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Well folks, I told you a lot was going on week and come to find out there was a TON of stuff going on this week. In this installment of “Crossfire” I will share with you information that some of my “connected friends of the program” have shared with me. Of course we’ll talk about the hiring of Steve Patterson and what that means for Mack and everyone else at Bellmont and what it means in the Saban sweepstakes. We will also talk about Joe Jamail and his role today with UT Athletics today (is he disengaged? is he engaged? is Mack safe if he runs the table?) And of course we will talk about Saban and even engage in some rumors that are going on. Some of the stuff is insightful. Some of it is enlightening. Some of it is thought-provoking. But ALL of it is found this week of ” The Crossfire.”
First let’s talk about the hiring of Steve Patterson. According to my source Texas will always go through the “Process” of a formal vetting. That’s not to say there aren’t front runners going in to the process due to school affiliation, relationships, reputations and experience. My contact felt that Luck had everything going for him until they got to the point where the decision makers got to sit across the table from the candidates.  That made a HUGE difference as the interviewing process unfolded.
