MeanGreenTeeth

No slight on the guy, but I'd be shocked if he got it.

If the Big XII folds then the teams won't get their big payday from UT/OU. I'm sure that $ alone far exceeds anything the AAC could offer.

If the SEC gets those schools, they pretty much have things wrapped up. They then have all the leverage to pick up 8 or so more schools worth having and then they have their own post-NCAA league.

Honestly, I have more hate in my heart for Texas Tech. Worst fans I've even dealt with.

It's all interesting. I believe the Ags are actually the highest revenue generating program in the country, so I guess from their perspective there is a lot to lose, at least in a relative sense. I doubt they would sue, but they could delay this a bit, which would give time for the politicians to really get involved and provide them some leverage in the discussions.

Yeah, no way would it be (It would be an amazing basketball conference though). Heck, if the reports of the SEC wanting to go to 18 or 20 teams is true, we'd probably be looking at three conferences at most in whatever the successor of the NCAA is going to be.

Neal Smatresk is too spineless to even stand up against students on made-up issues, much less a coach with legitimate concerns.

sounds like we're headed to a situation where the 30-40 schools that can afford to pay their athletes significant money form their own league.

When did you stop beating your wife? 🙄

But it clearly will be at some point. It may only be .7% of the total population (I'm shocked it's even that high), but we are talking about a tiny tiny subset of athletes who are good enough for college or olympic competition, so the percentage of biological males will certainly be much much higher in that group given their physical advantages.

Every time we have a coach who has a little success, there are folks on this board who want to give a massive raise. It's insane and it has burned us multiple times in the past. If Grant continues to have success here, we aren't going to be able to keep him from going to a much bigger program in all likelihood regardless of what we pay. If he flames out, then we are stuck paying him a massive salary. It make sense to pay him enough so he doesn't jump ship to another mid-major or low tier major school, but otherwise it's only downside to pay him a fortune.

Well he does come from that great Vic Trilli coaching tree.

Speaking of societal norms...1975 was a hairy, gross time.

Ha. Yeah, I know what you meant, I just like an excuse to mention digging up Knute Rockne.

Does it matter? I don't think if they dug up Knute Rockne and had him coach they could turn that program around.

With 33k undergrads I bet we could find some talent.

Wow

Those filters make some of these guys look like they're in their 50s.

I'm not worried about her being able to hang getting hit. She seems plenty tough. The thing that bothers me is that there is no way on earth that she is one of the best placekicker candidates they have available and we all know it. A fairly athletic 14 year old male is going to have a much bigger leg than her. I can conceive of her being one of their best choices for PAT and short field goals, but that'd be about it.

Interesting. I always thought Ray was supposed to be sexy as hell, and you used RV when you wanted to order a Domino's pizza for somebody.

That seems like a step down. Was he going to get fired?

Yeah, but it's all pretty much the same though.. sin, guilt, piety, proselyting, Armageddon... I laugh when I see my super duper socially conservative and liberal friends argue on social media. They're exactly the same type of people.. two sides of the same coin. It's so obvious to me, but they never see it. Sure. There are a lot of single issue folks. You could say the same thing about environmental activists on the left. In a way, I have a lot of respect for single issue voters, at least they know what's important to them. I don't think it gets that deep for most folks to be honest. I'm mean, that's how they justify their positions after the fact, of course, but I don't think that's how most arrived at them. I remember when George W was president and the Patriotic Act had become a matter of debate. At that point it was primarily the left that was suddenly worried about government overreach on personal liberties. I can't remember how many times I heard the Ben Franklin "safety/liberty" quote from folks who hated W. That magically has turned completely around where most on that side would rather see the government lock down more things in the name of safety. I'm not saying that this sort of thing is unique to liberals, but it is interesting that people's opinion on things generally shift based on what is politically advantageous to their side. For me it isn't really about lives or economics fundamentally. I think adults should be treated as such and be able to make whatever wise or stupid decisions they'd like. I hate being lectured and talked down to by zealots. Everyone has there own level of risk tolerance based on their situation. Let them make their own choice. No one need a lecture from some undergrad at the NT Daily.

No. It's not a hoax, but the quasi-religious fervor and zealotry on the left which results in articles like this condemning people who even want to go to a 90% empty movie theater is no doubt partially driven by hatred for the President who favors a more open approach. Surely you can't deny that plays at least some part.

So... I know we're not a big national draw and we're playing Houston Baptist, but there are only like 5 or 6 games being played on Saturday. Is ESPN 3 really the best that could be done? We couldn't even get ESPN2 or ESPNU or FSN or FS1 or something? Would these channels really rather play a rerun of some women's cornhole tournament from 1992 than show our game?

I work with a bunch of PhD/academic types. If they're typical, then it's not looking good. Most of them are deathly afraid to even step out of their front door right now. You should hear the disgust in their voices when they find out I went *gasp* to a restaurant.