I predict that if we beat the aggies you are going to see an absolute full court press on ESPN and the playoff committee. The Manning family is going to leverage their connections and Sark/connected Texas alumni are going to start banging the drum about how two of our losses are to the top 2 teams in the country on the road (while we have two wins over teams directly in the field, the most in the country). You also are gonna have Texas brass/CDC threatening to nix preseason games against elite opponents if we are going to be penalized for it. It may not be enough to get us over the hump but I expect a massive amount of pressure to be placed on the committee, especially if we win convincingly over the sheep fuckers. Should OU or Bama slip up, I expect that we will make the playoffs. Who doesnt want a peaking Texas/Arch Manning going on the road in Round 1 for a ratings bonanza.
Correct. The people acting like Florida is roadkill is laughable and they also forget that 2 of our 3 losses are going to end up being (after championship weekend) to the top 2 teams in the country on the road. OSU and UGA will end up 1 and 2. And then everyone will go, well if we didnt lose to that UF team on the road loaded with 5 star talent when we hadnt yet found ourselves then we wouldve been in.
Not only that, we will have wins over 2 teams directly in the field and another just outside the field (Vandy). The system is super fucked up. We play the hardest schedule in the country and get no credit for it. @UGA and @OSU wouldve been losses for literally any team in the country (save Bama who has dark magic over UGA) and that needs to be factored in.
100% this. But idiots here will still ignore that fact and blame us because we had a trap game loss to Florida on the road where they played way over their heads in a "save the coach" game and we were still figuring out who we were. We lost, it happens, and that is the exact reason you should schedule cupcakes in the preseason, because if we did, we would be dancing right now with a win over aggy.
Also, stop with the "we got destroyed by Georgia" BS. We were down 14-10 in the 4th quarter after one of the worst ref fuckings I have ever seen and yes they ran awat with it in the 4th but it was anything but a beatdown. We were competitive and the game couldve gone much differently if we didnt have drops and shitty calls all night leading into the 4th.
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Which is an indictment on the flaws of the playoff system (UNT, SMU) and unbalanced league scheduling (aggy). Tech deserves their chance to dance if they win the Big 12.
Lol okay dude. The bottom line is that Texas with wins over Vandy, OU, and Aggy are not missing the playoffs on 2 losses. If you think they wouldve, then you are an idiot and we dont need to continue this conversation.
You are high as a fucking kite if you believe that. You cant actually be that retarded. Texas with wins over top 10 Vandy and OU is ranked ahead of OU, so probably #8 right now. After we beat aggy, we would be hosting a playoff game.
No shit Sherlock. That has nothing to do with this year. Like absolutely 0.
We wont but we need to stop scheduling these. It will cost us a spot this year. It could cost us a spot in the future.
BUT if the rumored changes to the playoff structure occurs (big IF), then these matchups are okay again and then I would be for scheduling teams like OSU every single year in the preseason.
Yep, especially considering, everyone in the entire NCAA except MAYBE UGA wouldve lost the road opener to OSU. So we are getting all the negative and none of the benefit of scheduling them. Shouldve scheduled Texas State. Hopefully a lesson learned.
Exactly why playing a team like Ohio State in the preseason is playoff suicide. We need to cancel the game for next year. We would be in with a win without that garbage on the schedule.
I dont think Utah is gonna be a factor here. So ignore them. BYU on 2 losses against Tech is gonna be the cock block for us. It's either that or we need two of Bama/Vandy/OU to lose.
Not sure about that. We are on a 1 year sample size right now. While I think Texas has a low shot of getting in, I wouldnt use past precedent as an argument.
Beat the shit out of Aggy and we have an outside shot. We can bump a big 12 team. Need some help still though. Bama, OU, and Vandy losing would be very helpful and probably guarantee us a spot.
We would be in if we had scheduled Michigan State and won instead of Ohio State and losing. So your statement, while true, is not the core of the issue.
It was 14-10 in the 4th quarter and we were squarely in the game, ref fuckery and all. Let's not act like that was some crushing blowout. The game ended on the onside kick. The rest was just stat padding and theatre.