UNEXPECTED ANNOUNCEMENT: The Texas Longhorns’s coach is on Leave due to…

Not long after the shockwaves caused by Alabama coach Nick Saban’s surprise retirement announcement died down on Wednesday, the conversation shifted to who will coach the Crimson Tide next.

Texas’ Steve Sarkisian’s name has been mentioned amid that speculation. ESPN listed Sarkisian as one of seven candidates to consider for the job. As did CBS Sports. Three analysts for The Athletic wrote that Sarkisian would be a good fit in Tuscaloosa.

Texas officials have not yet publicly commented about the speculation.

The dots between Alabama and Sarkisian are easy to connect. Sarkisian won a national championship as Alabama’s offensive coordinator in 2020 and has often expressed his gratitude for Saban and Alabama giving him a second chance after his well-known fall from grace at USC in 2015.

At $11,407,000, Saban more than doubled the $5,600,000 that Sarkisian was set to make in 2023, so we also know the Crimso

 Tide pay well.

The dots between Alabama and Sarkisian are easy to connect. Sarkisian won a national championship as Alabama’s offensive coordinator in 2020 and has often expressed his gratitude for Saban and Alabama giving him a second chance after his well-known fall from grace at USC in 2015.

At $11,407,000, Saban more than doubled the $5,600,000 that Sarkisian was set to make in 2023, so we also know the Crimson Tide pay well.

Plus, football coaches don’t leave Texas.

The last head coach to willingly leave Texas for another football gig was H.R. Schenker. That happened 117 years ago. Back in 1907, Schenker left UT for Mercer. The Macon Telegraph reported at the time that Schenker chose to move from Austin to Georgia “only because he doesn’t like the West.”