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Thank you for linking it. There were not really any details in this other than the podcaster thinks it will be a success because Wade Rousse is involved—which is kind of questionable. They tout their Woodside Energy deals and how cutting edge they are. I am very skeptical of this “secret plan” but apparently there is little to no enforcement anymore so I guess they decided to go hell bent for leather on throwing money around like Tech— but with the tacit blessing of their Governor. I didn’t hear him mention it, but I think the invitation had a rallying cry of something like: One State, Two Colors, Three Letters:LSU. So, if Governor Landry is really behind this, I can see a situation where his executive power may be challenged in sponsoring such a funding deal—not for academics—but for football players who can swap schools and play for the highest bidder. That is a straight up Louisiana politician approach to “unsustainable”. I am very skeptical of whatever brain trust scheme they cooked up and if it does go through, I think you will see massive embezzlement/fraud in how it is carried out. I’ll wait and see, but I bet it is not as earth shattering as they make it seem. It really smacks of desperation in a weird way—which tells me the LSU donors must be extremely fatigued after buying out Kelly and watching Lane go on a spending spree in the portal and recruiting. Those donors will likely end up holding the debt when Lane flames out like he did at Tennessee, USC or jumps ship to the NFL.

Thank you. I appreciate you.

I jokingly posted somewhere else that it would be a shame if he went somewhere else because of a misleading tweet to get clicks. Kids are tempermental and if they think their trust was violated, I can see it pushing a kid on the edge somewhere else. Like getting a 8:00 am facetime call from Ketch.

To be fair, the way it was tweeted was confusing and it was not clear who the quote was attributed to.

What about the Mark Bowman and Winfield!

Only person that knows for sure is Monshun Sales and his agent. He is represented by Ascend out of Indianapolis who also represented Cole Brevard. They are also certified by the NFLPA, so they are legit. no one on this message board has a legit crystal ball or set of tea leaves that can tell you he is coming here. If he is one of Gerry’s HIs awesome, but I kind of doubt it.

Coleman and Wingo will be gone this year too freeing up a lot of NIL for Sales and Royal and to retain Bishop.

His shirt in that tweet is either the UH hand sign or “the shocker.” Im hoping its the shocker.

I have to admit, I was not sold on us getting this kid, but with the way LSU is stacking Dline, we need all the freaks we can get.

For all those hating on Gerry’s HIs, would you rather him say nothing? It is the best situation. Sometimes the kids change their minds.

The great thing about NIL is that if Larry Johnson retires in the next year or two, he knows he will have a home here.

Id love for it to be LWC.

Let’s go!!! We landing a bada$$ Cat at RB

I like Pollack. JD Pickel seems like a Oklahoma homer and clickbait specialist I don’t care for the way Crain & Co. present their show. But I love OTF 🤘🤘🤘

Harvey, why is Kobe Black not your favorite Longhorn ever?

How surprising that a kid with the nickname Greedy wants more money 😂😂😂

This is rookie level stuff. The LB from Florida ended up at Ole Miss I think flipped 6 or 7 times. Izaiah something. i think there was a DB last cycle that flipped between Auburn and Bama 5 times.

Is he the kid that silently committed on every OV he took?

Bobby. I have a lot of friends and family that are aggies. Logic is not their strong suit.

Thank you for explaining his tweet to this old man. That context makes it make sense!! 🤘🤘🤘

The judge granting the temporary injunction is what set the wheels in motion. When he did, Tech was emboldened and didnt consider the consequences. Truth be told as a competitive person it has happened to me many times where I thought the victory was worth the cost. Frankly the Big 12s lawsuit was the ultimate reality check. A number of people at tech (or Kessler) read the lawsuit and the tea leaves and made an adult decision. in the famous words of Mike Tyson, “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.”

One interesting thing about the judge is she was originally nominated to the federal bench by Obama but her nomination expired. Then she was renominated by Trump. She was a respected litigator before she took the bench. The lawyer representing the Big 12 is a BYU graduate who represented the Big 12 in thr House settlement and litigation. Should be a fun case to monitor as there won’t be a lot of gamesmanship in federal court.

Case is assigned to Judge Karen Gren Scholer she is a graduate of Rice and Cornell Law School. https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/scholer-karen-gren

I’ll pull the case on pacer later today and see who it got assigned to. Tech Law is not known for putting many judges on the federal bench. I would be surprised if there are any federal appellate judges who graduated from Tech Law. It is a lower level law school, just above Texas Southern and maybe on same level as St Marys or South Texas. Don’t mean to offend anyone who went to those schools.

When Texas Tech joined the Big 12, they agreed to abide by its rules—so it always seemed crazy to me that Cody Campbell would say you can’t punish us for that because that would be collusion. Well hell yes it is collusion, but its a collusion Tech agreed to allow happen.