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  1. If I remove my fan cap, admittedly I feel like all (4) of these teams are capable of winning the natty.  No one stands out heads above the rest.  Just a matter of who wants it more, who is able to weather the complacency of a month off, who’s not just happy to be there, etc (there’s a reason a TCU lays it on a seemingly superior Michigan team).  You’d like to think a championship on the line is motivation enough, and sometimes it is, but in my experience with these bowl games, even the playoff, you never really know what you’re going to get.  Would be better if there was no month-long break complete with “get away from all things football” Christmas break between end of reg and meaningful playoff games.   

  2. 17 minutes ago, BachelorTrek said:

    What are they going to do? 

    Institute a last 6/4 games plus bowls/CFP play/no-play deadline (similar to a trading deadline) to force players to make their opt-out decisions more painful since they'd be affecting the regular season games?

    That would push this junk into the most important parts of the regular season.

    I don't see how they'd make the bowls "better" -- do you want a 64-team CFP instead?  Lulz.

    Cash prize for the winning team’s players is all I can come up with and even then players with NFL prospects may opt out.  Or how about contractual obligations to play in bowl games in exchange for NIL compensation?

  3. 14 hours ago, MotownHorn said:

    He threw for 162 yards and a TD in the first quarter against K State.

    You didn't see "IT" in that performance?!?

    And had that performance not cratered after that 1st quarter, I might agree with you.  12 of 28 the rest of the game for 3yds per attempt allowing K-State to erase an early 27-7 deficit and take the game into OT which included one particularly bad interception if memory serves.

  4. I never saw “IT” in Maalik Murphy’s performances at Texas granted it’s a limited sample size.  What I have seen, however and on several occasions, is a QB transfer from Texas about which I had a similar opinion only to watch that QB thrive elsewhere.  Cam Rising is a good current example though he never actually played here, but other names include Shane Beuchelle, Garrett Gilbert and others I’m failing to recall.  Feels like there’s definitely been a QB pipeline from Texas to SMU and Utah that’s worked well for transfers.  I wish Maalik luck wherever he decides to go

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  5. From ESPN radio just now: “Michigan is in at #1, Washington probably #2, FSU probably in as #3 based on undefeated record, leaving a choice for committee at #4 between Texas who beat Bama head-to-head in Tuscaloosa early and SEC champion Bama who just beat the team that has been #1 in the country for 2 years.  One host picked Texas #4 based on head-to-head, the other picked Bama because he thinks they’re the best team in the country right now and would beat Texas if they played head-to-head ‘now’”

  6. 1. Michigan

    2. Washington

    3. Florida State

    4. Texas

    I’m not sure the playoff committee has the balls to leave out an undefeated power 5 conference champion, but it would probably be better for the playoff ratings if they did, and I believe that might be an unspoken criteria in their decision making.  I mean, when it comes to eyeballs watching the playoff, Michigan v Bama and Washington v Texas is sexier than any scenario that includes Florida State, especially w/o their QB, and ratings matter to sponsors

  7. 34 minutes ago, Evenkeel said:

    The 2023 version of The Big XII is the second strongest conference per Sagarin (and maybe Massey? -- someone posted the Massey info many pages ago I think). 

    Maybe so, but from where I’m sitting Big Ten has (3) legit top 10 teams (Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State), SEC’s got (5) in the top 15, and the PAC 12 (4) in the top 20 with some pretty good teams just above .500 in what has been a deeper than expected conference.  The Big XII has (1) top 10 team (Texas), the #12 Sooners and #20 Ok. State.  Not sure how that qualifies Big XII as #2 conference.  Personally. I think it’s been a down year for the Big XII, an up year for the PAC 12, and as-expected years from the Big Ten & SEC.  Below is Sagarin’s conference rankings:

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  8. Too many people here are underestimating the possibility of Ohio State remaining ahead of UT in the rankings no matter what happens.  It’s certainly possible UT leapfrogs OSU with a win, but it is definitely not a certainty.  The 2023 version of The Big XII isn’t doing us any favors in terms of conference strength and while ranked, a win over Ok. State isn’t worth that much nationally (really needed that OU win).  Yes, Bama on the road is a feather in the cap, but it was early and college football has always had a decency bias.  Would’ve helped if UT had won more Big XII games more convincingly.  My gut is we needed (2), not (1) undefeated ahead of us in the rankings to get into the CFP.

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  9. So Louisville beats Florida State, Washington beats Oregon, Georgia beats Bama….. still seems iffy for Horns to get into CFP with a 1-loss Ohio State, a close road loss to a better team than Texas’ one loss to OU at a neutral site.  Texas road win at Bama better than any OSU wins for sure, but OSU does have wins over ND and Penn State.  CFP Committee supposedly doesn’t award much credence for conference championships, but just selects what they believe to be the (4) best teams.  

  10. It’s amazing how many times this team has looked to be on the way to absolute domination, an absolute blowout, only to take their feet COMPLETELY off the gas and let inferior competition have a pulse.  Figure that out, and we can start talking playoffs

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  11. 1 minute ago, chemHORN said:

    I think Big 12 Champ game and a good bowl is our ceiling.  Don't see the playoff committee putting this garbage in over other 1 loss teams

    Well they’re certainly in a long line, and needing a lot of teams in front of us to fall out of line (which can, and does happen), but they’re certainly not in control of their own destiny

  12. Glad they won.  Performance won’t do shit for their playoff prospects though.  Guess we hope Iowa State keeps winning to make that game look better nationally and then, of course, find a way to catch and beat OU in the Big XII championship.  Lots of questions for this team though

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