Well, what we have now is working. Our players continuously improve, culture is great, and develop yearly. They want to be here and part of this team. We've replaced a few coaches in between but, wow, Sark is leading a great program in all areas. We pay NIL but we are not money whipping players to come. I'm guessing it's, can you get me anywhere near this number because I want to come here conversation. They want to be here and stay here for their future and to be part of UT football. In the past 2 years, how many portal guys did we lose that we really wanted to keep? I can't think of a single player from UT. What about aggie - 30, 40, more?
Aggie, they're about 3 or so years ahead of schedule on figuring out they messed up again. They're mostly in that denial but some are realizing the facts. Unless you grew up in some backwoods shithole in Texas, none of their recruits want to be there. They can't develop on offense and defense is very subpar with elite talent. They'll replace a few coaches this round again. And once again wonder why they lose 25+ players to the portal. This could be the highest and best coaster crash ever. No name coach and mostly no name other coaches - great idea that's going to work next time - welcome back to trying to buy a team.
Long term, they have gone full aggie and stepped on their dicks again.
I'm talking decades types of issues (continue) ala FSU, go Jimbo. You will live on for decades at both schools.
CTJ can probably expound on this idea better. He and Sydney seem to be plugged in.