McPhaul is correct. What you think is the real story is just damage control by A&M's PR dept. to cover how much Sumlin sought the USC job. Alabama put out similar spin to mask Saban's negotiations with Texas. I'm partners with a huge Aggie BMD who privately admitted that Sumlin badly...

It's interesting that the hardass tactics that some objected to about Saban are now being implemented by Strong. We didn't get the wow recruiting effect of hiring Saban, but we are getting the same culture change, and the minority hire aspect will keep UT's tea-sipper element from whining like...

The situation also shows why BMD's should not be allowed to go rogue and make coaching "hires" on their own. They were as out line as Powers, they reek of the lame Auburn situation with Petrino a few years ago. Didn't work out then, didn't work out here. The only reason they almost pulled it...

Sirhornsalot's account of events is close to what I've had confirmed by 2 members of the Selection Committee. Apparently there are some who still want to spin events to cover for the UT Administration, but sources involved in the process say the Rowling-Hicks-Stilwell BMD group was driving...

The Godzillatron is the biggest single reason for the lack of crowd energy and loss of home field advantage at DKR. Fans attend college games for the emotion, pagentry and tradition, and the Godzillatron sucks attention and crowd energy away from the game in order to sell commercial...

It's time to move away grading Mack based on his recruiting or numbers of wins. Why? (1) Recruiting is a facade unless the program wins championships with the players recruited. 2 championships in 16 years (12.5%) is pitiful for a Texas coach. (2) Wins against unranked teams don't matter...

We have a conceptual problem at Texas. We want to treat the NCAA rules as definite and clear, and carrying the moral equivalency of laws. The problem is that the NCAA's "speed limits" aren't laws, aren't definite like speed limits, aren't being followed by large numbers of drivers, and aren't...

When those in authority don't know what they're doing (Powers/Brown) and have been grossly complacent for years (Dodds/Powers/Brown), then someone has to take the reins. Because Mack/Dodds/Powers were entrenched, it took people with immense clout to successfully overturn the status quo. It was...

"Due to many factors, including Mack's strange last-minute whirlwind tour of recruiting prior to his departure (adding to an atmosphere of uncertainty and confusion, plus taking up visit allowances), Strong faces something of a steep uphill battle in this condensed time frame." This problem...

Glad poster's wife is ok. Manager of Reds should've had the class to give the customer best wishes for poster's wife, and written the order off to an unfortunate circumstance. Guy probably has other issues behind his overreaction. I sympathize with the poster's crisis and the fact that he was...

1. Permit only visual ads during game. Prohibit all audio advertisements and non-football announcements during the games. 2. Install a great speaker system throughout the stadium. 3. Keep high energy level in stadium by playing rock music during timeouts when Longhorn Band isn't playing...

Wonder how Powers will react to this, since his big objection to Saban was players leaving the program because of tough off-season committments.

Chambers being retained in an on-field capacity is a good indication of how critical recruiting is in talent rich Dallas County, and how important Chambers is to maintaing Texas' presence there. We're finally a big recruiting presence in Dallas, something Texas wasn't able to establish before...

There was so much dissounance and head coach eccentricity infecting MBTF, that it's almost impossible to determine where the fault line lies between faulty recruiting evaluation and ineffective player development. Sometimes a recruiting class can be highly ranked, but not adequately address the...

It's very, very doubtful Patterson would've done something as important as offering Strong without the concurrence of the Rowling-Hicks-Stilwell group who hired him. Bohls is now confirming what Shuttlesworth has been reporting for some time, that Saban was indeed in-play again, and...