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BOOM !!! 🤘

BREAKING: Ohio State DT Hero Kanu is a Longhorn! 

 

56 minutes ago, Burt Macklin said:

So international students are the new market inefficiency? Sark better be putting together an entire international scouting team. 

 

40 minutes ago, Js1 said:

It’s the visa type hes on as a student 

Y'all ever heard of this bunch?  Apparently they found him in Germany. 

https://www.ppirecruits.com/

 

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1 hour ago, Fud said:

If you're trying to find his snaps on youtube, here's the games against P4 opponents where he got the most PT

Tennessee- 14 snaps

Michigan State- 13

Purdue- 11

Oregon- 8

Texas- 7

Watched Tennessee and Texas

He's not a play-maker yet mostly because he reacts slowly when the play is coming his way and he doesn't have much of a plan in pass rush, but he does a solid job of holding his ground against doubles in the run game against good competition. Another year of S&C and practice and even game reps should see him thinking less and reacting faster in-games, and perhaps then he'll be more productive 

Before I watched those snaps I thought he was a low floor high ceiling guy, but I think he can already play rotational snaps and hold up well, so he has a better floor than I was expecting. I saw closer to good than elite athleticism for the position, which is more than fine 

Played mostly at 1-tech, curious to see how he'd look moved around on the line 

Texas, Georgia, Florida, and even Ohio State wanted him for a reason

 

25 minutes ago, BornAndRaised said:

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I think yesterday or the day before Burton said Hero was "light in the loafers." 

Anyway fuck that. Hook Em! 

2 hours ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Apparently, he’s an international student which means his NIL cap is just $10,000. In other words, NIL was not a factor in his decision. He’s here because he wants to play for Texas. 

Is that seriously a rule?

Seems really odd, if so, that such a rule exists in the Wild Wild West world we are in.

12 minutes ago, TrashMaster G said:

Is that seriously a rule?

Seems really odd, if so, that such a rule exists in the Wild Wild West world we are in.

It's not a college athletics rule. It's a federal rule regarding student visas. 

It's come up before with high profile international students competing in college athletics. I have no idea how easy it is to get around. It feels naive to think no player in the US on a student visa has ever received improper benefits. But the consequences are different since it's not an NCAA rule or enforcement you're violating.

At some point I said I wish Texas was doing camps in the South Pacific to recruit Tongans/Samoans and in West Africa to recruit Nigeria/Ivory Coast. 

I didn't take it the next step to think of creating a crossbreeding program. This is genius.

1 hour ago, cactusflinthead said:

 

Y'all ever heard of this bunch?  Apparently they found him in Germany. 

https://www.ppirecruits.com/

 

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Yes, Brandon Collier is the main guy doing camps in Europe and working to bring those kids to the US for HS experience. 

2 minutes ago, SL Xpress said:

At some point I said I wish Texas was doing camps in the South Pacific to recruit Tongans/Samoans and in West Africa to recruit Nigeria/Ivory Coast. 

I didn't take it the next step to think of creating a crossbreeding program. This is genius.

Brandon Collier/PPI have started doing camps in West Africa as well.

16 minutes ago, SL Xpress said:

It's not a college athletics rule. It's a federal rule regarding student visas. 

It's come up before with high profile international students competing in college athletics. I have no idea how easy it is to get around. It feels naive to think no player in the US on a student visa has ever received improper benefits. But the consequences are different since it's not an NCAA rule or enforcement you're violating.

Yeah, the consequences are pretty severe and can affect their ability to move to a professional athlete visa or permanent residency in the future.  Especially right now.  You don't want to fuck around with violating the terms of your student visa and taking improper benefits / more than $10k for the next 4 years. 

Texas Compliance has to be on top of this shit with any international athlete, of which we have quite a few in tennis, T&F, S&D and women's soccer.

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20 minutes ago, SL Xpress said:

It's not a college athletics rule. It's a federal rule regarding student visas. 

It's come up before with high profile international students competing in college athletics. I have no idea how easy it is to get around. It feels naive to think no player in the US on a student visa has ever received improper benefits. But the consequences are different since it's not an NCAA rule or enforcement you're violating.

 

4 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Yeah, the consequences are pretty severe and can affect their ability to move to a professional athlete visa or permanent residency in the future.  Especially right now.  You don't want to fuck around with violating the terms of your student visa and taking improper benefits / more than $10k for the next 4 years. 

Texas Compliance has to be on top of this shit with any international athlete, of which we have quite a few in tennis, T&F, S&D and women's soccer.

It kind of makes this thumbnail from OB's hilarious

 

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18 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

It kind of makes this thumbnail from OB's hilarious

 

It does.

But I worked with Lori and Blake forever ago in the compliance department - they know what they are doing. 

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17 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

 

It kind of makes this thumbnail from OB's hilarious

 

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Ketchum is allegedly telling people that his NIL deal is $750k-$1M. Yet another example of Ketchum not only just spewing nonsense from his fat fucking mouth, but hurting Texas in doing so. Other boards have run with it. I’m sure it will come up in the locker room asap as well. 

Just now, closetojumping said:

Ketchum is allegedly telling people that his NIL deal is $750k-$1M. Yet another example of Ketchum not only just spewing nonsense from his fat fucking mouth, but hurting Texas in doing so. Other boards have run with it. I’m sure it will come up in the locker room asap as well. 

All it takes is one asshole coach at a rival program to report that shit and get Texas/Hero under investigation. 

Fuck Ketch. He needs to go choke on a ham

49 minutes ago, Schulz2.0 said:

Brandon Collier/PPI have started doing camps in West Africa as well.

Is he going to start a Tongan/Samoan to Nigerian dating app? The payout would be 19 years in the future at best, but I think there's some high returns possible there. 

This is fucking huge.  Maintaining the up front dominance will help the younger secondary next year.  

 

The bodies are important for a possible deep run.   

We saw so many injuries in throughout CFB playoff.  

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34 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

Ketchum is allegedly telling people that his NIL deal is $750k-$1M. Yet another example of Ketchum not only just spewing nonsense from his fat fucking mouth, but hurting Texas in doing so. Other boards have run with it. I’m sure it will come up in the locker room asap as well. 

Just like that rat faced bastard Chip Brown and his NIL deal for Ewers being $8M...all the rubes on Finebaum bought it hook, line and sinker.

8 minutes ago, Fondren & Main said:

Just like that rat faced bastard Chip Brown and his NIL deal for Ewers being $8M...all the rubes on Finebaum bought it hook, line and sinker.

Oftentimes it's not a matter of buying it. It's being able to give attribution to someone else. People often aren't interested in the truth of it. Look at war reporting when there's obvious made up numbers being thrown around. They'll toss the numbers out there anyway and say, "According to the Russian Defense ministry...blah blah blah." 

There's no transparency in NIL. Ohio State is constantly being reported as having an NIL payroll of $20 million because that's what the athletic director said before the season. I've been told by some people in the space it was much closer to $25 million. But the $20 million is stated as fact because no one knows and they can attribute the number to someone. 

Oh, and an obligatory fuck Chip Brown. 

1 hour ago, closetojumping said:

Ketchum is allegedly telling people that his NIL deal is $750k-$1M. Yet another example of Ketchum not only just spewing nonsense from his fat fucking mouth, but hurting Texas in doing so. Other boards have run with it. I’m sure it will come up in the locker room asap as well. 

People involved with Texas One clearly talk to him as he sends out periodic messages that they need more donors etc.   So if those guys talk to him, why don't they tell his fat ass to STFU speculating about NIL numbers if he ever wants any inside info.

1 hour ago, closetojumping said:

Ketchum is allegedly telling people that his NIL deal is $750k-$1M. Yet another example of Ketchum not only just spewing nonsense from his fat fucking mouth, but hurting Texas in doing so. Other boards have run with it. I’m sure it will come up in the locker room asap as well. 

I’m not dumb enough to ask specifics on each players deal, but do you know if the 10k number for foreign students was a hurdle in this recruitment? I’m not financially savvy or really money literate to be honest but if that were the case couldn’t the student in question, not necessarily this one, just open a trust as it wouldn’t be earnings reported by him but by the trust? Sorry if this isn’t the appropriate thread or if I’m asking too much. I’m just very very curious about the ways Texas is able to get things to work the way we need it to with regards to NIL and you’re the poster with the loudest and usually most informed voice on the subject. 

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2 minutes ago, Skipper said:

People involved with Texas One clearly talk to him as he sends out periodic messages that they need more donors etc.   So if those guys talk to him, why don't they tell his fat ass to STFU speculating about NIL numbers if he ever wants any inside info.

There is one employee at TOF. She isn’t talking to Chet Ketchum or Chip Schlichter Brown. 

Outside of that, there are 5 board members. None of them are paid and none of them are doing the work required, or taking on the risk required, in order to be able to talk to Fatfuck and The Gambler. 

Some of the bigger money guys talk to some of the $9.95ers. They’d of course like to see more people helping, and TOF is a simple thing to point at for those who wish to help.

A couple of these highly intelligent, highly successful, extremely helpful individuals trust Ketchum and Brown for some reason. They’ve been shown evidence to the contrary. Burton, Gerry, Nahlin, some of the MSM guys, they’re able to keep their mouths shut. Wish that was enough.

It’s a bizarre headache on a regular basis that Ketchum gets ahold of something and then actively works to fuck everything up for everyone. In this instance, it’s one of those times where no one told Ketchum anything but he wanted everyone to know that he “knew” something. He had the “scoop”. Due to the fact that he is hippo fat, he cannot spot the rakes lying on the ground as he walks into them. 

2 minutes ago, BornAndRaised said:

I’m not dumb enough to ask specifics on each players deal, but do you know if the 10k number for foreign students was a hurdle in this recruitment? I’m not financially savvy or really money literate to be honest but if that were the case couldn’t the student in question, not necessarily this one, just open a trust as it wouldn’t be earnings reported by him but by the trust? Sorry if this isn’t the appropriate thread or if I’m asking too much. I’m just very very curious about the ways Texas is able to get things to work the way we need it to with regards to NIL and you’re the poster with the loudest and usually most informed voice on the subject. 

It’s too soon on this one for anyone indirectly involved to know anything. It sounds like NIL was irrelevant here due to the guy not wanting to lose his visa and such. 

Beyond, the sausage-making is usually pretty fucking boring. Or just take comfort in that notion being somewhat true. 

There are plenty of reasons to avoid getting into details on NIL. One big reason is that we do not fully understand the ramifications in the future for the work and fights happening today. 

4 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

It’s too soon on this one for anyone indirectly involved to know anything. It sounds like NIL was irrelevant here due to the guy not wanting to lose his visa and such. 

Beyond, the sausage-making is usually pretty fucking boring. Or just take comfort in that notion being somewhat true. 

There are plenty of reasons to avoid getting into details on NIL. One big reason is that we do not fully understand the ramifications in the future for the work and fights happening today. 

Appreciate the response, and I definitely understand the need for secrecy. 


Beyond, the sausage-making is usually pretty fucking boring. Or just take comfort in that notion being somewhat true. 
There are plenty of reasons to avoid getting into details on NIL. One big reason is that we do not fully understand the ramifications in the future for the work and fights happening today. 


He’s German and can make sausage? Sounds like an NIL opportunity for Green’s in Zabcikville. Sign him up!
24 minutes ago, Herbie Hancock said:

 


He’s German and can make wurst? Sounds like an NIL opportunity for Green’s in Zabcikville. Sign him up!

 

FTFY

1 hour ago, Skipper said:

People involved with Texas One clearly talk to him as he sends out periodic messages that they need more donors etc.   So if those guys talk to him, why don't they tell his fat ass to STFU speculating about NIL numbers if he ever wants any inside info.

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2 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:

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Hmmm…I’ll take a Shiner and the Happy Sausage Special please.

2 hours ago, LTtxfan said:

Inga (Teri Garr) was so hot

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Lots of good German food for Hero in and around Austin. Anyone for Oma's House for lunch?

Isn't the McRib a year round product in Germany? 

17 hours ago, Herbie Hancock said:

 


He’s German and can make sausage? Sounds like an NIL opportunity for Green’s in Zabcikville. Sign him up!

 

Zabcik is a Slavic word. He would be better off with Scholtzs or somewhere in Fredericksburg, New Braunfels, Greune, or the countless other German towns in central Texas.

21 hours ago, closetojumping said:

Ketchum is allegedly telling people that his NIL deal is $750k-$1M. Yet another example of Ketchum not only just spewing nonsense from his fat fucking mouth, but hurting Texas in doing so. Other boards have run with it. I’m sure it will come up in the locker room asap as well. 

Geoff Ketchum is a stupid, fat fuck.

1 hour ago, lilMAC25 said:

Geoff Ketchum is a stupid, fat fuck.

File under "Not News" next to "Generalissimo Franco Remains Dead".

2 hours ago, Tex Long said:

Is Hero on campus already? Or finna be?

yes, on campus today getting cleared.

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