Is that a problem any more at the G5 level? Recruits go somewhere hoping for transfer portal opportunities. It would take sustained success or non-football considerations to make players want to be somewhere four years, not a coach they liked when they were still in high school.
This is for all UT system schools so I doubt it's UT Austin trying to entice walk-ons. Any reason UNT, or any other school, can't offer the same? It might require raising admissions standards though because that would be a lot of free tuition to give out.
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