Glass Joe

We refer to this phenomena as the “Aggie Guide to NIL”

Not again! 😂😉😉

There’s going to be a mass migration of players from the non-P2 conferences into the P2 conferences (SEC, Big Ten) this Spring portal cycle. The Spring portal is unique in that SEC teams can’t poach talent from other SEC teams (lest the player have to sit out the 2025 season), so all the SEC teams looking to plug talent gaps in their rosters will need to look outside the SEC to source those players. Of course, an SEC team can also poach from a Big Ten school (and vice versa) however the schools in these two conferences that actually care about football also typically have enough deep pockets to ward off fellow NIL suitors (tOSU, Michigan, PSU, Oregon, et al). So, where is the next level of talented football players that are available to be poached outside the P2? Well, numerically speaking, it is the ACC and Big12. These two conferences have more talent per capita on their rosters than G5 schools, and fewer of these schools can compete dollar-for-dollar on NIL deals with the SEC schools (note: there are a few exceptions..Tech, Clemson, Miami, etc). It’s interesting to me that there are some glaring talent gaps across the rosters of some of the perceived national powers (UGA, Texas, Ohio St, Michigan, Oregon, Tenn) that really need to be addressed in the Spring portal season. This dynamic, when combined with the timing of the House settlement, is going to set off an orgy of obscene NIL battles got talent. I wonder about Texas’ willingness to engage in the upcoming bloodbath. I support Sark in not wanting to engage in one-time silly NIL deals which may damage the culture and locker room, but I also acknowledge that our competitors will capture talented players that our roster needs to plug gaps (particularly at WR, OL, and TE). Should be interesting to see this play out.

Somewhere, Norman Watkins is very bitter.

Shemar Turner’s behavior makes some sense now. Good grief, what a culture over there.

@Gerry Hamilton does the unexpected early emergence of Nick Brooks as a guy on the two-deep at Offensive Tackle this season, change the number of the OTs Texas may take in the 2027 recruiting cycle? Goosby, B.Baker, N.Brooks, A.Cojoe sounds like a top 4 OTs, and all 4 players have 2-4 more seasons of eligibility (unless they leave early for the NFL)? Maybe we need only 2 true OTs in the 2026 cycle, and also considering how loaded the in-state 2027 class appears to be at Offensive Tackle?

Of course A&M hires someone named Bucky.

It’s always good to get a Jimmy Johnson from Miami on campus.

I agree with the original poster re: Pecan Lodge. Good, but not great, and it’s not in the same area code (literally 😀) of many of the best Central Texas BBQ stops. In Dallas-Ft.Worth area, I prefer Panther City, Goldee’s, and even Heim to anything in Dallas. Hutchins is pretty good. I’ll be at Snow’s on Saturday morning on my way to the Horns - UGA game (weather permitting), and Snow’s always delivers. I’m hoping to see Tootsie again. In Centex, I’m a big Louie Mueller’s guy, Black’s in Lockhart, and Stiles Switch. RIP Valentina’s.

Fun fact: that montage showed the famous backboard shattering “send it in, Jerome” play from college basketball lore. Trivia: who passed the ball to Jerome Lane to get the assist on that famous dunk?

Give me S.Utu (OG), Krempin (C), and Nic Robertson (OG) as the 3 IOLs this class.

I am happy for you!

Texas takes current aggy coaches, while Aggy takes fired Texas coaches. The pecking order is pretty clear.

Sark is planning to run the old 12-personnel recruiting visit formation. He’s always thinking ahead.

Trev Alberts must be a real pleasure to work with….top notch coaches are literally running for the exits (Schloss, now Buzz). I wonder how much of this is the Jimbo effect…having a massive debt to pay off is impacting the level of commitment to facilities and NIL in non-football sports? Add in the upcoming $20M needed to meet House revenue sharing requirements and the funds prioritization must not be baseball, basketball, etc.