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re: Saban turned down $100M in order to stay at Bama
Posted on 7/16/14 at 3:10 pm to Pettifogger
Posted on 7/16/14 at 3:10 pm to Pettifogger
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You guys have a good football program, but come on. Austin vs. Ttown, UT vs. UA, money, star power, legend status. No comparison, UTA wins in every one.
What?
I'll give you Austin over T-Town, and I'll even give you money, though we'd offer him a blank check to stay if we had to.
Star power? No. Just no.
Legend status? Really? Alabama is the GOAT CFB program. Bear Bryant alone is more legend status than most programs, then you add in the likes of Joe Namath, Bart Starr, Don Hudson, etc, and Bama's ahead of Texas.
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arison, UTA wins in every one.
No. Texas is a top 5 program all time, but they're not Bama.
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Posted on 7/16/14 at 3:13 pm to AllBamaDoesIsWin
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Star power? No. Just no.
How many true stars come through Alabama? As in, JFF, Cam Newton, Matt Leinart type of folks. Where the attention exceeds just football, and borders on celebrity? Not many. Alabama is a blue collar football program, and a good one. But it isn't sexy, like Texas would be.
As for Bear, who is really the only Alabama icon universally admired, it's part success and part cultural phenomenon. In today's age, Bear would be a bigger national icon from Texas than Alabama. It's pretty simple.
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