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Texas Fan:

The sense of entitlement that surrounds [the Longhorn] program will take years to overcome. I don't see Saban leaving Bama regardless of how much money is thrown his way. It makes no sense for him to leave a sure thing to come and try and turn around a program that is still a few years away from hitting rock bottom (which needs to happen before any significant change can happen).

My observation of NS is that he relishes in the fact that he is considered by many to be the greatest CFB coach of all-time and the risk of going to Texas and failing outweighs the reward of winning another NC with a 3rd team.

Probably the most-accurate post on this entire thread.

I would add the fact that Texas fans are not known for their patience. If Saban were to move to Austin and if he were to fail to produce a National Championship within a VERY few years, the "faithful" would be calling for his head in record time ... especially if they were to be paying him the sums that are being discussed.

With that being said, the location of texas university ("t.u.") in Austin IS a draw for a college-bound kid. Compare to Austin to College Station (not unlike T-town). My grandfather was Class of '37 at TAMU, and my father played ball for Coach Royal, so I had something of a "legacy" either way. All other things being equal, I would have gone to t.u. BECAUSE of Austin. (All other things were not equal. The economy was weak and TAMU offered me about 3x the scholarship money. So, I am an Aggie, but I hit Austin for law school. Three years of pure fun.)

This post was edited on 10/2/13 at 11:41 am