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  1. I think the well-made point is with all of the money we hear being thrown around; you would expect to see more players in commercials and public appearances instead of the minimal "appearances" or social media postings that are there to meet a requirement to hand them money. 

    Also, more and more stories are coming out where players are not getting anywhere near the amount of money they thought they would. Seems like many are rushing to sigh and don't read the details. 

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  2. 2 hours ago, Glory to the Green said:

    What was the reaction from both fan bases?  I’m curious. 

    I was there with my wife, fiancée at the time (A UT Grad) and was the only one in a group of UT fans. Several turned to me and said that was about as bad of a "homer" job that they had ever seen.

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  3. Every time I see these transfers, I am reminded of Rico Bussey, Jr.

    He transfers to Hawaii, and around draft time, they talk about the receiver from Hawaii, but almost every video they show is about him playing at North Texas.

    It seems like the "previous" schools are getting recognized more than in the past, but I would expect it would be from North Texas if he is drafted.

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  4. 7 hours ago, 97and03 said:

    Saw D’Andre Payne “promoted” to CB coach so it looks like they are finally admitting they don’t give a damn about TEs and not replacing Gilbert. (Hope no one paid to learn about the next TE coach…)

    Not sure why you felt the need to take a cheap shot. Also I guess by placing who they did as a tight end Coach maybe they do give a little bit of a damn.

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  5. 15 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

    The University of Arizona is $177 million in debt and the athletic department borrowed $80 million?  Sounds like a recipe for disaster. 

    I have a feeling there are a lot of other P5 programs that use very creative bookkeeping to avoid showing how bad things are financially. If I recall, during the beginning of COVID-19, several programs had to take out loans immediately to continue operations. The bottom line is that many schools are going broke trying to "keep up" with the top schools and have created a Ponzi scheme system to keep up appearances.

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  6. It's way too early, but pending some late additions to the D-Line, guessing 5-7 

    • @South Alabama: L
    • SFA: W
    • @TexasTech: L
    • Wyoming: W
    • @FAU: L
    • @Memphis: L
    • Army: L
    • East Carolina: W
    • Tulane: L
    • Tulsa: W
    • @Temple: L
    • @UTSA: W

    *** If we start the first six games and are 1-5 or 2-4, and our defense gets trashed, I expect to see Caponi sacrificed. 

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  7. I can understand the growing frustrations. Costs are rising, and students see the greed on all sides and constantly hear athletes talking about being "professional" athletes and that they should "get theirs." I am not arguing if they are right or wrong, but I can understand why average students do not believe they should have to support it unless they choose to. 

     

    PS - With all due respect, please don't play the "If they don't like it, they can go somewhere else" card.

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  8. 4 minutes ago, NT80 said:

    The PAC 2 wants to keep their Conference Brand alive, but they want to cherry pick the MWC.  The MWC wants to join the PAC but they currently are holding the line at All or None.  They have 2 years to get it settled but look for the PAC to remain in the future in some form.

    In no way do I have any understanding of how the two most irrelevant teams in the PAC seem to be able to continue to carry so much power. 

  9. 19 hours ago, NT80 said:

    What's to keep the MWC from just merging into the PAC to keep that Brand and P5 status? 

    No different than $mut buying their way into a P5 conference rather than earning it.   

    I think that the PAC 2 does not want all the Mountain West teams. Not sure why the Mountain West would be bending over to help the pack these next couple years if there was not a guarantee for that to happen

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