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Some of yall are wild. Texas will be fine. Article coming later this morning.

Tnats a lot of words for 3 am

Aggy musings. Let's go back to a few years , Aggy has just learned that they have been betrayed by the SEC and that evil Texas has been invited and is going to be a new member of the Southeastern conference. In response aggy panics, screaming they had been promised to be the only Texas team in the conference. The howling is so sever that in retaliation they decide to spend Elon Musk type money to sign the highest rated class (2022) of all time just to beat the sips. Mercenary magic didn't work, Jimbo gone, Elko in! Fast forward to 2026. After losing the first two games vs Texas by double digits each with conference titles on the line and with two of their better teams. This time around they have to rebuild and are once again spending like a drunk sailor. #1 class, lots of 5 star hs recruits and should top what some have said too be more that 50 mil in NIL with hopes of stopping the bleeding and the day drinking. Gerry mentioned recently what life might look like in BCS for Elko if they go 0-3 vs the Longhorns. But I digress! Lets move to baseball shall we. Two years ago aggy is on the verge of a championship at the CWS. They come up short vs Tenn in the deciding game and two days later see their coach head to Austin to work for his friend CDC. Oh what a betrayal !! Wailing and nashing of teeth follow. Then aggy has to empty the bank account to keep key players from following Schloss to UT. BTW, did I mention that with those very expensive players they failed to make the NCAA tournament in year one and then looked uninterested a few weeks ago, getting crushed by USC in a home regional. Now, they are really big mad and going to get us back, running the table with big money for Football NIL to be #1 and today getting Cain to come back to the Brazos bottom for a big raise. Boy did they stick it to Texas ! A wise man once said, the aggy's don't want to just beat Texas. They want to BE Texas! They have Texas Derangement Syndrome (TDS) and I don't think its going to get better soon! There is no cure! Thoughts?

Random question: In your time covering recruiting has there been a time where one state had both the #1 & #2 players in the nation for football (Brewster & Meredith) and basketball (Spears Jr & Black) at the same time? I'm sure its happened for Florida, California or maybe Georgia but just curious about that.

Pretty sure it can be a combination of both Rev Share and 3rd party NIL. May be some guys getting only RS , others both. Texas only has 13.5 million in Rev Share for football. So easy to see 3rd party does a lot of business if our payroll is in the 30-40 million range. And those 3rd party deals as of now still have to clear the Clearinghouse etc. And yeah have read monthly pay. And as stated above some signing bonuses etc. Be fascinating one day to see how it is really done, how each school figures out their path. Texas One Fund seems very well ran , and dependable as well as compliant.

Half of Oregon's roster is from California.

Very good interaction and respectful disagreement. Thank you for that as well!

Not sure but I think yes

That’s what I thought. So they are signing rev share deals. I wonder if NIL is separate through 3rd party?

Well I'm not going to continue going back and forth with you on it, so we don't clog up the thread lol. But I appreciate the back and forth, being respectful, etc. Appreciate the info, too.

Again, thanks Jeff!! 🤘

Sean Miller and staff are very excited about how hard the guys are competing every day. Staff very encouraged

Glad to hear.

Thank. You.

Bobby, and you and your team are so appreciated. Truly the best in the business. Think about a woman's Longhorn show next year. Hook'em

LOL, it should have been harsh, for me to forget the great Texas Longhorn swim and dive team is criminal for longhorn fan.

I think Rev share is from the schools

Thanks Jeff 🤘

I haven't heard anything negative in that regard since the Cain news came out.

What is the difference between NIL and Rev share?

He's played a big role in putting this roster together, no doubt. But I'm not expecting a mass exodus of talent following him to College Station. The pitchers are at Texas because of Max Weiner and the position players like playing for Schloss and Tulo. Losing Cain stings, but if Weiner left, for instance, I'd be worried about guys on the roster following him.

So what’s the backstory? Is this going to be another one of those things that can’t be disclosed, like the women’s basketball departures?

Doesn’t seem like Cain does much on the field coaching, so not sure why any players would follow him. Seems like Schloss, Tulo and Weiner play the biggest roles in development

@Blake Munroe @Jeff Howe @CJ Vogel How much of this roster do you attribute to Nolan Cain? And any chance some of our studs follow him? Great recruiter, but shouldn’t be too hard to replace if all our best guys stay put. Could easily see this team being better next year hiring Marder from Oregon and bringing in Laya, Armstrong and a few others