No fanbase likes to see any productive player leave for any reason....

But without a doubt the most immature and petty moves I've seen by any sort of media source covering the portal is the sharing on social of no named other's non sourced posts about "reported or rumored NIL deal (insert player name) received to go to (insert university name)".....when 99% of the time it's complete bs. How any grown adult that calls themselves journalists feel good about trashing a kids reputation like that is absurd.

Almost always these rumors can be traced back to some one upset at the university they left. The one that I've seen circulating about Hudson is embarrassing and no way it's accurate.

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The average American is pretty stupid now. People believe what they want to believe. So some dumbass from an Oklahoma forum says, "A&M spent $32 million in NIL to get this class" (or whatever number he threw out), of course people will believe it. They don't to believe their lord and savior Nick Saban could get out-recruited by Jimbo. It's easy to report something falsely and then months later quietly amend it and say, "Turns out this wasn't true", and they're never held accountable. It is what it is.

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The problem isn't those idiots making it up....the problem is actual journalists have no repercussions for resharing without any sort of verification taking place. People believe bc someone on ESPN, CBS, etc shares what the idiot made up. If no reputable sources reshared such info it wouldn't take place.

Journalism and weather are the career fields you can say whatever you want and be wrong and there's no threat to your job.

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Pretty much. Technically, it isn't false if they say, "An anonymous source states that..." followed by whatever they want. They know what they're doing- people will take that as if it's truth.

These losers don't realize that creating these rumors that we spend exorbitant amounts on players and are rich af only helps our image.

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Aggies2009 said:

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The average American is pretty stupid now. People believe what they want to believe. So some dumbass from an Oklahoma forum says, "A&M spent $32 million in NIL to get this class" (or whatever number he threw out), of course people will believe it. They don't to believe their lord and savior Nick Saban could get out-recruited by Jimbo. It's easy to report something falsely and then months later quietly amend it and say, "Turns out this wasn't true", and they're never held accountable. It is what it is.

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The problem isn't those idiots making it up....the problem is actual journalists have no repercussions for resharing without any sort of verification taking place. People believe bc someone on ESPN, CBS, etc shares what the idiot made up. If no reputable sources reshared such info it wouldn't take place.

Journalism and weather are the career fields you can say whatever you want and be wrong and there's no threat to your job.

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Pretty much. Technically, it isn't false if they say, "An anonymous source states that..." followed by whatever they want. They know what they're doing- people will take that as if it's truth.

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And they don't blink an eye when Ohio State openly admits to spending $22 million on their NIL deals for their players, or the endless wad of cash that being used at Oregon, or when t.u. openly said their NIL collectives will pay $50k per year for any offensive line player that signs with the team.

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Aggies2009 said:

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The average American is pretty stupid now. People believe what they want to believe. So some dumbass from an Oklahoma forum says, "A&M spent $32 million in NIL to get this class" (or whatever number he threw out), of course people will believe it. They don't to believe their lord and savior Nick Saban could get out-recruited by Jimbo. It's easy to report something falsely and then months later quietly amend it and say, "Turns out this wasn't true", and they're never held accountable. It is what it is.

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The problem isn't those idiots making it up....the problem is actual journalists have no repercussions for resharing without any sort of verification taking place. People believe bc someone on ESPN, CBS, etc shares what the idiot made up. If no reputable sources reshared such info it wouldn't take place.

Journalism and weather are the career fields you can say whatever you want and be wrong and there's no threat to your job.

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I would argue there is nearly no such thing anymore. Look no further than political parties/races.

I feel like I remember similar posts about Ewers when he was transferring. And lots of people taking those rumors as 100% truth and saying things like glad we aren't getting him, anyone asking for that is a cancer, CW is better, anyway.....

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I feel like I remember similar posts about Ewers when he was transferring. And lots of people taking those rumors as 100% truth and saying things like glad we aren't getting him, anyone asking for that is a cancer, CW is better, anyway.....

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I remember that as well....At the time all of this NIL transfer stuff was still very new. We were seeing that stuff for basically the first time.

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The average American is pretty stupid now. People believe what they want to believe. So some dumbass from an Oklahoma forum says, "A&M spent $32 million in NIL to get this class" (or whatever number he threw out), of course people will believe it. They don't to believe their lord and savior Nick Saban could get out-recruited by Jimbo. It's easy to report something falsely and then months later quietly amend it and say, "Turns out this wasn't true", and they're never held accountable. It is what it is.

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Now???

When was weeze smart? We have been relying on 25% of our kids to be reallly educated for 100 years, before that it was 10% at most.

This board is not a random sample of educated Americans by any stretch!

Generally speaking, majority of the population are more the mentality of what you'd expect to see on the Jerry Springer show

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The average American is pretty stupid now. People believe what they want to believe. So some dumbass from an Oklahoma forum says, "A&M spent $32 million in NIL to get this class" (or whatever number he threw out), of course people will believe it. They don't to believe their lord and savior Nick Saban could get out-recruited by Jimbo. It's easy to report something falsely and then months later quietly amend it and say, "Turns out this wasn't true", and they're never held accountable. It is what it is.

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I am pretty sure Jimbo did not out recruit Saban. Regardless of what we did or didn't pay, that group that Jimbo brought in was a joke. I would take Saban's worst class over those clowns.

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Aggies2009 said:

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The average American is pretty stupid now. People believe what they want to believe. So some dumbass from an Oklahoma forum says, "A&M spent $32 million in NIL to get this class" (or whatever number he threw out), of course people will believe it. They don't to believe their lord and savior Nick Saban could get out-recruited by Jimbo. It's easy to report something falsely and then months later quietly amend it and say, "Turns out this wasn't true", and they're never held accountable. It is what it is.

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I am pretty sure Jimbo did not out recruit Saban. Regardless of what we did or didn't pay, that group that Jimbo brought in was a joke. I would take Saban's worst class over those clowns.

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So if Elko goes downhill from here you were wrong. Not that Jimbo proved much except being a win away from the playoff in 2020…

Aggies2009 said:

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The average American is pretty stupid now. People believe what they want to believe. So some dumbass from an Oklahoma forum says, "A&M spent $32 million in NIL to get this class" (or whatever number he threw out), of course people will believe it. They don't to believe their lord and savior Nick Saban could get out-recruited by Jimbo. It's easy to report something falsely and then months later quietly amend it and say, "Turns out this wasn't true", and they're never held accountable. It is what it is.

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Is the dumbing of America intentional or unintenional?

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Aggies2009 said:

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The average American is pretty stupid now. People believe what they want to believe. So some dumbass from an Oklahoma forum says, "A&M spent $32 million in NIL to get this class" (or whatever number he threw out), of course people will believe it. They don't to believe their lord and savior Nick Saban could get out-recruited by Jimbo. It's easy to report something falsely and then months later quietly amend it and say, "Turns out this wasn't true", and they're never held accountable. It is what it is.

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Is the dumbing of America intentional or unintenional?

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It's neither. It's tribal. No one cares about the truth anymore. They just want to see their opinions justified.

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Aggies2009 said:

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The average American is pretty stupid now. People believe what they want to believe. So some dumbass from an Oklahoma forum says, "A&M spent $32 million in NIL to get this class" (or whatever number he threw out), of course people will believe it. They don't to believe their lord and savior Nick Saban could get out-recruited by Jimbo. It's easy to report something falsely and then months later quietly amend it and say, "Turns out this wasn't true", and they're never held accountable. It is what it is.

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Is the dumbing of America intentional or unintenional?

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It's neither. It's tribal. No one cares about the truth anymore. They just want to see their opinions justified.

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And "the media" is forced to pick a side to continue to operate. There's no such thing as mainstream media anymore, it's all mainstream. Today, more people get their "news" from Joe Rogan than from newspapers.

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The average American is pretty stupid now. People believe what they want to believe. So some dumbass from an Oklahoma forum says, "A&M spent $32 million in NIL to get this class" (or whatever number he threw out), of course people will believe it. They don't to believe their lord and savior Nick Saban could get out-recruited by Jimbo. It's easy to report something falsely and then months later quietly amend it and say, "Turns out this wasn't true", and they're never held accountable. It is what it is.

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Do you really think Jimbo out recruited Saban? We went from what we have been doing to the best class in history? 1 5star in 2021 to 8 5stars in 2022. Something happen in between those two classes. It wasn't us winning a championship. It's not cheating so what does it matter. Of course we didn't pay 32 million up front but if the class would have stayed 4 years would have ended up with that number. 4 million over 4 years for a 5star is nothing now. Especially at dline positions wide receiver and qb. Not sure if the contracts are even being written at 4 years now. But to begin that first 2022class they all were. 3 years with option for the 4th.

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The average American is pretty stupid now. People believe what they want to believe. So some dumbass from an Oklahoma forum says, "A&M spent $32 million in NIL to get this class" (or whatever number he threw out), of course people will believe it. They don't to believe their lord and savior Nick Saban could get out-recruited by Jimbo. It's easy to report something falsely and then months later quietly amend it and say, "Turns out this wasn't true", and they're never held accountable. It is what it is.

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I think 50% of TexAgs fans on this site are exactly who you describe. It is prevalent across ALL fan bases now. Younger generations ruining it.

Instant demand for gratification. Ever grow up playing video games or staring at a screen as a toddler? Your parents ALL did you a MAJOR disservice in life by using a screen as a babysitter. My kids have a chore list and practice list (both academic and sports) they must do every day Mon-Fri. It they check all the boxes then they get access to video games on Sat evening and Sunday morning. They earn it. Parents are ruining the future raising screen robots that only learn about instant gratification while screwing up their brain development permanently. I lived my career in biomedical engineering and medicine.

Yes, sorry for my RANT. There is true in this. And plenty of data to support it. Quite depressing to be honest.

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The average American is pretty stupid now. People believe what they want to believe. So some dumbass from an Oklahoma forum says, "A&M spent $32 million in NIL to get this class" (or whatever number he threw out), of course people will believe it. They don't to believe their lord and savior Nick Saban could get out-recruited by Jimbo. It's easy to report something falsely and then months later quietly amend it and say, "Turns out this wasn't true", and they're never held accountable. It is what it is.

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and Jimbo turned around and did the same thing whenever he lost out

how many SEC homers would condemn Miami for buying up an entire roster last year?!

when literally Miami is the smallest school per capita to be in the top 25?!!

as if somehow Miami has more money to spend than UT, Aggies, Georgia, Michigan, Ohio State, Oregon, Clemson

Coaches can change schools at will. Why can't students (they can with limitations on transferring credits) and student athletes?

Let's imagine that the real argument is that student athletes really should be indentured servants for four years and only get a scholarship…oh yeah…that worked out well!!!