We're the original blue blood alongside USC, ND, tOSU, Michigan, OU, and weirdly enough, Nebraska, but they did dominate. We're 4th in wins all-time, which is why we're a blue blood.
The argument about Mack is he had all this talent he collected and managed to just win 2 CC'S in 16 seasons. That's the sign of a mediocre coach who had literally everything he asked for and still came up short year after year after year, outside of some Outliers like winning 1 NC, losing 1 NC (which is unbelievable that he was too stupid to put in the actual backup instead a kid who didn't grasp the entire playbook, nor participates with the 1at team offense).
To put this in perspective, Jim Tressel took Ohio State to 3 BCS NC games, won 1, and accumulated 6 CC'S, and he was there for 9 years, not, 16. And hat was in a harder conference than the Big 12, and he never had the #1 class.
My point is, Mack underachieved at Texas with everything at his disposal. All I did was take a random name out of the air that we beat for our 1 NC that year in Ohio State. Winning just 2 CC'S, 1 NC, and just making 2 BCS bowls at Texas, losing to Oklahoma damn near every year, and we have a shit ton of resources before NIL even began, is borderline criminal. Don't get me wrong, I do appreciate him for getting us out of the toilet we were in for 35 years, but that doesn't mean he didn't massively underachieve.
He's a thin-skinned, petulant baby who thinks he deserves more. But who knows who else we would have hired, (please don't utter the words Gary Daniels. I don't want to punch a hole in my wall. I dream bigger) and if they could have done a better job? All I'm saying is the man had it all, underachieved, and lit his "legacy" (whatever that means as far as beating up on the kansas' of the league and losing most years to ou with equal talent) on fire because he was too much of a crybaby to see that he was failing. He refused to see that the game was passing him by, and the worst part about him is he actively told recruits to look around instead of helping Strong adjust to Texas (he still would have failed, regardless). That's all he had to do. He could have taken up a role at Texas like Saban does at Alabama, but Mack is so scared that someone else will do better than him. His facade is he's a good ol boy, nice guy, when in reality he's pettish. I used to like the guy, even when most years all we did was make the holiday/Alamo bowl, but according to people inside the program (I don't know these people, just read about it) that he was a raging asshole.
Sorry for making such a long post, and appreciate conversing with you.