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They did change the anti expansion last night to 700 million revenue and that now would include the ACC and Big 12, not just Big 10 and SEC. Sure that is not gonna make some folks in the ACC happy. Would mean Miami, FSU , Clemson, UNC are stuck where they are. As well with many other teams. Good luck with that. And no changes to the TV pooling rights. Gonna be fun to watch , but still say in the end DOA.

You're not wrong. Usually, when competitors team up and share control of something valuable, the law may see that as unfair. The difference here is that Congress may give them special permission to do it.

I get the frustration, but blaming Sankey for “not leading” here is missing the point. The SEC and Big Ten aren’t losing because Sankey is asleep - they’re losing because the smaller‑school coalition has been organizing for months while the two power leagues assumed Congress would never take the bill seriously. That’s why this joint statement exists in the first place: it’s the wake‑up call. And let’s be real: Sankey’s job isn’t to throw out wild proposals just to look busy. His job is to protect the SEC’s leverage, and the fastest way to lose leverage is to negotiate against yourself in public. The Big Ten floated the 24‑team playoff because they need it. The SEC didn’t, so they didn’t. Cody Campbell buying influence doesn’t mean the bill is suddenly inevitable. It just means the SEC/B1G finally realized they can’t sit back and assume the smaller schools won’t get their way. This statement is them stepping into the fight - not getting buried by it

I can't see any of the senators from Alabama, Louisiana, Ohio, Michigan, South Carolina, Missouri, or Miss. voting for this bill. So there goes your 60 needed.

@CJ Vogel in hell

First the big 10 built momentum behind their 24 team playoff idea. Now Cody has momentum in buying congress. I think it’s fair to ask just what kind of a leader the sec has in Sankey. Has he proposed anything or is he just standing around waiting for the birds to cover him with leaves?

I also think its a tough ask when you get a guy on base and have someone like Casey Borba up who just ********doesn't******** bunt ever and expect him to be able to lay one down. It was not our identity all year so why change it in the 7th inning in an elimination game in Omaha with a guy that you know can come unglued with one swing? Sort of a lost art now. especially in our league. SEC baseball wants 10 homers from 1-9 with your 1-5 guys being 15 plus bombers. Maybe if we dont lose those few guys to the draft who signed out of the portal last year, we have that. I do think though when you have an opened position like 1B available, you have to think about Josh Livingston earlier. Im not sure if there was injury issues or what. But coming out cold in the 9th inning and absolutely hammering a baseball made some questions marks in my head come up.

@Jeff Howe If I recall, Cozart and Crossland are draft eligible as sophomore next year, is that accurate?

Gonna be interesting because they need 60 votes. 53 Rep 45 Dem and 2 Ind in the Senate. There were two Republicans that voted against today and Tuberville has already said he would vote no. They may have a shot at 60, which I never thought they would. But the House is a whole different matter. And I don't see that happening period. The Majority Leader Scalise from Louisiana has already said no to it in its form . Congressional Black Caucus against . Much harder to pass there . But who knows . They go on recess in August so would be warp speed. Odds on that 🤣

No. The SEC and Big 10 just need to add 15 more schools and tell everyone else bye

The 2027 NFL Draft is going to be insane.

I think folks are reading way too much into this. The SEC and Big Ten didn’t put this out because the bill is “definitely passing,” and they didn’t put it out because they’re about to secede tomorrow morning. They put it out because they finally realized the smaller‑school coalition has been running circles around them in the legislative process, and this is their way of saying, “We’re not letting you write the rules without us anymore.” There’s nothing in the public record showing a new version of the bill or a new statement today - So until something official drops, all we really know is that the two power conferences are trying to flex before anything gets locked in. The politics, the antitrust talk, the Cruz/Campbell stuff - that’s all noise here. The only thing that matters is whether Congress wants to protect the small schools or let the market keep splitting. And right now, nobody in DC has shown they can get anything across the finish line. So yeah, it’s worth paying attention to, but let’s not act like this is the Treaty of Versailles. It’s just the SEC and Big Ten reminding everyone they’re still the adults in the room.

You can say this every year about the MPA counselors, but that's a LOADED group with several potential NFL franchise quarterbacks.

I’ll send them to you when I get back to my laptop!

42 on Jordan in the first half 28 March 2003.

Your take is why I thought it was huge whenever Pendergrass reached base. He's got the kind of speed that can really mess with pitchers in tight spots. The speed element is also why Jonah going down was a huge blow to what the offense could've been this season.

Way above my pay grade but if there is any chance we get stuck with this if we stay and we are currently allowed to secede I believe we should move forward with secession ASAP rather than risk the Cody circus

@Jeff Howe you honor me

With Mateer not attending, does that leave @CJ Vogel in limbo on whether he'll be attending as well?

Shoutout to Chuck Johnson and "Big Cat" Alfio Randall!

Harvey Martin.

Also, @PaulieD and others, thanks for the kind words on our baseball coverage. @Blake Munroe and @CJ Vogel deserve their props more so than me because they know the game and see it through a different lens than I do, which really enhances our coverage, IMO. I love Longhorn baseball. I'm looking forward to our coverage growing in 2027.

Blake, I have loved this daily thread. Your work on this has been extraordinary. I have been copying and saving each day’s picture but I cannot find #s 85 and 92. Was there not one done for those days or did I just not see them? Thanks and keep up the great work.

I think teams had no interest in giving Tinney anything decent to hit. He at least found ways to get on base via walks, but they were very careful with him. After Volchko got Robbins to chase that slider diving away from him, I don't think he saw anything but sliders the rest of the time he was in Omaha. Very few fastballs, IIRC. The big thing about Charles Schwab Field is the configuration. Unlike Rosenblatt, where the wind coming from the south caused a lot of balls to leave the yard, the wind tends to blow in or you get a cross breeze. That can hurt teams that rely on the long ball, even though bat and ball technology have come a long way since the start of the BBCOR era. @TheNightKing had a good post with some good takes. One of the reasons why Skip's OU teams have been good when they've made it to Omaha is that they really can play small when needed. OU typically steals a lot of bases and while they've got some guys who can thump, you'll always see Skip field a team with guys who can play small ball when the conditions aren't ripe for extra-base hits. OU is very versatile offensively.