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Posted on 8/25/24 at 7:52 am to BamaAfterSaban
quote:It’s simple. We haven’t recruited or developed the line of scrimmage in 15 years. Last year, that was the major difference.
Does anyone do less with more than Texas?
Posted on 8/25/24 at 8:02 am to BamaAfterSaban
Why has Texas underachieved over the last 50 years.
The answer is a mix of politics, ego, money, and luck. In the interest of brevity I’ll focus on just one thing.
Honestly, you could write a book about our athletic department.
Texas has fired every single HC it’s had in the last 50 years, to include DKR and Brown.
It’s not that Big Money ego doners meddled in our program, but a single BMD REALLY meddled in our program.
His name was Red McCombs.
Perhaps you have heard of him. Car dealer, got his start as the youngest Edsel dealer in the country, and parlayed that into a dealership empire. Later went on to ownership of the San Antonio Spurs, and later the Minnesota Vikings.
He KNEW he was smarter than any coach.
Seriously, Red had his claws dug into football program. He considered it HIS. Those stories of BMDs making coaching decisions? It was Red. I cannot overstate how huge a negative influence he was.
The answer is a mix of politics, ego, money, and luck. In the interest of brevity I’ll focus on just one thing.
Honestly, you could write a book about our athletic department.
Texas has fired every single HC it’s had in the last 50 years, to include DKR and Brown.
It’s not that Big Money ego doners meddled in our program, but a single BMD REALLY meddled in our program.
His name was Red McCombs.
Perhaps you have heard of him. Car dealer, got his start as the youngest Edsel dealer in the country, and parlayed that into a dealership empire. Later went on to ownership of the San Antonio Spurs, and later the Minnesota Vikings.
He KNEW he was smarter than any coach.
Seriously, Red had his claws dug into football program. He considered it HIS. Those stories of BMDs making coaching decisions? It was Red. I cannot overstate how huge a negative influence he was.
This post was edited on 8/25/24 at 8:07 am
Posted on 8/25/24 at 8:07 am to Eldodroptop
You’d think the A.D. would meet him halfway and say you pick out where the money goes. In a nice way nod your head to his advice and as he leaves mutter “a-hole”. Then go to back to your desk.
Posted on 8/25/24 at 8:19 am to BamaAfterSaban
Yes Texas A&M particularly during the the Jimbo Fisher era. Total bust
Posted on 8/25/24 at 8:38 am to BamaAfterSaban
Has texas had the #1 class in the past 5-10 years?
Posted on 8/25/24 at 9:39 am to Eldodroptop
Red McCombs sounds like every single sip fan Ive ever met.
Posted on 8/25/24 at 9:43 am to ColoradoAg
You think very highly of us, but I can assure you that very few of us are Billionaires who owned multiple sports franchises.
But even if we were, I would give credit to aggy, because y’all have Buc-ees within your alumni base…
That’s big shite right there…
But even if we were, I would give credit to aggy, because y’all have Buc-ees within your alumni base…
That’s big shite right there…
Posted on 8/25/24 at 9:51 am to Eldodroptop
They can have Buc-ees, we'll take Dell and Titos
Posted on 8/25/24 at 9:56 am to Eldodroptop
UTrans has lots of older billionaires and oil money. Not the younger generation though
Posted on 8/25/24 at 9:59 am to ColoradoAg
Austin has the tech money as well. I don’t think they care as much about football as the oilmen but all it takes is a few wealthy tech bros to be die hard Texas alumni. $$$$
Posted on 8/25/24 at 10:01 am to UnclePat76
Die hard UTrans fans. Doesn’t compute. Your fanbase is as fair weather as it gets
Posted on 8/25/24 at 10:08 am to ColoradoAg
That’s the nature of the beast. Doesn’t matter if a donor is a fair weather 30 year tech bro looking for publicity or a die hard 80 year old oil geezer who wants one more NC before he dies. A big check is a big check.
This post was edited on 8/25/24 at 10:09 am
Posted on 8/25/24 at 10:14 am to BamaAfterSaban
Miami?
Posted on 8/25/24 at 10:20 am to BamaAfterSaban
They are the BEST COLLEGE SPORTS PROGRAM in existence . They win more National titles per year than your whole conference does .
Posted on 8/25/24 at 11:01 am to MtVernon
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Nope. Can’t recruit in the Big XII. NOW we’re in a favorable conference
Especially defensive players.
That wasn’t the case 20 years ago…
Posted on 8/25/24 at 12:20 pm to zdfger
Thanks for answering the initial question.
The answer is A&M.
Jimbo put a bad taste in peoples mouth and will take 2-4 years for donations to start rolling back in.
One or two good seasons from Elko will make the pain go away.
The answer is A&M.
Jimbo put a bad taste in peoples mouth and will take 2-4 years for donations to start rolling back in.
One or two good seasons from Elko will make the pain go away.
Posted on 8/25/24 at 12:22 pm to Aggie in TN
Neither A&M or UTrans have a good record of performance
Posted on 8/25/24 at 2:13 pm to PDXHorn
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Oh… and check out their results against Texas. Enjoy : ) (referring to OSU comment)
You beat UGA the last time too but that doesn’t make you the better program
Posted on 8/25/24 at 7:17 pm to BamaAfterSaban
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