Quote Originally Posted by viverlibre View Post
As far as a "Brand" Texas is the biggest, plus being a big fish in Texas tops being a big fish in AL or GA and it is fairly close to NOLA (7 hours, but Tuscaloosa is about 5).

If on field success is his overall goal, the choice is simple, Bama, but to promote his overall brand Texas is probably best, but there is a risk as on field success at Texas is a wildcard.
He is going to get his ass beat a lot if he goes to Texas. They won’t be playing a big 12 Schedule that they currently can’t break .500 on during Manning’s career. They have a recovering alcoholic as their head coach. They just seem like a really big smoke screen in that recruitment IMO.