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Just now, Hank_Hill said:

If the OL and Arch keep progressing it could happen. Reed and those WRs are a different animal but we kept him in check last year and sacked Pavia 6 times today. Vandy OL is no slouch.

Yeah those WRs are scary as shit. Aggy or not.  We’d have to keep Reed in the pocket.  He’s still not a great thrower. 

Posted
26 minutes ago, TXpride said:

If last season is any indicator, the loss column is what's most important to the committee. They can talk about not punishing OOC losses, but I'll believe it when I see it

I already pointed out with regards to Indiana and Ohio State last year, this isn’t true. 

Maybe I’m forgetting someone, but was there a bubble team with with a comparable OOC loss as OSU this year that missed out last season?

Posted
3 minutes ago, UncleSonny said:

I already pointed out with regards to Indiana and Ohio State last year, this isn’t true. 

Maybe I’m forgetting someone, but was there a bubble team with with a comparable OOC loss as OSU this year that missed out last season?

I also think Saban will fight for Texas to get in if to comes down to it, which actually is going to matter imo. He made a big deal out of not punishing Bama for playing Texas a few years back. To me, the Ohio State game should be viewed as half of a loss. We couldve played North Texas and won by 70 but instead we played the defending national champion. That counts for something. 

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Posted
6 minutes ago, UncleSonny said:

I already pointed out with regards to Indiana and Ohio State last year, this isn’t true. 

Maybe I’m forgetting someone, but was there a bubble team with with a comparable OOC loss as OSU this year that missed out last season?

Yep and when someone says “yesh but bama/ole miss last year?!?” 
 

they can easily look at their schedules and losses and compare to Texas this year under this scenario. 

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10-2 (or 10-3) Texas is 100% in the playoffs. A 9 win team has never made the playoffs, but that's not to say it is impossible. It would be unprecedented, though. 
The first selection show on Tuesday will give us a good idea about where we stand. If we win 2 of our last 3, I think our playoff chances are still a coinflip at best. 

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Posted (edited)
25 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

10-2 (or 10-3) Texas is 100% in the playoffs. A 9 win team has never made the playoffs, but that's not to say it is impossible. It would be unprecedented, though. 
The first selection show on Tuesday will give us a good idea about where we stand. If we win 2 of our last 3, I think our playoff chances are still a coinflip at best. 

My brother in Christ, we have had the playoffs going for exactly 1 season, there isnt some longstanding drought of teams that had 9 wins that got left out. I bet you any amount of money that a 9 win team is going to be in the playoffs this year. 

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Posted

Looking like 


Acc - GT or Virginia

Big 10 - OSU, Oregon, Indiana

Big 12 - cluster fuck but likely 1 team 

Notre Dame 

so 6 spots for SEC + G5. and based off current rankings I don’t think it’s ridiculous to say 5 SEC teams should get in. Acc being an absolute dumpster fire is helping us a lot.

Posted
31 minutes ago, Cruz in Aledo said:

Maybe starting three safeties is what’s wrong with the secondary. Jesus dude. 

Nice catch Rex you lil freak. Top 3 safeties*

Posted
7 minutes ago, SarksJuggs said:

Looking like 


Acc - GT or Virginia

Big 10 - OSU, Oregon, Indiana

Big 12 - cluster fuck but likely 1 team 

Notre Dame 

so 6 spots for SEC + G5. and based off current rankings I don’t think it’s ridiculous to say 5 SEC teams should get in. Acc being an absolute dumpster fire is helping us a lot.

5 SEC teams is only ridiculous when in conjunction with only 1 team Big12 - especially if there are multiple 11 win teams

I don’t like making these discussions about Tech as I want there to be equity across the board. But in this case, I am gonna use the Tech example.

Tech is 8-1 with all 8 wins by more than 20 points. The lone loss was on the road with an injury plagued team.


And it’s being said that if they lose the conference championship game, they’re out.

That’s bullshit.

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Posted

I wouldn't be so sure. Bama was also 9-3 last year and ended up being left out. Just win out and it won't matter. I think we can absolutely beat aggy at home. 

Posted
12 minutes ago, BluTechsan said:

5 SEC teams is only ridiculous when in conjunction with only 1 team Big12 - especially if there are multiple 11 win teams

I don’t like making these discussions about Tech as I want there to be equity across the board. But in this case, I am gonna use the Tech example.

Tech is 8-1 with all 8 wins by more than 20 points. The lone loss was on the road with an injury plagued team.


And it’s being said that if they lose the conference championship game, they’re out.

That’s bullshit.

Yet it’ll be the case.  A 2 loss Big 12 team won’t be in the playoffs unless they’re a top 10 team going into the conference champ game(like SMU last year) 

Posted
12 minutes ago, horn009 said:

I wouldn't be so sure. Bama was also 9-3 last year and ended up being left out. Just win out and it won't matter. I think we can absolutely beat aggy at home. 

They were. But you’re comparing apples to oranges.  
 

They lost to the worst OU team in 20-25  years.  A top 20 ish Vandy team and a lower level playoff team in Tennessee.
 

Texas under this scenario would have lost to the #1 team in week one on road.

a top 3-5 team in either Aggy or Georgia.  
 

And Florida who just made Georgia sweat.
 

Add in Bama had one good win over Georgia, meanwhile Texas will have at least 3 top 10 teams, and one in the top 3 most likely.  
 

it’s not really comparable. If there is a 1 loss Big 13 or ACC non conference champ maybe they get in over a 3 loss Texas. 

Posted (edited)
8 minutes ago, Drew said:

Yet it’ll be the case.  A 2 loss Big 12 team won’t be in the playoffs unless they’re a top 10 team going into the conference champ game(like SMU last year) 

Yes, I know. It’s bullshit!

Can’t take a single 2 loss Big12 team but we can take multiple 2 loss teams from BIG and SEC

Tech, Utah, and BYU are all good enough to equal the results of all those 2 loss SEC teams

But we are told they aren’t good enough to prove it on the field (in the CFP)

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Posted
Just now, BluTechsan said:

Yes, I know. It’s bullshit!

Can’t take a single 2 loss Big12 team but we can take multiple 2 loss teams from BIG and SEC

Unfortunately it’s the big 12. Secret league but not respected. And honesty shouldn’t be. Tech is really really good. I hope they win the conference.  But if they lose again they’ll be out. 

Posted
4 minutes ago, BluTechsan said:

Yes, I know. It’s bullshit!

Can’t take a single 2 loss Big12 team but we can take multiple 2 loss teams from BIG and SEC

Well byu and tech have horrendous schedules. The conference sucks and they both played nobody out of conference. 

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Posted
1 minute ago, SarksJuggs said:

Well byu and tech have horrendous schedules. The conference sucks and they both played nobody out of conference. 

Yep that’s what everyone likes to tell themselves.

And it’s why the early season polls are bullshit because they are 100% based on what people think would happen in imaginary games not actual results - see 0-2 top10 Notre Dame

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Posted
10 minutes ago, BluTechsan said:

Yes, I know. It’s bullshit!

Can’t take a single 2 loss Big12 team but we can take multiple 2 loss teams from BIG and SEC

2 losses in the Big 12 is like 8 losses in the SEC, but maybe Cody Campbell can pay every sports fan in America $1000 to change their mind.

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Posted (edited)

SEC with 5 teams and Big 12 only 1? SEC a bunch of greedy fart sniffers. Barring a collapse, BYU and Tech should be in, and dare I say it, maybe Utah deserves it, too.

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Posted
21 minutes ago, BluTechsan said:

Yes, I know. It’s bullshit!

Can’t take a single 2 loss Big12 team but we can take multiple 2 loss teams from BIG and SEC

Tech, Utah, and BYU are all good enough to equal the results of all those 2 loss SEC teams

But we are told they aren’t good enough to prove it on the field (in the CFP)

Utah could go 10-2 with its best win against a 3 or 4 loss ASU team who didn’t have its backup QB. 
 

Assuming BYU goes 10-2 losing the most likely games, they’ll have a win over a 3 loss fringe top 25 Utah team and no other decent wins. 
 

If Tech loses to BYU, it will end season with 2 wins over fringe ranked teams in the best of scenarios. 
 

You can see where the skepticism comes from if you take off the Yormark goggles. 

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Posted
3 minutes ago, ITHorn said:

Utah could go 10-2 with its best win against a 3 or 4 loss ASU team who didn’t have its backup QB. 
 

Assuming BYU goes 10-2 losing the most likely games, they’ll have a win over a 3 loss fringe top 25 Utah team and no other decent wins. 
 

If Tech loses to BYU, it will end season with 2 wins over fringe ranked teams in the best of scenarios. 
 

You can see where the skepticism comes from if you take off the Yormark goggles. 

BYU is currently undefeated

They and Tech could both finish 11-1

This thread is claiming the loser of their rematch is not worthy of the CFP

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Posted (edited)
7 minutes ago, BluTechsan said:

BYU is currently undefeated

They and Tech could both finish 11-1

This thread is claiming the loser of their rematch is not worthy of the CFP

I don’t think it’s a guarantee, but if the BYU tech loser has two losses and doesn’t get absolutely blasted in the title game they are likely in. 
 

Utah has absolutely no right to claim a spot with no good wins and that dog shit schedule though.

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Posted
4 minutes ago, ITHorn said:

I don’t think it’s a guarantee, but if the BYU tech loser has two losses and doesn’t get absolutely blasted in the title game they are likely in. 
 

Utah has absolutely no right to claim a spot with no good wins and that dog shit schedule though.

Yeah, I’m not talking about teams with 2 reg season losses prior to the CCG

I’m talking about the CCG loss being the 2nd loss

BYU and Tech are the only two that can finish 11-1

If Tech loses on Sat, they’re done. It’ll be their 2nd conf loss and in a multiple 2 loss team tie-breaker scenarios, they come up short

Posted

It’s going to come down to what happens in the Big 12 and ACC.

We want BYU to go undefeated. That gives Cincinnati another loss and hopefully puts 2 more losses on Tech. That ensures the Big 12 is a 1 bid league.

UVA is not good and has zero impressive wins. However, they could end up losing in the ACC championship game and have an 11-2 record. Then, the situation is similar to last year with SMU and Alabama.

 

Posted
12 minutes ago, hornmpa96 said:

It’s going to come down to what happens in the Big 12 and ACC.

We want BYU to go undefeated. That gives Cincinnati another loss and hopefully puts 2 more losses on Tech. That ensures the Big 12 is a 1 bid league.

UVA is not good and has zero impressive wins. However, they could end up losing in the ACC championship game and have an 11-2 record. Then, the situation is similar to last year with SMU and Alabama.

 

We don’t want an undefeated BYU (regular season version) because then we would be sweating buckets that they lose on the championship game and get an at large spot. 
you can worry about an 11-2 VA of you want but I’m not going to- it’s not going to happen. If it did happen I still think we’d be in over them. 

Posted

I personally think some of y’all are smoking crack if you think a 9-3 Texas gets in as the 5th sec team, unless a whole lotta losing happens with several other teams. 

The Texas haters on the playoff committee will relish knocking Texas out. The SEC haters will not stand for 5 teams. The close lucky wins over Kentucky and MSU hurt. The fade against Vanderbilt hurts, because many only saw the score, not the game, due to the espn outage. 

As I sat here and thought about scenarios of who has to win or lose, I realized I probably don’t even care much about 9-3 Texas getting in because that means they lost to Aggie or Georgia, which means they aren’t good enough anyway to win in the playoffs. 

So I’ve decided they will go 10-2. 

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Posted

Rooting interest next week (if you want a 9-3 texas in):

Northwestern over USC

Oregon over Iowa 

Tech BIG (lopsided score) over BYU

Wake Forest over Virginia 

Vandy over Auburn  

Tech BIG over BYU probably most important.  if BYU wins that game better hope BYU wins the big 12  or we’d be in trouble  

 

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Posted
2 minutes ago, USNALonghorn said:

It’d be somewhat funny and fitting if we beat both UGA and aggy, and lost to Arkansas 

Wow, would Texas get in under that scenario? Maybe yes over Georgia?

Posted
8 minutes ago, USNALonghorn said:

It’d be somewhat funny and fitting if we beat both UGA and aggy, and lost to Arkansas 

 

5 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

Wow, would Texas get in under that scenario? Maybe yes over Georgia?

Obviously pretty unlikely but I think that would make Texas slightly more likely to get in. It would definitely be more likely in the NCAA hoops tourney as the committee always puts a lot of emphasis on quality of wins and Texas with wins over OU, Vandy, Georgia and Aggy would probably have more then anyone in the country. 
this all gets really simple if BYU goes undefeated and wins the big 12 or loses 2 games. Also- if Florida beats Ole Miss I think 9-3 Texas is basically a lock. Ditto if MSST beats Ole Miss. 

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Posted (edited)
10 hours ago, TXpride said:

Side note: there is zero upside to scheduling elite opponents OOC. "But the experience!" I'd rather experience playing them in the playoffs.

Michigan and Ohio State played these 6 teams in non conference play their championship years:

Akron, Western Michigan, Bowling Green, UNLV, Marshall and East Carolina.

We should be playing the Notre Dame/Ohio State types every couple of years, not every year. The other years our fanbase will get by just fine playing Northwestern and going to the marquee road conference games instead.

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Posted
10 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

Wow, would Texas get in under that scenario? Maybe yes over Georgia?

Like @Wulaw Horn said above, it might be our best scenario to have a case for getting in as a 9-3 team. We would have 4 top 10 wins, 2 of which would be top 5, and a close loss to what looks like the undisputed #1 in the nation.

Pretty strong resume, aside from UF and Arky black eyes.

Posted
It’d be somewhat funny and fitting if we beat both UGA and aggy, and lost to Arkansas 

That would honestly be the most Texas thing to do. But I think Arkansas is worse than msu and Kentucky. So hopefully that doesn’t happen.

I don’t believe we beat UGA until we do.
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Posted
31 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

We don’t want an undefeated BYU (regular season version) because then we would be sweating buckets that they lose on the championship game and get an at large spot. 
you can worry about an 11-2 VA of you want but I’m not going to- it’s not going to happen. If it did happen I still think we’d be in over them. 

UVA’s remaining schedule is Wake, Duke and VA Tech. They should be favored in each. I do acknowledge that UVA could also lose any of those games because they aren’t that good. These conferences are too large. UVA avoided Georgia Tech, Miami, SMU, Pitt and Louisville this season. Its absolutely ridiculous.

Also, if BYU loses to Tech in the regular season, that only strengthens Tech’s argument that they should get in no matter what’s happens in the conference championship game.

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Posted
22 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

The fade against Vanderbilt hurts, because many only saw the score, not the game, due to the espn outage.

I fail to see how a win over a top 10 team is held against us or hurts us in any way. That would be the committee really grasping at straws.

And these aren’t AP voters who just box score watch half the games and fill out their ballot half asleep on Saturday night in a Marriott hotel. I would hope the selection committee for a $1.3 billion playoff were given a Hulu TV login for the weekend to watch all the games.

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Posted
Just now, hornmpa96 said:

UVA’s remaining schedule is Wake, Duke and VA Tech. They should be favored in each. I do acknowledge that UVA could also lose any of those games because they aren’t that good. These conferences are too large. UVA avoided Georgia Tech, Miami, SMU, Pitt and Louisville this season. Its absolutely ridiculous.

Also, if BYU loses to Tech in the regular season, that only strengthens Tech’s argument that they should get in no matter what’s happens in the conference championship game.

Sure. I happen to think Tech probably wins the Big 12 so I’m operating under that assumption. Here’s the thing though- I KNOW Texas loses out to a 12-0 BYU team that loses the big 12 title game. I think Texas has a shot against an 11-2 tech. If it were to play out that way. 

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Posted

Also obviously how you get to the record matters. If Texas loses a one score contest in a well played game to Georgia and wins looking good against arky and aggy that’s different than getting blown out one time and barely pulling out 2 victories. 

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Posted
11 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

She does seem to get stuck under sinks or in dryers a lot.

“Ist dere a problem mit deine cable?”

 

Can’t remember whose avatar that was on Hornfans. 🤣

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the one thing I have not seen discussed is Aggy being told how great they are for two solid weeks before going to play #19 Missouri.  

Age could lose.  Have no idea how that would impact our game against Aggy.  

 

Posted
2 minutes ago, JGrayDBU said:

the one thing I have not seen discussed is Aggy being told how great they are for two solid weeks before going to play #19 Missouri.  

Missouri is on their third string quarterback.

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Posted (edited)
9 hours ago, The_Great_Hornsby said:

I also think Saban will fight for Texas to get in if to comes down to it, which actually is going to matter imo. He made a big deal out of not punishing Bama for playing Texas a few years back. To me, the Ohio State game should be viewed as half of a loss. We couldve played North Texas and won by 70 but instead we played the defending national champion. That counts for something. 

I'm confident our early season offense couldn't score 70 on anyone..

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Posted

Texas knows that beating Georgia probably puts us in the playoff. We seem to play better in those do or die situations, as opposed to when we are favored and smelling our own farts. Let's go. 

Posted (edited)
13 minutes ago, hornbri said:

More support for the idea we are close, ESPN has us projected at 11 in the first CFP poll (missing playoffs for AQs)

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/46803597/projecting-college-football-playoff-top-12-week-10

 

Ifwe are top 12 but bumped for AQs in the final rankings, I’ll be disappointed but not terribly upset. For as much as went wrong against UF and OSU, if we finish 9-3 and *just* miss the playoffs, I think they’re a lot to look forward to in 2026 with Arch coming back. 

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Posted

A 9-3 Texas team means we have three wins against top 10 teams and played five top 10 teams overall. That would be a lock to make the expanded playoffs. If we really did fix the offensive line the new hole in the damn is the one created by Akina in our secondary. Time to remove the tourniquet from the offensive line and figure out how to stop the bleeding in the secondary. 

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