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You don't know the difference between Arizona and Utah? WTF ... she's in northern Utah, closer to Idaho and Wyoming than Arizona.

My understanding is that the 'settlement' will clarify the athlete-school monetary relationship (think of it as a minimum wage, benefiting mostly the vast majority of student-athletes in non-revenue sports with limited NIL opportunity) but that athletes will still be free to earn as much as they can outside that framework, ie, from NIL. Anyone hear differently, that this will shut the door on NIL deals for Dr. Pepper commercials or whatever?

I was curious about how well KJ would do after losing Ryan Williams a year early so I checked his numbers on MaxPreps. They seem to be about 2 games behind based on the 10,446 passing yards stat given above, but you can see the trend. Some of the key stats are a little lower (QBR and completion %) but others are up (passing TD/game, TD/INT ratio, total yards/game). He didn't miss Williams all that much I guess.

Not the answer. 1) As soon as the 'legal' cap is set to say $20M then the usual cheaters from the past will have an advantage every year they see fit to go to $22M or $24M or whatever is necessary. Schools that want to play by the rules (like, I hope, Texas) will once again be at a disadvantage. The bag men will return. 2) The courts won't allow it unless it's a result of a collective bargaining agreement between a union and an employer (like the NFL for example). Check how fast the NCAA folded when the State of Tennessee filed suit for the rights of student-athletes (cough cough) to make all the could make without NCAA interference. And if college athletes every did unionize - well, what could possibly go wrong with THAT, right? What is the answer? I dunno - free market; eventually it will reach an equilibrium; Golden Rule (those with the gold make the rules?). Obviously the rich will eat the poor (metaphorically speaking, in the transfer portal) but at least we're at a 'have' school.

Now show her the Aggie cheer leaders ...

Let's get greedy - 4) Notre Dame loses to Army 27-25

This is Larry Ellison, billionaire founder of Oracle, and this is his yacht. What's a few mill in NIL between friends?

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This is just too funny ... two weeks ago Connor Stalions joined the coaching staff at Underwood's high school. Nothing to see here folks, move along ...

Austin American-Statesman in an article by David Eckert - click bait? You be the judge

So does Aeryn "Bubba" Hampton, though he wasn't done changing his mind February 14, 2022: Commitment Aeryn Hampton commits to Texas Longhorns November 29, 2022: Decommit Aeryn Hampton decommits from Texas Longhorns July 07, 2023: Commitment Aeryn Hampton commits to Texas Longhorns December 20, 2023: Commitment Aeryn Hampton commits to Alabama Crimson Tide [and signs and enrolls]

So Sark is still big game fishing, I take it?

A 'sip slip ?

Yeah, after he wins his 2nd Heisman you gotta think he'll give the NFL a long hard look ...

If our players start believing projections like this ...

What I 'fear' (loosely speaking) is that they will pressure us with their front four and blitz LBs like Georgia did (though obviously with lesser talent). If our RBs can pick up the blitz and our OL can figure out the stunts we'll probably be OK but if Quinn panics and turns it over a couple of times, or if our OL gets jumpy or handsy and draws penalties and we keep giving A&M short fields either from turnovers or punts from deep in our own territory then they can beat us. I don't think they can beat us if they have to drive 70 yards to score, but if they keep getting the ball inside the 50 then sooner or later they'll scratch out some points. They have some studs on the DL and you know Tickle Me is going to send the pressure. How Quinn handles it could be the biggest key.

Twenty one point favorite you say? The week before our epic showdown with A&M? Don't bite

Not PFF, but his QBR ranking was 11th out of 12 qualifiers in the SEC last week - for the season he's 7th out of 15 https://www.espn.com/college-football/qbr/_/group/8

Let's not get too far over our skis ...

I dunno for sure but I read it on the internet so ... Here's the article I saw, from someone at USA Today - "NCAA sanctions give Southern California ammunition to fire Lincoln Riley and escape contract" - link Key quote - Southern California is a private school, and details of Riley’s reported $110 million deal from 2021 haven’t been publicly released. But every coaching contract has a clause in it, specifically outlining firing for cause if the program is placed on NCAA probation. A sports agent familiar with college coaching contracts who spoke to USA TODAY Sports on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter, said USC would’ve been foolish to not include the specific NCAA clause. Without it, Riley would be free to flout NCAA rules without repercussion.

USC just got put on probation for a year for things assistant coaches pulled. No big deal, except they found Lincoln Riley violated "head coach responsibility" rules and USC agreed to it. Which means USC can now fire Riley 'with cause' and not owe him the tens of millions of dollars left on his contract. Better win these next few games Lincoln!

Clearly he hasn't had his 2nd cup of coffee yet

Lot of people might be seeing "NoDak" and figuring you for a Cowboys fan ...

A member of the deer family, hopefully close enough ... from a Yukon Territory pack trip years ago. Won a Safari Club International award for the outfitter, the guide and myself and also made the Boone and Crockett Record Book for Mountain Caribou

One hypothetical worst case chaos scenario floating around has Texas losing to Arky or Kentucky, then beating A&M plus Georgia beating Tennessee. That could set up eight SEC teams tied for first with 6-2 conference records - go figure out how that one plays out.