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12 hours ago, Big Frog II said:

The ACC is not good this year.

That's being really kind. 

Louisville and GT were the best teams I've seem play but that loss to NCSU changes things a lot. 

I guess I'd put Pitt and Louisville with GT a close third. 

I won't buy Miami nor Virginia.

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Also potential chaos out there. Not all of it will happen but any of it could happen:

Bama loses the Iron Bowl and then the CCG. 

MSU upsets Ole Miss in the Egg Bowl. 

A&M loses to UT and Mizzou or SC (shudder).

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2 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

That's being really kind. 

Louisville and GT were the best teams I've seem play but that loss to NCSU changes things a lot. 

I guess I'd put Pitt and Louisville with GT a close third. 

I won't buy Miami nor Virginia.

Virgins has an incredibly kind schedule and the best chance to win out before the CCG though. Pitt has a pretty difficult road. 
 

I haven’t been buying Georgia Tech all season. They’ve been playing with fire all year and NCSU took them down. I do like me some Haynes King though. 

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27 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:

Crossposting... Klatt is right, Quarterfinals should be on campus too.

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I absolutely agree with him for 2 reasons. 

First, the fans. With hotels, flights, potentially car rentals, meals and game tickets going to these games on the road is an absolute financial beating. I had to pick last year and chose the SEC champ game and saved for the potential championship game. 

This year, due to financials, it would only be the championship game. 

Beyond that, the loss revenues for the schools that goes to another city some other entities etc is a massive loss. 

There is not reason for the first and quarter finals to be on the road for both teams other than no longer relevant historical ties. 

And fuck giving Jerrah Jones more money. 

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4 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Virgins has an incredibly kind schedule and the best chance to win out before the CCG though. Pitt has a pretty difficult road. 
 

I haven’t been buying Georgia Tech all season. They’ve been playing with fire all year and NCSU took them down. I do like me some Haynes King though. 

No disagreement with this. For reasons I can't clearly define, I've always had a soft spot for GT and this year they are definitely my underdog favorite. So...biases are likely. 

So, I guess for me in an overrated conference with several media darlings Pitt and GT are the teams I like. I don't think Virginia is as good as their record indicates, and their record came against pretty crappy teams as you noted. Struggling against North Carolina, going to OT vs FSU and also losing to NSCU does not a terrific resume make. However, I do prefer them over the pomp and circumstance that is the fraud of Miami. 

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12 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

No disagreement with this. For reasons I can't clearly define, I've always had a soft spot for GT and this year they are definitely my underdog favorite. So...biases are likely. 

 

I always like overperforming nerd schools. I know that it’s not like the football guys are on campus doing Real Genius shit but the idea is fun for the kids playing school to rack up some wins. I can barely keep up with everything but part of what makes Vandy so easy to hate this year is having a bitch made 30 year old Baker Mayfield type leading the charge.

 

anyways, I usually root for GT as well, curious if that whole vibe will go away with nil

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2 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

I always like overperforming nerd schools. I know that it’s not like the football guys are on campus doing Real Genius shit but the idea is fun for the kids playing school to rack up some wins. I can barely keep up with everything but part of what makes Vandy so easy to hate this year is having a bitch made 30 year old Baker Mayfield type leading the charge.

 

anyways, I usually root for GT as well, curious if that whole vibe will go away with nil

I lean the same way. Hence why I'm pulling for Pitt and GT with no hate for Virginia just a reality check they aren't good. I think Louisville might be the best team. 

I also hate grossly over hyped media darlings. (Please note I say this will full knowledge and recognition that Texas is often one of these) Miami has always been a particular axe to grind, blame the 90 Cotton Bowl if you like. 

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2025 Week 10 of FWAA-NFF Super 16 Poll

  1.     Ohio State (47)
  2.     Indiana (9)
  3.     Texas A&M
  4.     Alabama
  5.     Georgia
  6.     Oregon
  7.     Ole Miss
  8.     BYU
  9.     Texas Tech
  10.     Notre Dame
  11.     Virginia
  12.     Texas
  13.     Oklahoma
  14.     Louisville
  15.     Georgia Tech
  16.     Vanderbilt

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Miami-FL, Utah, Missouri, Tennessee, USC, Michigan, Memphis, Cincinnati, Houston, Iowa, Washington. 

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Posted
2 hours ago, TrashMaster G said:

I'm going to laugh when the polls come out today and we are still behind both OU and Vandy.

It wouldn’t surprise me. The media has been really down on Texas due to the weirdness of the schedule and the team’s behavioral profile. 

1 hour ago, The Dog said:

Rank Iowa you cowards.

Texas is SEC Iowa this year is the analog many talking heads have used to either justify the premise that Texas is overranked or that Iowa should be ranked. I do think Iowa is a lot better than recent vintages, but that’s because I’ve actually gotten to watch them. They play their standard great defense and special teams, but the offense is developing into being fully competent. They didn’t look like that at the beginning of the season. The Wetjen dude is really fun to watch, also. 

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USC thrashed Michigan and has a stronger SoS, yet Michigan is ranked ahead of them.

We thrashed blOU and have a stronger SoS, yet blOU is ranked ahead of us.

This is bullshit.

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Posted
6 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

It wouldn’t surprise me. The media has been really down on Texas due to the weirdness of the schedule and the team’s behavioral profile. 

Oh, I expect it to happen.

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Iowa is ranked, @The Dog.

I’d have dropped GaTech a bit further. Louisville is a better team. Healthy and on a neutral field, I like Texas and OU over Tech and BYU both. Virgina is in no way a top ten team but has a gaudy record. 

The SEC really is that much deeper than every other league. Every ranked SEC team is likely boat racing the ACC and Big XII. 

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Posted
4 minutes ago, irishtexan said:

It doesn’t really fucking matter, but how the hell is OU ranked above Texas?

No bad loss, and the head to head loss versus us was with a still-injured QB. If we hadn’t had that 4th quarter go so terribly wrong yesterday, I think we would be #10. 

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I’m bullish on ND. I’m open to dropping them but you’ve got to show me who behind them is better. Healthy OU and Texas playing well give them a game. ND is much better than Virginia. They’re better coached and have a better roster than BYU or Tech.

Miami isn’t a shitty team: Carson Beck is a streaky and inconsistent QB. When he plays well they are good enough to stay on the field with the entire top ten. That loss to Miami breaking in a new QB on the road wasn’t a bad one. 

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10 minutes ago, Cruz in Aledo said:

No bad loss, and the head to head loss versus us was with a still-injured QB. If we hadn’t had that 4th quarter go so terribly wrong yesterday, I think we would be #10. 

Counterpoint: they've looked like hammered dogshit all season.

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2 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Also potential chaos out there. Not all of it will happen but any of it could happen:

Bama loses the Iron Bowl and then the CCG. 

MSU upsets Ole Miss in the Egg Bowl. 

A&M loses to UT and Mizzou or SC (shudder).

It was pretty clear after the second week that you couldn't tell how good anybody really is. It makes for a fun season. I have little idea how good the Aggies are. You've beaten teams like a ranked team should, but you schedule has turned out to be shitty. A&M has no control over that.

It's pretty much the same for most of the top 12 or so. Mississippi State was close to beating Tennessee and us. Vanderbilt is a solid team. LSU sucks. Florida? Who the fuck knows for sure? Georgia? They're winning games like Texas is but against teams supposedly better teams than we've played. 

It's all a big, who knows?

It's pretty fun on a national level. Last week I thought Georgia would eat us. Now? Fuck it. Let's put on the pads and pump up the balls.

Posted
14 minutes ago, BigHornedLurker said:

ND way too high. Have not beat a ranked team and got beat by a shitty Miami team 

Well, hopefully Navy or Pitt gets them, because Syracuse and Stanford are both absolute dog shit. 

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2 hours ago, BurntEyes said:

I absolutely agree with him for 2 reasons. 

First, the fans. With hotels, flights, potentially car rentals, meals and game tickets going to these games on the road is an absolute financial beating. I had to pick last year and chose the SEC champ game and saved for the potential championship game. 

This year, due to financials, it would only be the championship game. 

Beyond that, the loss revenues for the schools that goes to another city some other entities etc is a massive loss. 

There is not reason for the first and quarter finals to be on the road for both teams other than no longer relevant historical ties. 

And fuck giving Jerrah Jones more money. 

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I had no idea that they'd revived Jan. 1 as a spectacular college football day. A million years ago it was so fun following the games to figure out who would win the MNC.

ETA: I read years ago that the bowl games would be so much better attended if they were held on one of the team's campuses. The lesser bowls are scams where teams accepting the invitations must guarantee ticket sales. The suggestion was to offer half the tickets in the home stadium to the visiting fans to lessen the home field advantage.

The empty stadiums for bowl games makes it feel like they're playing in a mausoleum. 

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24 minutes ago, BigHornedLurker said:

ND way too high. Have not beat a ranked team and got beat by a shitty Miami team 

But they eaked out a win against 1-8 BC which is a Catholic vs Catholic huge rivalry game so they clearly deserved to go up 2 spots.

Don't let the score of that game fool ya, BC ran with them early and the ND athletes pulled away late with a goodly amount of help from refs.

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23 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

I’m bullish on ND. I’m open to dropping them but you’ve got to show me who behind them is better. Healthy OU and Texas playing well give them a game. ND is much better than Virginia. They’re better coached and have a better roster than BYU or Tech.

Miami isn’t a shitty team: Carson Beck is a streaky and inconsistent QB. When he plays well they are good enough to stay on the field with the entire top ten. That loss to Miami breaking in a new QB on the road wasn’t a bad one. 

Did you watch the ND game yesterday? I wasn't being silly about BC giving ND all it wanted early. 

I can agree with Virginia but think both BYU and Tech could beat ND, with a petty high level of confidence.

We've talked about Miami already so we will just have to agree to disagree on them.

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Just win otherwise we’re gonna find ourselves in the same situation as Alabama or Ole Miss from last year. . 
sweating it out on selection day
 

don’t leave it up to chance

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27 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Counterpoint: they've looked like hammered dogshit all season.

I don’t agree with it. They didn’t look bad before his injury and didn’t look bad in the second half last night. And we haven’t looked like a rolling ball of butcher knives outside of about 6 non-Sam quarters. 

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26 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

It was pretty clear after the second week that you couldn't tell how good anybody really is. It makes for a fun season. I have little idea how good the Aggies are. You've beaten teams like a ranked team should, but you schedule has turned out to be shitty. A&M has no control over that.

It's pretty much the same for most of the top 12 or so. Mississippi State was close to beating Tennessee and us. Vanderbilt is a solid team. LSU sucks. Florida? Who the fuck knows for sure? Georgia? They're winning games like Texas is but against teams supposedly better teams than we've played. 

It's all a big, who knows?

It's pretty fun on a national level. Last week I thought Georgia would eat us. Now? Fuck it. Let's put on the pads and pump up the balls.

Ohio State looks head and shoulders above everyone else.

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2 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

I don’t think it will only be getting punished for tOSU if you are down there. Style points will play a role and the OT games against UK and MSU will be in people’s minds. And the refs clawing back in the game. 

That game was a blowout to anyone with a football IQ above 2. 

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33 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Counterpoint: they've looked like hammered dogshit all season.

Correct, OU is shit and anyone having them above Texas after we soundly whipped their ass at the Cotton Bowl is a dishonest hack. We beat them head to head on a neutral field, they should be behind us. We proved it already. And ND being at 10 is a fucking joke. Until they join a real conference they should be given only an at large 12 seed at best. 

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Posted
2 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

AP has us (13) and ou (11) even worse

(North Texas at 30 for those interested)

https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll

 

 

The polls this year have been a joke. We have been give n 0 credit for playing the #1 defending national champion on the road in the season opener down to the wire. We should never schedule someone harder than fucking Rice in the out of conference ever again.

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We"re being docked for losing to a bottom third of the conference team that fired their coach and for going to ot with two more bottom third teams.  It matters.

I don't understand wanting bonus points for losing to osu.  

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7 minutes ago, The_Great_Hornsby said:

The polls this year have been a joke. We have been give n 0 credit for playing the #1 defending national champion on the road in the season opener down to the wire. We should never schedule someone harder than fucking Rice in the out of conference ever again.

Don't be a pussy. I want to watch good football games, not beat up on chumps.

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Ladies and  gentleman, as of right now, Horns are in the 2 L category. ND and OU are ahead of us for various reasons. Keep winning Horns and this will take care of it in its own way. Controlling your own destiny is a big deal!

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Posted
2 minutes ago, mannewers said:

Don't be a pussy. I want to watch good football games, not beat up on chumps.

Would you rather watch Texas play a good team in September or January?  Because losing former will have an adverse affect on the latter.  And we would be sitting pretty right now at 8-1 with all of our early flaws, to be able to take advantage of our seasonal growth and winning 2 of our last 3 would virtually guarantee us a spot instead of being a bubble team. 

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OU is going to get waxed by Bama in 2 weeks anyway making all of this moot if we keep winning. Simpson is not making the horrible plays that Aguilar did that kept OU in the game. 

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1 minute ago, VaLonghorn99 said:

Ladies and  gentleman, as of right now, Horns are in the 2 L category. ND and OU are ahead of us for various reasons. Keep winning Horns and this will take care of it in its own way. Controlling your own destiny is a big deal!

this.  the Loss column still rules all. 

the committee has stated that situations like us playing tOSU on the road should not be penalized but until I see it rewarded like we are a 1.5 Loss team a loss to a tOSU on the road hurts much much worse than a win vs. say Minnesota or TCU.  we should probably be right below Ole Miss.

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