Right after Jimbo was hired I had a conversation with a group of aggy. They were all talking shit about how this hire is the game changer and would propel them to national prominence forever and they would replace UT as the football power in the state. Finally I spoke up and asked them why they thought the SEC invited them to join their conference. Not a single one could answer that question with any semblance of truth and they knew it.
Finally I told them to think about something, when was the last time the SEC was won by a team not named Alabama, Auburn, LSU, Florida, Tennessee. Not a single person could answer that question. Then I dropped the bomb and left the whole room in silence. I told them the above listed schools didn't invite them to the party for them to win titles, they were invited to recruit this state. I told them that when and if aggy became a threat to those schools consistently they would get hammered by NCAA allegations as just happened to Ole Miss. The looks I got were hilarious because everyone in the room realized I just might be right. Especially when I reminded them the only times in history aggy was competitive was followed by NCAA sanctions.