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I begin to wonder if NIL can tear a team apart and be a negative ...

I don't think Texas is learning anything other than what we already knew-- Sarkisian is an average (or worse) head football coach. 

And I'm not sure what you're trying to say about Bijan, that he's somehow loafing it or something, due to his NIL deal with a car dealership that gets him access to a leased Lamborghini?  He's the #6 rusher in the nation behind what we know to be a bad offensive line.  If that's evidence of the negative effects of NIL, then there are about 113 schools around the country that would love to be suffering some negative NIL effects right about now.

By most accounts, Ohio State and Oregon have the most advanced NIL programs in place.  Are they suffering as a result?

Bijan is awesome, don't think he's loafing it at all. Not really trying to pick on him. He's great. Just think that OkSt DC might have a point. I've also heard that Ewers has a deal with Porsche dealership. Just feel like maybe 18-20 year old college kids driving around in freaking Lambo's and Porsche's before they've really earned that or done anything might not work out for teams in the long run. Maybe it does create a softness or sense of entitlement. Idk. Speaking of the bad OL...didn't some booster fund set up an NIL deal for Texas OL's? 

You're right though, maybe I am looking into this way too much. And you're also right...the biggest issue for Texas is probably the head coach. I've watched 3 Texas games this year- even went to one. That team is loaded with future NFL talent. You can see it especially when you're up close and personal. They shouldn't be dropping games to Texas Tech and Oklahoma State when they for sure 100% have more future Sunday players on their roster. That all boils down to coaching. Sark didn't earn his nickname "7 win Sark" for nothing.

 Sark didn't earn his nickname "7 win Sark" for nothing.

Sigh.  Sad but true.  Although given that he went 5-7 last year, we should probably count ourselves lucky if he gets to 7 wins this year...

Bijan is by pretty much all accounts a really good dude, he's clearly dedicated to the game and he could have portaled out already if he wanted.  I don't think the NIL is affecting his play and I don't see any evidence that it could be bothering his teammates.  They know he's a badass and deserves what he earns.

I don't know much about Ewers but he'd already earned a million-plus in NIL money trading solely on his name when he went to Ohio State.  It's possible that a money/arrogance thing is working there, but at times he's played quite well, and on Saturday he played like total crap and missed a ton of open receivers.  Who knows?

Re: UT offensive line-- yes there's a pretty nice NIL deal in place for them, which guarantees a minimum of $50K/year and in some cases can pay up to $150K/year-- but this is the first year of it being in effect, so all of the recruits who were brought in with it, are true freshmen this year and many redshirting. You know a lot about football so I'm sure you know that o-line is the position it usually takes the longest to become a contributor.  So while it's CURRENTLY still a crappy oline, there's hope in the future of it improving.  Unless of course they all portal out because Sarkisian is still a less-than-optimal head coach.

OkState is a good team, they were slated to beat us all season long, it was only a one-score loss and the game went into the 4th quarter with Texas actually leading by a score, on the road, in a fairly hostile environment.  So on the face, it's not the worst loss ever.  The problem is, that we WERE up by a score, then gave away 2 unanswered TDs in the 4th, to lose the game.  If you look back over Sark's losses at UT over the past two years, this is an extremely disturbing pattern.  And THAT'S the real problem with his coaching.

with all the money A&M and Texas has....and with all that damn talent in the state of Texas, for the life of me I cannot figure out why neither program can get it together and hire the right coach.

But it’s still hard to win here, and chances of getting the next Dabo, and not getting the next Tom Herman, aren’t good. Because there’s a whole lot of Herman’s, and not many Dabos. 

I specifically mentioned Dabo because he has taken a program similar to ours and has consistently won big.  

before they do that, they' have to heist another Brink's trunk and deliver it to Jimbo.