william said:

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fubar said:

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gobears20 said:

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That really helps them add more things to this site. They do an great job with the site.

Would you guys donate to an NIL fund for Baylor athletes?

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Yes on NIL.

By the way, I like this site, but the site you ran for so many years will never be topped. Thanks for your work on it.

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{ sniff }

- tbp*

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p*BID.

maybe a 'donate' button.

kick in some money every so often.

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gobears20 said:

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Hey never stay quiet. You are trying to help the site grow and that is awesome! There are a lot of readers who don't post so others do see this.

There are still plenty of folks who don't know about this site and what all it has to offer.

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ScottS said:

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william said:

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fubar said:

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gobears20 said:

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That really helps them add more things to this site. They do an great job with the site.

Would you guys donate to an NIL fund for Baylor athletes?

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Yes on NIL.

By the way, I like this site, but the site you ran for so many years will never be topped. Thanks for your work on it.

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{ sniff }

- tbp*

{ clatter }

p*BID.

maybe a 'donate' button.

kick in some money every so often.

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Would you donate to a fund so the athletes could sip coffee?

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Art_E_Guinn said:

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Robert Wilson said:

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I just did not like the way a lot of people over there acted. Bunch of mids talking down on others. Made me understand why my grad school buddies from other schools carried a particular stereotype about Baylor people.

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do you not realize that YOU are the stereotype your "grad school buddies" were talking about.

you're doing the exact thing you're accusing others of. you complain about them talking down to others then you proceed to talk down to the entire group by calling them "mids," then you to try to boost your own ego by casually mentioning that you went to grad school (congrats, so did nearly everyone else).

a normal person would say "my buddies who went to other schools" because everyone has friends who went to other schools. plus i'd assume that, among the friends/acquaintances you know who attended other schools, you met the majority of them somewhere other than grad school.

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TenBears said:

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How do I get to be a "mid"? After much thought and prayer I ponied up for premium. It's OK, though I rarely look at it in the offseason.

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muddybrazos said:

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I have smoaky on youtube, twitter and 247 so im sure the premium side isnt breaking any other super secret info.

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PartyBear said:

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There has been breaking news since 2 am?

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Osodecentx said:

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TenBears said:

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How do I get to be a "mid"? After much thought and prayer I ponied up for premium. It's OK, though I rarely look at it in the offseason.

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Check out the realignment threads

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historian said:

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The internet has democratized news quite a big in at least one sense: there are far more sources of information. It's no longer monopolized by a handful of big dogs controlling everything that's out there. Now there is a wide variety and, although the big boys still try to control, there are far too many alternatives for the to do that.

Your point about trustworthiness & verifying info is still valid. Actually, it always has been but now it's sometimes easier because of the internet.

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Pecos 45 said:

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Art_E_Guinn said:

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Robert Wilson said:

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I just did not like the way a lot of people over there acted. Bunch of mids talking down on others. Made me understand why my grad school buddies from other schools carried a particular stereotype about Baylor people.

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do you not realize that YOU are the stereotype your "grad school buddies" were talking about.

you're doing the exact thing you're accusing others of. you complain about them talking down to others then you proceed to talk down to the entire group by calling them "mids," then you to try to boost your own ego by casually mentioning that you went to grad school (congrats, so did nearly everyone else).

a normal person would say "my buddies who went to other schools" because everyone has friends who went to other schools. plus i'd assume that, among the friends/acquaintances you know who attended other schools, you met the majority of them somewhere other than grad school.

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I didn't go to grad school.
Does that make me sub-optimal?

PS Undergraduate school (four-year degree) was good enough for me.

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historian said:

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The internet has democratized news quite a big in at least one sense: there are far more sources of information. It's no longer monopolized by a handful of big dogs controlling everything that's out there. Now there is a wide variety and, although the big boys still try to control, there are far too many alternatives for the to do that.

Your point about trustworthiness & verifying info is still valid. Actually, it always has been but now it's sometimes easier because of the internet.

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ScottS said:

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william said:

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fubar said:

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gobears20 said:

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That really helps them add more things to this site. They do an great job with the site.

Would you guys donate to an NIL fund for Baylor athletes?

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Yes on NIL.

By the way, I like this site, but the site you ran for so many years will never be topped. Thanks for your work on it.

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{ sniff }

- tbp*

{ clatter }

p*BID.

maybe a 'donate' button.

kick in some money every so often.

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Would you donate to a fund so the athletes could sip coffee?

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fubar said:

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74Bear said:

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Back when this site began I paid and joined the premium board. After a couple years I decided it just wasn't worth it. A few months ago they offered a short term special. I decided I would test the water again to check the newsworthness. But they would not allow it because I had been a member previously. The mods/ owners need to backtrack on that but I doubt they would.

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Kind of my experience as well. I don't care to follow recruiting that carefully, which is what most of the premium stuff seemed to be.

'decentex is good people, however, so I think I'll follow his advice on this one.

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Ashley Hodge said:

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curtpenn said:

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fubar said:

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74Bear said:

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Back when this site began I paid and joined the premium board. After a couple years I decided it just wasn't worth it. A few months ago they offered a short term special. I decided I would test the water again to check the newsworthness. But they would not allow it because I had been a member previously. The mods/ owners need to backtrack on that but I doubt they would.

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Kind of my experience as well. I don't care to follow recruiting that carefully, which is what most of the premium stuff seemed to be.

'decentex is good people, however, so I think I'll follow his advice on this one.

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I tried it during some promotional period a couple of years ago. My impression was anything I really wanted to know about would likely migrate to we poors in short order. Don't feel the need to participate in the very latest speculations anymore.

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fair enough, we just ask people to give it a try. Since you tried it a few years ago, we've added a lot of contributors to our team.

Grayson Grundhoefer does a great job covering football recruiting with Garrett Ross, Colt Barber and Brian Ethridge and also filling in on basketball which I cover. Brian Ethridge on WBB.

Travis Roeder and Kendall Kaut were big pick-ups for analysis with football and basketball. They bring a ton of great articles weekly.

During football season, S11, Football Bob, JJ Joe give lots of key insights. I know a lot more about the game after reading their articles in addition to Travis. Jason King contributes from time to time on basketball.

If you are a casual fan, you might be able to take it or leave it. But if you are a hardcore fan, I think you will get a lot of value out of premium. I had a guy from one of the top SEC sites that has 10x the subscribers subcribe to premium and hit me up and said "your content is as good as there is on the market".

If you do Athlete+ and premium, you are also going to get interviews directly with the athletes which is access you wouldn't be able to get from free info.

https://sicem365.com/plus

Jason and our Sicem365 radio crew do a great job with "free" content and we are grateful if you just consume that. It's a virtuous flywheel. Of course, we are going to be pro Baylor and maintain great relationships with Baylor administration. We need to be on good terms with them and in this world of NIL, they need us to. You will probably get more "objective" (there is no such thing as a brute fact) journalism from our Sicem365 radio crew (none of which attended Baylor). But you just need to know that going in.

We give a lot of insider notes on premium on the football, basketball, baseball teams, etc... So to get that access, we have to protect the hand that feeds.

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