The Texas mentality

I think a lot of you people are being trapped by a phenomena that frankly none of us in the SEC other than the Texas A&M fans have ever had to deal with. That is the mentality of the people who are the University of Texas.

It can be summed up in one small statement:

"We are Texas, you are not. We have more money than you. We have more prestige than you. Because we are Texas, we get what we want and what we say goes because we are Texas and you are not."

This is how the Longhorns think. Never mind the fact that their money advantage is not that much greater than other power schools, or that Texas isn't even the school with the most political clout in its own state (That would be Baylor), or that for a school to claims to get what it wants has a lousy athletic record for an all powerful overlord. They think they are Alabama football, North Carolina basketball, Stanford, Oxford, and Harvard all piled into one.

How does this apply here? Look how the leaks are worded. The Texas people are absolutely convinced that Saban is theirs because they want him. And they are Texas. So, since they are Texas and they want Saban, they get Saban because they are Texas and they get what they want.

Saban is smarter than that. Why the hell would he go to a school where its harder to win (history says it is) and harder to recruit to (at Alabama his recruiting rival is Auburn, at Texas not only does he have to worry about Texas A&M, but Oklahoma as well, not to mention good programs at other smaller BCS schools in the state..there are no Baylors or TCUs or Texas Techs in Alabama), and also is an administrative mess.

This is a combo of a Jimmy Sexton money grab and the arrogance that is the University of Texas.