Everything I hear about Harbaugh makes me think of him akin to a psycho from the Borderlands game series with a little more intelligence. 

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  On 8/4/2019 at 1:14 AM, HornsRUs said:
  On 8/4/2019 at 1:08 AM, Bam Bam Sam said:

But, for all intensive purposes, Bijan was literally the perfect kid for Drayton to make a real, meaningful connection with.

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i had "intensive purposes" with your mom last night.😁

Did I do that right?

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I'm just curious what moderate purposes would be for comparison's sake.

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Something for you guys that track things and then report back on, Adidas is apparently paying players to attend their all star game. I won’t pretend to have paid one bit of attention to which game that is, but it’s going to be somewhat telling, I guess, in terms of the attendee list. 

Adidas is dirty a corporation as you can find in the sports realm. I cheer for their bankruptcy and utter failure. 

I remember my buddy telling me the story of Kenyon Green’s dad showing up to a camp dressed like a pimp and then started campaigning for his son to get paid to attend an all star game. Dude only missed it by one year. Or hell, maybe he struck the first deal for paid all star attendance with adidas for all I know. 

More on Adidas, after Haselwood decommitted from Georgia last year, they wanted him to visit Miami. Problem is, he’d already OV’d there. So Adidas went ahead and put his whole family up in Miami for an unofficial visit there and asked him to reconsider. I’m sure he really went nuts reconsidering before winding up at OU. So yeah, Adidas is fucking filthy. I can’t really follow what the payoff is, either. This isn’t basketball. 

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  On 8/4/2019 at 2:42 PM, closetojumping said:

Something for you guys that track things and then report back on, Adidas is apparently paying players to attend their all star game. I won’t pretend to have paid one bit of attention to which game that is, but it’s going to be somewhat telling, I guess, in terms of the attendee list. 

Adidas is dirty a corporation as you can find in the sports realm. I cheer for their bankruptcy and utter failure. 

I remember my buddy telling me the story of Kenyon Green’s dad showing up to a camp dressed like a pimp and then started campaigning for his son to get paid to attend an all star game. Dude only missed it by one year. Or hell, maybe he struck the first deal for paid all star attendance with adidas for all I know. 

More on Adidas, after Haselwood decommitted from Georgia last year, they wanted him to visit Miami. Problem is, he’d already OV’d there. So Adidas went ahead and put his whole family up in Miami for an unofficial visit there and asked him to reconsider. I’m sure he really went nuts reconsidering before winding up at OU. So yeah, Adidas is fucking filthy. I can’t really follow what the payoff is, either. This isn’t basketball. 

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Adidas = Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio

Kenyon Green played at the Under Armour game. So I guess that was an opportunity missed for Mr. Green

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  On 8/4/2019 at 2:42 PM, closetojumping said:

Something for you guys that track things and then report back on, Adidas is apparently paying players to attend their all star game. I won’t pretend to have paid one bit of attention to which game that is, but it’s going to be somewhat telling, I guess, in terms of the attendee list. 

Adidas is dirty a corporation as you can find in the sports realm. I cheer for their bankruptcy and utter failure. 

I remember my buddy telling me the story of Kenyon Green’s dad showing up to a camp dressed like a pimp and then started campaigning for his son to get paid to attend an all star game. Dude only missed it by one year. Or hell, maybe he struck the first deal for paid all star attendance with adidas for all I know. 

More on Adidas, after Haselwood decommitted from Georgia last year, they wanted him to visit Miami. Problem is, he’d already OV’d there. So Adidas went ahead and put his whole family up in Miami for an unofficial visit there and asked him to reconsider. I’m sure he really went nuts reconsidering before winding up at OU. So yeah, Adidas is fucking filthy. I can’t really follow what the payoff is, either. This isn’t basketball. 

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That's.. actually wild. I'd always known boosters were a constant in recruiting but I never thought of the.. brand sponsors? I mean I  considered Nike was helping Oregon given their relationship, but outside of that, I didn't consider it. I figured they didn't give a flying fuck as long as some teams were using them. 

Is their only angle securing a potential CFB sensation wearing their brand or what?

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  On 8/4/2019 at 2:42 PM, closetojumping said:

Something for you guys that track things and then report back on, Adidas is apparently paying players to attend their all star game. I won’t pretend to have paid one bit of attention to which game that is, but it’s going to be somewhat telling, I guess, in terms of the attendee list. 

Adidas is dirty a corporation as you can find in the sports realm. I cheer for their bankruptcy and utter failure. 

I remember my buddy telling me the story of Kenyon Green’s dad showing up to a camp dressed like a pimp and then started campaigning for his son to get paid to attend an all star game. Dude only missed it by one year. Or hell, maybe he struck the first deal for paid all star attendance with adidas for all I know. 

More on Adidas, after Haselwood decommitted from Georgia last year, they wanted him to visit Miami. Problem is, he’d already OV’d there. So Adidas went ahead and put his whole family up in Miami for an unofficial visit there and asked him to reconsider. I’m sure he really went nuts reconsidering before winding up at OU. So yeah, Adidas is fucking filthy. I can’t really follow what the payoff is, either. This isn’t basketball. 

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Army All-American Bowl - Saturday January 4, 2020, San Antonio Texas, NBC, 12pm CST

 

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  On 8/4/2019 at 2:51 PM, Bam Bam Sam said:

That's.. actually wild. I'd always known boosters were a constant in recruiting but I never thought of the.. brand sponsors? I mean I  considered Nike was helping Oregon given their relationship, but outside of that, I didn't consider it. I figured they didn't give a flying fuck as long as some teams were using them. 

Is their only angle securing a potential CFB sensation wearing their brand or what?

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It’s extremely common in basketball, but that makes more sense because Nike does it to lock up guys like Zion and Lebron early for brand sponsorships once they make it to the league. like CTJ said, it doesn’t make nearly as much sense for them in football as individual sponsorships aren’t nearly as valuable.

my guess is they’re generally tired of getting their ass beat by Nike (and UA to an extent) and figure that helping funnel talent to schools that have deals with them will increase their market share for team deals in the future. 

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  On 8/4/2019 at 2:51 PM, Bam Bam Sam said:
That's.. actually wild. I'd always known boosters were a constant in recruiting but I never thought of the.. brand sponsors? I mean I  considered Nike was helping Oregon given their relationship, but outside of that, I didn't consider it. I figured they didn't give a flying fuck as long as some teams were using them. 
Is their only angle securing a potential CFB sensation wearing their brand or what?


Same playbook as in basketball recruiting. Using the shoe companies but there is a great debate about whether Nike plays the game or not.
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  On 8/4/2019 at 2:42 PM, closetojumping said:

Something for you guys that track things and then report back on, Adidas is apparently paying players to attend their all star game. I won’t pretend to have paid one bit of attention to which game that is, but it’s going to be somewhat telling, I guess, in terms of the attendee list. 

Adidas is dirty a corporation as you can find in the sports realm. I cheer for their bankruptcy and utter failure. 

I remember my buddy telling me the story of Kenyon Green’s dad showing up to a camp dressed like a pimp and then started campaigning for his son to get paid to attend an all star game. Dude only missed it by one year. Or hell, maybe he struck the first deal for paid all star attendance with adidas for all I know. 

More on Adidas, after Haselwood decommitted from Georgia last year, they wanted him to visit Miami. Problem is, he’d already OV’d there. So Adidas went ahead and put his whole family up in Miami for an unofficial visit there and asked him to reconsider. I’m sure he really went nuts reconsidering before winding up at OU. So yeah, Adidas is fucking filthy. I can’t really follow what the payoff is, either. This isn’t basketball. 

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I don't understand the big payoff for Adidas at the end..unless someone told them that Haselwood is the next Moss..  As far as Adidas going bankrupt.. I doubt it will happen anytime soon.. my daughter plays soccer and as I watch her play every weekend, I noticed most kids wear that brand.  From cleats to headbands..  Waiting for KD to jump into the soccer shoes world

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  On 8/4/2019 at 3:00 PM, Dbeasy said:

 


Same playbook as in basketball recruiting. Using the shoe companies but there is a great debate about whether Nike plays the game or not.

 

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I'm sure Nike plays the game.. I've noticed that outside of a few, most kids sign with the same shoe maker they were wearing in college...which started at the AAU circuit

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  On 8/4/2019 at 2:59 PM, satyanash said:

Last year the sponsor switched from the U.S. Army to American Family Insurance. adidas mainly does the uniforms, I think.

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That's a bummer. I haven't been in a few years, but it was pretty cool all the equipment the Army would have outside the Alamodome. Hummers, artillery, ropes/climbing courses, misc other equipment. Now it's probably a bunch of insurance salesmen with crappy carnival games at best.

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