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  1. 16 minutes ago, LCHorn said:

    I agree, although the counterpoint is that next year's line class is supposedly good (bear in mind I die a little inside every time I write "next year" because it's a TexAgs speciality.)

    Beating a dead horse, but O-line recruiting needs a big reevaluation.  

    Pretty sure they were saying the same thing about this year's class.. and last year's. There are elite OL every year in TX. Flood is either a terrible recruiter or we aren't keeping up with the market.

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  2. 6 minutes ago, Hamttx said:

    I see a lot of similarities between Kiffen and Riley. 

    Similar trajectory to Sark. OC under Carroll, got a big job early on, left for USC and flamed out, and has rebuilt his reputation the last few years. I guess he was the top candidate this cycle, but highest paid coach in the country? Nah.

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  3. 10 minutes ago, Tribe171 said:

    Ohio State missed the 4 team playoff in 2017 and 2021 because they lost OOC games to Oklahoma and Oregon respectively. Both of those Ohio State teams were better than this Texas team and would have had an actual chance of winning the CFP. After 2021, Day fired his entire defensive staff sans Larry Johnson, then brought in Knowles and the rest of the position coaches that have been the backbone of their elite defenses to this day.

    Sark has to politic for his team in the present moment. But if the actual takeaway from this season is to try to finesse the schedule like a TCU-caliber program trying to earn national recognition, then you should just give up any aspiration of competing with Georgia or Ohio State right now. 

    Compare Texas and OSU's conference schedules. OSU can do whatever they want, but don't act like it's apples to apples.

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  4. 2 minutes ago, Red Five said:

    I know I'm in the minority here, but I just really don't like this argument that the Ohio St game was basically an exhibition that shouldn't count. Unless we win, of course. Then it counts bigger than shit (see Alabama 2023). We scheduled it, we played it, and it's a loss on our schedule. 

    Fine. Don't play them anymore.

  5. 4 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

    Canceling those games is a dumb idea.  Play big games, have fun, get money.  Nobody wants to see us play New Mexico State.  We weren’t winning anything this year anyway.  Too flawed of a team.  Is it fair?  Who knows?  But play the good games.  Don’t be a bitch.

    Play playoff games, have fun, get money.

    Who says we have to play New Mexico State? I'm fine with Cal/ASU/Colorado/Wisconsin/UNC/etc. No reason to schedule OSU with a 9 game SEC schedule, when the Big 12 plays nobody. We'll still have more big games every year than we've ever had.

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  6. 2 hours ago, tokamak said:

    That’s the hope. Our team is set up to compete next year but we have to completely remake the OL. Campbell and Hutson are gone. Robertson is mediocre at best. And this may qualify as a hot take, but we could use a tackle to push Baker and Goosby. Those guys looked OK in comparison to the interior, but neither one is exactly Kelvin Banks out there.

    The in house options are fucking grim. Stroh is literally the only guy with significant experience and…yuck. Trotting Arch out in his contract year behind a starting IOL of Stroh, Cruz, and Kibble ain’t gonna cut it. 

    I would like to see 2 starter level IOL plus a tackle for depth/competition.

    Also need a big time RB, a DB (or 2), LB, and NT. I think WR is ok between what we have returning and the young guys, but if someone like Cam Coleman jumps in you have to go after him.

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  7. 2 minutes ago, mdmost said:

    Because then it's a debate of 3 loss Bama vs 3 loss Texas and they beat the team that throttled us by 24 and we beat the team that barely beat them by 16. It's better for us that OU beat a 2 loss Bama team. 

    We also just beat the #3 ranked team. And our OOC loss looks a lot better than theirs. I think we jump Bama if they lose to Auburn.

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  8. 8 minutes ago, D3zii said:

    We’re not getting in. It is what it is. Don’t lose to fucking 4-7 Florida or get blown out by Georgia and we’re not in this position.

    Has nothing to do with Ohio State. YALL in here saying don’t  schedule Ohio States are so fucking pathetic and soft and probably the reason we’re have this soft ass mentality around here

     

    Have a good morning 😬

    Ok tough guy. Enjoy the cheez-it bowl.

    Also, you're wrong.

  9. 1 minute ago, naija said:

    if everyone is going to go that route, then I'd rather they shortened the regular season, especially with the playoffs adding a potential 3 more games now. if it's going to be Samford and co, please just shorten the season by 1 game

    Doesn't have to be Samford. I'd be good with Cal/ASU/Colorado/Wisconsin/North Carolina/etc.

  10. 16 minutes ago, naija said:

    it's a great argument, but I hope to God we keep playing those games...

    With a 9 game conference schedule we'll have 4-5 marquee opponents every year, plus more in the playoffs if we make it. I'd rather play OSU in the playoffs than in August. There's never been more premier matchups than there are now. The NFL exists if you want parity every single week.

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