Today marks 163 years since “the cherished design of the Republic and the State of Texas” was realized and The University of Texas, Texas A&M’s parent institution, was established by the Texas Legislature. Today also marks 163 years since the establishment of the Permanent University Fund...

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I have a concern that the same people who couldn't evaluate Tom Herman objectively a few years ago are again the loudest voices in the room. I know of at least one individual who, from the start, was deeply concerned about Herman's stupefying insistence on expending his goodwill with the alumni...

By the way, the athletics department financial reports mandated by the Dept of Education were due Oct 15. They will be released on the DoE database in a few weeks. The NCAA financials (far more detailed) are due Jan 15. When those numbers hit, expect the real fun to begin. It will be an era of...

I hoped that recruit enjoyed last night's LSU game. A lot of programs are not being open and honest about their financial situations and whan that reality hits, many programs are going to be radically changed. Michigan needs to cut ties with Harbaugh, but UM athletics is facing the reality of...

The "cash cow" delivers roughly $10 mil/yr into a $3.1B budget. To break that relationship down, for an individual making $100k/yr, your "cash cow" would drop a whopping $0.03 into their pocket. You seem to have your financial understanding backward. Bellmont is the one that could not pay its...

If doesn't matter where the money is coming from. If Bellmont didn't have the money to make its scheduled capital debt payment, and didn't have the money to meet its payroll without layoffs and salary deductions, yet has $40 million to blow on a reprehensible human being to coach its football...

The academic budget of UT Austin is well in excess of $3B/yr. Academics brings the money in, and if the president of the university forgets that, it will be to his disadvantage. People forget the stink that Herman's insistence on hiring Casey Horny brought. People also forget the Bellmont...

As I said in the recruiting thread: I cannot fathom the transgression such that Urban Meyer would be a step up in ethics and integrity. Fewer than 60 days ago, CDC announced the loss of quite a few jobs inside Bellmont to save far less money than it would take to remove Herman and replace him...

I cannot fathom the transgression such that Urban Meyer would be a step up in ethics and integrity. Fewer than 60 days ago, CDC announced the loss of quite a few jobs inside Bellmont to save far less money than it would take to remove Herman and replace him with Meyer. The faculty has to do...

And "Boom!" goes the dynamite! https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/college/article/Texas-A-M-Alabama-book-12th-man-legal-fight-15264638.php?utm_campaign=CMS Sharing Tools (Premium)&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral History of Texas A&M's 12th Man challenged...

If you are on Twitter, follow David Barron from the Houston Chron for the next few days. @dfbarron You will understand when the time is right.

On 3/21/2020 at 10:44 AM, primal defense said:

You would be amazed at how many young people seek post secondary education to advance their dreams of pursuing a career in sports management, sports marketing, kinesiology, and other fields related to the field of sports entertainment.  College athletics programs aren’t just about letting hood...

Many in academia are well known for being jealous, petty, territorial, and overly impressed with themselves. And they are, in general, easily replaceable. Coaches are judged on their performance and paid for delivering demonstrable results. That level of accountability never has, and never will...

The same academics who complain of how successful football coaches are compensated would never give up academia to enter the world of coaching. How do we know this? Because every academic has the opportunity to do so and none of us has ever heard of any academic giving up academia to become a...

I have no clue what path all this is going to take. As shown with Horny and Leitao, Herman has shown he can make the wrong decision and not care how much alumni goodwill he squanders. CDC is going to let Herman do what he feels he needs to do, but I’m fairly confident CDC will let Herman know...

CDC doesn’t have the time or knowledge to micromanage the football program. That isn’t going to happen.  That still leaves the fact that Herman isn’t going to be fired, and that he needs someone with a high level knowledge of college football to help him self scout better as well as to...

Think this through logically. In May, CDC presents the BOR a contract extension and raise for Tom Herman predicated on his exemplary stewardship of the football program. The deal has a current buyout of $25.5 mil.  In Nov, the BOR gives CDC a contract and extension for his leadership of UT...

Balancing the demands of running the Iowa State or Baylor programs differs fundamentally from balancing the demands of running the program at Texas. Just the added demands of media and alumni makes running UT’s program more demanding. That being said, Tom Herman isn’t performing up to...