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  1. I did not see that he committed to SCarolina already. Move up to the SEC after graduating. I am happy for him.
  2. He did graduate before this season. His sister passed away before the LaTech game. Lot of stuff going on in this young mans life and if he can better himself by getting his Graduate Degree from a school that is better for his major and or closer to his family, God bless him, I wish him nothing but the best.
  3. Many QB have stated that the Chrome helmet during the day games provides a glare and they do not like the helmets. I think Fine said it was like having 10 flashes going off in his field of view, and it was distracting. That is why the chrome helmets we limited to night games.
  4. Navy is the gold helmet with Navy Blue or White tops The dark helmet provides contrast for out QB.
  5. The stadium cost $5.2Million in 1982 adjusted for inflation it would cost about $25M today. And if you have ever been there it was a close copy of pre expansion Fouts. Seating around 17K with flex up to 19K. Concrete with metal benches. Track between you and the field, with OK site lines from a distance. The current cost of regulation in building is roughly 32%. What this means is that you need to put a 32% premium to pre 2000 cost on anything you build today due to environmental, safety, and ADA type regulations. So the cost of Ratliff if built today would be no less that $33M. At the time it was built 1 school used the Stadium. Now the two high schools, 6 middle schools and UTBP use it. If Ector County were to build today, they would build something close to DATCU stadium (minus the wing zone). They cost would be min $70M for several reasons if they did not include UTPB. They would have suites which would generate more money for the district at every event, technology set up for TV and streaming, better concessions and booter store. DATCU if built today adjusted for income would cost just under $100M vs the $76M just 12 years ago. They would keep Ratliff for other events, and the track.
  6. What also fails to get communicated is that this facility is used for all High Schools in the district not just one. The 4 high schools will all use the facilities for Football, Soccer, and other field sports. There is another stadium that is already over capacity for all the 9th grade, JV and Varsity sports. They could spend $25M per campus or $100M for one world class stadium. I lived in Katy when they were the top news for the stadium they built. That venue had at least 1 event per night as well as the older stadium that was right next door. Most weekends there would be 2-3 games. I think this was the best way for Katy to spend the money on a venue. It is an amazing stadium that is used year round. I am pretty sure it will be the same there.
  7. Do not sleep on Oliver Luck, the consultant that the Pac12 has hired, he has a proven history of pulling unicorns out of his ass. A third possibility. While this may seem like a long shot there is a lot of reasons this works. Pac12 - American merge create a super conference with an additional $3-4 million per school ($12-15M per school). We could end up on the west side playing Cal, Stanford, Wash State, Oregon State, Tulsa, UTSA and Rice yearly with 2-3 games a year for the balance of the conference SMU, ECU, Memphis, Tulane, UAB, USF, FAU, and Charlotte. there are a few other additions possible in San Diego State, Colorado State, Air Force among others and if that happens we are headed to the east pretty quickly. I am not sure of the team alignments but do not be surprised to see something like this happen. It allows Stanford to be the "face" of the conference. It adds several "academic" institutions. The geography fills a lot of holes in the announced TV schedules which with those teams would result a $200M+ deal. Atlantic has voted them down and the MWC contracts have a ton of issues that have prevented the conversation even starting. They are a 108 year old conference and so long as the American doesn't get caught up on keeping their name this is looking more and more like a posibility. The caveat to this is if they decide to trim with the merger and cut a few teams from the merger...
  8. From looking in the window Sara doesn't have any secrets....
  9. Deal signed in December of 2017, when were were unable to get a home and home against any teams outside of SMU. This was seen as a sign of great things to come as it was one of the first deals signed by Wren.
  10. Like the fact that "High School Coaches are welcome at any practice or scrimmage". Build the relationships!
  11. This was what was displayed before the game and for the first few min of the 1st quarter.
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