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Saw the Eli Manning in Austin video
Posted on 10/3/25 at 10:09 am
Posted on 10/3/25 at 10:09 am
Interesting comment made by Eli, he almost committed to horn in 1998. Some remember if that would have been Mack Brown he was considering joining or the coach prior that got fired?
Tbh, I think he said it just to pump horn, unless there were several schools fighting over his commitment. How did his recruiting play out?
Tbh, I think he said it just to pump horn, unless there were several schools fighting over his commitment. How did his recruiting play out?
This post was edited on 10/3/25 at 10:28 am
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Posted on 10/3/25 at 10:11 am to JayAg
Thread hijack: I heard a rumor years ago that Major Applewhite originally wanted to go to A&M. Does anyone know if there's any truth to that?
Posted on 10/3/25 at 10:12 am to SPAGHETTI PLATE
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Thread hijack: I heard a rumor years ago that Major Applewhite originally wanted to go to A&M.
Post hijack: I heard a rumor years ago that Johnny Football originally wanted to go to Texas.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 10:14 am to JayAg
The way I remember it was Texas was a front-runner until Cutcliffe came to Oxford. Tommy Tuberville was more interested in Jason Campbell being the QB of the future.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 10:20 am to SPAGHETTI PLATE
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I heard a rumor years ago that Major Applewhite originally wanted to go to A&M.
Then he witnessed the bi-male cheerleaders do the "hump it" cheer and he left Draggieville immediately.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 10:25 am to ukraine_rebel
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The way I remember it was Texas was a front-runner until Cutcliffe came to Oxford. Tommy Tuberville was more interested in Jason Campbell being the QB of the future.
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Does Cutcliffe get the Ole miss head coaching gig without Eli being a key recruit and them watching Peyton at Tennessee as a legacy? I dont think he was underqualified and honestly did as good of a job there as anyone has until probably Lane but do you think he would have landed the gig without the almost guarantee it solidified Eli?
The way I remember it was Texas was a front-runner until Cutcliffe came to Oxford. Tommy Tuberville was more interested in Jason Campbell being the QB of the future.
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Does Cutcliffe get the Ole miss head coaching gig without Eli being a key recruit and them watching Peyton at Tennessee as a legacy? I dont think he was underqualified and honestly did as good of a job there as anyone has until probably Lane but do you think he would have landed the gig without the almost guarantee it solidified Eli?
Posted on 10/3/25 at 10:26 am to JayAg
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Interesting comment made by Eli, he almost committed to horn in 1998. Some remember is that would have been Mack Brown he was considering joining or the coach prior that got fired?
Tbh, I think he said it just to pump horn, unless there were several schools fighting over his commitment. How did his recruiting play out?
We were in the Final 2 and it was Mack Brown. I thought we had a really good shot at the time and was pissed when we didn't land him.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 10:27 am to Themicah86
I’m not sure how much bearing that had. He was already an admin favorite and was a final 3 candidate in 1995 along with Tuberville and Tommy Bowden.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 10:27 am to ukraine_rebel
From the timing of the coaches, it was either Mackovic or Brown going after Eli. Dang, Ole Miss changed coaches that year too?
Posted on 10/3/25 at 10:27 am to Monsusta
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Then he witnessed the bi-male cheerleaders do the "hump it" cheer and he left Draggieville immediately.
If I recall correctly, R.C. Slocum replaced Steve Marshall at OC with Steve Kragthorpe and A&M pulled Applewhite's offer.
Genius move.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 11:38 am to JayAg
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Ole Miss changed coaches that year too?
Not by choice
Posted on 10/3/25 at 11:58 am to SPAGHETTI PLATE
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I heard a rumor years ago that Major Applewhite originally wanted to go to A&M. Does anyone know if there's any truth to that?
Yes this is true
Posted on 10/3/25 at 12:00 pm to SPAGHETTI PLATE
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I heard a rumor years ago that Major Applewhite originally wanted to go to A&M.
I just remember that his parents were huge Bama fans and named him after Major Ogilvie and that they lived in BR.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 12:06 pm to Gunga Din
Isn’t apple blacklisted for his relationship with some student? Crazy to think that got him blacklisted when coaches in our conference have done worse.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 12:34 pm to JayAg
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Isn’t apple blacklisted for his relationship with some student?
Blacklisted from Texas.
His fail at UH blacklisted him everywhere else.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 12:40 pm to MtVernon
I think it was a Big 12 black list like Leach and Briles. I’m surprised TCU was able to hire Kendall.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 12:48 pm to Nasty_Canasta
So he pulled a Bobby?
Posted on 10/3/25 at 12:50 pm to JayAg
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So he pulled a Bobby?
He who is without sin shall cast the first stone
Posted on 10/3/25 at 1:04 pm to JayAg
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So he pulled a Bobby?
No, Bobby did not cheat on his 9 month pregnant wife. And Bobby didn’t pick out a total porker to cheat with. Applewhite was a total POS for doing what he did.
The whole thing was peacefully swept under the rug for about four years until a long term woman’s (lesbo, go figure) track coach got terminated for banging a student on her team and the coach subsequently sued the school.
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