‘Texas is not a relevant program anymore’ according to ESPN’s Paul Finebaum

ESPN college football analyst Paul Finebaum ripped the Texas football program during a recent appearance on Get Up.

If there’s one thing that we can all agree on, it’s that the University of Texas is one of college football’s blueblood programs. Whether the Longhorns are ‘back’ or not, there’s typically always heightened attention surrounding the program.

Even after hiring offensive guru Steve Sarkisian, who subsequently hired an all-star staff, ESPN’s Paul Finebaum isn’t feeding into the hype. “Texas is not a big deal other than to Texas fans…this is not a relevant program anymore,” Finebaum said during a recent appearance on Get Up.

“Texas can’t even win its own state anymore, lost two of its best players to Alabama. It’s pathetically behind Jimbo Fisher at Texas A&M and it’s way, way behind its biggest rival in Norman, Oklahoma. Texas is fighting for third at best in its own league.”

Finebaum reiterates that the problem in Austin isn’t necessarily with Sarkisian or any previous coaching staffs. “Nick Saban told me one time when he was considering Texas, he didn’t want to report to 15 or 20 billionaires everyday. That’s the way the program rolls. Saban took over at Alabama and said I’m in charge. Lincoln Riley has very few people that he has to answer to in Norman.”

For a program that’s apparently irrelevant, it’s somehow consistently on the mind of others. Sarkisian may have his work cut out for him throughout his first year on the Forty Acres and becoming a contender won’t happen overnight, but there’s no better way to prove the doubters wrong than to produce results on the football field.

Winning changes everything.