re: Bill Powers on why Saban didn't go to U.Texas

Saban is not stupid. When you become the Texas coach you have to kiss to much booster behind and the one thing that Saban does not do is kiss jocksniffer behind.

The only way he would have gone was for total control of football operations which meant that he would need control of the "street money" for "operational expenses" and if anyone knows Texas football, that ain't happening.

If Texas really wanted him, he would be there. Alabama cannot touch UT money....they really can't

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those arrogant assholes

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We have a grad transfer from Texas that started many games for them and was projected to be their starting Center this year. Some Texass media member was asked about him on a local radio station the other day and his response summed up Texas in a nutshell: He was a little undersized there, but maybe he'll be a good fit at Arkansas...the same Arkansas that had the largest oline in football...the same Arkansas team that prison raped them in the trenches a year and a half ago in the bowl game.... It is so absurd that you wonder if it's shtick, but I assure you it's not.

He didn't go to Texas because all you mutton heads forgot to click your heels together when you made the wish.

Yeah thats it.

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If Texas really wanted him, he would be there. Alabama cannot touch UT money....they really can't

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Im just curious what you think that Texas could offer that Alabama cant. I mean I think its great that Saban turned down more money because he loves being at Alabama but not sure where you are getting this.

Texas couldn't offer more money. Everybody with money in Alabama would give their saving account and first born to keep Saban there.

Didn't quote at all D-bag, hence the absence of quotation marks.

Yeah, I'm going to run and search for a link to a local radio show to justify myself to one of the biggest tools in this forum. Besides, that must be hard to believe. It sounds nothing like the attitude and arrogance of UTexas.

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Riiiiight. Texas' ego won't allow them to admit they aren't nearly as attractive of a program as they once were, so this clown has to throw allegations. He's like the loser who the pretty girl was polite to but never wanted to date, so now he's trying to say he never wanted to date her any way b/c of her reputation (which isn't bad).

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Take a deep breath. I highly doubt that Bill Powers looked this guy from the local paper in the eye and said Saban was a cheater. At best, this is 3rd hand info. There were probably more degrees of separation than that.

We know some big-$ Texas boosters were making serious overtures to Saban's agent. No way that happens if the university leadership thinks Saban is a liability in terms of NCAA exposure.

This really sounds like some garbage talk from a disgruntled booster (who was upset because the hiring of Strong was an embarrassment), so he told someone who told this reporter that Powers never offered because he thought Saban was a cheater.

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We have a grad transfer from Texas that started many games for them and was projected to be their starting Center this year.

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I doubt he would have beaten out the true freshman who was supposed to start at C (before he got hurt).

The Texas o-line has been historically bad the last few years. An absolute disaster. When Raulerson did get on the field, he was the bottom of the barrel. He was very highly recruited and by all counts is a great young man. He'll be a success in life, but it will have nothing to do with football.

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This really sounds like some garbage talk from a disgruntled booster (who was upset because the hiring of Strong was an embarrassment), so he told someone who told this reporter that Powers never offered because he thought Saban was a cheater.

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That's exactly how it happened. Reporting regarding the Texas program almost always works this way. That's why Chip Brown is wrong 99% of the time. There are quite a few really rich boosters, who don't all get along, who are all jealous of each other's power and influence with the program, who all have loose, braggadocios mouths. When they don't get their way, or when they are in the midst of a turf/influence war with other boosters, they talk their spin to a friend, who runs to Chip, or talk to Chip directly, and then, being a completely credulous person who also has a hunger for attention, he repeats everything he hears without any further research circumspection at all. This is how you get stuff like "Saban bought a house on Lake Austin" and "There is a 0% chance A&M goes to the SEC" reported as fact in Austin.