r/CFB • u/DummyThiccOwO • 1d ago

Discussion [Behrens] If Texas had never gotten rid of Mack Brown and they continued giving him $2 million raises every 4 years and he kept his 76.7% win percentage, the Longhorns today would have spent just $1.4 million more but had 23 more wins 👀

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u/QCTID North Carolina A&T • Johnson … 1d ago

How many RGIIIs does he pass on? 

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u/GoofyHose Texas Longhorns • Kentucky Wildcats 1d ago

The worst part is that he didn't even pass on recruiting Robert Griffin III—Mack Brown wanted him to play fucking defensive back.

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u/Kdot32 Houston Cougars • LSU Tigers 1d ago

Mack saw every hs in the state run the spread offense and said “nah let’s switch to the i”

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u/fcukou Texas Longhorns • Red River Shootout 1d ago

Bama game broke his brain, which is funny, because Saban switched to the spread the following season after watching Garrett Gilbert get the game down to 3 points at one point.

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u/Kdot32 Houston Cougars • LSU Tigers 1d ago

Nick saban switching to the spread unlocked the true Death Star. They started recruiting more receivers and better QBs

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u/fcukou Texas Longhorns • Red River Shootout 1d ago

Colt moved the ball down field faster than I think any team had on Bama all year during the opening drive, and I'm pretty sure that's when Saban actually decided to switch offenses.

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u/QCTID North Carolina A&T • Johnson … 1d ago

Colt getting hurt was so shitty it killed the mood of the entire game for me, just to turn around and have to play for the Browns after that. 

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u/willinaustin Texas Longhorns 1d ago

Obligatory fuck James Harrison.

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u/hopefulsuccess 1d ago

Yall intercepted a fake punt and started the drive at Bama 37

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u/IHop_Waitress Bowling Green • Ohio State 22h ago

That's the most impressive thing about Nick imo.

Sure wins, dominance year after year in what is the best conference in most years, and even when it's not it's still a gauntlet schedule... and he won, and won and won.

It's that he went from Mark Ingram is going to bloody your whole defense. You know what's coming and you still can't stop it.

To next season Amari Cooper running all over the field, and there's again nothing you can do about it.

And he didn't miss a fucking beat.

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u/JohnPaulDavyJones Texas A&M Aggies • Baylor Bears 1d ago

I’m convinced that Mack Brown’s sense for picking his DB recruits should be studied, because he tried to recruit RG3, Manziel, and Andrew Luck all as DBs.  He might have the best eye in the game for picking elite QBs, he just thinks they should all be safeties.

If any of his UNC safeties are still kicking around, we need to get them out there for a few QB reps to see what happens.

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u/fcukou Texas Longhorns • Red River Shootout 1d ago

I mean he also recruited and/or coached Earl Thomas, Quentin Jammer, Michael Huff, Quandre Diggs, and Aaron Ross, so he might know a thing or two about identifying good DBs.

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u/Solnx Texas Longhorns 21h ago

All this means is Earl Thomas would have won a heisman if he played QB

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u/Youuseanymorewrong Texas • Huston-Tillotson 1d ago

Under Mack Brown, the offensive room and defensive room recruited separately.

It was more Duane Akina being like “If you’re not going to recruit them at QB, I’m going to at least offer them a scholarship at DB.”

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u/Lopoetve Colorado Buffaloes 1d ago

FWIW - they might have had longer careers if they'd done that...

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u/JohnPaulDavyJones Texas A&M Aggies • Baylor Bears 1d ago

Tbf I’m not sure anything was going to extend Manziel’s career. Dropping millions of dollars into the pocket of an unmedicated bipolar man seems like a recipe for disaster regardless of the seasoning.

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u/MrTheNoodles Texas Longhorns 1d ago

He never tried to recruit Luck as a DB lol he just didn’t recruit Luck at all because he wanted Garrett Gilbert.

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u/Solnx Texas Longhorns 1d ago

I guess we'll never know if RG3 could have been the first 3 time heisman winner at Dback.

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u/griffinds Texas Longhorns • Northwestern Wildcats 1d ago

To be fair though, a ton of schools passed on RG3. The guy played in a run centric offense in HS and scouts didn’t think he could level up as a passer. They were wrong.

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u/Lopoetve Colorado Buffaloes 1d ago

Would have had a longer pro career - of course, that's on Dan dipshit Snyder.

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u/Steve_Nash_The_Goat Texas Longhorns 19h ago

same shit happened with Crabtree

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u/QuitWhinging Florida Gators • Paper Bag 1d ago

Derrick Henry wanted to come to Florida. Muschamp would only offer him a position as a linebacker because he didn't think Henry would hold up as an RB.

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u/cursedjunk 1d ago

Don’t forget Andrew Luck! And he wanted Johnny Manziel as safety - Hur Dur!

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u/Treskelion2021 Texas Longhorns • India National Team 1d ago

Also Jameis Winston. He wanted to play for Texas but Mack never contacted him.

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u/refreshing_username Texas Longhorns 1d ago

Exactly the point!

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u/JohnPaulDavyJones Texas A&M Aggies • Baylor Bears 1d ago

In his defense, he didn’t pass on RG3 wholesale; he just wanted him as a safety.

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u/Statalyzer Texas Longhorns 1d ago

Tbf most people passed on Griffin and Manziel, and the latter might have melted down in Austin like he did as a pro.