re: UPDATE: Info on possible Texas Coaching Search

Nobody is saying Texas doesn't have more money. But you can't conflate the Saban chase with what Texas is likely to do with Gus (if it comes open and if there is interest).

What people are saying is that Auburn and Alabama can match reasonable offers from Texas. If Texas offers Gus 4 or 4.5 million, Auburn can match that. Same for if they offer Saban 6 or 6.5 million. I don't know how high either program is willing to go, but they certainly can. They could match even higher, but I think these are about the limits. Paying 5 million plus is stupid money for Gus. 6-8-10 million for Saban isn't that impossible, but it would be absurd for Gus or any other coach at that level, and it would test what programs are willing to do.

So the point is, if Texas is going to give Saban money for Gus, then yeah, they'll probably get him assuming he cares at all about money. They might get Saban if you're talking 8 or 10 million a year.

But playing in a realistic realm of 3-5 million dollars for Malzahn, I think the chances that Gus leaves Auburn, a championship caliber program he's familiar with and fond of, go way down.