UT brand is as down as it's been in my lifetime and TAMU's brand (geezus, I sound like Golden) is higher than it's ever been in my lifetime. A&M had some good teams in the early 90s but JFF has made them the "cool" school now, and the Bama games were giant in this state... A&M also worked hard to get into power DFW programs like Dallas Skyline and Desoto which gives them a permanent presence in metroplex recriuting in addition to the Houston & East Texas areas they've always done well in. Has nothing to do with the race stuff, you guys are buying into contrived bs. Sumlin's recruiting the best classes in Texas A&M history as a black man at College Station, which is 5 billion times more conservative and "traditional" than Austin which is basically San Francisco East now. I also think that Strong is intentionally passing on some of the 5 star kids, personally... I think he's legit as far as looking for his type of player instead of recruiting lists, and while it is hurting the public perception, I think that's a shot in the arm that UT needed. Mack recruited without thought to style/system and just signed every highly ranked kid. I am biased, though.... I think Strong is going to crush it at Texas. He brings something that program hasn't had in 30+ years.
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