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Sydney Sweeney did it better - in every way. Of course the Sox were so distracted they lost 28-5.

True, but we really REALLY would like to kick their butts in the WCWS tonight and tomorrow, am I right? Eternal scoreboard reads 57-7 (last meeting) and 55-18 (all time record in the sport that matters)

Uh oh - guessing Stephanie, Michelle and Sarah are not going to like this lol

Part of the "five to play five" proposal includes an age limit. Clock starts at 19 or when the player graduates high school, so likely 24 would be the AARP marker. Exceptions for religious missions, pregnancy and military service (I think I got them all)

Yep, Tracy played for Tech 20 something years ago and the family gave so much money for NIL and facilities that they named the softball facility after her a few weeks ago - (quote from TexasTech.com) Tracy Sellers Field On March 27, 2026, Texas Tech formally announced the renaming of its softball facility to Tracy Sellers Field, recognizing former Red Raider softball student-athlete Tracy Sellers and her family’s significant impact on the program. Sellers, who competed for Texas Tech from 2001-03, and her husband, John, have played a major role in supporting Red Raider Athletics through philanthropic giving, including contributions to the Red Raider Club, NIL support, and capital improvements that have helped elevate Texas Tech Softball in recent years. The announcement also reflects the Sellers family’s direct investment in the facility itself. Prior to the 2026 season, the stadium received several upgrades, including a new awning and protective netting down both baselines, made possible in part through the family’s generosity. Texas Tech framed the renaming as a tribute not only to Tracy Sellers’ legacy as a former student-athlete, but also to the family’s continued commitment to helping provide a championship-level experience for current and future Red Raiders.

Watching her play against UT last week I thought "she would be a great fit if she enters the portal" since Reese Atwood is moving on. She hit very well against Texas. Dunno who else is available in the portal or in the UT pipeline (bench or recruits) but this girl looked the part

Beating that "5 to play 5" deadline with its age limit is my guess. College NIL beats getting a 9-5 job.

Cause no one, I mean NO ONE, does a better job with QB evaluations than your Cleveland Browns. Amirite? (Do you think the Browns would pass on Sorsby if they could get him in the 4th round or later? Kalshi says 83% chance they'd take that gamble if the cost is low enough)

So you're saying he's just Tier 2 instead of Tier 1 ???

First impression was "this dude looks too skinny to play OT" ... but I see he's listed at 6'8" 270 lbs so "OK, I get it now - Trevor Goosby starter kit". Welcome to the 40 acres young man

He went to Indiana for two years, which is where he bet on his own team. Then Cincinnati for two years, where he kept on betting. Then Tech for about two months, where the 💩 hit the fan. It's not like he started at Tech and learned about gambling while there. Now that he's been called out the Tech brass is badly playing a poor hand and looking like fools in the process. But you asked why would high schools welcome Tech recruiting and I gave you the right answer - because they are willing to pay more money for recruits.

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.