re: Why did Major Applewhite leave Alabama as OC after 2007 season?

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.but Applewhite himself said he'd been lookin' to get back to Texas for a few years and for several reasons (he was an alum, loved Austin, family, etc)...answer is probably somewhere in between...

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Maybe but Applewhite grew up a huge Bama fan. He was named after former Bama RB Major Ogilvie. I used to see Applewhite at parties around Bama campus when he was still at Texas.