Billy Jack Ray, Ed.D.🌵🏴‍☠️🦅🦅Ŧ

Chair/Associate Professor-Kinesiology/🏈Coach@Sul Ross.
Christian, Husband, & Texan! Stephenville, Ŧ , sTu Alum
SRSU Football Questionnaire:

[Spencer Wheeler @CoachSCDub]

Recruiting things to consider

School 1:
Tuition: 40,000
Cost of Attendance: 55,000
Scholarship Offer: 25,000
Scholarship %: 62
Remaining Cost: 30,000

School 2:
Tuition: 35,000
Cost of Attendance: 50,000
Scholarship Offer: 23,000
Scholarship %: 65
Remaining Cost: 27,000

Which School offered you a "better" scholarship?

Too many people get fixated on the value of the scholarship amount, not the remaining cost of attendance.

[Berlitz Legrand @LegrandBerlitz]

Blessed to receive an Offer from (D2)Sul Ross state
@gregoryparker2 @billyjackray

[Sul Ross Football @SRSUFootball]

Freedom stands on the shoulders of heroes. Remembering those who made the ultimate sacrifice. 🇺🇸

#BrandEm | 🐺

[Kyronis @kyronis_talks]

A community college professor named Marty Lobdell taught the same study skills lecture for 30 years. The video quietly became one of the most watched educational recordings online, with over 10 million views.

He spent his career watching students fail not because they were lazy, but because no one had taught them how their brain actually works when learning something difficult.

The lecture, “Study Less Study Smart,” contains a powerful framework.

Your brain cannot sustain focus the way most people believe. Studies show the average learner hits a wall between 25 and 30 minutes. After that, efficiency collapses. You’re still sitting there, but almost nothing is being absorbed.

Lobdell told the story of a student who planned to study 6 hours a night, 5 nights a week. Thirty hours total. She failed every class. She was not lacking effort. She was confusing time near books with actual learning. The fix is simple: when focus drops, stop, take a 5 minute rewarding break, then return. That reset makes a massive difference.
He also destroyed the myth of highlighting and re reading. Recognition is not the same as recall. To prove it, he read 13 random letters. Almost no one remembered them. Then he turned them into “Happy Thursday.” The entire room recalled them instantly. The brain stores meaning, not repetition.

This is why elaborative encoding works so well.

Finally, he shared the most important principle: 80 percent of study time should be active recitation. Close the book and explain the material in your own words. Teach it to someone else or an empty chair. Retrieval is where real learning happens.

His closing line stuck with me: If this information does not change your
behaviour, you have not actually learned it.

The best students do not study more hours. They stop confusing the feeling of studying with the reality of learning.

[Expo Recruits @ExpoRecruits]

62% of D2 football players that entered the transfer portal have retired.

79% of D3 athletes. 🤯

The grass isn’t always greener on the other side.

[Billy Jack Ray, Ed.D.🌵🏴‍☠️🦅🦅Ŧ @billyjackray]

Sobering numbers...

[Brett Hickman @coachhick]

62% of D2 football players that entered the portal retired from football!!! 79% of D3 kids are done.

Enter at your own risk or stay and develop.

[Billy Jack Ray, Ed.D.🌵🏴‍☠️🦅🦅Ŧ @billyjackray]

You can start your Master degree journey today!

[Sul Ross Kinesiology @SRSUKinesiology]

There is still time to apply and get admitted to start classes this summer. Reach out and we can help you start your journey.

[Billy Jack Ray, Ed.D.🌵🏴‍☠️🦅🦅Ŧ @billyjackray]

👀Looking to further your education?👀

[Sul Ross Kinesiology @SRSUKinesiology]

Are you looking to get a Masters degree, we offer a fully on-line, 30-hour program with 8-week rotation courses. The most affordable program in the state of Texas! https://t.co/TeAlT1vaDu

[Ballsmiths @Ballsmiths]

There is something beautiful about pulling out game ready balls straight from the box all season! No more players complaining about a bright orange brick at practice!

[Sul Ross Football @SRSUFootball]

Happy Mothers Day 💐

Today we honor all the Mothers, Grandmothers, and Aunts who make it happen!!

#BrandEm | ❤️🐺

[Ballsmiths @Ballsmiths]

What can Ballsmiths do FOR YOU!

[Ballsmiths @Ballsmiths]

Let’s get ready for the season!

[Billy Jack Ray, Ed.D.🌵🏴‍☠️🦅🦅Ŧ @billyjackray]

Best in the business!

[Ballsmiths @Ballsmiths]

It’s that time of the year again! Let us help you get your game balls ready for the season!

[Sul Ross Football @SRSUFootball]

🚨SIGNED: WELCOME TO THE PACK🚨

🐺Troy Sandoval: WR
📍Brackettville, Texas
📚Brackett Highschool

#NSD26 | #BrandEm

[Chris Bowers @Coach_Bowers]

Extremely thankful to @leehays & @Sul_Ross for the opportunity to do what I am called to do! Excited to get to coach in the great state of Texas!

@SRSUFootball will be the most improved defense in the nation in 2026! We are already on our way!
#RunToWin #BrandEm #Lobos

[jeziah pratt @jaypratt26_]

4a-district 21 shotput winner
Throw:46”10
#surviveandadvance
#AGTG

@billyjackray
@RayRecruiting

[Sul Ross Football @SRSUFootball]

Psst……

Lobo Football is BACK😎😎

#BrandEm | 🐺

[Sul Ross Football @SRSUFootball]

Happy Easter from the Lobo Pack!🐣

#BrandEm | 🐺

[UNISWAG @UNISWAG]

The new red lids for @TexasTechFB

#uniswag

[TheKemydFaciane @KemydFaciane]

AGTG Blessed to receive an offer from Sul Ross University @billyjackray @gibson_wildcat @SRSUFootball