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I would have guessed he needs to finish spring semester classes to graduate in May/June (?) but don't really know for sure. I personally wouldn't leave Stanford a few classes shy of a degree unless there were megabucks involved, but if this is the case then perhaps he plans on returning to finish the degree later? Especially if he could do it online (I've taken several Stanford classes on Coursera (which was founded by two Stanford professors) and at Stanford Online - great classes but pretty rigorous).

NIL - we are strong at EDGE so to us Bailey was a luxury. At some price point we'd love to have him, but would you pay Colin Simmons dollars? More? Nope. And if we did pay him more than even Simmons how do you think that would go over in the locker room? Not familiar with Tech's roster but they needed him a lot more than us so it makes sense they would pay more (likely a lot more) than we would. As to the argument about exposure for the draft - if you can really play the NFL will find you. In the 2023 draft Texas Tech DE Tyree Wilson went # 7 overall (one spot higher than Bijan Robinson, first Longhorn off the board). This year I see mock drafts with players from Marshall, East Carolina and even North Dakota State ranked high. If I was a Tech recruiter my pitch to Bailey would be "you're the next Tyree Wilson - heck, you're even better. And he went higher in the draft than any Longhorn that year". It's really not a big deal guys.

Makes sense, a Stanford grad is so rarely seen on the high plains of Texas ...

Not an April Fool's day post, he's their new guy. Career record of 99-52 which percentage wise is almost identical to 8-4. From the Pete Thamel article on ESPN - McMillan is the head coach at Samford, which he led to a pair of Southern Conference championships and one NCAA tournament in his five seasons there. His overall record there was 99-52, and he led Samford to four-consecutive 20-win seasons. He defined a style that includes a heavy emphasis on pressing and disruption. It is one that not only plays fast on offense, but it attempts to speed up the opposition. In each of the past two seasons, Samford's opponents turned the ball over at a rate that put the team in the top 20 in the country for opponent turnover percentage. The energy and style should help engage an A&M fan base that isn't organically a basketball group. A&M is expected to have nearly $7 million available in NIL and revenue share this season, a competitive number for the SEC that should give Texas A&M a chance to be competitive in the conference. "A chance to be competitive" - looks like they're not setting the sights too high to begin with (no Jimbo Future National Championship plaque - darn). This should be interesting. The lads on TexAgs are taking a wait and see attitude for the moment.

Just read this article on On3 claiming that Beard's agent reached out to A&M even before Buzz Williams left them, expressing interest in becoming their coach. "Beard, a native Texan, told A&M people about his passion for the state and his newfound desire to beat rival Texas." Oooh, "desire to beat rival Texas" for revenge after UT dropped him - music to the ears of the Aggies. A&M went almost all-out (not quite Jimbo level effort but impressive for a BB coach) but Beard leveraged the A&M push to get more funding to stay in Oxford via increased NIL and staff $$. Plus sweeteners to his contract, of course. No idea how much of this is true (the part about Beard's people making the first move and the inference it was mainly a ploy to gain extra negotiating leverage against Ole Miss) but if so it was a clever move. Aggie, did you get played here?

Maybe once Nicolas Robertson committed we told Koa we probably wouldn't have room for him? That would explain why he doesn't even have us in his Top 3

Wut? What happened to Texas? Thought we were the leader and we can't even beat out SMU for a Top 3 slot? (Upon closer inspection of the OV dates I see he has yet to schedule an Official Visit during the highly coveted June 20 weekend)

Played three years at Mater Dei. According to MaxPreps stat info he caught 8 passes total for 145 yards and 2 TDs. I think they had another TE who was the 'receiving' TE though? So the jury is out on whether or not he'll be a receiving threat at Texas. For comparison Gunnar Helm's numbers his last two years in Colorado were 58 catches for 781 yards.

I think we are basically just jacking up the price the Red Raiders will eventually pay for this dude.

And they rate Colin Simmons as # 1 in the "Top 10 returning edge defenders for the 2025 season" too ... OK now I'm gonna check safety ...

Setting records again, I see The Volunteers were 6-for-28 from the field, which is a woeful 21.4%. They were also 1-for-15 from three-point range, which was bad enough for 6.7%. Feix Okpara and Jordan Gainey were the team's leading scorers with four points each. Meanwhile, Zakai Zeigler was a brutal 1-for-7 from the field and hit 1-of-4 three-pointers. If that wasn't bad enough, Houston outrebounded Tennessee 26-17.

If Duke beats Bama and winner of Houston - Tennessee game and winner of Florida/Auburn/Michigan State they're gonna cut down the nets. FIFY (kidding (sorta) but I've been a Duke fan since Art Heyman and Jeff Mullins in the early '60's and I've seen enough bizarre unexpected games or upsets or injuries to not count the banners before the final whistle blows)

It's even worse than that. Scourton is a portal transfer from Purdue and Shemar Turner was from the 2021 class, so only ONE from the 2022 GRCE 😩 The 2022 class that had eight 5* recruits (including five 5* DL) ...

The Mock Consensus now has 13 Longhorns going in the Top 200, after Blue moved up since he was excluded from earlier ones before the Combine. Banks, Barron and Golden in Round One at 14, 16, 18. Quinn 3rd rounder at # 79. https://www.nflmockdraftdatabase.com/colleges/2025/texas-longhorns

Did Gunnar Helm run the 40 (I'm assuming that's him in the walking boot) ? Any info on his time, if he ran. (edit - just reread and saw CJ post saying brace on right ankle, so the guy in the right foreground is not Helm?) Regardless, any info on Helm's 40 time (if he ran)?

The ACC had a terrible regular season with just four teams getting bids (and UNC the last team in) and now in the tournament they are even worse. The two teams tied for 2nd in the regular season (Clemson and Louisville) both lost in the first round to lower seeded teams. An 8 (Louisville) losing to a 9 is not much of an upset, and a 5 (Clemson) losing to a 12 seems to happen annually, but Clemson scoring 13 points in the first half is awful. UNC is a slight favorite to beat Ole Miss, could probably hang with Iowa State and possibly Michigan State (lost to them by 3 earlier in the year) but could just as easily lose to any of those three teams. Hard to see them making the Final Four though and that's pretty much the minimum expectation at UNC. Duke is the only hope for conference glory and they obviously have a really good team, with a manageable path to the Elite 8 where they could face Alabama but their youth and Flagg's injury (also Malik Brown's) are problematic. I'd be surprised if an SEC team doesn't win it. I grew up in the Carolinas so naturally pulled for ACC basketball. My first basketball memory was as an 8 year old listening on the radio to an undefeated UNC team facing Kansas for the championship (UNC won in 3 OT) and the first game I watched in person was UNC with Billy Cunningham vs Indiana with the Van Arsdale twins. First Duke game I saw live was against UCLA the year Alcindor was a frosh when frosh weren't eligible (Duke won easily). A dozen NCAA titles between the two programs plus a couple more from NC State (I was polyamorous in my basketball fandom) so it's disappointing to see the league do so poorly.

He is the same weight and half an inch taller 🤷‍♂️ I think you (Jonas) are comparing Trey to Arch but Robert is comparing Trey's size to KJ Lacey's

Roughly this time last year LSU had commitments from the # 1 WR (Dakorien), # 1 RB (Berry) and # 1 QB (guy who flipped to Oracle Michigan) in the 2025 class. Looked like they'd sign a historic class on offense. Ended up with just the RB after the dust settled. Long way to go.

If UNC beats # 6 Ole Miss Thursday a lot of talking media heads are going to go silent. That was an epic beat down tonight

Just noticed that Bubba gets a $104,000 incentive bonus for UNC making the tournament - nothing to see here folks, move on ...

In addition to what's been mentioned I'll add that it looks terrible that the Chairman of the NCAA Selection committee is Bubba Cunningham who just happens to be the Athletic Director at UNC. In theory he cannot even be in the room when UNC is discussed for an at-large berth but it sure looks suspicious.

Great that Gronk is finding use for his enormous brain after his retirement from the Patriots!

Not something to be proud of - but at least we are in. As for me I'm pulling for Duke, a remnant of growing up in ACC country as a high school basketball player. They have an excellent shot this year if Flagg's ankle is even 95%, but also a recent record of getting banged around by experienced older teams and losing unexpectedly too.

He was the # 1 overall pick in the 1982 draft after winning the Lombardi Award and receiving more votes for the Heisman than any other defensive player his senior year ... lot of awards. But in the pros he first had a lot of injuries, then failed various drug tests and was arrested for cocaine possession. Couple years later described himself as a 'recovering alcoholic'. One of those guys who couldn't handle the demons once he had success. He could have been a great pro.