Intro
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Summer Recap
Realignment
Timeline
- Wednesday, 7/21
- Brent Zwerneman with Houston Chronicle breaks story
- UT, OU, and SEC all issue non-statement statements
- Sunday, 7/25 – UT & OU presidents meet with other schools
- Monday, 7/26 – UT & OU formally announce they will not be renewing their Big 12 Grant of Rights after 2025
- Tuesday, 7/27 – UT & OU formally request to be admitted to the SEC
- Wednesday, 7/28
- Bowlsby issues C&D to ESPN
- 7/24 column from Nicole Auerbach in The Athletic reads differently after this bombshell
- CBS Dennis Dodd has more quotes from Bowlsby
- Bowlsby issues C&D to ESPN
- Thursday, 7/29
- SEC votes to invite OU & UT to enter (passes 14-0)
- ESPN Responds to Bowlsby’s C&D
- Friday, 7/30 – UT & OU vote to accept invitation to SEC
- OU pretends to care
- UT doesn’t
- Monday, 8/2 – Senate hearing in Texas
- Tuesday, 8/3 – Bowlsby met with Pac12 commish to discuss “scheduling alliance, merger, other options” -Max Olson/The Athletic
Overall Thoughts
- A few possible scenarios
- Pac 12? Merger?
- Revamped Big 12 (teams from MWC/AAC?)
- Thoughts on OU/UT response and comments
- Will OU/UT remain in the conference until July 2025?
Name, Image & Likeness
- Kevin McCullar – Raising Cane’s & apparel line
- Behren Morton – apparel
- Terrence Shannon, Jr. – Las Brisas & apparel
Baseball
- MLB Draft
- Cal Conley, INF – No. 126 / Fourth Round (Atlanta Braves); signed below slot value
- Dru Baker, INF – No. 130 / Fourth Round (Tampa Bay Rays); signed at slot value
- Braxton Fulford, C – No. 170 / Sixth Round (Colorado Rockies); signed below slot value
- Mason Montgomery, LHP – No. 191 / Sixth Round (Tampa Bay Rays); signed below slot value
- Ryan Sublette, RHP – No. 222 / Seventh Round (Los Angeles Dodgers); signed below slot value
- Hunter Dobbins, RHP – No. 226 / Eighth Round (Boston Red Sox); signed above slot value
- Patrick Monteverde, LHP – No. 239 / Eighth Round (Miami Marlins); signed
- Brandon Birdsell, RHP – No. 339 / 11th Round (Minnesota Twins); did not sign, will return to Tech
- Dylan Neuse, INF – No. 519 / 17th Round (Minnesota Twins)
- Jakob Brustoski signed with Brewers
- Transfers
- LHP Garrett Crowley 6-4/210 (Fordham)
- OF Dalton Porter (texas)
- P Micah Dallas to A&M
Basketball
- NBA Draft
- Mac McClung undrafted; signed to training camp deal
- Terrance Shannon Jr withdrew from NBA, will play for Tech 2021-2022; takes 13th scholarship, only one left for roster in coming senior
- Transfer recap
- G Davion Warren 6-6/210 (Hampton) 21.2 ppg, 6.3 reb, 3 assist
- G Mylik Wilson 6-3/175 (La-Lafayette) 12.9 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 2.0 steals per game
- G/W KJ Allen 6-6/225 (East LA CC) 18.5 points, 9.3 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.8 steals per game
- G/W Adonis Arms 6-6/205 (Winthrop) 10.4 points and 4.5 rebounds per game
- W/F Sardaar Calhoun 6-6/220 (Missouri St/Florida St) played sparingly in covid-shortened year for FSU, but avg 18.6 points per game at Missouri St
- W/F Kevin Obanor 6-8/225 (Oral Roberts) 18.7 points and 9.6 rebounds per game
- F Bryson Williams 6-8/230 (UTEP, Fresno St) 15.1 points and 7.4 rebounds per game
- F/C Daniel Batcho 6-11/245 (Arizona) redshirted at Arizona, will have 4 years left
Football
- Media Day coming up on Thursday; fall camp starting soon
- Five players to watch (ITRR)
- WR Kaylon Geiger (TR Troy)
- DB/S Reggie Pearson (TR Wisconsin)
- RB Cam’Ron Valdez (FR)
- DE Robert Wooten (TR Virginia Tech)
- CB Malik Dunlap (TR NC State)
- Transfer recap
- Geiger, Pearson, Wooten, Dunlap
- QB Tyler Shough 6-5/230 (Oregon)
- CB Rayshad Williams 6-3/195 (UCLA)
- OT TJ Storment 6-7/320 (TCU)
- LB Jesiah Pierre 6-2/230 (Florida)
- DB Marquis Waters 6-1/215 (Duke)
- Five players to watch (ITRR)
- Tyler Shough participated in Manning Passing Academy
- Impressive summer offseason conditioning results (Coach David Scholz Twitter)
Questions
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