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TRO - temporary restraining order TI - temporary injunction I think that's right but I'm not a lawyer either.

The agent for Jayden Rashada leaked his $13+ million contract when Florida reneged on paying him. It was more like a pro contract - signing bonus and then monthly payments with easy to hit 'requirements' for bonuses. Gotta figure Sorsby (and probably everyone else) got some money up front with the rest paid out during the fall, so just a wild guess maybe $500K - $1M at most signing bonus? And likely (hopefully) with a good conduct clause, but they seem to be making it harder to claim that with every plea for leniency in court.

Because they are willing to pay above market value in NIL for players

Just checked their roster - 11 girls, three from the USA (including the two from California mentioned in the X post) and the other eight from Thailand (3x), Australia, Colombia, Belgium, Italy and the Philippines. The proposed Cruz-Cantwell legislation to protect college sports has a provision that schools cannot drop programs even if they run low on funds caused by spending on BB and football. "Protect our Olympic sports" is mentioned. Thinking about this because I recently read Louisville is over-spending on men's BB and football and considering cutting other sports. And Arkansas announced it was dropping both men's and women's tennis - total income from those two programs was around $3,000 (including $82 from women's tennis), but the costs for coaches, tennis court access, travel and scholarships was roughly $2,300,000 annually. 61% of the women's team and 64% of the men's team were international students. (Arkansas found an angel donor to fund tennis for a while, so it backed off dropping the programs). Interesting times.

I read it as Sark's attempt to highlight strength of schedule more when the committee decides which teams get the last couple of spots in the CFP. Tech can't do much about the weakness of their conference foes but they do control who they schedule out of conference and they didn't seem eager to add any teams with a pulse when they actually had a chance to do it. The only thing I didn't like about Sark's comment was the shot about our 2's and 3's would (could? I forgot the exact quote) go undefeated playing that schedule. We have good 2's at WR and maybe RB and a young but likely talented QB but our 2nd string OL looks pretty weak to be bragging about going undefeated in the Big 12. Likewise on D we could field stout dudes at DL and EDGE and CB but I wouldn't have faith in our 2nd team LB and S units going undefeated. As Bobby B pointed out the whole dust up looks like Sark trying to be the center of attention and not Arch and his second pre-season Heisman while Joey has effectively moved the convo off of Sorsby. Both coaches did a good job changing narratives with these frivolous diversions. Well played gentlemen lol.

He'll have Felix Ojo ready to man the left tackle spot ... what could go wrong?

Ryan Day thinking "Yes please, this is a freakin' BRILLIANT idea ... chicken if you don't Sarky boy" or something like that.

I was on campus at the same time - he wasn't "Mongo" until later with the Bears, his college nickname was "Bam Bam" after the club wielding wild child in the Flintstone's show. The possibilities of tie-ins with Hanna Barbera were probably endless. Seriously he was an All America by his senior year so would have likely gotten top rate for a DL

Lot of programs are spending more on football now and going into debt, literally. So they are looking at what to cut in other sports to make up some of the difference. Arkansas dropping tennis is a good example - quote from an article "The math didn’t work for the Razorbacks anymore. They spent a combined $2.35 million on the two teams in the 2025 fiscal year; the men’s team generated $3,202 in revenue and the women $82." Yep, they backed away from doing this after the uproar, but it illustrates the problems with funding these other sports using funds mostly generated by football. $2.3 million will buy you a decent QB or a couple of transfer WRs or multiple solid linemen probably. Aside - reading about his I saw 61% of all scholarship tennis players were from other countries. Guessing golf isn't too far behind. Easier to justify cutting if so much of the benefits are going to non-Americans I guess.

Street to Peschel on 4th and 3 to put the Longhorns in position to beat Arkansas in the defacto 1969 National Championship game (Tricky Dick said so, gotta be true). For an "All Time Clutch" moment it needs to be a play that leads to a national championship, I feel. This was the best for me prior to 4th and 5. I wonder if even 5% of the readers here are old enough to remember watching on TV (or attending the game)? Fun starts at 1:40 mark with Texas trailing 14-0, then the big play a bit later. Enjoy.

If only you had a yacht you wouldn't feel this way ...

Kim Mulkey - please 😁

This was never my favorite genre of music but since he's from Texas and was living in Austin playing frat gigs and covers when he recorded this Grammy winning song at an Austin studio let's give it up for Christopher Cross. This was back in the late 70's when I was on campus. The album also featured "Ride Like the Wind" which hit # 2 on the Top 100. I think he won 5 Grammys that year. I had a 14' Hobie Cat in those days and every time this song comes on the radio (rarely now) I think of those days sailing on the Austin area lakes.

My first memory of Texas football was the 1964 Cotton Bowl and I hated them. Texas was # 1, Navy (!!) was # 2 with the Heisman Trophy winner Roger Staubach. I was a teenager growing up living at a small South Carolina beach town. The game was played just a few weeks after the assassination of President Kennedy (in Dallas), a former Navy officer and hero in WW II. Fair to say the sentiments of the nation outside the state of Texas leaned heavily to Navy. My dad had served in the navy during WW II in the Pacific, working the engine room on a heavy cruiser, so he was of course a big Navy fan. And Roger was easy to pull for. Didn't know anything about Texas. It was a massacre, 28-0 before Navy scored a late TD. Didn't like Texas for a decade after that but I got over it when I received a graduate scholarship to UT in 1973 lol.

Let's hope their readers are correct about who wins the SEC. Only 24 voters thus far, I'm guessing Texas fans reached the article via OTF. Bobby and the boys strike first again. Not much bulletin board material in the article, except maybe for Alabama

"Mark In Austin" is my legal eagle on this site (he was in UT law school when I was in UT grad school, though we didn't know each other). Here are some arguments a good lawyer would make to try to get this down to a partial suspension. What do you think Mark? This will be heard initially in Lubbock and if you think that doesn't mean a more favorable court you haven't paid attention to what took place in places like Tennessee and Mississippi the past few years. 1) The "bet on your team and you are banned forever" rule came into effect in 2023 (I think), but the gambling we admit to occurred in 2022 (I think I got the years right). 2) The bets were minuscule, just a few bucks (I think I read $2 to $50?) so what's the big deal? And he always bet on Indiana to win, so he lost most of the time. 3) Mr. Sorsby was not even playing, he was taking a redshirt season, so his actions could not have had any possible effect on the outcome. This is not like a point shaving scandal. 4) He suffers from a "clinically diagnosed" gambling disorder, which is "a mental health condition." He is undergoing treatment for this mental health condition as we speak. 5) The NCAA profits from gambling sites even while penalizing student-athletes while issuing an ever-changing list of what's allowed. For example recently they OKed betting on pro sports like football, before changing their minds. 6) He stands to lose almost $6 million in NIL funds if he is not allowed to compete, causing him irreparable harm. 7) Sites that went into this matter in more depth than ESPN say Kessler will bring up something like the NCAA can't regulate the conduct of players like this since they are just students, not employees of the schools. This "employees" argument seems to be some third rail for the universities and they quiver in fear when a savvy attorney threatens to use it. This might be what causes the NCAA to look for an off-ramp and go for a lengthy suspension but not for the full year. Not saying he should get off, a life-time ban seems fair to me, but he has an excellent lawyer who has run circles around the NCAA and I would not be surprised if he gets it reduced to a partial suspension. What do you think Mark?

Turtle lasted longer against her on Entourage ... just sayin'

Pretty sure Mark McGuire hit one out with a launch angle of 89 degrees back in the BALCO daze ... moonshot for sure.

This was one of the best clutch catches I've ever seen ... I give them credit for a great season

It's a well known boomer fact - nothing good happens after 9 P.M.

I attended UT while he was on campus. Just to be clear on this, Lam was on the Olympic squad as a member of the 4 x 100 meter relay team which won the gold medal. He ran the 2nd leg. He was an alternate in the individual sprint since only 3 sprinters per nation were allowed but when Houston McTear was injured Johnny took his place in the 100 meter dash and finished 6th, prompting the famous Coach Royal quip - "Only five guys in the world are faster and none of 'em play football." His finals time is listed at 10.27, the podium guys ran 10.06, 10.08 and 10.14. He ran three earlier races as the field was whittled down but this 10.27 was his fastest time. Not trying to denigrate his Gold Medal achievement, just pointing out that he didn't win the gold in an individual sprint.

Never heard of it until today but clearly a sponsor of the tournament. On sale for $8 a six pack at a local store here in the Arizona desert, so not exactly cheap but it does have electrolytes.

I took her comment to mean "I hate doing these pressers - get asked the same dumb questions every time and I'd rather be relaxing in the locker room." I remember Yao Ming getting asked "what are your favorite English words" and he said "Last question" lol. For some the pressers are easy breezy, for others it's a bit of a pain.

I saw this on The Athletic - "Texas spent a pretty penny — close to $3 million, we’re told — to bring in Cam Coleman from Auburn and to give quarterback Arch Manning one of the best receiver groups in the country." Question: If Cam is getting "close to $3 million" as an experienced productive transfer then what is a fair market valuation for freshmen recruits Easton Royal or Monshun Sales ? And could you justify paying both? (I'd assume they would warrant roughly equal NIL deals since they are ranked #1 and #2 WRs). Also, while I'm here, the same article asked "Is it [the Texas WR room] the best? One Power 4 personnel staffer sees some flaws." Flaws? Flaws? What are you talking about dude! Here's what the P4 "personnel staffer" had to say - (guessing he works for a jealous rival). "Coleman is their best receiver with a great catch radius, but I don’t think he’s a burner,” he said. “Ryan Wingo is your best athlete, but not a real good receiver. Emmett Mosley is your best overall receiver, but doesn’t have long speed. They all have flaws that can limit them if you have really good corners. Week 2 (versus Ohio State) will be the test.” Actually haven't seen anyone claim we had the "best" WRs, just that we had upgraded the position with Coleman, but whatever. Interesting take on our WR room. If they want to see "long speed" I hope we unleash Bishop on their sorry asses.

PAY DA MAN !!!