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  1. Agree. Although it was as much Alabama, Georgia, Clemson and Ohio St., the CFP participants, who were siphoning off top talent in Texas. Last year, after the announced move, Texas and Texas A&M dominated the top talent in Texas more than I ever remember. Per 247 In 2021, Ohio St. got the top 2. Alabama had 4 of the top 18. TN #6, LSU #19. A&M had 6 in the top 20, OU 4, UT 1 and Texas Tech 1. In 2022, LSU got the top player, Clemson got #3, Ohio St. got 2, but they were 12 and 13. Alabama only picked up a #14 and UGA a #17. But you had to go down to #24 to find someone else who didn't commit to A&M (10 of top 23) or UT (7 of top 23).
  2. Notably, the AAC wasn't far behind the ACC despite the ACC having two well known programs and the AAC having Tulane play opposite LSU and the SEC CCG. The ACC was opposite the Big 10 game which wasn't expected to be competitive.
  3. My oldest sister was at UT then, but not in the band. I remember this game well, but the first one I remember was the loss to Gene Stallings and the aggys in 67.
  4. Something I discovered later was that in 1964, Royal went for 2 and lost 14-13 to Arkansas for their only loss. Arkansas would win a share of the MNC when Texas beat poll champ Alabama in the Orange Bowl. In this game he made the two point conversion and won 15-14. So going for two was again him showing fearlessness.
  5. Todd Dodge probably got more press at the time than Arch Manning.
  6. Do I really need to run down a list of all the Texas QBs who really were disappointments in the 70s/80s/90s? Who were as heralded at the time as Quinn Ewers? And how about the post Colt/post GD QBs at UT who only seem to do well when they transfer to SMU?
  7. So Mack Brown doesn't do analytics?!
  8. The Massey composite has TCU 4 and KSU 7. The CFP has them 3 and 9. So basically, nobody who knows anything agrees with you. Yes, Chris Simms agrees with you, but....
  9. No. The bottom 5 of the Big 12 and SEC were pretty tough. In Massey, Vandy is 71, one behind Arizona and ahead of 4 other Pac schools. Iowa St. is 65, ahead of all the Pac's bottom 5. But yes, a lot of people judge conferences by the top, not the average. The Pac has improved. They were 10-25 out of conference in 20 and 21 vs. FBS. Last year their ooc win % was worse than the MAC's and ahead only of CUSA.
  10. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/35185954/washington-qb-michael-penix-jr-return-2023-season Think this makes it clear that UW's QB will play, barring injury.
  11. Actually saw a penalty on that the other day. They pulled the runner instead of pushing, which is still a penalty.
  12. Pac 12 overrated. The bottom 5 of the Pac 12 are horrible and the top 6 missed each other on the schedule a lot and so didn't give each other losses. USC and UCLA both played all the bottom 5.
  13. Its because they are a whole lot smarter. Rice had the best APR of any 5-7 team in the country. No real surprise. 2 and 3 were, though, schools that fired their coaches, UNLV and Auburn. Had Buffalo lost their makeup game last weekend, UNLV would have gotten a slot.
  14. We also don't know that the 3rd place team in the Big 10 and Pac 12 wouldn't win the SEC. Its also just about as likely to be true as Arkansas, Miss. St., Kentucky and South Carolina winning the Big 12. The Sark-Alamo Bowl with UT and UW.
  15. The conference only gets embarrassed when OU or Lincoln Riley are in big games.
  16. Actually it looked like from the first half, the refs were trying to throw the game to KSU. Gambler money? And those spots in OT?
  17. How about Austin Peay, Utah St. and UL Monroe? That's Alabama's non-"SEC" schedule.
  18. Alabama-LSU rematch in 2011 was the 3rd lowest title game in the BCS era. Only the USC-OU (after getting stomped by KSU) and Miami-Nebraska blowouts were worse--and those just barely.
  19. The line shifted from TCU favored to KSU favored late. Wildcat money to the refs?
  20. Hey, the BYU fan is right. After aggy, Louisville message board posters are the most insecure. BYU is only 3rd. Don't know how many times I have read the school that hired Pitino after the FBI affair sting and Petrino after his motorcycle ride with gf/employee at Arkansas was somehow too honorable to leave the Big East early so the Big 12 "settled" for WVU.
  21. He's overrated and cocky. No slack. He's good, but he's no Bryce Young.
  22. Man there were some horrible takes on the first 4 pages of this thread. I felt like USC was way overrated. Computer polls thought so too.
  23. Because he was better than anyone on the USC side?!
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