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Surgery on what for Spencer? Elbow? Shoulder?

This is what coaches say when they’re in denial about their pitcher needing TJ surgery.

Have any preseason rankings been released? I assume Texas will be a top 5 pick. Is anyone besides maybe Kentucky and Florida supposed to be worth a damn in the SEC?

What does the Edge wish list look like at this point?

Texas is favored in this game. Seems absurd.

Sucks for him. He’s the lone Longhorn on the Commies’ roster, I think.

You think 10-8 is the minimum for Texas to get in? I’ve read that 7-11 might do it given this league, but you follow more closely than I do. Not getting in at 9-9 or even 8-10 seems kind of crazy to me. It was OU. Happy for the win and all but “in the SEC” is a silly trope when it is simply Texas playing OU.

While this just tugs at the heartstrings and all, there are a few problems here: 1) they’re not “kids”. they’re in their 20’s. 2) i have been all for wealth transfer when merited during this NIL transition. when merited. this isn’t that. this is a guy saying “go find more alums to pay my mediocre brother off so he can mooch less off of me. “ Maybe you don’t contribute to NIL so it doesn’t matter to you and you get to cheer for the results of NIL’s largesse anyway. Some of us have been quite involved with NIL and are getting really sick of this end of the nonsense. So yeah, I will be rooting against these two paid professionals in adulthood. You do whatever suits you, and tuck the naive admonishments away for private time.

This update highlights the perversity of the current anarchy in the CFB realm. “Hey, my brother isn’t very good, but you guys need to overpay him as well. Don’t worry about the merit of it, pay up. By the way, don’t look at my performance versus my HS rank, as it’s trash and I’m a one trick pony. Pay me north of $1M to mostly catch a couple of screens each game and maybe score one ST touchdown next season, thanks!” I’m rooting against these guys and I hope Georgia decides to overpay for them. Do not want.

Texas has zero issues with NIL on the basketball end. Multiple benefactors happy to help there. You think Tre Johnson or some of those well-regarded transfers are in Austin solely for their love of UT? Absurd.

You make good points and thanks for your help.

Everyone should be careful about conflating overall NIL with what is run through the collective. Total numbers like those quoted include corporate and outside support like Burnt Endz for the TES. DR Pepper and myriad other corporate programs aren’t going through TOF, to be clear.

They’ll be up. I’m not sure what “way up” means here. By gross dollars? Up, yes. By percentages? I wouldn’t call it “way up”.

The simple answer is “no”. If he coulda, he woulda. Also, fade routes are nothing more than vanity play calls for an OC. Just thinking they’re creating art. It’s stupid. Sarkisian needs to never call one again. They are the lowest percentage pass plays in the book.

My bad if so. I don't follow hockey and it read like he was referencing recruiting rankings to me.