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Until Saturday: A show about college football

Power Auer: Texas at the nexus of college football

Until Saturday: A show about college football

The Athletic

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4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Nicole Auerbach and Michael Felder discuss Quinn Ewers' decision to skip his senior high school senior season to enroll immediately at Ohio State. A Texas senate hearing about the Longhorns' decision to leave the Big 12 goes beautifully off the rails. Last call!

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0:00.0

Hey, everyone.

0:02.0

Hey, everyone, and welcome back to Power Hour, the Athletics Tuesday National College Football Pod, hosted by yours truly, Nicole Auerbach.

0:31.5

And I'm thrilled to be joined by a friend and colleague from stadium, Michael Felder, to break down all the biggest storylines in college sports

0:39.3

in an hour or less. And Feldar, it continues to be very, very busy. Very. Yeah, I mean,

0:46.3

it feels like Texas is kind of the, the nexus of the universe at this point. This is exactly what

0:52.4

they want. They love to be the nexus of the universe.

0:56.7

And we're going to get to, but I mean the state, not even just the like the school.

1:00.7

I mean, like the state, obviously we're going to talk about the Texas state Senate.

1:03.8

But I mean, do you want to kick it off with Quinn Ewers who's, I assume it.

1:09.4

Because today, what is today?

1:10.5

The third and they start camp, he's at Ohio State. Yeah. who's, I assume it this, because today, what is today, the third?

1:10.9

And they start camp.

1:11.9

He's at Ohio State.

1:13.9

Yeah.

1:14.2

So the backstory here is really interesting.

1:15.9

And I know Andy and Ari got into this little bit in yesterday's pod, but basically, this

1:21.9

happening because the state of Texas will not let high school athletes monetize their name, image, and

1:29.8

likeness. So when NCAA changed the rules, they changed the rules for college athletes.

1:36.5

But the question of, okay, what does that mean for like your state high school association,

1:40.5

whatever was up to either state law. Some of them specifically said, like, you can't do this.

1:46.0

And then other states specifically said that we're open to it. I think California is one that's like

1:51.3

specifically allowing it. And Texas doesn't. So you have basically the highest ranked quarterback

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