Marcus Freeman- Florida

[Texas fan in Georgia]

13 hours ago, AusMOJO said:

Ohio State yes, Texas probably not. Is there a connection to Texas I'm not aware of or you think it's a big enough job that he would consider it? 

Plus considering you always said you hire the opposite of what you had, so next up for Texas HC would be a "defensive" guy. 

Freeman is a defensive coach. He’s a Defensive back guy. He also recruits the state of Texas so he’s not unfamiliar with the area 

[AusMOJO]

59 minutes ago, Texas fan in Georgia said:

Freeman is a defensive coach. He’s a Defensive back guy. He also recruits the state of Texas so he’s not unfamiliar with the area 

I know that's why I said next guy up would be a defensive guy, aka Freeman. Hypothetically. 

[SchoolColors]

I believe Marcus Freeman would be an upgrade at Texas. 

[Migas & Fajitas]

14 hours ago, selfdm said:

the other thing people don’t often realize is that Florida also has the academic excellent pitch that UT does. It’s constantly ranked the number one or close to the number one public university in the US. Ironically, I even lived there with my family for three months last year and it’s actually a very lovely town, especially if you have kids.

UF and UT are very comparable academically. Both are behind Berkeley , Michigan, UCLA, and Virginia on the public U rankings

[MarkInAustin]

UF and UT are very comparable academically.

 

Not really.  US News' rankings are not simple ACADEMIC rankings and neither is Niche's.  Academically UT has more top thirty programs than anyone but Berkeley or Michigan - more than even UCLA and Virginia and Wiscy.  Texas has the 14th strongest faculty in America, and that includes the Ivies and the national elite private schools.  Florida is not even close.

US News does do straight academic ratings it calls peer rating, business rating, and engineering rating, on a 5 point scale.  Texas rates above 4 in all three, Florida in none.  And as for McCombs and Cockrell?  From USNews:

McCombs Undergraduate Program Rankings #6 Overall

#2 Accounting U.S. News & World Report 09/ 25

#2 Entrepreneurship Princeton Review/Entrepreneur Magazine 11/ 24

#3 Marketing U.S. News & World Report 09/ 25

#5 Finance U.S. News & World Report 09/ 25

#6 Management U.S. News & World Report 09/ 25

#6 Entrepreneurship U.S. News & World Report 09/ 24

#6 Business Analytics U.S. News & World Report 09/ 24

#6 Insurance U.S. News & World Report 09/ 24

#7 Management Information Systems U.S. News & World Report 09/ 25

#7 Production / Operations Management U.S. News & World Report 09/ 25

#8 Real Estate U.S. News & World Report 09/ 25

#9 Quantitative Analysis U.S. News & World Report 09/ 25

#10 Supply Chain Management / Logistics U.S. News & World Report 09/ 25

#15 International Business U.S. News & World Report 09/ 25

 

 

Cockrell Undergraduate Program Rankings #11 Overall

#2 Petroleum Engineering

#5 Chemical Engineering

#5 Civil Engineering

#6 Environmental Engineering

#8 Aerospace/Aeronautical/Astronautical Engineering

#8 Computer Engineering

#9 Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engineering

#10 Bioengineering/Biomedical Engineering

#11 Mechanical Engineering

 

U.S. News & World Report 2025-2026 Undergraduate School Rankings More than 300 accredited engineering schools exist nationwide.

Florida isn't close.  I have twin granddaughters hoping to get into the B School and the Engineering School, respectively. They are great students, but being accepted at UT does not equate to being accepted to McCombs or Cockrell.

[Jc Dobbs]

On 10/22/2025 at 6:37 PM, selfdm said:

the other thing people don’t often realize is that Florida also has the academic excellent pitch that UT does. It’s constantly ranked the number one or close to the number one public university in the US. Ironically, I even lived there with my family for three months last year and it’s actually a very lovely town, especially if you have kids.

Interesting take. Fwiw I retired from one of the Big Oil companies and over 35 years worked for 3 of them. Of the many supervisors/bosses I worked for, the brightest, most talented one I had was a BS and MS from Notre Dame (and a Golf scholarship) and a PhD in Nuclear Engineering from Florida. He liked ND, but he loved UF.

Best wishes and Hook 'Em!