Coach Bill Lewis

A lot of coaches are donating to the NIL. This is not new at all.

I knew Jason from Elementary School. Was a freak from Day 1. When we were in 5th grade playing baseball against him he was ripped with muscles even my older sister (several years older than me and Jason) was like who is that muscular guy. He was faster than all of us ran a 4.4 40-yard, was bench pressing 310 lbs in 7th Grade there was only 1 other kid in Mesquite named Chad Morgan that was 325 lbs in 7th grade because he was short arms and a squatty body but he could hit too. Coffey would go on to Bench 440 pounds and squat nearly 600 pounds. Everyone accused him of juicing but I’m telling you we all knew from 5th grade he was a freak of nature. He also played with some amazing teammates all great players they all went to McDonald Middle School in Mesquite never lost a game it was never close. Christian Rodriguez went to A&M then played for the Colts (NFL), Josh Spoerl went to UT started LB freshman year when Mackovich was Coach then he and Adam Dunn got picked up by Cincinnati Reds for pro baseball while playing football at UT, Will Overstreet was a solid QB, they had some corners play for UNT. Just amazing athletes from early on, fast, strong, committed and tough. Good memories. I also played with Devaron Hightower (Lake Highlands QB then Arizona State RB), Wade Smith (Hillcrest QB then NFL Europe), Steve Holley (Lake Highlands then Navy QB); amazing athletes. We all played each other growing up. Coffey should have chosen Nebraska it was a better fit than Texas Tech. He blew his hamstring there and never recovered. I also went to Tech with him and remained buds. I think he became a policeman in Dallas then Mesquite but suffered from pain killers. He was never a druggie or drinker, clean cut, true bad ass but later on may have suffered with injuries or maybe being so well recognized for athletic ability having to learn that was your old self have to find a new self.

The Techsters take the Four Hour bus ride to Sam Houston today for the Tuesday night match-up. Will the Bearkats win at home?? Can SH slow down Jimmy Holiday?

Nice article about how the Bearkats' strength and conditioning impacted this season...with the help of a dog. From Dave Campbell's Texas Football Magazine. https://www.texasfootball.com/article/20...view_title

But there’s a price for leaving Mountain West: $20 million. SDSU’s Athletic Director, John Wicker, assured reporters that no “university funds, student fees or state money” will be used to pay the fee. So where will the money come from? “That’s on me and the development team to figure that out,” Wicker said. I think if a University can use money to join a new conference they should be able to spend it on NIL. Also it seems quite unfair for these schools to be selling this as joining the PAC12 when it is really just the 2 leftovers. How in gods name can Memphis sell this west coast crap to their constituents?

UTSA brings a great market to the equation and adding Texas State means they can do Thursday and Saturday trips for games. Plus they get a great rivalry between these two programs. San Antonio's airport is about the same as DFW.

Just so most of you understand, more of the country still thinks of you as North Texas State. Memphis State as well. Name changes do not necessarily equal compliance. Texas State still is thought of as SWT as well.

Quote:Venu, the combined sports streaming service from Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery and Fox, may not launch after all. On Friday, a federal judge ruled in favor of rival sports streamer Fubo and barred the three media conglomerates from proceeding with its planned release of Venu, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The decision comes six months after Fubo filed an antitrust lawsuit alleging that it was forced to carry dozens of costly non-sports networks as a condition of licensing sports rights from the three companies that have since partnered to launch Venu. The very existence of Venu, Fubo argued, would “substantially lessen competition and restrain trade.” Disney, WBD and Fox intend to appeal the decision, and have released the following statement (per Variety): We respectfully disagree with the court’s ruling and are appealing it. We believe that Fubo’s arguments are wrong on the facts and the law, and that Fubo has failed to prove it is legally entitled to a preliminary injunction. Venu Sports is a pro-competitive option that aims to enhance consumer choice by reaching a segment of viewers who currently are not served by existing subscription options. Venu (pronounced like “venue”) was expected to launch this fall, and arrive in tandem with the upcoming NFL season. The sports-centric platform was first announced in February and would reportedly give subscribers access to ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SECN, ACCN, ESPNEWS, ABC, Fox, FS1, FS2, BTN, TNT, TBS, truTV and ESPN+. That would let subscribers watch live NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL games, along with MMA fights, NASCAR races and many more events. The joint venture previously announced an initial subscription price of $42.99 per month. A seven-day free trial would be available to all who subscribe, and users who sign up for Venu’s launch price would maintain that price for 12 months from time of sign-up, with the ability to cancel at any time. Link

https://sports.yahoo.com/college-footbal...05532.html Look down near the end of the FREE article... La Tech---Sonny Cumbie FIU------- Mike Macintyre Others: SBC-- a high amount; SIX!! AAC-- Four MAC-- Two MW--- One

They have a Methodist church my cousin was married in. So I do believe there is still a presence. My issue is I hate that they were able to buy their way into a better conference.

Five Year Deal worth 1.2 Million. https://www.espn.com/college-football/st...ing-rights First college athletic building EVER named after a musician.

https://x.com/WinterSportsLaw/status/180...1394481432 from the tweet: "New AAC commissioner Tim Pernetti said the conference may discuss having its own NIL compensation cap (lower than $22M) for schools if the proposed House settlement is approved. It could create conference wide balance, but it could harm competitiveness outside the conference." this is AAC, but the problem it is trying to tackle extends to most G5 conferences-- that is, some teams with more resources can run away from the more cash strapped schools. do you think CUSA and other G5s might try to do the same? if so, would the big spenders in the G5 (Memphis, USF, Temple, Liberty, Boise, CO state, SDSU, Washington ST, and Oregon ST all have football budgets of over 20 million) break away to form a new conference to escape this?

Earle told UNT he would stay and left. Same thing with Chandler Rogers. A man's word is all he has. What Earle did leaves UNT in a very bad predicament since the next guy in line is a unproven freshman from high school.

UNT is a very respected defensive program. I mean that nationally respected.

I have felt that MTSU joining the MAC may have been the best decision they could have made. Granted, it would have killed of the C-USA, but they sacrificed stability of being in the MAC into waiting for an opportunity (that may never come) to replace Memphis in the AAC if they get picked up by either the ACC or Big XII. I could be wrong though.