Bevo’s Daily Roundup: SEC guru Paul Finebaum thinks Texas A&M HC Jimbo Fisher is safer bet than Texas HC Steve Sarkisian

If ESPN college football analyst Paul Finebaum was forced to choose between Texas A&M Aggies head coach Jimbo Fisher and Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian, chances are, Finebaum said earlier this week, he’d choose the former over the latter.

“Listen, I like Sark a lot. But I think it’s really a fairly easy answer is Jimbo Fisher,” Finebaum said on WJOX, per 247Sports. “Forget what he said two weeks ago. Forget all the hype. I mean, Jimbo Fisher is a legitimately big-time coach. He’s already proven it [at Florida State.] He is proving it now. He’s recruiting at a level that I think is necessary. And he also doesn’t have the distractions and interferences that Sarkisian is going to have in terms of the alumni.”

Finebaum continued, “The alumni are always the problem in Austin … I mean, it’s one of the great places in the world to work, it’s one of the great places to live and visit, but they have still not solved that [alumni interference.] And maybe I spent too much time on Sunday mornings in Connecticut hanging around Mack Brown, but you have to deal with way too many entities and a fanbase that just can’t quite get over itself.”

WHAT THE WISE MEN ARE SAYING ABOUT THE LONGHORNS

Dallas Morning News: How Texas’ collegiate baseball teams fared this week: A look at each school’s postseason resume after a sloppy weekend across the state

247Sports: Morning Brew: Don’t hate on the Money man

247Sports: Mike at Night: Odds and ends to start the week

247Sports: Why the NFL draft matters when it comes to Texas winning games, being elite

Inside Texas: 2021 Position Outlook: Running back

ICYMI IN BURNT ORANGE NATION

Texas is a finalist for Illinois State transfer Dusan Mahorcic

RECRUITING ROUNDUP

247Sports: Texas remains top of mind for elite 2023 WR Johntay Cook

247Sports: 2024 prospect David Stone talks Texas offer

Inside Texas: Just In Time Evening News: Cheeks, Ford, Yaites

BIG 12 BREAKDOWN

Viva the Matadors: Tech takes OU series with a bang

Frogs O’ War: A team effort: five underrated guys who could be huge for TCU football this fall

Cowboys Ride For Free: Oklahoma State moves student seating onto floor of Gallagher-Iba

The Smoking Musket: Jevon Carter gets double-double in first start of season for the Phoenix Suns

Bring On The Cats: Wildcats in perfect position to utilize transfer portal

Rock Chalk Talk: Jayhawks land ASU transfer Remy Martin

WHAT WE’RE READING

SB Nation: Predicting every game in the 2021 NBA play-in tournament

SB Nation: How well is the Packers offense designed to set up an inexperienced QB like Jordan Love?

SB Nation: Jared Dudley thought ‘off-the-bone’ MCL tear would end his NBA career, but he lost 20 pounds to avoid surgery and return

NEWS ACROSS THE FORTY ACRES AND BEYOND

• Texas baseball takes on the Rice Owls today.

• USA Today has Texas ranked No. 22 in their post-spring practice preseason poll.

• The Sam Houston State Bearkats won an FCS national championship, by the way.