October 1Oct 1 2 hours ago, Beau Vine said: My best friend in Seattle went to the UW-tOSU game and sat with the Big Cigars. He said that Jedd Fisch is going to leave Washington at the end of the season. Even though Florida isn't open yet, Fisch has already expressed interest in other jobs, and the Big Cigars really hate him. I hope we hire Ryan Grubb this time. He is apparently our top target.
October 1Oct 1 Popular Post 1 hour ago, Tex-19 said: The crazy thing about college sports is that you could say this about pretty much any P4 school in the country. Look at Stanford - wealthiest alumni in P4 but they don't give a shit. Then look at Tech - one weirdo billionaire decides this is his life mission and now they're a major player. I'm willing to bet lots of other "poor" schools have individual alums who could instantly vault them to the top of NIL without breaking a sweat if they wanted. CFB payrolls are peanuts in the grand scheme of the business world and people make insane money in a lot of random industries that don't require a Harvard education. Ex: Kentucky has a 9-billionaire from the founding family of Public Storage. It certainly helps your odds to be someone like Texas with lots of potential big donors, but the "it only takes one" thing is true a lot of places. Tech’s billionaire is the outlier and he played ball there. Phil Knight made his name in athletics and is getting all kinds of return by making Oregon into a powerhouse. Most really wealthy people are going to find better uses of money than putting a nickel-back into a G-Wagen. You want your name on a building, you want to be toasted for funding scholarships. Here’s why the SEC bag-game worked: it was tons of decently wealthy but not tremendously rich folks who enjoyed the hunt and feeling a bit like a big shot. They could afford to part with meaningful but relatively modest sums of cash that, when pooled with other wannabe sports tycoons, were tremendously impactful to the mostly lower-income black athletes and their families. You could stretch a few tens of thousands of dollars into helping to lure a future All-American to the school. You felt like you saw a real return and enjoyed seeing it play out. And by and large these are the folks who are getting hit up for NIL. Actual titans of capital are just not interested in this stuff.
October 2Oct 2 10 minutes ago, Sbbruin said: He is apparently our top target. He's apparently upset that our NIL has come up short, so good luck with that.
October 2Oct 2 Popular Post 1 minute ago, Beau Vine said: He's apparently upset that our NIL has come up short, so good luck with that. "Come to UCLA, where all of your NIL concerns are a thing of the past."
October 2Oct 2 2 hours ago, Tex-19 said: The crazy thing about college sports is that you could say this about pretty much any P4 school in the country. Look at Stanford - wealthiest alumni in P4 but they don't give a shit. Then look at Tech - one weirdo billionaire decides this is his life mission and now they're a major player. I'm willing to bet lots of other "poor" schools have individual alums who could instantly vault them to the top of NIL without breaking a sweat if they wanted. CFB payrolls are peanuts in the grand scheme of the business world and people make insane money in a lot of random industries that don't require a Harvard education. Ex: Kentucky has a 9-billionaire from the founding family of Public Storage. It certainly helps your odds to be someone like Texas with lots of potential big donors, but the "it only takes one" thing is true a lot of places. UK's main supporter is Joe Craft and some of the other coal guys and they put their money into men's basketball which is what UK is nationally relevant in. UK football is a lost cause though our current coach had a couple of good years but now it's back to normal.
October 2Oct 2 3 minutes ago, bluegrass said: UK football is a lost cause though our current coach had a couple of good years but now it's back to normal. Maybe aggy was right to revolt at the thought of Mark Stoops as their HC?
October 2Oct 2 3 minutes ago, DFW Horn said: Maybe aggy was right to revolt at the thought of Mark Stoops as their HC? I think they were right. Stoops took advantage of a down SEC East. He's quit trying at UK and constantly complains despite being paid 9 million to lose.
October 2Oct 2 On 9/29/2025 at 5:10 PM, 956 Worldwide said: I had completely erased the McElwain era from my mind. I saw him in a wiki article when I got curious after Napier crapped out against Miami and thought “oh yeah, they had that guy.” The guy wrestling with the fish
October 2Oct 2 23 hours ago, SydneyCarton said: No one is lining up to calm Sarkisian by “kisi” Well, not until now. Kinda catchy.
October 2Oct 2 2 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said: Tech’s billionaire is the outlier and he played ball there. Phil Knight made his name in athletics and is getting all kinds of return by making Oregon into a powerhouse. Most really wealthy people are going to find better uses of money than putting a nickel-back into a G-Wagen. You want your name on a building, you want to be toasted for funding scholarships. Here’s why the SEC bag-game worked: it was tons of decently wealthy but not tremendously rich folks who enjoyed the hunt and feeling a bit like a big shot. They could afford to part with meaningful but relatively modest sums of cash that, when pooled with other wannabe sports tycoons, were tremendously impactful to the mostly lower-income black athletes and their families. You could stretch a few tens of thousands of dollars into helping to lure a future All-American to the school. You felt like you saw a real return and enjoyed seeing it play out. And by and large these are the folks who are getting hit up for NIL. Actual titans of capital are just not interested in this stuff. And those titans shouldn’t be interested. They didn’t get to where they are by being stupid with money. If they donate big money and have an endowed scholarship in their name forever, or their name on a new building for the next 30-50 years, that ROI is solid. If they donate to NIL to or football or athletics in general, it’s not clear what they are getting. Bringing in a teenager who might change his mind next year about where he wants to be, or might get in trouble with the law and get booted from the team, or might blow out his knee and be done for a year or forever? Or be asked to donate money to buy out a coach who just wrecked his Harley after banging his employee/side piece at a roadside park? And for what? Bragging rights? To be able to brag in the sauna at the Billionaire Boys Club that his alma mater’s football team had scoreboard over somebody else’s Alma Mater’s football team? If I’m a billionaire, I don’t need to brag about anything. Because I’m a billionaire. And I’m sure never whipping out the checkbook to payoff a Strong or a Herman because some jackass A.D. from ASU decided to give them a stupid contract. Every CFB message board for every school has idiot fanboys who think big money donors are just sitting around waiting to write checks to cover mistakes by the A.D. I don’t believe that’s the case.
October 2Oct 2 On 9/30/2025 at 6:38 PM, coachherman'sgrill said: Quick question for everyone, what is geographically considered the North?
October 2Oct 2 4 hours ago, Tex-19 said: The crazy thing about college sports is that you could say this about pretty much any P4 school in the country. Look at Stanford - wealthiest alumni in P4 but they don't give a shit. Then look at Tech - one weirdo billionaire decides this is his life mission and now they're a major player. I'm willing to bet lots of other "poor" schools have individual alums who could instantly vault them to the top of NIL without breaking a sweat if they wanted. CFB payrolls are peanuts in the grand scheme of the business world and people make insane money in a lot of random industries that don't require a Harvard education. Ex: Kentucky has a 9-billionaire from the founding family of Public Storage. It certainly helps your odds to be someone like Texas with lots of potential big donors, but the "it only takes one" thing is true a lot of places. Tech has 4 or 5 billionaires funding their ascendancy. Campbell just hogs all the publicity.
October 2Oct 2 2 hours ago, Beau Vine said: He's apparently upset that our NIL has come up short, so good luck with that. He’s apparently a real asshole to boot. He wasn’t able to lure McMillan or Fifita to follow him to UW when he left Arizona.
October 2Oct 2 3 hours ago, Sbbruin said: He is apparently our top target. Jedd Fisch seems like a flake... always on the move
October 2Oct 2 3 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said: Tech’s billionaire is the outlier and he played ball there. Phil Knight made his name in athletics and is getting all kinds of return by making Oregon into a powerhouse. Most really wealthy people are going to find better uses of money than putting a nickel-back into a G-Wagen. You want your name on a building, you want to be toasted for funding scholarships. Here’s why the SEC bag-game worked: it was tons of decently wealthy but not tremendously rich folks who enjoyed the hunt and feeling a bit like a big shot. They could afford to part with meaningful but relatively modest sums of cash that, when pooled with other wannabe sports tycoons, were tremendously impactful to the mostly lower-income black athletes and their families. You could stretch a few tens of thousands of dollars into helping to lure a future All-American to the school. You felt like you saw a real return and enjoyed seeing it play out. And by and large these are the folks who are getting hit up for NIL. Actual titans of capital are just not interested in this stuff. Yup, even Campbell is on a mission for a salary cap. OKST got a billionaire to build a stadium with his name on it, and have since gotten rich alum to build an indoor practice facility, baseball stadium, tennis facilities, soccer field, and gigantitron all with naming rights. We’re still looking for a softball stadium and wrestling facility. I think we’ll get enough payroll to fund a competitive Big 12 roster in football, but it’s spent and gone in a year with no legacy. It’s not a sustainable system even for the big dogs.
October 2Oct 2 44 minutes ago, LTtxfan said: Jedd Fisch seems like a flake... always on the move Umm, yeah. That’s how it goes when you are a position coach. You move to get to a coordinator spot. And then you move around from there to get in a good situation to grab a head coaching spot. Don’t look at too many resumes of coaches if you don’t like how that looks.
October 2Oct 2 9 minutes ago, Vanilla Strange Gato said: Umm, yeah. That’s how it goes when you are a position coach. You move to get to a coordinator spot. And then you move around from there to get in a good situation to grab a head coaching spot. Don’t look at too many resumes of coaches if you don’t like how that looks. Several of those spots in the pros he wasn’t retained (typical) when the HC got canned. It is a brutal career when you’re trying to break in.
October 2Oct 2 2 hours ago, Vanilla Strange Gato said: And those titans shouldn’t be interested. They didn’t get to where they are by being stupid with money. If they donate big money and have an endowed scholarship in their name forever, or their name on a new building for the next 30-50 years, that ROI is solid. If they donate to NIL to or football or athletics in general, it’s not clear what they are getting. Bringing in a teenager who might change his mind next year about where he wants to be, or might get in trouble with the law and get booted from the team, or might blow out his knee and be done for a year or forever? Or be asked to donate money to buy out a coach who just wrecked his Harley after banging his employee/side piece at a roadside park? And for what? Bragging rights? To be able to brag in the sauna at the Billionaire Boys Club that his alma mater’s football team had scoreboard over somebody else’s Alma Mater’s football team? If I’m a billionaire, I don’t need to brag about anything. Because I’m a billionaire. And I’m sure never whipping out the checkbook to payoff a Strong or a Herman because some jackass A.D. from ASU decided to give them a stupid contract. Every CFB message board for every school has idiot fanboys who think big money donors are just sitting around waiting to write checks to cover mistakes by the A.D. I don’t believe that’s the case. nice nickname noob Spoiler
October 2Oct 2 11 hours ago, Vanilla Strange Gato said: And those titans shouldn’t be interested. They didn’t get to where they are by being stupid with money. If they donate big money and have an endowed scholarship in their name forever, or their name on a new building for the next 30-50 years, that ROI is solid. If they donate to NIL to or football or athletics in general, it’s not clear what they are getting. Bringing in a teenager who might change his mind next year about where he wants to be, or might get in trouble with the law and get booted from the team, or might blow out his knee and be done for a year or forever? Or be asked to donate money to buy out a coach who just wrecked his Harley after banging his employee/side piece at a roadside park? And for what? Bragging rights? To be able to brag in the sauna at the Billionaire Boys Club that his alma mater’s football team had scoreboard over somebody else’s Alma Mater’s football team? If I’m a billionaire, I don’t need to brag about anything. Because I’m a billionaire. And I’m sure never whipping out the checkbook to payoff a Strong or a Herman because some jackass A.D. from ASU decided to give them a stupid contract. Every CFB message board for every school has idiot fanboys who think big money donors are just sitting around waiting to write checks to cover mistakes by the A.D. I don’t believe that’s the case. Yes. Hard to argue this. It’s none thing to own the Rams and spend money, you make money off of it. Most billionaires aren’t gonna just write you a million dollar check and say happy hunting.
October 2Oct 2 19 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said: Tech’s billionaire is the outlier and he played ball there. Phil Knight made his name in athletics and is getting all kinds of return by making Oregon into a powerhouse. Most really wealthy people are going to find better uses of money than putting a nickel-back into a G-Wagen. You want your name on a building, you want to be toasted for funding scholarships. Here’s why the SEC bag-game worked: it was tons of decently wealthy but not tremendously rich folks who enjoyed the hunt and feeling a bit like a big shot. They could afford to part with meaningful but relatively modest sums of cash that, when pooled with other wannabe sports tycoons, were tremendously impactful to the mostly lower-income black athletes and their families. You could stretch a few tens of thousands of dollars into helping to lure a future All-American to the school. You felt like you saw a real return and enjoyed seeing it play out. And by and large these are the folks who are getting hit up for NIL. Actual titans of capital are just not interested in this stuff. That's kinda my point though. Most billionaires have better things to do with their money so one outlier can totally tilt the playing field. It's enough money that the decently wealthy can't bankroll it themselves but small enough money that a single billionaire easily can if they want to. There isn't much rhyme or reason to figuring out who that one outlier will be or at which school. I mean who would've guessed Larry Ellison would be bankrolling Michigan because his wife went there? A whole roster's NIL is peanuts to him.
October 2Oct 2 If I were bankrolling a team, I'd want information in return, and it would have to be information that Vegas didn't get.
October 2Oct 2 16 hours ago, Vanilla Strange Gato said: Umm, yeah. That’s how it goes when you are a position coach. You move to get to a coordinator spot. And then you move around from there to get in a good situation to grab a head coaching spot. Don’t look at too many resumes of coaches if you don’t like how that looks. Counter I don't know anything about him. I just think that turnaround is incredible. From single win to double digits in three years. Gotta wonder how much of it was that coaching staff that he couldn't lure to UW.
October 2Oct 2 1 hour ago, Tex Long said: If I were bankrolling a team, I'd want information in return, and it would have to be information that Vegas didn't get. You'd at least want a VIP Connections newsletter every week...
October 2Oct 2 54 minutes ago, ATXbronco said: I don't know anything about him. I just think that turnaround is incredible. From single win to double digits in three years. Matt Rhule did the same thing at Temple and Baylor. Big whoop
October 3Oct 3 23 hours ago, CycleTex87 said: The guy wrestling with the fish In my house we call that “A snuggle with a struggle”.
October 3Oct 3 On 10/1/2025 at 11:21 PM, LTtxfan said: Jedd Fisch seems like a flake... always on the move He’s no Lenny Kravitz…
October 12Oct 12 Fans are upset but I think BV gets another year. They have an awful schedule, though. Franklin’s buyout is massive. He’s for sure on the bubble. The Napier experiment has to be over, right? Also look for War Eagle to get antsy over Freeze. They are famously impatient and when you bring in a nationally renowned dirtbag he needs to win. Norvell is faceplanting again. Edited October 12Oct 12 by 956 Worldwide
October 12Oct 12 I also thought Luke Fickell would do better at Wisky. 37-0 to a Kirk Ferentz team? Woof. They have two potentially winnable games left, which aren’t at all sure things. Wisky should try to bring Fat Brett home.
October 12Oct 12 34 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said: Fans are upset but I think BV gets another year. They have an awful schedule, though. Franklin’s buyout is massive. He’s for sure on the bubble. The Napier experiment has to be over, right? Also look for War Eagle to get antsy over Freeze. They are famously impatient and when you bring in a nationally renowned dirtbag he needs to win. Norvell is faceplanting again. I'm most interested in how Auburn will scheme up a plan to fire him.
October 12Oct 12 Really hope OU goes 3-3 the rest of the way, 8-4 should keep Venables employed. I guess if Mateer goes down for the season they can rationalize a worse record as well.
October 12Oct 12 Franklin’s buyout + Allar’s injury gets him another year. Good because I hate Penn State. Venables’ buyout is around $36 million. He’s probably safe. Fickell’s is $25 million but at least can be paid in installments. He should be toast but that’s a lot of money to pay to not coach. Sun Belt Billy’s is $19.38 million. Although it can be paid in installments after an initial lump sum it has no offsets. Who the hell negotiated this thing for Gata? Prediction: all four keep their jobs and their fans live another year in misery.
October 12Oct 12 2 minutes ago, The Dog said: Franklin’s buyout + Allar’s injury gets him another year. Good because I hate Penn State. Venables’ buyout is around $36 million. He’s probably safe. Fickell’s is $25 million but at least can be paid in installments. He should be toast but that’s a lot of money to pay to not coach. Sun Belt Billy’s is $19.38 million. Although it can be paid in installments after an initial lump sum it has no offsets. Who the hell negotiated this thing for Gata? Prediction: all four keep their jobs and their fans live another year in misery. Still don’t understand that extension they gave Venables.
October 12Oct 12 Quote Venables’ buyout is around $36 million. He’s probably safe. 12 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said: Still don’t understand that extension they gave Venables. I had no idea. That's Aggie-like. Does it indicate where the OU job ranks among college coaching gigs?
October 12Oct 12 I'm most interested in how Auburn will scheme up a plan to fire him. I feel like they may cut him a little slack because the refs have been hanging meat to them.
October 12Oct 12 48 minutes ago, demos said: South Carolina fired their oline coach: https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/s/NNi1P2X0fV Hmmm.....former TCU AD Jeremiah is there, maybe he will do us a solid and hire Ricker.
October 12Oct 12 Surely, Tim Skipper has done enough to be the full time HC at UCLA. Winning 2 straight Big Ten games in a row is a big damned deal for that program.
October 12Oct 12 And now Dilfer has also been fired.https://www.on3.com/news/uab-fires-head-coach-trent-dilfer/
October 12Oct 12 1 hour ago, Earl Haffler said: Here me now and remember me in two weeks. Franklin goes to pig aggy. Not a fit. They have a uhhh mold
October 13Oct 13 On 10/2/2025 at 4:05 PM, Texas Wahoo said: You'd at least want a VIP Connections newsletter every week... there better be some Little Debbie coupons in there too
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