re: How has Oklahoma avoided the fate of Nebraska and Tennessee?

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And yes there is plenty enough players to go around in Texas to say otherwise is being naive or just clueless about Texas

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EVERY big program recruits the hell out of Texas though, and to speak as if it's an infinite resource for high end talent each year is also dumb. There are only so many elite prospects in Texas every year and they're being recruited hard by the in-state programs. There's the first and biggest hurdle. LSU is a next door neighbor as well. Alabama, Ohio State, Clemson are going to poach kids. My point here is that I think one bad hire could set them back a long long time. They've nailed the last two. The question in the OP was a bit rhetorical. I know how Oklahoma has avoided that fate, I wanted to dig more into why Tennessee and Nebraska are still suffering their fate and explore the plausibility that Oklahoma treads a fine line when it comes to staying elite.

Nebraska fired Solich after a 10 win season. Pelini was averaging 9 a year too (although I think he'd hit his ceiling).

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EVERY big program recruits the hell out of Texas though, and to speak as if it's an infinite resource for high end talent each year is also dumb. There are only so many elite prospects in Texas every year and they're being recruited hard by the in-state programs. There's the first and biggest hurdle. LSU is a next door neighbor as well. Alabama, Ohio State, Clemson are going to poach kids. My point here is that I think one bad hire could set them back a long long time. They've nailed the last two. The question in the OP was a bit rhetorical. I know how Oklahoma has avoided that fate, I wanted to dig more into why Tennessee and Nebraska are still suffering their fate and explore the plausibility that Oklahoma treads a fine line when it comes to staying elite.

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None of those out of state programs have the in roads to Texas like OU does. I really don’t think you understand how big OU is in Texas

He is clueless.

Will tOSU, Clemson, Bama, LSU, etc. pick off tops kids every now and then? Absolutely. Will they do it with the consistency that OU does? No.

Good stability with stoops then smooth transition with great young coach.

Proximity to Texas

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None of those out of state programs have the in roads to Texas like OU does. I really don’t think you understand how big OU is in Texas

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There might be more LSU alums in Houston than there are in New Orleans. Half my family lives in Texas chief. Their 12 years of mediocrity between end of Switzer and early Stoops tells me that it isn't an "easy" job with a lot of built in advantages like you seem to be think it is because "muh texas". They hired an assistant coach out from under Steve Spurrier, THE innovator at the time, and it ended up being a homerun.

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Houston

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OU has limited success recruiting out of Houston. That is UT/A&M territory without question.

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Never is a long time but I think they’ve dug a huge hole for themselves

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Miami has largely been dog crap for almost two decades now.

LSU waffled between pretty good and bad for nearly forty years before Saban and never sniffed the mountain top.

Texas had some good years and some lean years for a long time between the 1960's and the Mack Brown era.

USC had about three decades with a lot of lean years between Robinson's only title and Carroll.

Georgia and Michigan have a combined two national titles since the Berlin Air Drop.

So on and so on.

Getting to the mountaintop and staying in the vicinity is very hard in college football. It is the most coach-centric sport out there by a long shot, and they are a rare and precious commodity.

Coaching hires /endthread