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Originally Posted by Pressing-On
AUSTIN, Texas -- The Associated Press has learned that a University of Texas Longhorns regent and a former regent spoke with Alabama Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban's agent about Saban coaching the Longhorns if Mack Brown retired.
http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/9694474 |
What I'll say here depends completely on the allegations against Alabama and if the NCAA starts an investigation against them. Yahoo Sports had a very detailed report of players getting cash money at Bama. Gotta love the $EC.
If nothing happens with that, Saban will stay. Sorry, shorthorns, but he's going to make $48 mil in 8 years; and he's still under contract until 2019. He's currently making $5.62mil, and gets a minimum $100,000 annual raise every year from now to 2019. I believe his contract has a buyout...and even UT wouldn't be able to pay it.
It's just not going to happen.....UNLESS the NCAA brings the boom on Bama.
Texas can offer the $7 or $8 mil I've heard bantered about...but Bama's ready to exceed that and even go to $10 mil if need be.
I don't see this happening.
A more likely scenario would be Charlie Strong being hired by UT.