College Kegger: Will Texas Tech’s big NIL moves pay off this football season?

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Texas Tech is making big moves in the NIL game by locking down a top linebacker—a rare win for the Red Raiders. What does this say about Joey McGuire’s strategy to compete in the Big 12? They break down why this commitment is a game-changer and how Texas Tech is investing heavily this offseason. Plus, thoughts on the Manning family’s quarterback legacy and why Arch Manning staying in college is huge news for Longhorn fans. They also examine the hot seat coaches this season and the five-team race shaping up for the national title.

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00:00Texas Tech has joined the big boys.

00:19Well, so we talked about the other day making waves in the NIL with their your NIL fund collective, whatever you want to call it.

00:30Well, they just locked in the number five recruit, a linebacker.

00:36OK, now that in and of itself is not a huge deal, right?

00:41You're in Texas. You have top five star recruits on every street corner.

00:48It is not that big of a deal. Then you go a little bit deeper in.

00:53This is a kid from Savannah, Georgia.

00:55People from Savannah, Georgia do not go to Texas Tech.

01:01They don't even know where Lubbock is.

01:03OK, Savannah is one of the most beautiful places in the world.

01:08And Lubbock on a Western wind day is is unlivable.

01:12You could not be there if the wind is blowing out of the West.

01:15I've still never been there.

01:16You know what? I just I would just avoid, like, you know, go to Cisco.

01:23You know, it's Cisco with a with a college.

01:25And it's that it's the when Joey McGuire a couple of years ago when they beat Texas fraudulently,

01:31thanks to those Tim Donaghy's run around the field, helping them cover the spread there.

01:37It was like, oh, the future.

01:39Everything runs through Lubbock.

01:40Everything runs through that.

01:41It's like, no, literally it runs through Lubbock.

01:43Nobody stops there.

01:44It is a it is a pass through on the way to Albuquerque.

01:47That's what Lubbock is.

01:47I don't even think it's on.

01:48No, it's not even on 40.

01:5040 even skips it.

01:5040 goes through Amarillo.

01:51So see, everybody's just like, no, we're not messing with Lubbock.

01:54I mean, it's sorry, Peyton.

01:56But they get a commitment from this kid, this LaDamian Guyton, over Alabama, Florida State, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee.

02:06Those are all like right in his pocket of where he grew up.

02:11Dude, Kirby didn't let you out of Georgia.

02:14If you're a great player, he doesn't let you leave the state.

02:17So their NIL collective has come to party.

02:21It has come to party.

02:22I don't know what they paid for him.

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