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Posted on 4/2/25 at 9:12 am to MtVernon
Vernon, Texas has more sidewalkers than most of the schools in the SEC.
Posted on 4/2/25 at 9:14 am to Faurot fodder
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Texas has more sidewalkers than most of the schools in the SEC.
We have more of everything. Including passionate Texas-Exes. Count the money if you don't believe.
Posted on 4/2/25 at 9:14 am to bamameister
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What makes you think that the shorthorns haven't made it easy to take this position? This shorthorn NIL money has literally promised a Lamborghini in every player's garage. Sign me up for that loyalty plan.
Two things..
1) only a handful of guys drive Lambo's.. I think 4 was the last number I heard.
2) we shall see going forward.. Barron was signed before NIL was legal, so as has been mentioned above, he might be a dying breed..
Kevin Durant might be a good example before NIL was a thing.. I'm sure he got paid at Texas, and he was only there for 1 year, but he still comes back all the time and appears to have bought in, when he definitely didn't need to do that..
Growing up in Texas, most kids like Texas or Texas A&M.. You watch from an early age and that becomes your school.. I'm sure this happens between Alabama and Auburn, as well as in other states.. but loyalty will get tested with NIL, it always does..
In the Texas vs Texas A&M example.. both schools have money.. so I would assume the $$$ would be about the same both places.. so in theory, it may still come down to how you grew up..
OOS kids.. yeah that's different, and we recruit a lot of those these days..
Posted on 4/2/25 at 9:16 am to MtVernon
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We have more of everything. Including DILDOS. Count the DILDOS if you don't believe.
FIFY
Posted on 4/2/25 at 9:19 am to Gunga Din
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Seriously though, In this particular instance... this guy stayed in school for five years. Most guys as good as he was would have gone early.
He played nickel for most of his career.. the NFL scouts said they questioned whether he could play cornerback, so he came back, switched positions, and won the Thorpe..
Did he get paid to stay? 1000% but it also helped his NFL career because he'll likely get drafted in the 1st round now.. and that wasn't going to happen last year.
Posted on 4/2/25 at 9:28 am to BigBro
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Two things..
1) only a handful of guys drive Lambo's.. I think 4 was the last number I heard.
2) we shall see going forward.. Barron was signed before NIL was legal, so as has been mentioned above, he might be a dying breed..
Which still doesn't prove that the shorthorns weren't making it worth his time to stay in Austin. And a "dying breed" is now a guarantee my friend. Lifelong fans of teams, with a lot of stars on their helmets, are taking the highest bid.
Your exception to the NIL rule, if it is that, won't save college football. NIL greed by the adults in the room who can't stop bidding more and more each time the portal cycle opens has now made the magic portal and high school recruiting nothing less than a Jackson Barrett auction.
Posted on 4/2/25 at 9:31 am to Faurot fodder
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FIFY
So you admit defeat and break out the pee-pee and wee-wee jokes.
Posted on 4/2/25 at 9:36 am to MtVernon
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So you admit defeat
I admit that Texas wins the freak show.
Posted on 4/2/25 at 9:37 am to BigBro
This thread is rapidly becoming a melt for pours.
I can promise you the Oklahomas and Alabamas of the world is how we evolved toward this wide-open NIL thing.
Shoulda just played by the rules.
I can promise you the Oklahomas and Alabamas of the world is how we evolved toward this wide-open NIL thing.
Shoulda just played by the rules.
Posted on 4/2/25 at 9:43 am to BigBro
It was his pro day, right? So, wouldn't he have already been paid anyways for the time he played? Team pride, maybe, but he was already paid.
Posted on 4/2/25 at 9:48 am to MtVernon
No, this thread is exhibit Q as to why Texas is so full of themselves that they can't grasp reality.
Posted on 4/2/25 at 9:58 am to MtVernon
Everyone has their own idea of how and when things began to change in college football.
For me it is when Oklahoma and Georgia challenged the NCAA and it's iron grip on television.
If you are old enough you will remember The Game of the Week. If a team was in the Top 10 you would see them play two, three times a season at most.
What motivated OU to sue for television rights was the NCAA completely banning them from television and post season play for 1973 and 74 (Sooner games already scheduled for TV in 73 were allowed since they already had contracts).
The team that cruised through the 74 season handily winning all it's games was not televised even once and did not go bowling.
The NCAA is responsible for the NIL mess, not one or two programs.
For me it is when Oklahoma and Georgia challenged the NCAA and it's iron grip on television.
If you are old enough you will remember The Game of the Week. If a team was in the Top 10 you would see them play two, three times a season at most.
What motivated OU to sue for television rights was the NCAA completely banning them from television and post season play for 1973 and 74 (Sooner games already scheduled for TV in 73 were allowed since they already had contracts).
The team that cruised through the 74 season handily winning all it's games was not televised even once and did not go bowling.
The NCAA is responsible for the NIL mess, not one or two programs.
Posted on 4/2/25 at 10:02 am to JacieNY
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The NCAA is responsible for the NIL mess, not one or two programs.
I was firing shotgun blasts for effect.
If you want to know my true belief - ESPN caused CFB to become the money-printing empire that it is. Which eventually leads to the rationale that scholarships aren't enough compensation.
Posted on 4/2/25 at 10:03 am to BigBro
NIL isn't ruining college football. The transfer portal is doing the most damage to the stability of CFB.
Posted on 4/2/25 at 10:08 am to BigBro
College football is fricked. I don't see how it can continue in its current state.
Posted on 4/2/25 at 10:14 am to NWLA_Bama
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NIL isn't ruining college football. The transfer portal is doing the most damage to the stability of CFB.
That's like saying you can't have a HUNH spread offense unless you invented the 40-second clock.
Both are responsible and combustible enough to destroy college football and basketball with pure greed by the adults in the room. And we are heading there at the speed of light.
Posted on 4/2/25 at 10:17 am to terriblegreen
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I don't see how it can continue in its current state.
Until fans start walking away, it will do just fine.
And I don't see why SEC fans would start walking away, unless its only because their school can't dominate any longer. Nothing has really changed from an SEC perspective, except that richer schools can now outbid them for players.
In the past, the problem with cheating in Texas is that A&M and Texas would tattle and expose each other's laundry. That's how we kept each other semi-honest.
That never happened in the SEC, y'all never aired out each other's laundry - the SEC pride thing kept all handshakes confidential.
Posted on 4/2/25 at 10:18 am to MtVernon
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That never happened in the SEC, y'all never aired out each other's laundry
Even though it wasn't dirty Nick cried like a little b****.
Posted on 4/2/25 at 10:26 am to bamameister
I didn't say the NIL wasn't having an impact. But the transfer portal is doing more damage. Having the NIL allows kids to be paid; that's it. It doesn't allow for a team to lose half a recruiting class due to transfers one year after recruiting them. If you didn't have the transfer portal, the kids couldn't just leave on a whim. No way the NIL is doing as much damage to college football as the portal. Not even close.
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