re: "College football's top 24 jobs" according to ESPN and fellow coaches..

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They have truly benefited from joining the SEC but do not act like you always had a spot at the table.

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This list isn't how good a program is all-time. That kind of list would rank Nebraska and Notre Dame higher. We are not a Blue Blood, but things change and I would rather be where A&M is today than a Nebraska (who is a blue blood).

This list is how attractive your job is. Some of that is history, but some of that is what kind of "resources" are provided to that coach, not just salary but facilities and assistance money.

I appreciate your rant against our defense of our ranking, especially the lottery winner analogy. In that is buried the real truth of it- certain college football fans don't like our rise because we are upsetting the importance of history in the sport. Oregon is obviously the poster child for that, but we get a lot of the hate for taking a spot in the SEC we didn't earn.

I am glad to be the new money offending people. Thanks to the Catch 22 caste system in the sport, it is VERY hard for program to break through. It takes talent to win big games, and only the big programs get the top talent. So the only way to break in is either a HOF coach (aka the traditional method) or by making it so EVERYTHING else about your program but your history is attractive. We have work to do, but I am happy to be offending some blue bloods.