Texas Alums and Aggie Former Students have too much sway in who a coach recruits. Because some 4 or 5-* is the favorite player of some big-money booster, the player cares more about what the booster says than what the coach says.

Mack Brown was successful because he could schmooze with the boosters with the best of them, and make everybody happy. Neither Kevin Sumlin nor Charlie Strong could do the same thing. Jimbo Fisher appears to be a gladhander, and A&M should be better.

Another thing is- Texas high school football players are so well-coached that many of them peak in high school. Whereas some 4 or 5-* player in Mississippi or Alabama is subjected to 1950's-era practices and offenses, even the dinky Texas High schools have sophisticated strength-and-conditioning programs, player development, coaching, and scouting. Thus, many Texas players don't improve all that much between High school and college.

Texas is a huge offense State. Their best players are on offense. They put many of the weaker players on defense, and finesse is much more valued than hard-nosed grit. In Mississippi, it's the exact opposite- many schools put their best players on defense, and are tougher than nails when they get to college.

There was a reason Bear Bryant had such a brutal Training camp at Junction- Bear Bryant was a poor Arkansas boy, who played at Alabama, and coached at Kentucky, and he saw that the players were soft-many of them had football scholarships because their daddies had scholarships and were given one because of nepotism. Bear saw that and wanted to change the culture.

Not all Texas players are soft- TCU has always had hard-nosed defensive teams, and many Texas players who go elsewhere (like Oklahoma) are tougher than nails.