Just chiming in to say that anyone who thinks UT is concerned at all about "money issues" whether it be cash reserves or whatever, doesn't have a firm grasp of reality. UT, Stanford, Yale and Harvard don't have "money issues". Would they like to avoid paying Charlie Strong a 15 mil buyout? Sure. But if the powers that be thought firing strong after this season was the right move, the 15 mil would not be a concern.

"Hey, Mr. Big Tex, we want to fire coach Strong. It'll cost us 15 mil. Here is our wire number. See you at the suite this fall." Problem solved.

With that said, it's fun to watch them twist in the wind for now.

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Posted by cardboardboxer

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Posted on 9/15/15 at 4:35 pm to Solo

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UT, Stanford, Yale and Harvard don't have "money issues".

Some Texas fan smiled somewhere seeing you make that association for them.

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Posted by Walking the Earth

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Posted on 9/15/15 at 4:46 pm to Solo

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Just chiming in to say that anyone who thinks UT is concerned at all about "money issues" whether it be cash reserves or whatever, doesn't have a firm grasp of reality. UT, Stanford, Yale and Harvard don't have "money issues". Would they like to avoid paying Charlie Strong a 15 mil buyout? Sure. But if the powers that be thought firing strong after this season was the right move, the 15 mil would not be a concern.

"Hey, Mr. Big Tex, we want to fire coach Strong. It'll cost us 15 mil. Here is our wire number. See you at the suite this fall." Problem solved.

It doesn't quite work like that, even with billionaire boosters.

Everybody had a variation of this conversation already a couple of years back when Longhorn conventional wisdom was that Red and pals were just going to write Saban a 20 million per year check.

I was more than happy to jump on that, too, not because I thought it would happen but just to get a rise out of the Tide fans screaming on here at the time.