FWST: TCU’s offensive line eager to get back on track — or shake-up could be coming

[82 Frog Fever]

I think most here over the last year can agree that James Brockermeyer had very little ability to get to the 2nd level, stop penetrating LBs between the guards, and really lacked a baby forward thrust booster.

Listen to yourself from last week when you gave the most honest assessment of a TCU Assistant coach I've ever read. AJ Ricker is the one you posted about last week. Who is this dude? you asked and elaborated. And I replied last weekend why do we have so many line of scrimmage and false start penalties?

Spending more and more money on NIL is like American Education organizations saying we have spent more money in this district, this state, that part of Chicago, or that part of Des Moines. Then the educators have produced the worst academic record for kids over the last 20 years.

Let me be crystal clear. A team and a rosters success in today's NIL/Portal success is not even 70% of it. The coaches still need to be 21st century motivators, train the kids via mental discipline not to jump offsides, tell the WRs and RBs to hold on to the ball tight, not don't drop the ball.

If Iowa State, ASU, Utah or even TCU defeat T Tech in the B12 Championship, this will prove my point. All are better coached teams than the tortilla/oil boys trying to be men.

It’s not TCU spending more money, as revenue sharing has capped those amounts @ $20.5m for all sports combined. It’s about what positions do you spend the money on. OL has to be a priority, especially OLT.

Our OL is horrible. The IOLs are grading out in the low 60s, and the tackles in the 40s/50s. That‘s as bad as it gets for P4 schools. We must get much better front line talent, and that will require a redirection of funds.

Truthfully, I didn’t really like Brockermeyer much either, he just happens to be the best we had on a deeply flawed front line. Letting Miami buy our best lineman was bad optics, especially when we still don’t have anyone nearly as good. He graded at a 71.5.

 

[SW toad]

Regardless, I was out of line with that comment. Sorry about that.

Starting June 7, 2025, NCAA Division I student-athletes must report third-party Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) deals with a total value of six hundred dollars ($600) or more in the aggregate. The College Sports Commission will utilize NIL Go, an online portal built with assistance from Deloitte, to determine whether third-party NIL deals are made with the purpose of using a student-athlete’s NIL for a valid business purpose and do not exceed a reasonable range of compensation. Additional guidance on third-party NIL deal reporting will be provided to student-athletes as their institutions are onboarded to NIL Go.

Student-Athlete NIL Deals

This website lays out the new system in place, overseen by the College Sports Commission.

www.collegesportscommission.org

First of all, wasn't Deloitte part of the Solendra Solar Scandal???? and was not Deloitte part of ENRON ?

Use your noggin as my Mama used to say. Do some math boy and figure it out if it takes you a day and a half as Grandma used to say. My Grandma the Masochist.

Facts are that the conduits that move these kids to Primo programs will always figure a work-around.
835 NIL contributors from all over the WORLD will never be checked for contributions. 835 NIL at 599 bucks a piece will NOT be checked for $ 599 contributions equaling half a million.

 

[82 Frog Fever]

First of all, wasn't Deloitte part of the Solendra Solar Scandal???? and was not Deloitte part of ENRON ?

Use your noggin as my Mama used to say. Do some math boy and figure it out if it takes you a day and a half as Grandma used to say. My Grandma the Masochist.

Facts are that the conduits that move these kids to Primo programs will always figure a work-around.
835 NIL contributors from all over the WORLD will never be checked for contributions. 835 NIL at 599 bucks a piece will NOT be checked for $ 599 contributions equaling half a million.

Wow, you are the most bizarre weird idiot I have ever encountered on this board, I’ll make sure to get you on IGNORE after this.
Actually it’s Solyndra Energy, and no, Deloitte did not have a relationship. Solyndra’s audit firm was PricewaterhouseCoopers
No Deloitte did not have a relationship with Enron. Arthur Andersen was Enron’s audit firm, which is the reason Andersen is no longer in business.
In fact, Deloitte, the last of the Big 5 audit firms, was selected to perform the peer review of Andersen's audit procedures related to Enron's accounting practices.

The rest of your post is so nonsensical & moronic, anyone that read it, is now more stupid for having done so.…so I’ll pass on the rest.

 

[Wexahu]

I think that the rule changes in no way level the playing field because things will just go back to how they were in the old days. Payments under the table.

The payments don’t have to be under the table. It will all be impossible to govern anyway. Might as well have no rules.

 

[The TCU Football Jerk]

The payments don’t have to be under the table. It will all be impossible to govern anyway. Might as well have no rules.

I meant payments over and above what the ncaa allows. If over and above payments aren't under the table, the team would be pretty stupid.

 

[Wexahu]

I meant payments over and above what the ncaa allows. If over and above payments aren't under the table, the team would be pretty stupid.

The NCAA only has a cap on direct payments from the school. There is no cap on payments from outside sources, there really is no reason to keep them under the table.

 

[AroundWorldFrog]

You may be right on Tech, no way of knowing, and the new Rev Share/NIL rules regarding 3rd party deals did not go into effect until June 7, 2025.

That's why they went all out this year. I would love to see them lose 3 games and have wasted 33M or whatever they really spent.

It's Cody Campbell's money to spend how he wants I guess. We need the Bezos brother on board.

 

[82 Frog Fever]

That's why they went all out this year. I would love to see them lose 3 games and have wasted 33M or whatever they really spent.

It's Cody Campbell's money to spend how he wants I guess. We need the Bezos brother on board.

I believe it was $28m on just players, but they also spent $240m on the Womble Center
(so players wouldn’t have to think about being in Lubbock). …..and they spent millions more on coaches and other upgrades.
I’m with you, after spending all that money, I‘d love to see the implosion if they fail to win the B12.
Unfortunately, their timing seems perfect and their schedule looks favorable.
I only see a couple games they have any possibility of losing.

Now, TT is already trying to parlay this into a Big10/SEC invite. Before they’ve won anything.

 

[BleedNPurple]

Wow, you are the most bizarre weird idiot I have ever encountered on this board, I’ll make sure to get you on IGNORE after this.
Actually it’s Solyndra Energy, and no, Deloitte did not have a relationship. Solyndra’s audit firm was PricewaterhouseCoopers
No Deloitte did not have a relationship with Enron. Arthur Andersen was Enron’s audit firm, which is the reason Andersen is no longer in business.
In fact, Deloitte, the last of the Big 5 audit firms, was selected to perform the peer review of Andersen's audit procedures related to Enron's accounting practices.

The rest of your post is so nonsensical & moronic, anyone that read it, is now more stupid for having done so.…so I’ll pass on the rest.

And Andrew Weismann lied and destroyed Arthur Anderson needlessly. That lawfare crook should be behind bars.

 

[Chongo94]

I believe it was $28m on just players, but they also spent $240m on the Womble Center
(so players wouldn’t have to think about being in Lubbock). …..and they spent millions more on coaches and other upgrades.
I’m with you, after spending all that money, I‘d love to see the implosion if they fail to win the B12.
Unfortunately, their timing seems perfect and their schedule looks favorable.
I only see a couple games they have any possibility of losing.

Now, TT is already trying to parlay this into a Big10/SEC invite. Before they’ve won anything.

If you watch that video, it’s not that it’s really nicer than most other facilities at high performing football schools, it just has a lot more space to it.

That trophy room was pretty brutal if that’s the first thing recruits are seeing.

 

[SW toad]

If you watch that video, it’s not that it’s really nicer than most other facilities at high performing football schools, it just has a lot more space to it.

That trophy room was pretty brutal if that’s the first thing recruits are seeing.

That is the primary I noticed. Associate AD if i understood him correctly and Michael Crabtree got the Archie Griffin award and something like Jace Amaro recipient of the this and that award.

I think TCU has a few more including Ladanian Tomlinson, Max Duggan, Trevon Moehrig, Tre Tomlinson that I can recall off the top.

 

[82 Frog Fever]

If you watch that video, it’s not that it’s really nicer than most other facilities at high performing football schools, it just has a lot more space to it.

That trophy room was pretty brutal if that’s the first thing recruits are seeing.

Ha, I was laughing at that trophy room.
The last time TT won an outright 1st place conference championship was 1955 in the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Assoc. I wonder if that trophy was there.
The cupboard is bare.

 

[82 Frog Fever]

And Andrew Weismann lied and destroyed Arthur Anderson needlessly. That lawfare crook should be behind bars.

I mostly agree. He certainly pushed the legal envelope and destroyed the reputation a great firm/employer. The judge seemed like a moron too.
Kristen Andersen was in my class at TCU, and we were neighbors in the same apartment complex @ Hunter’s Ridge. I felt really bad for her family.

 

[Shorty]

 

[The TCU Football Jerk]

The NCAA only has a cap on direct payments from the school. There is no cap on payments from outside sources, there really is no reason to keep them under the table.

That is a confusing statement. Do you mean NIL sources?

 

[TopFrog]

 

[NewFrogFan]

Might help if they find another Kendre Miller.

 

[NewFrogFan]

The player-paying playing field is level.

Where you find that?

 

[BleedNPurple]

I mostly agree. He certainly pushed the legal envelope and destroyed the reputation a great firm/employer. The judge seemed like a moron too.
Kristen Andersen was in my class at TCU, and we were neighbors in the same apartment complex @ Hunter’s Ridge. I felt really bad for her family.

They were forced out of business needlessly and some 85,000 employees worldwide lost their jobs. Yes, the judge was a moron and the Suoreme Court overturned every stinking thing Weismann created and even let all of the executives sent to prison out and as far as I can tell expunged their convictions. Andrew Weismann, Valeri Caproni are leading lawfare wrecking balls who should be in prison.

 

[82 Frog Fever]

That is a confusing statement. Do you mean NIL sources?

Confusing to say the least.

There are several potential sources for payments to athletes.
1) Revenue sharing from schools for all sports limited to $20.5m. This cap rises at about 4% per year.
2) NIL/Booster Clubs like Flying T. These are mostly dead or dying.
3) Completely outside of schools there are 3rd parties/Corporations that pay large sums (some are millions) for athlete endorsements and other work. Schools are no longer permitted to use this in recruiting, and cannot make any promises. Every contract over $600 is reviewed for legitimacy by Deloitte, and what’s legal vs. not legal is still evolving…..and being tightened to an extent. Still huge athlete $$$ potential.
Lots of growing pains still to go with #3.