One thing to watch in the coming years is whether Nagy is tied more to Venables or the athletic department as Venables enters 2025 on one of the hottest seats in college football. According to On3, Venables was not part of the search for a GM. Certainly, it would seem Nagy would require a longer-term commitment to join the program.
Steve Sarkisian has almost everything working for him, and the stage appears set for something big. The expectations also are astronomical.
Texas, Saturday, April 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Thomas, File) Nebraska’s mascot Herbie Husker arrives on a motorcycle for the Husker’s spring NCAA college football game in Lincoln, Neb., Saturday, April 22, 2023. (Anna Reed/Omaha World-Herald via AP ...
It's interesting to note that five of Texas A&M's top 10 highest-rated recruits played college football in 2024, either for the Aggies or elsewhere. Mike Elko's 2025 squad is among the most talented in program history on paper, with two of the program's top 10 recruits of all time on the roster.
Under a contract extension that he agreed to last month, Texas' Steve Sarkisian remains one of the highest-paid coaches in college football.
"I just don't know if rolling the ball out, playing the game, when we only get 15 practices, is the best for us to maximize the opportunities that we get," Sarkisian said. "So it's going to be a little bit of a different approach,