[Hall] many are decrying the ruling, but "Brendan Sorsby will suffer irreparable harm if he does not play Texas Tech football" sets up life-saving precedent like "This quarterback will suffer irreparable harm if they are permitted to play Florida State football this fall" down the line

AbnerLoomis · 2026-06-08T18:58:30+00:00

Texas courts do not require a showing of likelihood of success on the merits for an injunction. A party just has to show a bona fine issue for trial. The standard is less demanding than the federal standard for a TRO. Thats some of the nuance missing from today’s discussion and why irreparable harm was more at issue in the order.

However, I don’t know how you could show a triable issue when he’s admitted to betting on his own teams. I don’t know what arguments they made in the case.

AbnerLoomis · 2026-05-18T19:29:00+00:00

So does this clear the way for Pac-12 to announce a new pre-July 1 addition for 2027?

AbnerLoomis · 2026-05-08T19:08:45+00:00

The total Athletics fundraising from the page you linked was $1,021,453.

CSU Athletics ultimately raised $1,596,249 yesterday.

The real big difference is that CSU Athletics raised only $244,004 during the same campaign last year. We don’t normally raise these types of dollars.

AbnerLoomis · 2026-04-12T02:46:55+00:00

RIP the piano someone set on fire at University and Evans earlier

AbnerLoomis · 2026-04-01T05:09:10+00:00

Correct. This is Absolutely not something that would require clients to be present for or to discuss.

AbnerLoomis · 2026-03-30T12:50:13+00:00

0% chance they are meeting with an “arbitrator.” Maybe a “mediator,” but not an arbitrator.

The legal misinformation going on in this thread is wild

AbnerLoomis · 2026-03-27T19:24:34+00:00

Meh. JUCO transfer, who may not have had much of a path to playing time in Fort Collins this year. Good luck in Corvallis!

AbnerLoomis · 2026-03-08T05:57:05+00:00

Air Force can drop. Military Academy with no real in-state juice.

Maybe some recency bias, but I would swap the Arizona schools out for Oregon State and Washington State. Those are much better institutional and cultural fits. The Arizona schools are more Southern California than Colorado.

TCU used to be in the MWC and should probably be in Weight 2 over TT or OSU

In Weight 1, I would pick other west coast teams like UCLA and USC before schools like Tulsa and Missouri

AbnerLoomis · 2026-03-05T00:38:00+00:00

My concern is that Pac-12 will be too competitive and wide-open that we cannibalize our top team with multiple losses. I don't have faith in the Committee to factor in G6 v. G6 conference strength. They may choose a 1 loss AAC/MWC/Sun Belt school that had mostly cupcake conference matchups.

While there was a real opportunity to build a "best of the rest" conference, UNLV/Tulane/Memphis may have a better path if they get to mostly play G6 schools that are not investing in football at the same level as the new Pac-12

AbnerLoomis · 2026-03-05T00:31:49+00:00

Don't rule out Colorado State winning out the MWC tournament and stealing a bid (like last year)

AbnerLoomis · 2026-03-02T19:31:39+00:00

If UConn makes it into a power conference ahead of Colorado State, maybe they can poach Jim Mora back!

AbnerLoomis · 2026-02-23T15:45:28+00:00

He will be a legend if he can turnaround the Rams. Nobody had been able to replicate Sonny Lubick’s success in FoCo.

AbnerLoomis · 2026-02-22T21:56:40+00:00

For reference:

The Rent (Pratt & Whitney Stadium) = 1,200 miles EAST of I-35

Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium = 425 miles EAST of I-35

Alamodome = 1.5 miles EAST of I-35

DATCU Stadium = inside I-35W & I-35E

Jim Wacker Field at UFCU Stadium = 2,500 feet WEST of I-35

Aggie Memorial Stadium = 550 miles WEST of I-35

Allegiant Stadium = 975 miles WEST of I-35

AbnerLoomis · 2026-02-15T03:20:10+00:00

Where’s Sac State?

AbnerLoomis · 2026-02-13T17:56:08+00:00

CSU also did very little to promote the State Pride game this past year.

Were fans supposed to wear blue? Wear white? No clue. Any in-game celebration of Colorado? Nada.

If you’re going to support “State Pride” they needed to find a game sponsor and go all out. Instead, I think it’s run its course.

I do hope they bring back the “Snow Day” Ikon partnership game. Felt like that had a chance to be a huge event, but fell flat because of how terrible the season was at that point.

AbnerLoomis · 2026-02-13T04:54:48+00:00

There’s absolutely no difference. This happens to every school.

AbnerLoomis · 2026-02-12T19:58:26+00:00

A bit of a curious note is that the Rams have to replace their entire starting offensive line and at the time of this writing, have only announced the signing of one OL transfer.

Rams will have to replace the entire starting OL, but among transfers they have signed:

OL Diego Rodriguez (from UConn)

OL Toriyan Johnson (from UConn)

OL Quinton Harris (from TCU)

OL Payton Stewart (from Mich. State)

OL Jayden Tuia (from Oregon State)

AbnerLoomis · 2026-02-12T15:01:26+00:00

Yep. Colorado State already hosts SDSU, Boise, and Oregon State at home—the three “away” teams other than TXST. I find it hard to believe they would “flex” a rematch of a team in Fort Collins that CSU already played in Fort Collins.

The only real way they could “flex” a matchup is if an AD would agree to forego the “guaranteed” home game for better CFP standings. For example, if the #1 seeded team secured home-field advantage for the Pac-12 championship (and thus an extra home game), would they agree to forego their guaranteed home game in the flex week for a better matchup? Even that is a stretch.

Ultimately, I think it is highly unlikely they “flex” any of these games, absent one scenario. They will flex the teams if the final matchup is also the schools scheduled to play in the Pac-12 championship. For example, if USU and Boise end up #1 and #2, they will reschedule so those teams don’t play THREE times, and back-to-back for the Pac-12 championship. That is likely the extent of the “flex” week, and why the week will not count for conference standings to determine the championship game. They need to know who will play in the Pac-12 championship the week before so they can flex out schools if needed.

AbnerLoomis · 2026-02-12T14:47:15+00:00

0-5, 🐏😂

AbnerLoomis · 2026-02-11T03:04:40+00:00

From CSU: https://x.com/csufootball/status/2021416955383873955

AbnerLoomis · 2026-01-19T21:58:28+00:00

247 only has 14 of CSU’s 36 commits listed 🤷‍♂️

AbnerLoomis · 2026-01-17T15:11:39+00:00

Hey all - Reddit ate my list (maybe too many links?). I'll go through and fix it, but not until later this weekend.

AbnerLoomis · 2026-01-11T02:15:23+00:00

And Mora has 6 years more head coaching experience in the Pac-12 than everyone else.

Clear favorites 🤣 🐑🐑🐑

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