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No real surprise here, assuming the report is accurate (and considering the source of said report that’s usually an iffy proposition). If Baylor did anything, Starr being the fall guy was always the most likely scenario. Briles is teflon so long as he keeps winning football games. So should you be disappointed? Yes. Disgusted? Sure. But surprised? Sadly, no.
#Baylor regents will remove 6-yr school prez Ken Starr by end of the month, sources tell https://t.co/XBNn1ev7Ha. https://t.co/LUMSl44bAI
— Chip Brown (@ChipBrownHD) May 24, 2016
Baker Mayfield checks in at No. 2
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— Ben Kercheval (@BenKercheval) May 23, 2016
Ranking the Big 12's top 5 all-time QBs https://t.co/LwGy4921A1
— ESPN Big 12 (@ESPN_Big12) May 23, 2016
I’m gonna need someone to explain to me why anyone should give a s#$% about what this guy has to say about anything, let alone expansion.
Texas mega-booster Red McCombs: “We need to add two teams to the Big 12.” He wants Houston, then “your choice.” https://t.co/pYx4zo0jIm
— Brian Davis (@BDavisAAS) May 23, 2016
Why I think UCF and Cincinnati are the best available choices for B12 expansion: https://t.co/PDiZLo4Sm6
— Ian Boyd (@Ian_A_Boyd) May 23, 2016
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— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) May 24, 2016
OTHER
Outstanding.
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Oklahoma will host Florida in next year's Big 12/SEC Challenge, sources told @CBSSports.
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#Sooners Draw WVU in Big 12 Championship Opener.
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Of course Starr is the fall guy. Baylor would never both removing someone who is actually making them nationally known by winning football games. Sad stuff
Maybe he will go back to Clinton.
Someone needs to! Other then the FBI and Congress. There is far more to expose about that woman then any one government entity has time to find!
I’m excited for the tennis program. It makes a huge difference when you can get back your #1 player. Boomer Sooner!
Excellent achievement for this team and program. Thanks coach Roddick!
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I agree with Jordan listening to McCombs on B12 expansion makes about as much sense as listening to any major star/entertainer about politics.
Truth. Morning Ruck
Good morning Dave!
McCombs is one of the power brokers at UT. If he is saying this it represents a crack in the UT facade regarding expansion. Though I am not sure UT is against expansion per se, as long as they can keep LHN and their money.
McCombs is likely throwing Houston out there as a means of making it seem like UT isn’t preventing the Big 12 from expanding. No doubt also he’s got plenty of buddies down in Houston, business and otherwise, and these comments would go over well with them.
Agree fully with your last comments, if Texsa can keep the LHN and their money, they don’t really care what the conference does. They would say, “Sure, why not Houston if the conference is really going to expand.”
I am often wrong in my musings Bob, but it seems to me guys like McCombs and Pickins makes a lot of noise within their own school, but as far as the conference goes, they don’t hold much water.
Yes, but since UT is blocking expansion, network etc him making noise at UT is significant to the conference.
If Houston came in, it would give UT another vote in the conference.
Good point.
Regardless, this is all about the LHN. If the LHN stays, the Big XII is untenable for OU over the long term.
But.. but …but …but …George Clooney is a political genius!!! /s
/s Clooney /s Damen /s Paltrow etc. etc.
If you can’t steal 2 power fives, there is no need to expand. The Pac12 may actually give us a big assist in doing that too.. Arizona/Arizona St. could be ripe for the picking if they so choose..
I agree to a certain level. Picking up a couple of Pac12 schools might do wonders for recruiting in Cali, but OMG, can you think of the implications of recruiting adding a UCF. That would be my main exception to a power five addition. Florida kids would be ripe for the taking.
Baylor is trash.
+++++++ 1,000,000
You’re giving them too much credit!
The kind that should be burned in a barrel.
https://twitter.com/Jordan_Esco/status/735073298237652992
I could be proven wrong, but I don’t see this huge mess being something that his team will just be able to shrug off and keep winning. The coaching staff, players, and opposing teams will all be affected throughout this season I believe.
I can hear the locker room speaches now, “it’s ok now men, we got rid of Starr”.
Hogg, I’m with you. He can’t walk away from this without a scratch. He knew too much and did too little.
Briles has done what he was hired to do : toughen up the program and make Baylor a household ‘name’ again…..i’ll be surprised if the BOR fires him…………..
I think they have a down year this next season not because of the elephant in the room, but because they replace both starting lines from last season. Ppl are starting to figure out their offense and they’ve yet to take that leap on the defensive side of the ball. Sure they will score, but TCU, Texsa and OUr boys have enough beef to shut them down.
Baylor does return two quality QB’s however to lighten the blow of rebuilding the linemen…..Baylor could be the favorite to win the league this year unless that honor falls to Texas…..
Ok Stephan and we saw what happens when a good QB has a shitty line protecting him, with Mayfield last season. They had no defense to begin with and now they have to replace the decent guys they had last season? Ok. I’ll take that all day long.
I’m also pretty sure they gave up 12 sacks in a spring game for goodness sakes.
Like Traber said 12 years ago Kick Baylor out of the Big 12
Then he was saying to kick them out because they stunk on the field. Now they stink off the field. Give’em the boot!
Traber actually said something intelligent??????????????/
Free State of Jones looks promising.
I want to hate on McConaughy, but he really is a pretty decent actor. I have some friends that live in the country west of Laurel, in Jones Co. They are still proud of their heritage as being the only county in the nation that would not take sides in the war. Living where they were with tensions and emotions running high from both sides of the argument meant the small county of Jones in Mississippi were incredibly courageous to stand up to everyone else.
He’s certainly the best former UT cheerleader in the business! And all joking aside I had no idea that any county had refused to pick a side in the civil war. Oklahoma didn’t either, of course, but we weren’t officially a state until about 40 years later.
According to my buds that live there, Mississippi let each county choose as they saw fit. Jones county chose not to choose.
You wouldn’t know that any part of Mississippi was separate from the Confederacy by looking at it’s flag. They are still holding on to those inset confederate stripes.
It’s funny there is so much made of that flag, how it’s called the “confederate flag”, when in reality it was not. What is referred to as the “confederate flag” is actually the battle flag of northern virginia. It was a flag used to rally confederate troops in the field. The actual, original conferate flag looked nothing like what is portrayed today.
According to my buds that live there, Mississippi let each county choose as they saw fit. Jones county chose not to choose.
Oh yes we did. That is why tribes lost a lot of land.
Mornin’ Sooner Brainiacs.
I’ve been wondering if Austin Seibert might be available to put on a little kicking exhibition during the next Thunder game. Bring Seibert and Mr. Green onto the court during half-time and let Seibert do some “leg flailing”, which according to the NBA is part of the game, while they both go up for a rebound.
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LOL! Imagine what it feels like to be kicked in the nadz by a man that has spent years working hours and hours a day in developing the power of that one leg to its maximum potential! There really would be no chance of baby Green thugs being born!
I was thinking Chuck Norris, but he’s getting older, Seibert may be a good candidate.
Chuck Norris turns 77 but in human years he’s 22..
I hope I look as good at 77.
Lol! no kidding.
But I think he’s..
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enter Rod Sterling…..
Red McCombs, proof money trumps all in CFB.
Oh and good morning everyone
That’s a good reason not to want any more Texas teams in the Big 12.
My thoughts exactly Dick.
Hopefully, Boren has the same thoughts.
That and this league needs more TV sets. Houston adds 0
There are so many good reasons, you can scarcely count.
https://media.giphy.com/media/DtE6Yz41t9Lqg/giphy.gif
Seems legit.
Dave
Yeah, well he also was the one that went all off on UT for the selection of Strong and then retracted a few days/weeks later. He has as much influence on the B12 as T bone
You’re right, I had forgotten about that. lol
SWC 2.0 gonna be exciting. I can’t wait.
https://twitter.com/OU_CoachGundy/status/734945675289321473
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Morning Mr. Metz!
Baylor, LOL. No surprise there.
As I said the other day; “Baylor are looking for a President the football coach can be proud of.”
Perfect post. I ask that i can steal this and use else where.
Ha! Of course. Do with it as you like.
London
Woof.
Metz
What they’re in real need of apparently are coeds the football coach can be proud of.
Take one for the team, soldiers!
Think bringing Houston into the Big 12 is a fantastic idea, as long as my Sooner are gone to another.
LOL – yes, exactly!
Not a great idea since OU isn’t going anywhere….Boren , most likely, has already given his approval to accepting Houston……
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Interesting how T-sip big money wants to morph the big 12 into the old swc. Started out big 8 plus 4 swc. Could become swc plus 5 big 12. So, let’s just add rice and smu and get the gang back together. Smh
Bummer
Except that A&M extricated themselves while OU remains in the vortex circling the toilet bowl that is the texsa conference.
I said this late last night and I’ll say it again…..I want Baron Browning, Jeffrey Okudah, Marvin Wilson and Anthony Hines. That is all. BOOMER!!
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Jordan, although you’re probably right, I’m going to have to disagree with you: Briles will be gone. It has to happen. The role he played (he chose to be silent when he had information) will be the final nail. Briles will get the kiss of death. (Where the hell is Jenni Carlson and that drum she likes to beat?)
The only time women are safe to walk the Baylor campus is when there’s a football game, unless you’re a female who holds a position that requires you to be on the sideline.
I HOPE you are right, Sam. Baylor and Briles give the 12-2 a nasty image, but I doubt the 12-2 “commissioner” will act against Briles (unless the U of texsa tells him to) if Baylor pays with Starr.
There certainly appear to be multiple agendas going on. I would say you’re right about texsa’s influence over Bowlsby. I mean, look at Red McCombs statement: give me Houston and you can pick the second team to join the Big XII: arrogant ass. I’d like to meet him just to tell him his influence and power has a limit.
Kick Bowlsby out with Baylor: Baylor should be asked to leave or tell them to get out.
I have already stated that this is reason enough for Boren to just take OU somewhere, anywhere to get out. I know he wants BI6, but if he can’t get that, he needs to tell the SEC that we will come now or never to get away from the scum floating on the 12-2.
You are exactly right: when someone vomits or poop in the pool, the whistle goes off and everyone exits. There’s no way you can avoid the vomit and s**t that Baylor has left in the pool.
Graphic, Sam, but accurate in this instance. When we finally see what BU does, what the 12-2 commissioner does, then if Briles remains, I WILL write President Boren urging him to take OU from the conference, and I will urge others to do so also.
Being part of a football-problem conference is one thing, being part of criminal corruption is beyond the pale.
Dang.
With everything going on in this conference, coupled with the evidence that the Big XII is dysfunctional, Baylor has caused the Big XII to topple into the bramble bush and the nation continue to watch, wait for what is to come next.
Unless you are Bill Murray and pick up the turd to take a bite out of it. What? It’s just a Baby Ruth…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YDurhx8QyA
Sick!!
hahahaha that is funny s*** right there..
Play on words, I see.
Yep. Playing at Baylor and TCU in front of small crowds is nothing like what playing in the Big or SEC would be like every weekend. 85 to 110 thousand every weekend, not 45.
SEC 78,630
Big Ten 66,008
Big 12 57,347
Pac 12 51,880
ACC 49,033.
But how relevant is that when TV $$$ are what drives the truck.
“Boren says he’s received materials form 25 schools regarding expansion. “There’s a lot of interest in this conference.”
sure, but any that we would want?
Maybe the material referring to expansion he speaking of is OU to another conference. Something to ponder.
Exactly, Oscar. I couldn’t care less if the number was 45 teams if none are power5 teams. The fact we haven’t been at the forefront in anything just shows what a dumpster fire this conference really is. I just don’t think adding two crappy group of 5 teams will bluster the conference but rather water us down.
Pay the exit fee (which is chump change in the grand scheme of things) and let’s brush our hands clean and start fresh. We already recruit nationally and a move to the SEC would be nightmarish for Texas schools as well as the SEC schools. We got a taste of what it would be like week in and week out against Tennessee and the buzz surrounding that game week. Come on OU brass, we can do this!
There is no exit fee.
Well then what the hell are we doing?
An exit fee would be simple. The B12 binds its schools by tying their revenues to the conference. The conference owns all of theit tier one and tier two media rights. They then sell them to FOX, ESPN, or whoever. They then take all the money and divide that among the teams.
So if we leave the conference, they continue to be able to sell our media rights but they don’t share the money with us. Right now that amounts to around 250 million dollars in lost money. That’s a lot larger than even the 50 million dollar fee the ACC has. It also makes us almost worthless to the conference we are going to since we won’t have media rights they can bundle into their deal and get more money.
There are games that could be played, but they are a lot more complex than just raising a few million and leaving.
Makes perfect sense, Bob. Thanks for elaborating. How would the conference we would be joining not gain the TV revenue? Is it simply contractual and we have X amount of years remaining with the big12 or what?
It’s called a Grant of Rights or GOR. It extends to around 2025. There are a number of complexities, but not even a lawyer could tell you for sure if they would work. If we were to leave before then, it will probably involve a court case.
Figured as much. Dumping cash into a firms hand just to try and find a loophole doesn’t seem too efficient or smart lol. I guess we just ride it out and see what happens. I just know that if we expand the excuses will still be out there as to why the big12 is ass and really still only has 10 teams or some crazy excuses. The puppets At ESPN will continue to do anything to speak in a negative manner towards us. I firmly believe we are easily the second or third best conference, but we all had very young teams last year. I personally think the BIG is a 1 man show. The PAC whatever has no dominate team and the ACC is Clemson and FSU. Like I’ve said before, it’s the perception that’s killing this conference.
Well, how did Neb and Col, A&M/Mizzou get out what was their cost/loss?
Cush.
Morning Metz, my man!
Indeed,and morning, Sam
Howdy, Metz.
I would normally agree with you. And logic says you are right. Baylor fans were weird and delusional before all of this. In the old days they had a rabid rivalry with aTm. Problem was that aTm did not care.
They are committed to win at any cost. I believe they will sacrifice someone. Say that Briles did not know. They are sorry that the same thing that goes on at campuses across the country, also happens at Baylor and they are surprised and dismayed. But, now they will have processes to ensure it does not happen again. Because they really, really, really do care
That would be the desire of the dozens of Baylor fans I know.
Jim, I hope to hell they don’t do this. I have two daughters. I would want to know my daughters are in an environment that is safe. If they are not safe in college, amongst people who are seeking enlightenment, we are in a world of hurt.
Briles will be gone because the enrollment will drop. It’s all about the money.
I doubt their enrollment will drop. My cousins would not go to any other school, for any reason. It is a world of “close your eyes and it isn’t real” people.
When my son was being recruited by Baylor, >15 years ago, he was totally turned off by their “we are special” attitude. And, I was glad.
if the Baylor BOR will be patient, the ‘heat ‘ will eventually evaporate. a new crop of women will be on campus this fall and the athletes will have new game to pursue…..
I think with what happened to JoePa in the wake of the Sandusky scandal, there is precedence for the hammer to come down hard on Art Briles. If it doesn’t, then that university is very truly broken.
Art Briles is totally attached to this scandal. It’s now on his resume’. Is Baylor really going to conclude that keeping him around is in the best interest of the program? It’s hard to imagine them reaching that conclusion.
Well it seems like there’s a common sense, right thing to do answer to that question or a keep the football team relevant at any cost answer to that question. I just hope the Baylor administration chooses the correct one (not entirely confident that they will).
If the students and parents start to protest on campus, and protest before games, that might put pressure on them.
I would love to see that. People in Waco standing with the families and standing up for the victims and potential victims rather than offering blind support to an admittedly very successful program recently. It’s what that town needs.
Where are the campus preachers?
Talking with the choir?
Talking?
Preaching!!!!!!!
Accusations, I see.
I can see clearly now that the rain is gone. All obstacles have gone away.
Bright ,bright bright sun shiny day.
You guys have the wrong song.
“Where have all the young girls gone, long time passin’?
Where have all the young girls gone – gone from BAYLOR everyone,
Oh when will they ever learn, when will they ever learn”
LMAO, Cush. LMAO!!!
Well if they are typical of clergy, they maybe involved. (No blasphemy intended, just humor).
There have been numerous articles written within the convention, an outpouring of concern by both the Texas Baptist convention and the national Southern Baptist convention. There is a lot of pressure being put on the school by Baptists nationwide to “fix it”. They feel something is broken at Baylor and needs to be repaired. The students at Baylor had an all night prayer vigil at the Presidents residence (Starr’s house) for the victims. There is enormous pressure being placed on the Regents to make it happen. I have no insight on what is being done, or what the plans are, I just know of the outrage within the Church body. Members are not happy. I am a member of the SBC (although my wife and I don’t identify ourselves as Baptist’s anymore, nothing to do with the Church itself, more to do with personal changes of opinions regarding doctrine). I personally want things fixed, the victims vindicated (as far as a rape victim can be vidicated), and responsible persons of action or administration be brought to justice. It seems to me that after having read what went on in the title IX hearings for the ladies that there needs to be some work done in the title IX area as well. How the heck can an individual be pardoned in one of these hearings and then be convicted in a court of law is inexcusable.
Rick, very insightful post and I’m glad to see that there are people who are not accepting this as status quo. If this happened once, I would probably not have a comment. My only thought would be similar to yours; proper vindication and proper justice.
However, this is multiple accusations dating back 5 years ago. When you couple this with the basketball scandal, it’s hard to deny there are cultural misgivings. The benefits of a successful sports program has caused the leadership at Baylor to look the other way, accepting the pervasive nature and growth of crabgrass, firmly rooted, and spreading in the absence of morals (grass). Crabgrass grows where there is a vacancy (morals and decency) and will reach and creep until it has bullied, choked and dispatched what you really want from your lawn.
The only thing the leaders at Baylor can do now is mow and trim their crabgrass. It will look pretty but everyone who walks by your lawn will know that all you have is a weed, even if it’s green and called grass.
Sam, the analogy of crabgrass is interesting, but cancer is more accurate in my opinion. Knowing the culture of Baylor in recent years is disturbing (understating the obvious). If anyone in the Church ever asks me, which they won’t, but if they did my first suggestion would be emphatically, HELP THOSE GIRLS!!!!! Everything else is secondary.
“HELP THOSE GIRLS!!!!” brings it into focus. There needs to be a hash-tag with that caption on it. Very good, Rick.
Prayers are great, when they are coupled with actions that harmonize.
“No comment on the issue.”
When the National News Media outside of sports media pursues the story the lid will blow off of this thing and the proverbial house will come down. That is my predicition.
Ding! Ding! Ding!
Give that man a prize. Hogg, you’re so right: this is attached to Briles resume, along with the cheating of his assistance that happened under his watch.
Resume? Try rap sheet, his complicity demands it.
I’m waiting patiently to see what else comes out. As terribly bad as this program has been managed, there’s got to be more.
This was a systematic failure at every level.
I have a feeling they’re not finished firing people yet..
Would like to see more defensive highlights on the Be Famous reel. By the way, beating UCLA in tennis is a big deal. Congrats to Sooners.
The men are on a roll!!
side note: the aggot women upset 1 seed Cal to play for women’s title. Good for the conference.
See it this tweet gets the Baylor faithful up going this morning. My take and tweet on this whole Baylor scandal.
Nod to Mez for the use.
Mez?
Typo. thanks. Did not see your take, thought this would be funny.
Lmao,llama love
Briles has done what he was mandated to do : strengthen the Bear program. the Baylor BOR will protect Briles if at all possible and Baylor probably won’t miss a beat…
thousands of parents will be sending impressionable daughters to Baylor this fall….the athletes can hardly wait………
https://twitter.com/soonergridiron/status/735106326003474432
While streaming seems brilliant, it’s not a good idea. Even if the Big XII pulled it off. The only reason someone would stream content is because you’re not at home. The wifi connections at remote locations is spotty, to say the least. When was the last time you didn’t run into issues when streaming video when you are away from home? And if you’re at home, why are you streaming?
Lots of people are cutting the cord.. I did. (love it)
If you were going to tell me that I could add a big 12 network to my channel list without a contract. I would find that pleasing.
But it doesn’t make much difference if people are spending $150+ on a bazillion channels.
Good morning, Birddawg.
I like the idea of streaming. But the network infrastructure it would take to get the content to rural America might never exist.
Good mornin!
That’s true. I’m assuming the only way to get high speed internet out there would be satellites. That’s a huge capital investment. Not sure how that will work. All you can hope for is tech continuing to innovate eventually create more competitors to give the rural sector more options.
I believe Golf said he had one choice of internet and that was it…not much of incentive to innovate if you’re the only provider out there.
When the government defined “competition” for the purposes of regulation they decided that a ISP has a competitor if their is another one in the same county. So basically two or three of the big guys divide a county up and each has a monopoly.
Only the government can create monopolies using rules to encourage competition.
You got it.
Not to mention that municipalities generally sign exclusivity deals for infrastructure that effectively promises a localized monopoly for that area.
Learn something new everyday.
Thanks Bob.
I worked in the telecommunications industry for a few years. It’s a industry that is more about regulations than innovation.
I still work with a lot of regulated telecom. Big innovation and progress inhibitors.
Can’t we just stream it directly into their brains? Surely the gov has this technology. 🙂
there was a rep/senator that said at the hill ..govt had the ability to enter peoples minds. It was quite a few years ago.
I will try to find a link.
He was probably just filibustering or whatever
Network infrastructure constantly growing so Streaming is the way. I would rather have all large and most small/rural areas and miss a couple.
The big 12 isn’t expanding and Baylor isn’t going to fire Fart Briles. I’m over these topics. I can’t continue to beat a dead horse. Baylor will do ANYTHING to be relevant in football. RGIII alone generated over $500 million from boosters and sales alone. That taste of success can be too much for some and it’s shown with Baylor.
You are correct, sir.
We have a winner!
Yes! Finally won something!
You have to present to claim your prize. LOL!
I’ll send you an email with my yahoo account that will contain my routing and account numbers and any other valuables you would need, just send the money there, Sam.
All over it.
So who polices the football programs now,there own university?
not digging the music to the hype video…no very hyping…kind of has that ‘standing in the middle of a Disney concert’ feel…i’ll pass…keep the clips…clip the song…lol
My first thought was Alvin and the Chipmunks do OU football.
And just like that through the all of the recent atrocities in Waco, Baylor’$ football program $$$tays intact.
The new president fires the AD and all the football coaches
Often in these cases hiring a new president is just the first step. He is sent in to “clean up.” It will be interesting to see what that amounts to.
It appears Starr is not going quietly, there may be quite a fight first.
Do tell, Rick.
Morning Fear
Morning Metz.
Hows it going?
Just putting agenda together for my awesome meeting.
Can hardly wait for you to leave. /s
Morning, Fear.
Top of the morning to you Sam.
G’mornin’ all!! The Baylor solution makes me want to vomit. Just praying OU can stay above it all and see their way to the exit.
Morning hOU.
Okay, go on to that conference call/meeting so we can get our OP on.
At 1:oo Sam,so anytime after 12:00 should work.
Hey Metz Sam Oscar Vegas Fear Sooner Bob Wilson Bird …. Metz, need to borrow your list!
Morning, hOUligan.
I like your analogy of Baylor dumping in OUr B12-2 pool. Combined w another texsa booster calling for UH to be added, Boren needs to get us to the ladder and out.
That’s the writer in me: always trying to create the visual effect.
Let them have this conference; exit now and tell them they need to consider one more team than they’d planned to get the conference to twelve members.
Dear Baylor,
Go away.
-Everyone
Grant Teaff could win, run a class program. You dont have to act like Miami to get there.
No, not as clean as you think.
Oh back in the day when things were wild in the NCAA, his was cleaner than most, but not spotless.
I know guys who played for him and let’s just say, he’s done a great job of his public image.
guess you are as old as I
I prefer to say matured. ; )
Dear Baylor new pres———-
Bill Clinton would be great. OH WAIT>
Reluctant to go there but Briles always looked like a sleaze. Now we know. But the Baylor Board of Regents needs to hang their heads in shame if they think it’s going to right things by tossing Starr. True, the buck stops at his desk and he likely has had a huge part in keeping things quiet but he didn’t actively recruit these criminal types.
They should just change the name of the school to Bail-or
Winner….winner… brisket dinner!!
Can we change that to a pastrami ruben?
We have place here in Akron that serve great deli sandwiches; it’s a hole in the wall but a local dive/favorite. They have the best pastrami: I always get a grilled pastrami, on Italian, with swiss, and thousand island dressing. They give you close to a pound of meat. I have to workout 8 hours to work that off, though.
Sounds like the sandwiches are worth it
Jimi, they are. It’s the NYC style sandwiches. It’s bunch of scruffy, grumpy men making your sandwich. They know me by name: not because I go there a lot but because I tip them very well.
Sam Im in NYC the pastrami ruben ( pastrami/ melted swiss/ thousand island dressing/ saurkraut ) capital of the world so I can totally identify!
They pile it sky high and only charge like $25 lol. A lil expensive but worth it. Its two meals.
Now I want one damnit.
My wife is leaving for NYC tomorrow, with Eva, my youngest daughter. It’s a school trip. I can go have a sandwich without her asking me what I did for lunch. LOL!
Well if you ever get to NYC yourself check out Carnegie Deli in midtown Manhattan. You wont be sorry.
I’ve heard about that place. We have plans to go this summer.
How about just Bailer.
Brailer?
or that
Good job, Fear. Now the “all new, fully-redeemed, nicer-than-nice” team from Waco can be The Bailer Briles. It is much more indicative of what they ARE.
Metz out tell after meeting,go ahead and OP!!!!!!
OP? Without Metz?
Yeah, the TFB writers wait till Metz leaves for his meeting, then promptly puts up the OP. No Metzing around!
https://twitter.com/BrandonTFB/status/735138867305553922
https://twitter.com/YahooForde/status/735142482577608704
Found this comment under Brandons re-tweet…funny
https://twitter.com/TraumaKimi/status/735138492410265601
Dang, Kimi!
I think Kimi need a little /s at the end of her sentence. It may be implied.
I had to look at her profile to see she was a Taco fan. At first glance at the tweet I was like…huh?
Going to her profile, it is /s and all sorta tongue in cheek.
good to know. I was like WHAAAAT? when i read the tweet string
Yeah, she’s snappy.
https://twitter.com/BaylorFail/status/735143039773999104
https://twitter.com/BaylorFail/status/735140809192808449
I was wondering how long it would take someone else to find out Baylor is discussing whether to keep Starr as some sort of prof in the Law Dept. at his present salary, it seems they were trying to keep that quiet.
Your wish is my command:
https://twitter.com/bballbanddeer/status/735119429424422912
Well you’ve gotta do something with the deck chairs.
Exactly.. By admittance.. everyone is going to be under a microscope even more.
Since it ranges many different people top to bottom..
There should be more firings to bring in better people
I would assume Briles/staff would be one of the last to get canned.
New Pres/AD get a new coach.
You’re right. This could happen sooner than we think.
Baylor fired their president.
You cant risk having Briles or anyone else that was apart of this in your institution just in case this happens again.
No should be safe.
Final 4 basketball, final 4 football, mens and womens gym titles, softball well on its way to world series, and mens tennis playing for the title.
Going to be hard pressed to find ANY university having a better athletic season than the one we are having, possibly ever.
Another great day to be a sooner, as it always is!!
Also, PVZ is hottttt!
Agreed, although I hope you didn’t just jinx the softball team in the super regional.
Yikes!
nah, they are rolling too strong for a noone like me to jinx them =)
https://twitter.com/BaylorFail/status/735140054465581056
Has Drayton McLane made any statements yet?
I believe he has been silent. Silent is the most notable position for Baylor supporters, over the last several years.
Last one for today:
https://twitter.com/BaylorFail/status/735114093116325888
So Baylor will have to hire a President AND an AD that the football coach can be proud of.
Tough duty.
They can put Briles on the selection committee for locating their next prez. That way they can make sure they get a football first guy who will keep looking the other way and leave well-enough alone.
Found this the other day written by TFBs “THE Ryan Broyles”. Not sure if it was ever put up on the board, but a great read imo.
http://www.theplayerstribune.com/ryan-broyles-nfl-60000-budget/
https://twitter.com/Jordan_Esco/status/735151557247795200
Interesting read..
http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/05/24/josh-rosen-on-uclas-280-million-deal-were-still-amateurs-though-gotta-love-non-profits/
Good read. Thanks for sharing, KJ.
101 days till KO> BOOMER
Kato died.. Pink Panther sidekick not the OJ Kato.
Peter Sellers voice..
“Kato???? Kato???”
http://cdn5.movieclips.com/mgm/t/trail-of-the-pink-panther-1982/0551687_4267_MC_T.jpg
What’s up with all these Creed Humphry to Gaggie predictions?
Not sure what the attraction would be, that is if the predictions have any truth to them. Recruits to TAMU have to wonder who their HC will be.
The Baylor Board meeting as it was held –
The Board member on the left better steer clear of the football players.
Laughing. Fear, you are good.
I haven’t paid attention too much in the past. But it’s funny how media personalities, bloggers, outlets, find different synonyms when putting stuff out there to drive attention to their sites. Here Marcus says “considering” firing Briles. Well duh you can safely assume that they are considering it, that’s not news. You can even say “Board of Regents meeting to discuss allegations, Briles fate may be decided”.
“Board of regents behind closed doors are inching towards the decision of a drastic redevelopment of their institution. President has been fired. No one is safe. This includes Art Briles. A big 12 championship winning coach. ”
Throw in some stats.. Throw in some quotes…
That’s a half decent article on newsok..
finished in 45 seconds.
Get dressed…
Go out get a beer.
Take a call from the sports animal.. Be an idiot and announce fake twitter news.. realize I’m wrong and just hang up.
End my day.. Do it all over again the next
Sigh..I’m in the wrong profession 🙂
In other news…
https://twitter.com/Baylor/status/735153580689088513
Like….how Briles ISN’T fired yet.
Looks like Ken Starr testing the connections though. If it does not transmit, you must acquit.
The Mayweather/McGregor match up is a joke. It has to be fight, not a dang boxing match. Just a straight up fight. The whole idea that it’s only boxing doesn’t really prove who would be the best fighter. Remember old school UFC back in the 90’s. It was different techniques squaring off against each other. Boxer vs. Sumo, Tae Kwon Do vs. Kung Fu, ect…
Agree; a boxer wins a boxing match 99%, but in a fight those odds change.
Yeah it’s dumb. Conor is just trying to get a pay day. They’ll never do an MMA match.
Id let floyd punch me for 50 mil lol.
Conor quits on his stool before the 6th.
I’d settle for a couple mil…ok maybe 10.
for sure. I could retire on 10 easily.
Wont happen. Floyd is looking for 50-0 to break marciano’s record. This is 100% about his ego, and trying to stake a claim as the best ever.
McGregor would have a tough time hitting Mayweather in a boxing match. He’d be crazy to even try. But McGregor has said it’s all about the money for him. As for Mayweather, he’d lose in an MMA fight without question. Personally, I don’t think it will happen.
Tae Kwon Do vs Kung Fu…That would be a pretty unfair fight. Lol
I saw a video of McGregor sparring recently and my first thought was “are you kidding me?”….in relation to world class boxing…he’s terrrrrble.
yea but he can take a punch like Tex Cobb.
McGregor is a very good boxer (though boxing in mma and in a boxing match are very different) but Mayweather is practically untouchable. Even Canelo Alvarez, who is a far more talented striker than Mayweather, couldn’t defeat him. McGregor would have no chance.
He is definitely untouchable in boxing. I’ve followed boxing alot longer than MMA and I hope it makes a big comeback as far as popularity. I’ve always said that the decline of boxing came due to the quality of the US Olympic fighters. I went out to Vegas and watched Mayweather against Baldomir 10 years ago and was floored by how good he is, I dont think Baldomir landed 20 punches.
Another problem for Boxing I think is the expectations of it. It’s important for combat sports to attract casual viewers, and when you have matches like Mayweather vs Pacquiao instead of Mayweather vs Oscar De La Hoya, people are less interested in watching again. Same goes for MMA when you have two fighters that don’t show up for a fight or the fight is mostly om the ground, like a Maia vs Shields Jiu-jitsu showdown. Most people aren’t interested in the technical stuff, they want to see a slugfest and they want to see knockouts. Mayweather is hard to hit, and he isn’t known for knocking guys out, so a lot of his fights end up being snooze fests for those who aren’t as knowledgeable about the sport.
Yeah totally agree, I totally respect Mayweathers skills, but it got to the point where I would watch to see if he would loose. In MMA there’s only a couple of fighters who I like to watch go to the ground as much as their stand up. BJ is…or was one of them. I think that may be why Im starting to like the female fights, they don’t usually go to the ground and they really do have some slug fest.
BJ Penn is forever a legend. His “comeback” against Frankie Edgar at TUF 19 finale was hard to watch, though.
The female fighters have definitely been fun to watch, though I think the strawweight division is more talented and entertaining to watch than Bantamweight. Still, the lack of talent in women’s MMA, at least on a technical level, is noticeable. But with the exposure MMA is getting right now I think that will change down the road.
Yeah those were tough fights, Frankie just had BJs number. That was tough to watch. The fight against Nick was tough to watch too. I like the strawweight division too. I’m pulling for Claudia in the TUF final.
I guess well have to wait to see BJ return now…sheesh
http://www.foxsports.com/ufc/story/ufc-bj-penn-vows-to-return-after-anti-doping-punishment-is-finished-ufc-199-052416
I gotta go with Joanna Champion. I’m a big fan of hers. Either way, it’s going to be a great fight, but I suppose after their last fight that’s pretty evident.
This pretty much explains the Baylor Scandal…..
http://www.baylor.edu/content/imglib/1/6/6/1/166191_640.png
….in coming freshmen football orientation.
https://twitter.com/Mark_Schlabach/status/735174012997926913
“Expect an announcement by June 3rd.” Do the board members think the scandal will get tossed out with the Memorial Day leftovers? What do they need ten days more to think about?
If it comes out on Friday or any day during the holiday weekend they are trying to cover it up. Typical PR move is to release it after 5 on the Friday before a three day weekend. By the time everyone is back in the office, it’s been forgotten about. Though that may not work so well for them since it is a sports related issue and sports media doesn’t shut down on the weekends.
Government, corporate, even individual scandals and “info” about them do operate as you said. The level of the scandal and the wider media may keep things roiling if the Baylor board’s “fix” appears to be appeasement rather than a cure for the problem.
True, it may or may not work. However, when they release does tell something about their attitude toward it. Are they coming clean or still trying to cover up/play the PR game.
In fairness to the board, I do think the report is quite exhaustive. It may take quite a bit to go through the report. Secondly, the concerns of the state and national Church organizations must be answered, and the most important factor is the young ladies themselves. Beyond what the courts decide, Baylor MUST take care of those ladies. The Church will not stand for it. I was hoping for a not so quick “sorry this happened, and we’ve fixed it” answering, but more of a “we have a problem, and we will carefully see that plans are in place to procede with much prudence in the future”.
They also have a huge board of about three dozen movers and shakers. A giraffe is the results of the desire to design a horse by this size of a committee taking on something this serious. What has been happening to these ladies for year after year after year, is yet to be shown to be a priority by anyone at Baylor. We are talking about a lot of dollars at stake. This is not an easy fix for this board.
I have been part of Baptist churches for over 67 years, have lots of family and friends that have attended Baylor. But, I never seen anything that would make me think that the Baptist as an organization would touch this in any way. So, I don’t know what there is for the Church to not stand for. You do realize that the SW Seminary President who was fired, went directly to Baylor and received a prestigious high-paying job, don’t you?
If Baylor gave two sh!#s about the most important factor, this wouldn’t even be an issue – and there would be a lot less young ladies who are victims.
Far too typical. People who profess a faith but don’t care to live it when money is involved.
Rumor is that Starr moves to the Law school, at the same salary.
Are you kidding me?!
If that’s true, they are not taking this seriously..
Women were raped and he’s making a lateral move?..
Multiple people need to be jettisoned for good.
If Briles gets fired, who recruits or coaches the team? Talk about a cluster. What players are going to stay? This is going to be interesting. I’ve got to go buy some popcorn.
“If Briles gets fired…” LOL. You’re killin’ me.
OP is up. Metz told me so.
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