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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 !!!

Shrinking OV list hopefully means we feel really confident about the guys we are still recruiting

Supposedly they will file for an injunction in Lubbock District Court, so odds are they might get a favorable judge. This is what Chambliss did in Mississippi USA Today article - NCAA may decide Brendan Sorsby’s season — or a Lubbock judge might

Hopefully whenever Brock Williams and John Meredith decide to announce it (I'm hoping those are the two lol)

I like this better than last year's rat poison when we were the pre-season # 1 team and Arch was the Heisman favorite projected to go # 1 in the 2026 NFL draft. Underestimate us until your heart's content ...

Speaking of media rights, this one scrambled my brain for a bit. "Amazon to televise 3 marquee Duke basketball games as part of landmark deal" - not just the usual pre-season dreck games but games against UConn and Michigan and Gonzaga. Right now the UConn and Michigan games look like two of the most anticipated non-conference games on anyone's schedule next season. quote: "The deal will include extensive NIL opportunities for Duke athletics and is part of a broader retail partnership expected to be announced at a later date." Think about it - we get to televise a few of your most anticipated games and provide "extensive NIL opportunities for Duke athletics" as part of the deal. Pretty crazy. The rich get richer - Duke's my favorite college BB team, I never miss a game televised on 'regular' TV, but wouldn't pay extra to see them on Amazon Prime (probably should get a sub?). How did they pull this off with ACC and ESPN blessings? "The move will raise eyebrows around college sports. The deal could end up marking a harbinger for the future, as streamers are expected to be more aggressive in acquiring rights in upcoming collegiate sports rights discussions. Duke worked with the ACC and ESPN on future scheduling commitments in exchange for the ability to play these three neutral-site games, including participating in select ESPN-owned and operated neutral-site events in the 2027-28 and 2028-29 seasons." Who would make a good co-partner for Texas football?

They have him going to Cleveland, so probably a good fit, right?

I got it from this article in The Athletic - "2026 NFL Draft: Comparing top analysts’ rankings" (paywall) [quote on the source of these] The Athletic collected data as of the morning of April 23 from the following sources: The Athletic’s Dane Brugler’s ‘The Beast’ guide, ESPN’s Jordan Reid (published April 17), Pro Football Focus’s big board, NFL.com’s Lance Zierlein, ESPN’s best available list, The Ringer’s Todd McShay, NFL.com’s Daniel Jeremiah, ESPN’s Mel Kiper, The Athletic’s Nick Baumgardner (published March 26) and Yahoo Sports’s Nate Tice (published April 15).

Don't leave us hanging in suspense man - you "predict he doesn't [miss/play/?] single game this year" ?

I just finished compiling first round data from two 2026 mock draft composites plus individual first round mocks from ten of the biggest industry names. Todd had the most accurate 2026 first round mock of anyone, by a wide margin over everybody except Mel Kiper (the edge over Mel was slight). I was impressed. So hopefully he's right again about 2027 Longhorns going in round one (I'll start a new thread later today and post the draft data - pretty interesting to mock draft watchers)

If they had any sense they'd be looking for the people who ratted him out in Ohio - specifically Cincinnati, since Sorsby left there on bad terms. He's currently being sued by UC for $1 million for breach of contract, plus Cincy plays in the same conference as Tech so would love to stick it to them. They would be in a much better position to know about his gambling than people in Austin. Texas doesn't really care much about what goes on in Lubbock. Wonder what the over/under is on Kalshi for his possible suspension? I'd guess half the season, though I wouldn't bet on it. It's a clever move to play the addiction card and head to rehab early - improves his chances at avoiding a permanent suspension. If I had to bet I'd say justice demands the lifetime ban but wouldn't surprise me to see him weasel out given CC's money and a possible favorable venue for a trial.

Unless it's a photo from a recruiting trip, right? I searched 'arch manning georgia gear' and this is the first of many images to surface. No big deal ...

My recollection is we wanted Klare as our top TE choice but he preferred to stay in the Big 10 since he's from Ohio and played at Purdue. He wasn't highly rated out of high school but shined at Purdue so OSU became an option for him. OSU (allegedly) made him a very solid NIL offer since they were light at TE. Probably a no-brainer for him, we didn't really pass on him so much as he wanted to go to OSU and he passed on us. I can't recall him even making a visit to Austin. Endries was our consolation prize.

The past few years I've been tracking the accuracy of the Mock Composite draft site, which aggregates mock draft data from 180 big boards and over 1,300 first round mock drafts. Typically the first round has been pretty accurate - the past two drafts they hit on 27 of the 32 first rounders for example, with most of the misses getting drafted in the 2nd round, with the major exceptions of Shedeur Sanders last year and Jermond McCoy this year. Below is this year's data in table form (I had to wait until McCoy was picked - he was mocked at 17 but ended up 101 or fourth round). A yellow background in the 'Mock' column means those five players were drafted in round one but mocked lower (Banks mocked 44 or round 3 but drafted 18 for example). A blue background in the 'NFL draft' column is for the five guys mocked round 1 but drafted later. Three were picked early in round 2, a fourth late in round 2 and McCoy (coming back from injury) slipped into round 4, similar to what happened with Sanders last year (minus the injury excuse). So most of the mock's misses were still reasonably close. 'Delta' column shows the difference between mock and actual slot, with red indicating the mock was too optimistic. The red 59 at the bottom is the sum of these. Minus 59 means the average error for 37 players was less than 2 spots, which is impressive. 'abs delta' column adds the absolute errors, so plus seven and minus 7 would be zero in the 'Delta' column, but 14 here. If you divide the number (345) by the number of players (37) the average error was 9.3 or less than 1/3 a round. Scanning that column there is only one number higher than 32, meaning 36 or the 37 players were mocked within one round of where they were taken. I also added the 247 Composite ranking for the 32 first rounders (average 447) and the star rankings 3.72 or 3++ in the Hamilton Metric. Basically this idea of doing a composite seems to give pretty accurate results for round one. I also am tracking where the Texas players are taken ... will have more on that later once the draft is done.

He never returned Texas' calls and texts once Tech made him an offer he couldn't refuse (minus the horse head). Bailey kept ignoring calls from Tech until these two texts: "I have the deal of a lifetime for you. Give me a call, bro." and "David, give me 120 seconds to have a convo with you. If you're not interested after that, I'll leave you alone." He was intrigued and called. The offer was supposedly for over $3 million for one year. Texas wasn't going to offer him double what Simmons was likely making. Article here in ESPN