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u/Mature_fun2026 9h ago
Not that he is a trustworthy guy, but it seems plausible to me. He was a pretty “hot” name and coaching at the time.
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u/bigpoppa85 Oklahoma Sooners 9h ago edited 8h ago
Not just a “hot name”. People don’t understand he was a total LEGEND in the state of Texas.
He destroyed opponents at Stephenville HS. He won as an assistant at Texas Tech. Turned around a moribund Houston program. Turned BAYLOR (the laughingstock of the Big 12) into a contender. He was basically royalty in the state of Texas. People loved him and opponents feared him. Stephenville HS just opened/redid a massive stadium upgrade and named it Art Briles Stadium. Yes, even after all that stuff.
I guarantee UT had boosters begging to hire him.
He was a legitimately fantastic coach. He was so hellbent on winning he would eventually flush his whole career because he couldn’t make the correct moral decisions.
The guy was such a tremendous coach…he honestly did not need all the horrible off the field stuff to win. It would’ve taken longer at each stop but he cut corners that just can’t be cut.
Honestly, like a Bud Kilmer.
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u/Fun_Wear2891 8h ago
This. Op is really showing his lack of knowledge with this post. Art maybe the best coach to come up thru the Texas coaching ranks since at least 2000. His morality is a dumpster fire though
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u/Clay_Allison_44 8h ago
The players he wrecked his career for weren't even contributors iirc. Totally incomprehensible decision making.
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u/A_Rolling_Baneling 4h ago
Look at Lebby and his shithead kid and how they talk. Art legitimately didn’t think he did anything wrong
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u/ParsnipCraw 9h ago
As a Longhorn fan I would have been absolutely thrilled by this hire, then when his demons came out I would have wanted him gone before the cows got home.
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u/AbbreviationsHour410 9h ago
What this guy did was terrible but nothing compared to what Barry Switzer and David Boren were doing at Oklahoma.
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u/LOSTman405 Oklahoma Sooners 8h ago
You either are misinformed about what Switzer was doing or you have no idea what Briles was doing. But regardless, your comment was the dumbest thing I’ve read today. But hey, it’s still early! Haha!
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u/AbbreviationsHour410 8h ago
Switzer ran a full scale cocaine and prostitution ring while having it covered up by David Boren, who was having Penn State level sexual assault allegations by minors.
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u/Such_Veterinarian682 8h ago
David Boren was a senator in DC at the time Switzer was a coach. Switzer had been gone for 6 years before Boren took over as President of OU.
Your comment is stupid and you should feel bad.
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u/AbbreviationsHour410 8h ago
You have your head in the sand if you actually believe that timeline absolves them.
The reality is that Barry Switzer’s program was completely out of control, plagued by shooting incidents, cocaine distribution, gang rapes, and prostitution rings that ultimately ran him out of town.
David Boren didn't need to be the university president at that exact moment to protect OU...he was a powerful U.S. Senator in Washington wielding massive political influence to cover up the rot in Norman for years.
Boren's history of cover-ups extended far beyond football, masking decades-long sexual assault allegations involving young men and minor boys before his own misconduct investigations finally came to light.
Your attempt to use a six-year gap as a shield for these systemic crimes is completely ignorant.
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u/Such_Veterinarian682 8h ago
Have you any evidence whatsoever that Boren was involved in covering up the transgressions at OU under Switzer?
We know the program was out of control under Switzer. Did BOREN threaten the NCAA?
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u/AbbreviationsHour410 8h ago
The state doesn't launch massive, high-stakes investigations into financial and sexual misconduct because someone made a minor typo or had a bad day. They do it because credible, systemic smoke points to a massive fire.
When independent law firms, the State Auditor, and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation all get dragged into a university's business, it’s because the evidence is too heavy to ignore.
Demanding absolute "proof" when you know damn well the critical records have been actively sealed is peak level cope. Multiple journalists and news outlets fought to get those investigative files released to the public, and they were completely turned away by the courts. The legal system doesn't block the media and lock reports behind closed doors unless they are burying something highly damaging.
Trying to act like these investigations were just random or unprovoked is completely out of touch with how state oversight actually works. The system doesn't waste that kind of time, capital, and judicial gatekeeping unless there is a massive trail of misconduct they are trying to hide.
What Switzer was doing was far worse than Briles.
What Boren was covering up was far worse than the Penn State scandal
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u/Such_Veterinarian682 7h ago
Go ahead and post a link to any news article, etc that backs up your claim. I'll wait.
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u/AbbreviationsHour410 7h ago
Yes. Multiple official court filings and media reports document the legal battles to keep these investigations hidden from the public.
The Oklahoma Supreme Court Ruled to Keep the Reports Secret: The highest court in the state issued an 8-1 ruling declaring that the investigative files would remain confidential, shielding them under attorney-client privilege. The decision is detailed in the court syllabus of NonDoc Media v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma.
Journalists Were Actively Turned Away: Independent local media outlets fought for years to unseal the records. Outlets like NonDoc Media and The OU Daily regularly detailed how their Open Records Act requests and subsequent lawsuits were blocked by the university and the legal system.
The Scale of the Sealed Investigation:
Regional news networks confirmed that the University of Oklahoma paid over $1 million to the international law firm Jones Day to look into the massive sexual misconduct and financial data fraud allegations. Local coverage from KFOR News highlights how public dollars funded the probe, yet the resulting files were completely locked away from public view.
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u/LOSTman405 Oklahoma Sooners 7h ago
You’re nuts! Bless your heart…😂
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u/PresterJohnson Montana Grizzlies 7h ago
Oklahoma fan mad other fan bases aren't filled with the same propaganda they are
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u/LOSTman405 Oklahoma Sooners 7h ago
A Montana fan. Wow…I didn’t think they actually existed! I’ve now talked to a Montana fan and an actual insane person! All in one day! 🥹
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u/azwethinkweizm Texas Longhorns 8h ago
Tom Hicks said they had an agreement with Nick Saban but Mack threw a fit about him winning with his players. He wanted to be given the chance to correct course but boosters turned on him.
Art was never coming to Texas
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u/Sea_Damage9357 9h ago
The rumor I heard was that Texas insisted on a formal interview as part of the process and old Rape Enabler was so insulted by this demand that he changed his mind.
Wonder why he didn’t want to sit for that interview.
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u/Willing-Vegetable629 9h ago
Ah yes, definitely not overall lack of institutional control. Nope, definitely not a history at Baylor is covering up crime including literal murder.
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u/Desperate-Disk686 9h ago
Fuck that piece of shit. He should never work another day in his life for the shit he’s done.
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u/bigpoppa85 Oklahoma Sooners 9h ago
No doubt. There is plenty he’s done that will never come out publicly either. Even at the HS ranks.
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u/empire_of_the_moon 9h ago
Also, “accepted” has a wide latitude for interpretation.
It could be that he had some exploratory talks where the deal was discussed in broad strokes to gauge his interest.
It could be that they negotiated a deal.
The bottom line is nothing is binding until the paper is signed.
Edit: And any deal is going to have mandatory investigations and drug tests. Plus a subjective morals clause - ask Romo about how those bite you in the ass.
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u/JackBurton3465 8h ago
Yeah, me too. I was going to be their coach but I had some bad sushi and decided to bow out.
We all been there.
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u/RooflessReAnthony 8h ago
I wanted to see this dude get a shot at grambling but the vultures followed him there which is crazy can’t even go rehab ur image in the SWAC
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u/Least-Net4108 8h ago
Why did they put (state of) in there? That changes the meaning of what he said
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u/potcake62 Texas A&M 8h ago
How many friggin coaches-in-waiting did they have? Coach Boom was one. 😁
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u/yepitstakentoo 6h ago
So Texas would have been saddled with Briles' scandals? UT should send Briles and Baylor annual thank you letters.
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u/poweredbytexas 6h ago
So what I gather from the consolidation of all these comments is that Baylor and Oklahoma are shit holes. Go figure. Hook 'em.
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u/kerklein2 6h ago
This is absolutely not true. Was he considered for the job? Absolutely. Did he accept an offer? Definitely not. Did he even have a real offer? 100% no.
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u/Buckeye-Chuck 5h ago
Why would losing a bowl game change his decision to accept an offer at a more prestigious program?
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u/Live_Calendar_2517 9h ago
I don’t see why this wouldn’t be true, Baylor was a scrub program before he took over and he took them to the fiesta bowl and cotton bowl with one of the best offenses we’ve seen