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Mike Budde

Mike Budde

Model railroader known for detailed HO-scale model cars and auto racks, frequent guest on "What's Neat This Week in Model Railroading" podcast.

Jul 14, 2026

5:29
Sure.
5:29
Um, and, and we've had conversations at a national level.
5:32
Like some of, I think, of the challenges is we are victims of people being a little bit too good at their jobs.
5:38
And I was just having a conversation about the, you know, the four Power Four commissioners.
5:42
Like part of the issue is, um, you used to kind of get together and say, "What's good for the enterprise? What is best for college athletics?" And you kind of took off your, your SEC hat or your Big 12 hat or your ACC hat and had a candid conversation, and then whether you 100% agreed with it or not, you moved on to the next thing.
6:00
And, you know, Greg Sankey is really, really, really good at his job, and his job is to do what's best for the SEC.
6:07
And so I think that's at the crux part of, of the issues that we're having, which is, you know, my job is to do what's best for TCU.
9:34
Um, before we get over that hump, you know, how, how's the T- how's TCU doing in that regard?
23:05
Like, where were you when you heard about this, Mike?
23:08
Well, it was the next morning actually.
23:09
Early the next morning, I, I, uh, saw a text from him.
23:14
You know, the, the room where we sat was just in total burned shambles.
23:19
I just...
23:20
It, it just took a while for it to register.
23:23
I, I just-

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44:45
Go, go ahead.

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