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9 minutes ago, texifornia said:

Legitimately sad - those original SBN sites were great

 

 

GBH, is somehow even worse than TexAgs.

 https://www.goodbullhunting.com/2022/8/28/23325694/haynes-king-heisman-odds-skyrocket-named-texas-a-m-aggies-starting-qb-college-football

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Haynes King Heisman odds skyrocket following being named A&M starter

 

Haynes King was officially named Texas A&M’s starting quarterback on Saturday, and it’s safe to say that the oddsmakers have taken notice. Prior to the announcement, King was +10,000 to win the Heisman trophy, according to DraftKings Sportsbook. That was good for the 40th-best odds in the country, and was worse odds than his teammate Max Johnson (23rd-best at +7000).

Fast forward to today, and King has vaulted up to +5500 odds, which is tied for the 17th-best odds alongside South Carolina QB (and Oklahoma transfer) Spencer Rattler. LSU transfer Johnson’s odds plummeted down to +15,000, while five-star true freshman Conner Weigman’s odds strangely remain unchanged at +12,000.

I'd love to see the people placing actual money on Haynes King winning the Heisman.

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50 minutes ago, Mikey4 said:

I really enjoyed BON back in the mid to late 2000s, when Peter Bean ran it. Wescott is unbearable, though.

I get some of the old $9.95er stuff confused like everyone else so maybe I am getting this wrong again, but isn’t Bean the one who melted down in like truly legendary ways? I feel like one of the early $9.95ers was giving guys blowjobs for money on the side and then had like a Dog Day Afternoon level hostage situation in downtown Austin or something. Did that happen? Was that him? What else is behind the story if either of the first two questions is answered with “yes”?

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7 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

I get some of the old $9.95er stuff confused like everyone else so maybe I am getting this wrong again, but isn’t Bean the one who melted down in like truly legendary ways? I feel like one of the early $9.95ers was giving guys blowjobs for money on the side and then had like a Dog Day Afternoon level hostage situation in downtown Austin or something. Did that happen? Was that him? What else is behind the story if either of the first two questions is answered with “yes”?

I don't recall Peter being named in that sort of thing. Peter was in law school out-of-state in the 2005-2010 timeframe and worked for Jackson Walker in Austin after he graduated, iirc. So he made it through the Bar's character & fitness review and got hired by a reputable firm. (Unlikely that he had hostages and blow jobs on his record.)

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28 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

I get some of the old $9.95er stuff confused like everyone else so maybe I am getting this wrong again, but isn’t Bean the one who melted down in like truly legendary ways? I feel like one of the early $9.95ers was giving guys blowjobs for money on the side and then had like a Dog Day Afternoon level hostage situation in downtown Austin or something. Did that happen? Was that him? What else is behind the story if either of the first two questions is answered with “yes”?

There was a rumor floating around about him back then, but I never put much credence in it. Sounded like someone had an axe to grind, but I don't actually know.  But he is a tax and erisa attorney in good standing.

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4 minutes ago, cafe society said:

There was a rumor floating around about him back then, but I never put much credence in it. Sounded like someone had an axe to grind, but I don't actually know.  But he is a tax and erisa attorney in good standing.

Well scratch him off the list, then. I swear I remember @Burt Macklin or @texifornia or someone else voluminous and following recruiting that had a story on it. Maybe it was the fatkid before he was murdered by latent racism. 

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2 hours ago, Gidnik said:

 

Chip's only real value was that he was very tied in at the admin level during Dodds/Patterson/Perrin. That was super useful during realignment one and the subsequent Steve Patterson shit show. Since CDC came in, he is clearly on the outside so now he mainly just sits around and snipes at people for clicks and writes hit pieces for other teams. He is Ketchum lite. 

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23 hours ago, closetojumping said:

I get some of the old $9.95er stuff confused like everyone else so maybe I am getting this wrong again, but isn’t Bean the one who melted down in like truly legendary ways? I feel like one of the early $9.95ers was giving guys blowjobs for money on the side and then had like a Dog Day Afternoon level hostage situation in downtown Austin or something. Did that happen? Was that him? What else is behind the story if either of the first two questions is answered with “yes”?

You're not wrong. It was 100% peter bean that was rumored to being cracked out as fucked and handing out BJs for money in Austin parking garages. I think the hostage thing was somehow related to him working in the same building or office that the FBI raided for that real estate guy, but I could be  completely wrong about that one. But him being on crack and handing out BJs was absolutely a rumor at the time. I feel like there was actually some evidence to back it up. 

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Not exactly big business here.

Orangebloods might be the worst rag on the planet and is a disgrace to the program. AD should have revoked access for OB and the Statesman years ago.

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Coach V: Last night's Texas win over ULM was fun

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By Coach Venable: It’s always fun to watch the Texas Longhorns make plays regardless of opponent. It was very obvious that some of our returning veterans have definitely improved over an eight month camp to change our way of living and competing. We still have some that haven’t thrown caution to the wind unfortunately and they should be passed up in short fashion if that continues. We made too many mistakes for sure but when you make those errors busting your butt they don’t seem to hurt the team as bad. Here is how this pair of eyes saw some of our first contest.

I think the most impressive aspects of our defensive effort was split between how well we ran to the ball and our tackling program wide. The best part of both strengths was they were accomplished as a team. We played fundamentally sound and basically limited our mistakes to minor errors—we seldom took the wrong avenue leading to major busts. This was definitely an improvement over last season. Missed tackles became quick opportunities for teammates to apologize for your miscue.

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On 9/3/2022 at 11:22 AM, Sal said:

Not exactly big business here.

Orangebloods might be the worst rag on the planet and is a disgrace to the program. AD should have revoked access for OB and the Statesman years ago.

You're not wrong on their access, but I'd stop short of it not being "big business." I have no idea what their membership numbers are these days, but they used to be the biggest UT website on the internet. If their subscriber base is 15k people, that's 150k of revenue...a month. That's 1.8 million a year. You might not call that Big Business, but thats a very comfortable living for Fat Ketch. Who, the last time I saw him over a decade ago when he was out trying to score drunk college chicks, he was driving a 120k mercedes. I know because he wouldn't stop talking about it to said 22 year old girls. I doubt the years since have gone so sideways as to invert the power of compound interest. 

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12 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

You're not wrong on their access, but I'd stop short of it not being "big business." I have no idea what their membership numbers are these days, but they used to be the biggest UT website on the internet. If their subscriber base is 15k people, that's 150k of revenue...a month. That's 1.8 million a year. You might not call that Big Business, but thats a very comfortable living for Fat Ketch. Who, the last time I saw him over a decade ago when he was out trying to score drunk college chicks, he was driving a 120k mercedes. I know because he wouldn't stop talking about it to said 22 year old girls. I doubt the years since have gone so sideways as to invert the power of compound interest. 

While none of this is wrong, I have zero doubt that OB has lost substantial numbers from its subscriber base. I know IT is booming and that growth is very unlikely to be coming from purely organic subs. A ton of the new subs will inherently be cannibalizing people from other sites. 

The second thing to consider is that it is in no way believable that a man who can't keep up with his income tax obligations is somehow nonetheless investing wisely and building a large nest egg. Let's think about the financials for a minute.

10,000 subs * $9.95/mo = $1.2M annually. That has to be split 50/50 with Rivals. 

Assume $25K/mo in advertising = $300k. That can be kept.

Payroll is how many folks? Suchomel and Anwar? I haven't been over there in probably 15 years so I don't know who else is on the books. Assume 4 heads at $30k/year each, so $120K. Burden * 1.2 = $144K/yr.

Assume other SG&A is another $25K/month (it's probably higher but Rivals offsets some of the expenses), so you're at $300K/yr. 

So you go $1.2M - $600K + $300K - $144K - $300K = $456K. Ketchum's take-home is probably roughly $450K with key variables moving that number up or down being sub count, payroll, and advertising revenue. 

Then you have the guy's personal budget:

Food: $18K/mo. 

Mortgage: $3K/mo.

Utilities & Services: $750/mo. 

Legal: $5k retainer/mo. 

Since the guy is immobile and doesn't have a vehicle that he could fit into, I assume he's $0 on travel and auto. I doubt he's bought clothes in decades. 

You're looking at almost $27K/mo in personal expenses against a pre-tax salary of $450K/yr. Take home on that is about $32k/mo. So, if he has a really good month and doesn't splurge on suing people or ordering the right side of the menu at Perry's Steakhouse in The Woodlands more than 4 times a week, his total savings is $5k. That's $60k/year. Compound that shit all you want, I wouldn't call the dude set for life unless he goes on a diet or decides to stop suing multiple entities at any given moment in time.

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26 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

You're not wrong on their access, but I'd stop short of it not being "big business." I have no idea what their membership numbers are these days, but they used to be the biggest UT website on the internet. If their subscriber base is 15k people, that's 150k of revenue...a month. That's 1.8 million a year. You might not call that Big Business, but thats a very comfortable living for Fat Ketch. Who, the last time I saw him over a decade ago when he was out trying to score drunk college chicks, he was driving a 120k mercedes. I know because he wouldn't stop talking about it to said 22 year old girls. I doubt the years since have gone so sideways as to invert the power of compound interest. 

Fair enough, can’t argue with what connotes big business. Certainly profitable for those involved.

From a media perspective, we need our admin to grow a set and make some hard decisions.

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While none of this is wrong, I have zero doubt that OB has lost substantial numbers from its subscriber base. I know IT is booming and that growth is very unlikely to be coming from purely organic subs. A ton of the new subs will inherently be cannibalizing people from other sites. 

The second thing to consider is that it is in no way believable that a man who can't keep up with his income tax obligations is somehow nonetheless investing wisely and building a large nest egg. Let's think about the financials for a minute.

10,000 subs * $9.95/mo = $1.2M annually. That has to be split 50/50 with Rivals. 

Assume $25K/mo in advertising = $300k. That can be kept.

Payroll is how many folks? Suchomel and Anwar? I haven't been over there in probably 15 years so I don't know who else is on the books. Assume 4 heads at $30k/year each, so $120K. Burden * 1.2 = $144K/yr.

Assume other SG&A is another $25K/month (it's probably higher but Rivals offsets some of the expenses), so you're at $300K/yr. 

So you go $1.2M - $600K + $300K - $144K - $300K = $456K. Ketchum's take-home is probably roughly $450K with key variables moving that number up or down being sub count, payroll, and advertising revenue. 

Then you have the guy's personal budget:

Food: $18K/mo. 

Mortgage: $3K/mo.

Utilities & Services: $750/mo. 

Legal: $5k retainer/mo. 

Since the guy is immobile and doesn't have a vehicle that he could fit into, I assume he's $0 on travel and auto. I doubt he's bought clothes in decades. 

You're looking at almost $27K/mo in personal expenses against a pre-tax salary of $450K/yr. Take home on that is about $32k/mo. So, if he has a really good month and doesn't splurge on suing people or ordering the right side of the menu at Perry's Steakhouse in The Woodlands more than 4 times a week, his total savings is $5k. That's $60k/year. Compound that shit all you want, I wouldn't call the dude set for life unless he goes on a diet or decides to stop suing multiple entities at any given moment in time.

When you say advertising, do you mean promos and other fee waivers? Have trouble getting to $300k

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When you say advertising, do you mean promos and other fee waivers? Have trouble getting to $300k

I didn't spend a lot of time thinking about it, but if a site with that kind of traffic and customer loyalty isn't raking in $25K/mo at a minimum in partnerships/sponsorships/referrals/banner ads/etc. then it is the most poorly run shithole on the Internet. Frankly, he could be raking $50K/mo pretty easily and he doesn't have to split that with the parent company. 

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