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  1. On 1/26/2024 at 11:17 AM, Al_4_ISU said:

    That's because of the volume of games in the first couple rounds.  I never lock on to ANY first round game other than ISU, or if it's the only one going at the moment or if there's an upset brewing.  There are just too many games going on at any one time.

    If the 16/1 games were just shitty high major teams against the elite ones, I'd bet ratings would be even worse.

    No, more people would probably watch.  I don't watch 16/1, 15/2 games.  Most often they are ugly, even in the rare occasions when its close.

    Cinderellas are relative.  NCSU was a Cinderella in 1983.  10 conferences could disappear from Division I and nobody would notice.  Probably 15.  The tourney was a big deal when there were 250 Division I teams instead of 364 and it was a 48 team tourney.

    Now if you were to take gambling out, then that hurts viewership!  64 does make for nice brackets.

     

  2. I don't see how the P4/5 stay in a 364 school Division I basketball tourney with the NCAA keeping the bulk of the revenue.  Some sort of breakaway seems inevitable.  But is it a P4/5?, FBS?, or FBS + BE?, or FBS + BE + 3-5 other conferences?  Its not going to be all 31 Division I conferences (not counting Pac 12).  If 10 conferences dropped to Division II, nobody would notice.

  3. https://sports.yahoo.com/with-college-sports-at-a-critical-juncture-is-project-di-the-answer-everything-is-on-the-table-161809460.html

    P5 commissioners (guess Kliavcoff hasn't been excommunicated yet) meeting with NCAA president Baker.  SEC and Big 10 don't like Baker's proposal.

    Good stuff in article.  But this is a big takeaway:

     

    "...In no secret, the two commissioners of the behemoths, SEC’s Greg Sankey and Big Ten’s Tony Petitti, have developed a close relationship, communicate regularly and hold the power to steer college football’s future.

    Its direction is quite clear. Both Sankey and Petitti have expressed an intent to both accelerate NCAA governance and condense the amount of schools operating under a single umbrella. “How do you take larger groups and make them smaller to drive forward?” Petitti asked in an interview last year with Yahoo Sports...."

     

     

  4. On 1/11/2024 at 7:33 PM, GreenspointTexas said:

    I dont understand the move. He wont see the field

    He apparently wants to be a coach and will work the coaching staff as well as being backup in case of injury.

  5. On 1/12/2024 at 6:57 PM, Ignatius said:

    So if the victim knew that this ‘routinely’ happened, why the fuck did she decide to get in the car with the obliterated chick driving in the first place? Maybe because she was every bit as fucked up? Drunk or sober, people who drive like assholes determine their own fate.

    Ain’t that America….

    From the video when they got in the car,, yes, she was probably in worse shape than the driver.

  6. 1 hour ago, Texasrocks said:

    Never mind. I was wrong. The NCAA page doesn't say the top 4 champions get the top 4 seeds. However, the announcement did say that. So your original scenario could play out.

    This doesn't say the top 4 spots are reserved for champs: https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2023-12-03/how-12-team-college-football-playoff-will-work-teams-schedule-bids

    This one does: https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2022-12-01/college-football-playoff-expand-12-teams-starting-2024-season

    Its simple.  The top 4 champs get the byes.  Everyone else plays the first round.

    I haven't heard specific discussion on whether the top 4 champs are seeded 1 to 4 or if they simply get the bye.  I suspect they are 1-4.  The fourth, regardless of whether they are ranked #4 or #14, will still get the toughest 1st round winner  in the 2nd round.

  7. On 1/9/2024 at 11:07 AM, Js1 said:

    I have a hard time reconciling any CFP team finishing outside the top 4. Don’t care how good UGA looked against the FSU opt outs and 

     Georgia had one less loss than Bama.  They lost by the narrowest of margins.  Had 4 common opponents and blasted two who Bama narrowly beat and did better against UK who both stomped and won solidly over Auburn who Alabama beat on a prayer.  In the SEC CCG, Bama got a few breaks and just wanted it more that day.  The rest of the season UGA was a better team.  It wasn't a fluke they were ranked #1 before the Bama loss.  Its not just about FSU.

  8. On 1/4/2024 at 12:39 PM, alphahydro said:

    yeah, my bad.  i meant building a team that is good enough to be a legit title contender in 8/9 out of 10 years.  

    Just a slightly different ceiling from being able to build a team like 07 LSU.  

    I actually think there are decent odds that Sark has the ability to this next step, given what he's shown so far.  *knock on wood*  I would say some of the key components are

    • high quality assistants 
    • high level recruiting
    • high level understanding of how to address roster needs / build a complete roster over time
    • high level problem solving to address the inevitable deficiencies you'll have on your roster
    • luck w/r/t QB development, injuries, etc.

    Some guys are brilliant x's and o's coaches, but can't recruit at a high level, or they hire their buddies as assistants, or they are stubborn in their approach to football and get caught flat footed when they are lacking in a position group that is a key component to the offense/defense they want to run.  So they can get to 07 LSU quality team, but they can't get to that next step. 

    The hardest step to take, imo, is getting to that next level where you can reload every year.  I think it's really just hard to build a successful program and have it shed complacency every year.  You prolly have to be a bit of a psychopath. 

    I like your point a lot, though.  It helps me articulate why the loss isn't as devastating as it could be.  If you had a coach in year 9 the AD was never gonna fire, and it was clear that 07 LSU was your ceiling, a loss like the Sugar Bowl would be a little tougher to take.  Because that's it, that's your chance.  

    But if you see more potential for what's being (re)built at your program, and you see the potential for a coach (whether it's Sark or someone who takes the baton) to get to that next level, you can see the Sugar Bowl as a step on the journey.  

    Will be interesting to see how we view that game in 4/5 years. 

    One thing to feel good about is that we didn't have luck with injuries.  Ewers missed 2 games.  Brooks was lost for the season in game 10--we had good depth, but Brooks really is a difference maker.  Sanders, Whittington and Worthy were banged up pretty much the whole 2nd half of the season.  Mitchell may have been the only key offensive playmaker at full strength throughout (and maybe he was hampered and I missed it).  

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  9. 3 hours ago, B00M said:

    This thread has been a mix of sarcasm and nice stories about kids becoming fans. You’re the only one that cares about what aggy makes fun of anyway. Maybe these idiots should read this thread and reflect because they’re what the rest of college football is judging us for. How not to deal with it:
     


     

    Don't know how many of you noticed it, but the OU player getting a humanitarian award did a horns down while getting the award.  He got roundly booed.  OU being OU.

    Seemed like almost all the Texas fans left real quick after the incompletion.  Its hard to get out of the Superdome.

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  10. 3 hours ago, LonghornSean said:

    Finished rewatching the game, 1st half last night after I got back and 2nd half today.

    Third quarter was bad but overall the game was actually closer throughout than it felt like in person (guess that’s obvious for the first half 21-21). Penix was just incredible with pinpoint passes over decent coverage a number of times and just perfectly evading pressure again and again.

    The final four plays leave me with a lot of what-ifs and wish we could have one or two better chances at the TD. But it was awesome to have the team fight back into that position.

    We were damn close against a really good team, so the game itself I have no real regrets about except the unforced penalties. My disappointment primarily lies with the fact that the path to a national title will never be this favorable again, no matter how good of a team we are.

    I hope UW wins Monday.

    Yeah.  I don't think any of the 4 teams this year would win an MNC any time in the last 20 years.

  11. 3 hours ago, Irish Wrist Watch said:

    Couple of other mentions: IIRC, in the last ten min or so, we actually increased our numbers of blitzers, and it gave Penix some problems. WE saw a bad pass or two, maybe a drop. We got the ball back. Think maybe we should have been doing this sooner.

    And the other thing: What a shitty onside kick. How in this day and age can experienced coaches not have taken a good look at all of the onside kicks that have worked and not concluded that kicking the top of the ball and making it take a short hop then a big hop is the way to go. Furthermore, dammit, whenever anyone does an onside these days, it looks as if they've never practiced it in their lives. If practiced enough, I gotta believe that you can up the odds significantly of getting one of those sucker. Sadly, UT's OSK sucked.

    I think that is what they were trying.  The closest Texas player never looked.  I think he was expecting a hop.

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  12. 20 hours ago, Reese Bennett said:

    I'm blaming myself because I wore my favorite Texas cap to watch the game. I haven't worn it all year and in previous years, it was bad luck and cost us games. But I thought the curse was broken and I wanted to wear it more so I gambled and put it on. Now, I plan on burning it.

    I brought my wife.  I thought her curse was over.  She's been to 5 Sugar Bowls now and her team has lost every one.  She went to 2 when she was in school at UGA, but skipped the one where they beat ND and won the MNC.  She went with me to the one vs. the Hokies in '95 when we had a player even older than Stetson Bennet (Ron McKelvey/Weaver for you youngsters).  And she was rooting for Georgia when we played them after the 2018 season.

    I guess one consolation.  The women wearing Burnt Orange were just SO much better looking than the ones in purple. 

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  13. 20 hours ago, USNALonghorn said:

    I was frustrated with how we approached the first half and the fumbles in the second. I was proud of the way the team found away to come within 13 yards of winning it, despite the setbacks. I quickly remember that we won the conference and met most of my expectations for the season. The program is in a good place and there’s more talent on the way. Now I hope we keep Baxter/Blue and some DL around.

    Yeah.  We did better than I expected this season.  We had our chance with 1st down from the 12.  The other team just had a better plan and executed better.

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  14. 11 minutes ago, Codaxx said:

    Just not true first TD, you can see the CB on the LOS. 

    We had one guy covering tight and the other 10-15 yards back, often not even in front of him, but closer to the center of the field.  So they could pass to the soft coverage and get a block from the other guy. When they sent 3 receivers wide, it would be 3 on 3 with only one playing tight.

  15. 14 hours ago, troph said:

    This is really an important point. If red zone offense was better the game is much different. How many times this year did we have cause for concern. Most games. Well here too. Score a TD on the penultimate drive we need a FG to WIN. It might have changed WA calculus but I don’t think so they played expecting to give Texas 15 seconds not 45.

    I really thought we should have gone for it on 4th and 4.  Then we only needed a FG to win if we make it.  We knew we were only going to have 10-15 seconds if we didn't get the onside kick.  But we got lucky with the injury timeout.

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  16. On 1/2/2024 at 11:00 AM, vandergriff said:

    Michigan is going to win next week for 2 reasons:

    They will run the ball all night and control TOP.  And they will generate an effective pass rush.

    Penix will still put up good numbers.   But not even close to his game last night.

    Does Michigan have more overall talent than Texas?  Nope.

    But they have a much better coach who will scheme a winning game plan with one week to prepare as opposed to Sark who had 4 weeks and still looked unprepared.

    I'm sure its been mentioned in these 120 pages, but our pass defense scheme was awful.  I guess we were scared of the deep ball so we played soft on the corners.  They had a 5 yard gimme every play.  And somehow, even though we rarely blitzed, we had one on one all over the field.  So 5 receivers vs. 7 defenders, but it was always one on one.  Maybe our linebackers were covering the middle with no receivers in the area.

    On offense we could score at will, but bogus penalties killed our drives in the first quarter and helped theirs.  Two bogus holding calls.  Then I had never seen a block below the waist called on the defense before.  We should have run more.  But Ewers was just out of sync.  Too much adrenaline.  Still had a chance if he could have executed on one of those last 4 plays.

     

  17. 18 hours ago, JFKFC said:

    I think it is a safe assumption that the commissioner of the ACC had the authority to extend the agreement granted to him by the member institutions in advance.

    Well if its against the bylaws he doesn't have the authority.  Now, if you are saying ESPN had a legal right to rely on him, that is certainly possible.

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