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While motives don't make this a sound move, most Big 12 programs aren’t opting in because they think borrowed cash magically turns them into a SEC team. They’re doing it because standing still in the NIL era is the fastest way to fall behind permanently. If you can’t retain starters, plug portal holes, or keep coaches from getting poached, you don’t even get to compete for the conference, let alone sniff a playoff. You need enough liquidity to stay relevant: retain core players, avoid roster collapse, stay bowl/playoff-adjacent, and protect media value. Bad idea if the goal is “borrow to become Ohio State, Georgia, or Texas.” Much more defensible if the goal is “borrow to avoid irrelevance while the sport sorts itself out.” This isn’t Big 12 bravado. It’s Big 12 triage.

Good, Burke will prove them wrong and Jelani can come back with Kanu and Wisner and roll some MF’ers hard next year. Best of luck to Mr. Guilbeau, unfortunate he didn’t shine at CB but is a talented star, physical run defender, and might translate well into a safety and special teams force in the NFL.

I think jaylon Smith. A lb the cowgirls drafted a while back

Kanu isn’t some fringe guy hoping a good pro day and a sympathetic scout get him a combine invite. He’s already got the NFL body and the traits teams drool over. The issue isn’t if he’s draftable — it’s how early.

Which player was this

Looks like Ashton Judd is going to play some tonight ( Wednesday). Bri Preston the next game.

This is just stupid and bad business on behalf of the big 12 and schools that opt in imo. They should only do this if they stand a chance at going deep in the playoffs and winning. No school in the big 12 stands a chance of building a roster complete enough to truly compete even with borrowed money. They simply won’t be able to win enough NIL battles to field a complete and competitive roster. They may be able to field one to win the big 12 and that’s about it.

Agree with Townsend...

Nick Townsend and E. Winston have more upside than Endries IMO.

Or, that is a true statement if you are a sure fire first rounder.......think Banks.................. If you are a 5-6-7 rounder or camp player, maybe a 'kick-ass' bowl game would improve your stock.

Jaylon Guilbeau was a tweener who got asked to be three different things over four years. Corner early, Star later, some nickel responsibilities sprinkled in. That’s not always a recipe for clean development or eye-popping tape, especially when the room keeps getting reloaded with blue-chippers. Was this his best year? No. And yeah, the coverage tightened up when rotations changed late. But context matters: he was a willing tackler, played special teams, and did the dirty work without drama. Coaches trusted him to line up correctly, which doesn’t show up in mock drafts but absolutely matters on Sundays.

Significant news. One of the biggest schools in Fort Worth is open. Interesting to see who fills it and how the talent in FW changes over the next couple of cycles. Texas signed three players under Gates: S'Maje Burrell, Jonathan Cunningham and John Turntine III

Pretty much, yeah — but instead of a payroll deduction it’s a conference distribution garnish and instead of 36% interest it’s called “strategic revenue participation.” Same concept, better branding. Miss a payment and suddenly you’re selling Tuesday night kickoffs, your third-tier media rights, and a commemorative patch on the refs’ sleeves. But don’t worry — the term sheet will say “non-predatory.”

Ethan Burke and Jelani as UDFAs is a garbage take.

https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/dfwvarsity/article313651545.html

If you take the loan will they payroll deduct with 36% interest?😁

Almost 18 yards per reception in 2025.

This past season

Most of this stuff is deliberately structured around legislatures, not through them. The conference cuts the deal, creates a separate commercial entity, and schools are just “licensing” rights or adjusting future distributions. On paper, the university isn’t selling the family silver — it’s just refinancing expected revenue. That distinction is doing a lot of legal work. And yes, when it does brush up against state oversight, the political incentive is basically nonexistent to stop it. Nobody wants to be the lawmaker who gets tagged as “the reason our school fell behind in NIL.” Fiscal restraint loses every time to booster pressure and talk radio outrage. So you end up with the worst combo: Complex financial engineering most voters don’t understand Short political time horizons Long-term obligations that won’t come due until everyone involved has moved on It’s not that legislators are voting “yes” after careful analysis — it’s that the deals are designed so they never have to vote at all. And when the bill comes due in 8–10 years, it’ll be someone else’s problem. Which, honestly, might be the most college-football thing of all.

https://x.com/chris_hummer/status/2001396021662822793?s=46

Was I the only person who read the post title and thought there was a GoFundMe started for a recently passed Longhorn?

because every game the announcers would mention how elite they were and I remember so many 3rd and 4th down stops. I don’t recall hearing and seeing those things this year

13.5 sacks this past season or in his career? Sounds like a trey moore starter pack