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2 hours ago, Vertigo said:

Wasn't it Saban who told Sark to take the Texas job?

Is there an official spoken history here? I’ve heard everything from Saban’s chosen successor to Sark consulted with Saban and accepted the Texas job. 
 

Sark left Bama in 2021. I think we can all agree Saban, at least mentally, was very far from retiring in 2021. 

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I think the point the goober was attempting to articulate is that sark should have left Texas and come back to succeed Saban, not that he should have stayed and waited. 
 

of course’s that’s the kind of opinion you should be expressing two years ago right after deboer was announced, for it to have any merit. Not 14 games later when you decide that the coach isn’t the guy. 

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OU made it clear they were going wherever Texas was going. I do not believe OU needed Texas to get into the SEC the way Baylor and Texas Tech needed Texas and Texas A&M to get into the Big 12. But they let Texas take the lead on that move. 

OU's bigger long term issue is how they're going to handle NIL. Not whether the SEC is favoring Texas or not. The problem is, staying in the Big 12 wasn't really an option. The Big 12 is going to be perpetually filled with all the programs that can't get into the SEC or Big 10. I assume once the SEC/Big 10 carve up the ACC, there will be some kind of merger for the teams that weren't invited. The money will be a lot less. The ability to be a factor in the future of college football will be a lot less. They didn't really have a choice but to enter the SEC as second fiddle to Texas. 

Saban told Sarkisian he wouldn't recommend the Texas job based on his clusterfuck of an experience when he thought he would replace Mack Brown. He understood the appeal. Basically told him to check his 6. 

Frankly, Kalen DeBoer was a heck of a hire. He still might work out. His biggest issue right now is following Saban. But everyone knew that when he took the job, including DeBoer.

The biggest issue with Texas versus some other programs is that sometimes it doesn't make winning at football the same kind of priority other programs do. We're blessed to have Eltife as the chairman of the board of regents and Greg Abbot as the the governor (not being political - simply saying for football purposes). If we go through a number of years where someone who is anti Texas is making board of regents appointments it might get a little more dicey.

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