Mack Brown has his head screwed on right.

[Poke John I]

Below is a link to an excellent Colin Cowhard, seven minute interview with Mack Brown which happened yesterday. It is well worth the seven minutes.

http://espn.go.com/espnradio/player?rd=1#/podcenter/?id=5411483&autoplay=1&callsign=ESPNRADIO

Things said in this interview are -
1) Any Texas player that wants to transfer will be given a full release and can even go to any Big-12 rival.
2) The Big-12 is good for a minumum of 5 yeas and probably 10 years. He does admit that in 10 years anything could happen.
3) Texas almost went to the PAC-10 when the Big-12 was formed but didn't.
4) Texas has a copy of the bill-of-sales for every car that his players drive. If some player shows up in a new car, he is called in and Texas wants a copy of all the documents. They also require copies of hotel receipts , etc. when their players travel.
5) All season ticket holders are sent information on NCAA compliance. They are asked to notify Texas immediately if some Booster starts offering players or potential players anything. Texas then calls the booster and tells him or her to back-off.

Texas seems to really be applying Institutional Control whcih brings up a few questions. Are OSU season ticket holders sent any compliance information? Do we check out purchase/rental details of all our players cars?

[Verb]

Very interesting. I'm intrigued by the car bill-of-sales thing.

You may have seen elsewhere on this site that Yahoo's Jason Cole more or less told me that Dez had an "illicit" car. Wonder if Gundy has any sort of similar practice in place?

[pistolpete2002]

Very interesting. I'm intrigued by the car bill-of-sales thing.

You may have seen elsewhere on this site that Yahoo's Jason Cole more or less told me that Dez had an "illicit" car. Wonder if Gundy has any sort of similar practice in place?

A bill of sale doesn't mean anything. I've got 100 blank copies in my desk of those and a person could put anything they wanted on there. All he's doing is putting a piece of paper in a file that means absolutely nothing.

[CaliforniaCowboy]

Lebron James got a hummer from his mom when he was in highschool...

yet she was poor... go figure. (i.e., reggie bush; who owns it, who's making the payments)

[GoPokes83]

lebron james got a hummer from his mom when he was in highschool...


gross!

[CaliforniaCowboy]

;-)

[Lewis the Pike]

Lebron James got a hummer from his mom when he was in highschool...

yet she was poor... go figure. (i.e., reggie bush; who owns it, who's making the payments)

(insert inappropiate Delonte West joke here)

[Poke John I]

I would still like to hear from any Season Ticket Holder. Have you ever received any compliance information from the OSU athletic department?

[AggieSpice]

John I...I can't remember. I have seen the compliance information, but I can't remember if it comes with the tickets or not. I will try to remember to look when we get ours.

In an unrelated topic...I dreamed last night that we were at the first football game and realized the ticket office had still not sent us our tickets.

[Lewis the Pike]

I used to work in the media in Tulsa, and covered sports. I was specifically asked if I was a donor to Oklahoma State University. If I was a donor, I would not be able to interview any prospective student athlete that was considering OSU.

As I recall now, with the season ticket, a portion of the season ticket is a donation. I would think this rule is still in place.

To try and leave the recruiting to the recruiters.

[Attila The Orange]

I would still like to hear from any Season Ticket Holder. Have you ever received any compliance information from the OSU athletic department?

Yes - every year - it comes in the package.

[Attila The Orange]

As I recall now, with the season ticket, a portion of the season ticket is a donation.

Only for tickets in the "donor seating" sections.