jdhorn92

This. Saban demanded control as a condition of taking the job. He didn't say we need to put the bb's in the box, he said eff the bb's. There was one voice, one leader, one way of doing business. Saban won and so it worked. Not everyone can do that. He was/is a great leader and his "process" and framework was just what they needed. Shula, Price (its rolling baby), Dubose, Fran, none of them could do what Saban did.

Good question. Its my understanding from a good friend from Southlake is the scholarship/in state deal is FR year only. That could have just been his package, but he's paying full out of state now. Also, may be grade/GPA related to hold that in-state tab. The state is trying to tap in to a more diverse worker pool to meet demands of growth in the state economic climate. Out of state tuition is nearly 3x https://1819news.com/news/item/only-38-of-university-of-alabama-freshman-enrollment-from-alabama-less-than-half-undergrad-students-in-state

Out of state enrollment is appx 66%. Southlake and HP kids all over that place in the last 10 years. They pay a premium out of state. Pre-Saban, Bama was all in state kids, for the most part. All those NE students, CA, TX pay much more in tuition to be a part of the scene in T-town. Its not your old Bama. Auburn, same thing, to a degree. TX HS kids, anecdotally, cant get in to Texas. They dont want to go to College Station, cant afford TCU/SMU and Tech/Baylor is meh. They started looking at SEC schools hard and they pay a premium to out of state.

Word is he just bought a house in FL, Jupiter IIRC. But yeah, doesnt mean he cant have two. Would love to see him helping the good guys. He'll make a fortune on the speaking tour. Every corporation in the country will have him, if he wants to go that route.

I don't know, he's a bit more easy going when not in coach mode.

Will they make a run at Sark?

Bo's gone.

I know, thank you @immamac, I sure you guys had a blast. We just ran out of time and had a lot of people in tow. Next time for sure. Eyeing UF game for our next gathering.

One can be conservative and not be a racist. Lots of manufacturing prefer a non-union workforce. Your inference is an assumption, which would make me infer you are skeptical, a cynic perhaps.

B'ham has a decent medical community. Auto manufacturers love the no union South. Huntsville has the Aerospace /Tech thing going. Lower AL has water. Tons of people taking equity and moving to Baldwin County towns like Fairhope, Gulf Shores, Orange Beach and paying cash. Cheap/less expensive alternative beach communities minus the craziness of FL and lots of people love the conservative climate. No BS riots, shutdowns etc.. very homogeneous (no racist) populace, conservative, easy going etc... close to New Orelans if you want that, 40 min flight or 5 hours to ATL. Easy-ish commute to FL if you want. Much more progressive state than MS or LA and if they get a bridge over Mobile Bay, it will boom even more. New airport going in downtown Mobile, cruise industry has taken notice plus there is a large deep water port on Mobile River that if they really got their way and got their shit together, companies will move out of LA to Mobile. There is a B$ downtown riverfront revitalization project going on now. I do a lot of business there and if they play it right, could be a game changer. If a fraction of the out of staters currently roaming Bama and AU campus stay in state, they could have something.

Tell us you know nothing about the SEC without telling us. Auburn is a cool college town, that is really growing. Its close to his home and has National Championship potential. Chizik won there, go figure. As did Gus and Tuberville. There is plenty of money at Auburn, SEC in general. You may be confusing AU with Miss St. Gameday there is exceptional, they recruit FL/GA heavily and always have athletes. Auburn in general has a very good rep in the south, where he is from and is plenty well capitalized. They arent UGA or UF of course in NIL potential, but they will do fine. IMO most of us Texas fans are going to be surprised about the SEC in terms of the draw to places like Auburn, Ole Miss Columbia etc.. I dont think the deep south is quite like we remember, 66% of the incoming Freshman at Bama were from out of state.

Can/t wait. About 10 of us going, half will be skiing. Any experience at Cloud Nine bar at top of the mountain? Looks fun, but never been, we're skiing Highlands one day.

Tyreek Hill is a real burner

Any of that winter activity noted above going to bring snow to the Colorado rockies?

Haha, holy shit. Bet he was the most popular guy in the bar, for brief moment at least.

Family trip to Breck done. Now heading to Aspen at end of January for a guys trip...start the snow wathcing forecasts all over again.

That certainly helps if true. Would like to see Carter return as well. If so, D-line would be solid, good depth.

Great experience. Got to town on gameday (sheesh, I cant get days straight this week) about 1. Checked in to room at Marriott Warehouse district. Quick shower, had a buddy flying in from ATL, met at Cochon Butcher for a bite, couple beers. Went to the corner dive bar down from CB and had another beer and started getting our plan. Uber to Saddlebar for a beer with a couple buddies. All 4 of us walked to RItz lobby bar, outstanding idea for many reasons (ill let you figure it out). Met up with 15-20 guys and pounded sliders, drinks flowing watched Rose Bowl kickoff ....their TV kept losing signal for some reason. Left there and went to Walkons. Line was out the ass, went around the side entrance slipped the dude manning the exit, $20, me and my buddy walked in and found some of our crew that had left the RItz. The beers were huge, 18oz i believe. Had one or two plus a shot, place was packed. Walked to the dome, saw kickoff, line getting in was long, but it moved. Section 277 Row 1 , outstanding seats, leg rest , put our jackets on the rail, beers too until a cop showed up , no shit NOPD, and told us no beers on the ledge. Probably had 2-3 large beers, got the last miller lite in my area about 3rd quarter or so. Overall, great experience, walked back to Marriott , about 25 minute walk, got a beer at the bar, bed by 2:00.

Heading that way tomorrow

Just wrapping up 3 ski days in Breck. Overall, I must say conditions were not as bad as I was expecting. They opened up the T-bar while we were there, though Imperial SuperChair is still down. Peaks 9 &10 had much better snow imo. The conditions resembled more of a spring skiing feel vs late December. Full sun, no clouds, highs in the 30's, no wind. Cold in the shade, but we were unzipping in the lift lines to cool down. Crowds were not bad at all, lift lines were very manageable. We started each morning about 9-9:30 at Beaver Run and never had to wait in line , just clicked in, got the pass scanned and we were off. We ventured over to Peak 8 base a couple times and those lifts there had the longest lines, but nothing crazy. We were able to get tables all 3 days for lunch with out much trouble ; ran in to several Texas fans/grads. Overall great trip. Had a ski in condo off Lowest 4 O'clock, which was nice. Walked to town each night for nightlife, shopping, dinner. Mainstreet Breck is perfect for our group (4 teens and Ms Jdhorn and I)

i bet it ends up being fairly even, 40/40 with 20% random fans.

Heading to Breck in the morning. Looks like they got some decent snow over Christmas, with a little snowfall this morning too.

Section 277 row 1 holla! Bought 4 from a Sugar Bowl Rep associate of mine. Can't wait to root on the Horns!!

Trill Carter returning would be huge. Going to need the young guys to step up.

Yeah I saw that on TWC this morning. Looks my kids will get to experience skiing on ice for the first time. Spring skiing in CO in my youth is all i ever experienced. The last several years in UT we have seen the best snow conditions; double edge sword I guess, in that driving from Denver should be no issue, but not ideal on mountain conditions other than the weather being warmer. Still will be fun.