Nuu posted on OBs that one of Patterson's directives was to get Saban, but "if we can't get Saban, then the AD will make the pick and own the pick. Powers won't be in the way. BMDs cant fight over it. Needs to be vetted through search agency. Private investigators will check every bit of the...

I'm not sure how I feel about the BMD getting beyond livid and seriously considering pulling his donation. Sounds tantrum-esque, and I'm not trying to be mean spirited about it. If Patterson was hired to do a job, and they all thought he was the guy for that based on his resume and their...

Dabo Sweeney? Hugh Freeze? - If you're not saying those guys are better than Strong why bring them up? I get the impression that there were quite a few people that we talked to, but only a couple that we interviewed. If what is being said is true, even Art Briles basically said that the only way...

I don't think many of the names you are probably thinking of "interview", e.g., Saban doesn't have to interview for a job. You either offer them the job or you don't, but they have the cache at this point to not have to interview for the job. Not interviewing doesn't mean there weren't...

I laughed. They were certainly enjoying that!

I was in the "hoping for John Harbaugh" camp but if those things weren't meant to work out, so be it. Maybe John Harbaugh decided to hold out for Michigan. I'm not surprised on Saban, and although it would have definitely been the big name splash and the f-you-we're-Texas-and-we-can-get-anyone...

Okay, cool. I thought I was missing something for a second.

Who was a transfer from Aggie?

I truly think Texas can swing the momentum back pretty quickly in recruiting, including pulling aggie commits, once there is resolution to the coaching search. Sumlin was the kind of hire that A&M needed to make to counter Mack & Co, but that's changed now. Even the second tier guys that...

I don't even know what this means in relation to what we're discussing. I'm asking what have you seen from Swoopes to believe the things you believe?

What have you seen from Swoopes that makes you think anything of what you said is possible. The only time Swoopes has flashed so far was in the spring game (against a Diaz controlled defense). Nothing he has done in game action this year is indicative of a guy who is ready to lead a team to...

<a href="http://reactiongifs.com/?p=8838"><img src="http://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/a-chance.gif"></a> Obvious gif time...

He seriously said that? Amazing

There goes Mack, upstaging me. I never start threads and the moment I start one he announces and makes my post outdated. Seriously, I think I've started one thread ever outside of this in my nearly 15+ years on message boards. Thanks Mack! :P

I've had this thought running through my head for the past couple weeks. If Darrell Royal were alive would all this have played out differently? From the contact with Saban back at the beginning of the year, to the cluster that has been this season (not from the on-the-field position but rather...