So, Texas is Mordor. Mount Doom is Austin.
Starkville is the Shire of the SEC.
Sarkisian/University of Texas = Sauron?
Our team is the Fellowship led by an heir of a long-forgotten President. If only Tyson Lee had any eligibility left; he definitely had the stature of Frodo.
I'll leave it up to @johnson86-1 to fill out the rest of the cast. Really need to find our Samwise Gamgee.