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  1. 2 minutes ago, Hookem10 said:

    I’m not surprised at all and fully expect to be out. It’s pissing me off that Texas is getting drug through the mud as if they’re the only ones playing close games and we suck balls. The committee should say they’re not making it because of 3 losses , but instead they go on about bullshit while media members follow suit. 
    im getting playoff talk fatigue i guess. 

    I was confident Texas was out a long time ago. That said, my main issue is the extreme inconsistencies. 

    Sometimes it's eyeball test, sometimes head to head, sometimes win/loss, never apparently SOS, or losing a head coach. It's mind numbingly subjective and clear that biases and personal motivations play a much bigger part than any metric. 

  2. 24 minutes ago, CastHorn said:

    Florida played 5 playoff contenders and was within a possession with every single one of them going into the 4thQ. I feel like the “4-8 Florida” thing requires some context. They have elite players at premium positions that would start for a lot of these fraud playoff squads. 

    Eyeball tests and close games/scored truly matter, except when they don't, apparently.

  3. 22 minutes ago, 'stache said:

    One change I can see is that all conference champs have to be in the top 25 for the AQ and if a champ ends up unraked (i.e., if Duke were to win), it opens up another at-large spot (which would likely be Miami ironically depsite losing the ACC 2nd place tiebreaker).

    I'm riffing some from Klatt and some myself. 

    1) Fuck G5, they dont belong in a 8, 12 or 16 playoff against the P4 fuck em.

    2) Go to a play in weekend rather than a committee selection. See the Klatt link for details around min 32

    3) If 2 is out create a clear and specific criteria that the committee must prioritize in the selection process. 

    4) Make the committee validate their process against #3. Show your fucking work.

    5) Form a committee that isn't directly tied to specific universities with biases and agendas. Get some MIT and Rice nerds who give zero shits about football or rivalries and form a mathematical, debate committee. Yes eyeball test is out with this approach, math is in. Eyeball test is extremely subjective so fuck it.

  4. 10 minutes ago, Irish Wrist Watch said:

    Inside the five, Sark's offenses have sucked since he's been here.

    No elite talent other than QB?

    Huh? Wisner is an elite runner and he's going to be playing in the NFL. Three-quarters of the running plays Sark called were either delays straight up the middle or delays to the weak side of the field, i.e. not much running room. Looked more like his run plays were lazily designed to be interchangeable for EITHER the speedy elusive Wisner or the sluggish Baxter.

    "I think he abandoned the run more than he should have..."

    Are you serious? look no further than the Aggie game. When Sark finally decided to give the running game a chance, the entire complexion of the game changed. We dominated them, and our defense got some much needed rest - just like the days of yore when we stomped pretenders into the ground without any passing. Not saying that's ideal, just that you need a run game. You need balance, and we didn't have it, especially in the games we lost, especially to fucking Florida. Now that could be because the run wasn't working, because Sark really didn't give a damn enough to devise an effective run game for a real star - Wisner.

    The new Sark needs to realize just how fucking important the run is going forward.

     

    I have been stanning for Wisner since the end of last year. I think he is a great college RB and I love him. 

    Wisner is not an elite RB. 

    In his defense, neither is the offense he plays in. 

    As for Sark and change, numb nuts was still running 12 man packages against aggie. He can't give them up, he won't. His hand was absolutely forced to play 11 package, and despite it being extremely productive in 11 his dumb ass goes right fucking back to 12. His career at Texas supports the conclusion he always will. 

    Coach Swip Swap Swill ain't changing outside of when he is absolutely forced to. Don't be surprised to see Texas come out in 12 package to start the bowl and against OSU next fall. In fact, I'll be shocked if he doesn't. Grateful, but I'll believe it when I see it. 

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  5. 1 minute ago, Surly Bevo said:

    This is a big problem.  Right now 2 of the committee members are the AD of Nebraska and the AD of Arkansas....I'm sure they just set everything aside when it comes to Texas.

    💯 

    Its a massive issue. So is zero structure on what they are REQUIRED to prioritize.

    Head to head is not among the priorities. What kind of shit ball game is it when the most important stat, Score mother fucking board is basically ignored for whatever the fuck they chose. Which... we dont even officially know as they don't even have to say HOW or WHY the came up with what. 

  6. 8 minutes ago, DanTheHorn said:

    Only two that should play this mythical 13th game are Miami and Notre Dame. There is no guarantee for Notre Dame that a side by side Miami would not get put ahead of them and Miami has nothing to lose.

    They've already played. 

    Miami won. 

    Miami should be ahead of ND based on SOS, Head to head, Win/loss and eyeball test. 

    The system is fucking broken, the committee is bullshit. It had to be completely torn down and rebuilt or it's going to crash.

    Fuck ND, fuck Miami, fuck G5s and most importantly fuck the stupid as subjective committee structure with zero guidelines on what it has to prioritize in it's selection process. 

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  7. Lots of people in this thread making lots of assumptions about the future of the CFP. Aligned to those assumptions, they are also making a lot of calls on what Texas should do regarding future scheduling.

    Every year since the CFP has begun, the next year has been extremely different. Assuming that suddenly all aspects are going to remain static moving forward is frankly just naive. 

    Right now eyeball test and w/l column plus bias towards helmetology and the committee members own motivations. 

    Its fucked and ND over Miami and Texas being out despite having head to head vs 2 teams IN screams for masssive changes. Even better, the current system is going to punish the itself for bullshit like G5 team admission, not valuing head to head and other nonsense. 

    Declaring what a university should do about future scheduling with zero clue or insight other than guaranteed change forthcoming is... certainly a take. 

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  8. 18 minutes ago, WBT said:

    Cbs sports seems highly regarded

    They're under the horribly misguided belief that JFF 2.0 is a more compelling story than a match up of two of the top 5 all time win blue bloods with the most recognizable helmets in college football. Easy mistake to make, as they are clearly run by aggie.

     

  9. 47 minutes ago, wutang75 said:


    Krampus needs to be in the “Christmas movies that fuck” thread.

    Sigh. I was trying to mocking the all Christmas movies suck crowd. I have clearly failed in my efforts. 

    Bad Santa is the Surliest of Xmas movies. 

    Krampus and Sinterklaas are dark, gore filled and fun as hell. 

    Frosty was written by folks on a lot of weed and/or LSD. Heat Miser is the Surliest of all Xmas "cartoon" characters.

    Fight me!

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  10. 20 minutes ago, Js1 said:

    Though I guess maybe it's not the highest ranked non-CFP, since South Carolina went last year instead of Alabama.  But we've never played in that bowl, so I would be surprised if they didn't want us. 

    Bowls are 100% money and ROI on Texas vs Michigan is going to be as good as it gets outside of CFP... and if crazy time happens, Duke wins and 2 G5 get in well... Citrus bowl is gonna blow out a couple of CFP games in viewership and attendance with those 2 teams. 

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  11. 3 hours ago, Da Fino said:

    How is Bad Santa annoying?

    4 hours ago, MissingInAction said:

    Bad Santa is a masterpiece. Dafuq you talkin bout willis?

    I've sorta got a thing for Santa Claus. More booze, more bullshit, more butt fucking. Sinterklaas is coming to town. 

  12. We're nearly at the bottom of page 2 and not one of you sorry mother fuckers has mentioned, Bad Santa, Frosty the Snowman, Krampus, or Saint. 

    Just like Surly dishing out a fucking wooden pickle of a thread. I guess they can't all be winners now can they? Happy Birthday!

  13. 5 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

    Or stub hub probably.

    I personally find seat geek to be way better for ease of app, transfer, ticket selection and price. To each their own, and I will never bash price shopping. 

  14. 17 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

    Considering the way Arch and the o line started, we really should be happy we are finishing top 15.  There was a point after the Florida game where people were wondering if we would go 5-7.

    That's a matter of perspective. Sure, there's something to be said for the team not taking a nose dive. However, its also fair to be upset with with the off season and early season coaching choices that put is there in the first place. NFL caliber QBs don't walk on campus regularly and for the 4 since Vince and 2 under Sark it's fair to ask when will we take the next step as a program. 

    Needing clear changes in GM practices/leadership, and replacing Akina, Banks and Flood in a single off season is not a confidence building reality. None of that even addresses the offensive scheme. 

    For the money Sark is making and our NIL it feels pretty reasonable to expect more.

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  15. 7 minutes ago, Codaxx said:

    i think Arch has shown more than most QBs in this season. I think one of the scarier things for his development is the possibility of playing behind another OL like this. He is really good at moving in the pocket. He will stand in and take hits, but I also see him throw a couple fade away jumpers every game now. That is scar tissue building up behind a bad OL. You dont want that getting to a point where it becomes a habit. 

    Based on statistical performance when weighing against the issues Arch has had to overcome in team support and play calling I firmly believe his performance matches or exceeds all but maybe 3 QBs. 

    That said, I am certain none of us can even imagine his performance level with a good OL, offensive game plan, WRs who catch balls and an actual running game. I strongly suspect he would be heading to NYC. 

    My real reason for responding is to echo your concerns about building "muscle memory" in alignment to both the lack of team support and shit heal game plan. There is SO much need to next step this offense and part of that is changes in OC, play calling, GM, player evaluation and play design. I wish I shared the confidence many others here do in all of those actually occurring. I don't. 

  16. 15 hours ago, Thatguy said:

    Wanna know why I hate 12 personnel? Check this out. 

    I quickly charted what we ran. We ran 17 plays out of 12 personnel, 6 passes and 11 runs, for a total of 115 yards. 70 yards passing and 45 yards running. Seems like its not bad right? Until you look deeper. We were 2-6 passing with the only two pass plays being the Endries catch and run plus the Endries drag route for 10 yards. Every other throw was an incompletion. In the run game we popped a 15 yarder and then when we were trying to salt the game away, aggy loaded the box and got flanked and we popped a 25 yarder. All the other runs were, 2 yards, 2 yard loss, 4 yard run, 2 yard loss, 2 yard loss, 3 yard loss, 2 yard run, 1 yard loss, and a 7 yard run. 

    12 personnel is pretty boom or bust, with a lot more bust. You take away 4 plays and we gained 5 yards on 13 plays. 

    I'm changing it from Seven Win Steve to Coach Swip Swap Swill. 

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  17. 3 minutes ago, Park Gothic said:

    I can see a path to this thread becoming the worst on this board. 

    Long way to go and a lot needs to go wrong, but I think we can thread the needle. We just need to bring in more politics, religion, dick punches from the seasons gone by, and Big 12 nostalgia. 

    I really am not compelled to rehash the "experience" that was the Big XII at all, much less so with any sort of nostalgic inclination.

  18. 6 minutes ago, Thatguy said:

    Solid points. We changed our offense from a 12 personnel NFL based offense, to a 11 personnel, spread based offense. You know who belonged in a spread offense? Quinn Ewers. Yet we stuffed him into an offense that didn't fit his skillset for 3 years. Sark only changes when he has to not because it makes sense. Probably his worst human quality. Last year Quinn operated just good enough that his hand wasn't forced, so he made no changes. This year his job was on the line so he made a change. But for how long? You know he is just dying to go back to that clunky ass offense. I mean, we don't have 7 TEs on this team because we don't plan on using them🤣😂

    Dammit!

    Speaking of recruiting talent to align with scheme and creating an identity you know what doesn't fucking help?

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  19. 6 hours ago, Codaxx said:

    This is the difference between coaches that maximize talent and those that do not. 5 stars are generally good in any system. To get the most out of your recruiting the bottom half of your class needs to fit into the system to maximize them. 

    I fully agree with all the points you and @Thatguy are discussing. For me the most frustrating part is a combination effect. They don't necessarily recruit the best players for the system they want to run. Is that star gazing or bad recruiting evaluation, I can't say for sure. Whichever the reason, once they get them in, they seem no to evaluate the existing talent and force them into the scheme they WANT to run. As opposed to, figuring out what they CAN run and executing that aspect. That's clear this year and last. Since this is the Arch thread, crazy news. Arch has different strengths and weaknesses than Quinn had at QB. Yet even when the staff finds a game plan that works well for the QB and the other players around him, they seem determined not to stick with it and revert instead to what they WANT to run. That leads to an offense without and identity. The undefeated teams IU, OSU and even some one and two loss teams, Tech, ND, Oregon all have a clear identity. 

    To pile on top, IF a team has an offensive identity you can then focus how to adapt that identity to best align a game plan to differing defenses. For instance, GT is a heavy running identity team averaging about 200 yards per game. (What a dream that would be) However, what's usually worked wasn't going to against Georgia. So GT made adjustments and ended up throwing for nearly 200. It's not great, but they were badly outmatched and a very well coached D (miss ya homie) made a game of it. 

     

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  20. 3 minutes ago, Js1 said:

    I always assumed fans bitching about the game day atmosphere, the music, etc. are like every city subreddit who thinks they have the worst drivers

    No fan is happy with their gameday experience and thinks every other school has it better. 

    aggie, UNT and Tech absolutely, positively do NOT have it better. 

    Those were the first 3 that came to my mind. 

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