re: OU & Texas football - which loses to Vandy first?

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It is pretty easy to see how someone who is from the SEC and doesn't understand the nuanced differences between the two programs/situations might think that.

All they see is two old Big 8 "midwestern" schools in low population states... and that light goes off in the geographically challenged heads.

But until the state of Texas moves from it's current spot or all the sudden quits producing recruits...the Oklahoma/Nebraska parallels won't be legitimate.

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It goes a lot deeper than that. Those mentioning the recruiting differences are spot on, but it also goes back to the 1 gray shirt rule. But the big thing was Tom Osborne. Tom Osborne had every high school team in Nebraska running his system. Every Junior High running his system. Every peewee football program running his system. This meant when the lesser athletes went to play for the university they always had 10-12 years in his system. They ran the option flawlessly and everyone knew exactly what to do in every situation. It was an extreme case of not having the best talent but being perfect with the talent they did have. When Tom left, it all fell apart. They couldn't recruit the talent to compete.