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8 minutes ago, Brian Fantana said:

Nah. Slay was completely 1 dimensional. All he would be able to do in 2025 is get kicked out of every game for targeting. 

Rodriguez is not just the highest graded defender against the rush and the pass, he is the highest graded player in college football, period, according to PFF. Also a finalist for the Bednarik, Lott, Lombardi, and Butkus awards for what do they know.

Also, amusingly, I see/talk to Billy Pittman every week. He's a pretty decent poker player.

So - would you be excited to see Texas come to Lubbock to play Tech in the first round?

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16 minutes ago, Horn Dogg said:

Jacob Rodriguez is the new Dwayne Slay. Remember "meet Dwayne Slay?"  Then when we actually played, he couldn't stay within 10 yards of Billy Pittman because he was too slow.

I had the Slay allotment of tickets that game.  Got them from a friend who I believe played baseball with Slay Sr.

Posted
5 hours ago, LTbear said:

As an unbiased observer, Texas has a strong argument, but you also have the worst loss AND needed overtime two weeks in a row to skate by the absolute bottom of your league. 

Actually that’s not the absolute bottom of the SEC.  It was Aggie who skated by 0-8 Pig 45-42 and needed a miracle comeback to win against USCe 31-30 at home.

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Posted (edited)
58 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

to be honest I think it is possible they will rank us 12 and give the old "total resume, see we aren't punishing them for tOSU loss, they would have been lower" knowing that it makes fuckall difference because we have to be 10 for anything to matter. 

 

This is my expectation first or second out. Ranked 12th. Top 10 is locked in. BYU and Texas 11th and 12th. Something like that, maybe Miami then Texas whatever sets the committee for what they want after CCG weekend. Texas is cooked but not “punished” ahead of a few two loss teams.

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Posted
4 minutes ago, Jimbob said:

Actually that’s not the absolute bottom of the SEC.  It was Aggie who skated by 0-8 Pig 45-42 and needed a miracle comeback to win against USCe 31-30 at home.

And bama’s loss to FSU and ND has not one single win that is worth a shit.

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Posted (edited)

assuming CCG go chalk, Bama has 3 losses with one being to a very bad FSU...Will the committee break precedent?

Ole miss without Freshwater will be debated

in the end; its about Ratings....Texas and Manning are "Floyd Mayweather/Yankees/Dallas Cowboys" of NCAA Football...ppl want to see them and ppl wanna see them lose 

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50 minutes ago, mdmost said:

We lost by a fuckton to 5. It wasn't a 3 point loss like Vandy had or Bama. It was 4 scores. That's why we dropped like a rock and as we've seen, the aggy win didn't really impress anyone, almost as if they thought it was going to happen. 

Well, you've identified a major problem if that's the case

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Posted
6 minutes ago, scramblyn said:

This is my expectation first or second out. Ranked 12th. Top 10 is locked in. BYU and Texas 11th and 12th. Something like that, maybe Miami then Texas whatever sets the committee for what they want after CCG weekend. Texas is cooked but not “punished” ahead of a few two loss teams.

This is absolutely what happens. Losing close to georgia would have had Texas in unanimously. 

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Posted
50 minutes ago, Brian Fantana said:

I don't have a clue, to be honest. The only person I'm even aware is on the committee at the moment is the Utah AD, and that's only because the Baylor AD decided to make a spectacle of himself and it penetrated my "news I don't care about" bubble. I'm aware of some of the statements they've made but not who made them.

I don't think the answer can be none at all considering Disney is CFP's primary media partner, but who knows for sure.

As much as I want Disney to be able to pull the strings, we have to take the committee at its word when it claims to be impervious to outside influences.

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Posted
53 minutes ago, mdmost said:

Hey, OU's in the playoffs with a barely functional offense. This is why Ole Miss hired Golden right away. No interim label. He's the coach. 

Barely functional may actually be too complementary. 

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10 minutes ago, ThatsGold said:

assuming CCG go chalk, Bama has 3 losses with one being to a very bad FSU...Will the committee break precedent?

Ole miss without Freshwater will be debated

in the end; its about Ratings....Texas and Manning are "Floyd Mayweather/Yankees/Dallas Cowboys" of NCAA Football...ppl want to see them and ppl wanna see them lose 

Your lips to God’s ears 

Posted
3 hours ago, Brian Fantana said:

Find one of the computer models out there. Sagarin, CFB nerds, any of them. Find me one that shows Texas would be favored on a neutral field.

We're going to end up being favored by 15 over BYU, give or take. Do you think you would be favored by that much or more? You wouldn't be. Flat out. Zero question. You'd be laying probably 6.5

models are what they want it to be.  CFB nerds sniff their own farts so much,  i would rather just ask Jeff Bank's monkey to sling shit and send those teams to the playoffs.  

Posted

If they make it in, it would be as a 10 seed, so they'd travel to #7. Texas only gets in if Tech and Georgia win. If Tech and Georgia both win, I think they'd get first round byes (Top 4 seeds). The other teams with byes would be the B1G champ and either Indiana or Oregon. #5 is probably Aggy. #6 is probably Indiana or Oregon. I bet #7 is an SEC team, probably Ole Miss.

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It's annoying as fuck that the voters decided that even if we beat #3 aggy, they wouldn't move us higher than any of the 2-loss teams in conferences that aren't horrible. Head to head results (OU and Vandy) be damned. The fact that two losses were against the near-end-of-season #1 and #3 teams on the road be damned (and quite possibly the two teams that will play for the national championship). Wins against #3 (now #7 because of us), #8 and #13 be damned. The only thing that matters is the 3 in our loss column. If the teams in the CFP hunt had to play #1 and #3 on the road, plus #3 (now #7), #8, and #13, plus the rest of their schedule, how many would still only have 1-2 losses? Cancel Ohio State next year. Cancel Michigan in 2027. Cancel ND in 28 and 29. There's no reason to play good teams in our OOC schedule anymore.

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Posted
31 minutes ago, immamac said:

This is absolutely what happens. Losing close to georgia would have had Texas in unanimously. 

not with how things played out.  we weren't getting in over ND or Bama.

Posted
5 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

not with how things played out.  we weren't getting in over ND or Bama.

Yes we would, UT > OU > Bama and UT> A&M > ND

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29 minutes ago, Nivek said:

models are what they want it to be.  CFB nerds sniff their own farts so much,  i would rather just ask Jeff Bank's monkey to sling shit and send those teams to the playoffs.  

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Posted (edited)
5 minutes ago, linux said:

Yes we would, UT > OU > Bama and UT> A&M > ND

The transitive stuff doesn’t really work because so much of it is matchup and style dependent. Sark has a smart problem; meth head has a sark problem; deboer has a meth head problem; smart has a deboer problem; human thumb has a sark problem. We might know more about human thumb’s problems if aggy ever played top teams 

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Posted
Just now, B00M said:

The transitive stuff doesn’t really work because so much of it is matchup and style dependent. Sark has a smart problem; meth head has a sark problem; deboer has a mettle head problem; human thumb has a sark problem. We might know more about human thumb’s problems if aggy ever played top teams 

Maybe but the committee has been pretty strict on head to head with identical records

Posted
Just now, linux said:

Maybe but the committee has been pretty strict on head to head with identical records

What does that have to do with a closer loss to Georgia 

Posted
1 minute ago, Hank_Hill said:

What does that have to do with a closer loss to Georgia 

My bad I read won. We were behind ND before the loss to Georgia

Posted
1 minute ago, linux said:

Maybe but the committee has been pretty strict on head to head with identical records

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Posted
2 hours ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Texas enters the week at 12 or 13 ahead of Utah and Vandy. BYU and Bama get decimated. Ohio State wins big. The voters look around and say hey- we all know Texas is a top 10 or 12 team. They lost close at #1 and were in a 1 score game in the 4th quarter at #2. They’ve beaten 3 quality teams more than anyone else can say. TV loves them. We want to reward tough non conference schedules. Fuck it- let’s put them in- nobody else can clearly say they deserve it more (of the last couple teams being looked at for the final spot). 
not likely but there’s your 5% chance. It wasn’t likely they’d leave FSU out after going undefeated and winning 3 games without their starting QB. But they did. 

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Posted

Just like a lot of Texas fans are cursing our decision to play a tough P4 OOC opponent, a lot of Vandy fans are cursing their decision to play a weak OOC schedule. Because if they had beaten a stronger P4 OOC opponent instead of a miserable 3-9 Virginia Tech, they'd likely be ahead of Miami/BYU and in the CFP.

That is to say, every situation is unique. If we lose a couple next year and our SEC opponents turn out to underperform (like they did in 2024), a weak OOC opponent could easily hurt our case when we're jockeying for an at-large spot.

Posted
53 minutes ago, linux said:

Yes we would, UT > OU > Bama and UT> A&M > ND

no chance.  bama has 2 losses and is in the champ game.  ND is ND only has 2 early losses and Stoops'd the scoreboard the rest of the way.  the committee doesn't consider the transitive property.  that is for fans.

Posted (edited)
11 minutes ago, satyanash said:

Just like a lot of Texas fans are cursing our decision to play a tough P4 OOC opponent, a lot of Vandy fans are cursing their decision to play a weak OOC schedule. Because if they had beaten a stronger P4 OOC opponent instead of a miserable 3-9 Virginia Tech, they'd likely be ahead of Miami/BYU and in the CFP.

That is to say, every situation is unique. If we lose a couple next year and our SEC opponents turn out to underperform (like they did in 2024), a weak OOC opponent could easily hurt our case when we're jockeying for an at-large spot.

Vandy fans should be smart but are idiots.  their problem is no good wins in SEC not VT being 3-9.

It's not hurting Ole Miss at all.

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Posted (edited)
13 minutes ago, The Drum said:

When do the bowl predictions start? Citrus?

ESPN:

TaxSlayer Gator Bowl
EverBank Stadium (Jacksonville, Florida)
7:30 p.m. ABC

Bonagura: Virginia vs. LSU
Schlabach: Miami vs. Texas

Kinder's Texas Bowl
NRG Stadium (Houston)
9:15 p.m., ESPN

Bonagura: Iowa State vs. Texas
Schlabach: Houston vs. Kentucky

Both Schlabach and Bonagura think the Citrus is Vandy and Michigan 

Sports Illustrated: Citrus vs Michigan

CBS: Gator vs Miami 

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Posted
10 minutes ago, Js1 said:

ESPN:

TaxSlayer Gator Bowl
EverBank Stadium (Jacksonville, Florida)
7:30 p.m. ABC

Bonagura: Virginia vs. LSU
Schlabach: Miami vs. Texas

Kinder's Texas Bowl
NRG Stadium (Houston)
9:15 p.m., ESPN

Bonagura: Iowa State vs. Texas
Schlabach: Houston vs. Kentucky

Both Schlabach and Bonagura think the Citrus is Vandy and Michigan 

Sports Illustrated: Citrus vs Michigan

CBS: Gator vs Miami 

Has a 9 win-regular season team ever played in the Texas bowl?

Posted
11 minutes ago, Js1 said:

ESPN:

TaxSlayer Gator Bowl
EverBank Stadium (Jacksonville, Florida)
7:30 p.m. ABC

Bonagura: Virginia vs. LSU
Schlabach: Miami vs. Texas

Kinder's Texas Bowl
NRG Stadium (Houston)
9:15 p.m., ESPN

Bonagura: Iowa State vs. Texas
Schlabach: Houston vs. Kentucky

Both Schlabach and Bonagura think the Citrus is Vandy and Michigan 

That's outdated. Bonagura and Schlabach both have Texas vs. Michigan in the Citrus Bowl.

Posted

So are we still claiming, as we have all year,  that the aggies should never have been ranked so high since they had played nobody or are we hanging our hat on a big win over #3?  Kind of hard to have both opinions at the same time.  Or did they only suck right up until we played them?

Posted
2 minutes ago, Your Mom said:

So are we still claiming, as we have all year,  that the aggies should never have been ranked so high since they had played nobody or are we hanging our hat on a big win over #3?  Kind of hard to have both opinions at the same time.  Or did they only suck right up until we played them?

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Posted
7 minutes ago, Hermanator said:

Yes, go into it with a true freshman who hasn't played all year and zero backup QBs. Brilliant idea

What? It’s a meaningless game. Play Arch so he gets more game reps. Why would we play someone who won’t be here next year?

Posted
1 hour ago, Dnaguy said:

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You can absolutely believe it is what I said it is- a 5% outcome right now that becomes a real conversation if things break our way this weekend. Bet against it being a thing that happens but root line he’ll for Georgia, Ohio state and Tech to win by 50 and the ACC title game to be a flaming abortion that sets football back 50 years and shames the conference. If all that happened there’s just no logical reason for it not to be Texas. That doesn’t mean it will be Texas but there’s no logical reason for it. It to be. 

Posted
6 minutes ago, Your Mom said:

So are we still claiming, as we have all year,  that the aggies should never have been ranked so high since they had played nobody or are we hanging our hat on a big win over #3?  Kind of hard to have both opinions at the same time.  Or did they only suck right up until we played them?

This is my favorite message board stupidity. 

"I think am wise because I point out the logical disconnect between different posts but in reality I'm too slow to realize that different people having different opinions is not hypocritical."

Also known as

"My stupid ass thinks everyone else on this message board is one person."

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