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On 12/3/2025 at 4:12 AM, Wulaw Horn said:

I was off by 1 game in a thread full of people saying we were going 5-7 or 6-6. I was way closer to what actually happened than most in that thread if you read through it. If Florida loss wouldn’t have happened I’d have been Nostradamus and not Nostradumbass. 1 game. Not really all that far off. Really, we needed up in the place I thought we would either a team that was pretty clearly a top 5 or so type team and arch being a stud and the team being fine- it just fucking took sark 6 weeks longer to get there than I thought it would- and the Florida loss happened. I even conceded in the moment that we were probably going to be dogs to and lose to Georgia. 
 

So you were basically a Florida loss away from being correct?

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21 minutes ago, BillyGoatHill said:

If only some common sense was applied by the committee.....(but Nebraska and Arky folks are waaaay too stupid)

Worth a watch.

 

 

Just expand to 16 teams. 

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1 hour ago, Codaxx said:

He is your typical big Qb with a huge arm. Best HS year was 63% comp, 22 Tds, and 9 ints. He was never very accurrate or showed good decision making. 

He's not good, but commenting on his HS career isn't really fair given the way California shut down sports during COVID. 

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40 minutes ago, EuroHorn said:

Just expand to 16 teams. 

That won’t do anything but push the problem farther back in the standings.

So instead of arguing if a 3 loss team is deserving of a spot in a 12 team field, the argument will be if a 4 loss team is deserving of a spot in a 16 team field. 
 

and before anyone says “a 4 loss team has no right to argue for inclusion in a playoff for a national championship” a lot of folks said the same thing when it was a 4 team playoff when teams ranked 5-8 were complaining.

seriously, would a 4 loss Texas team this year (with losses to, say tOSU, Florida, Georgia and either ou or A&M) be deserving of a 16th spot over 3 loss Michigan, USC, Arizona, Houston, or Georgia Tech? What if the 4 were tOSU, UGA, ou and A&M?

idk the answer but I do know we’d have all of these same arguments just with one extra L in everyone’s loss column. 

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4 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

That won’t do anything but push the problem farther back in the standings.

So instead of arguing if a 3 loss team is deserving of a spot in a 12 team field, the argument will be if a 4 loss team is deserving of a spot in a 16 team field. 
 

and before anyone says “a 4 loss team has no right to argue for inclusion in a playoff for a national championship” a lot of folks said the same thing when it was a 4 team playoff when teams ranked 5-8 were complaining.

seriously, would a 4 loss Texas team this year (with losses to, say tOSU, Florida, Georgia and either ou or A&M) be deserving of a 16th spot over 3 loss Michigan, USC, Arizona, Houston, or Georgia Tech? What if the 4 were tOSU, UGA, ou and A&M?

idk the answer but I do know we’d have all of these same arguments just with one extra L in everyone’s loss column. 

youre right GIF


In other words moving to 16 without actually changing how the committee, bids, and selection works just leads to more of the same . there is a bit of transparency and structural problems here at play that needs to be resolved, or you know maybe its the point 

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1 hour ago, BillyGoatHill said:

If only some common sense was applied by the committee.....(but Nebraska and Arky folks are waaaay too stupid)

Worth a watch.

 

 

This is stupid no matter how many times posted.

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1 minute ago, BigHornedLurker said:

youre right GIF


In other words moving to 16 without actually changing how the committee, bids, and selection works just leads to more of the same . there is a bit of transparency and structural problems here at play that needs to be resolved, or you know maybe its the point 

The committee needs to be stat nerds who can actually interpret the data. It’s a bunch of crusty old fucks or entrenched ADs with agendas.

Id rather have 12 MBAs arguing over SOS, SOR, game control, etc. 

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Just now, Js1 said:

The committee needs to be stat nerds who can actually interpret the data. It’s a bunch of crusty old fucks or entrenched ADs with agendas.

Id rather have 12 MBAs arguing over SOS, SOR, game control, etc. 

12 MBAs ? Do you want them to figure out how to make more money, or to get the playoffs fixed :D

 

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1 minute ago, BigHornedLurker said:

12 MBAs ? Do you want them to figure out how to make more money, or to get the playoffs fixed :D

 

12 MBAs would have included Texas bc of the ratings we bring. So…..

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1 hour ago, Goredho said:

So you were basically a Florida loss away from being correct?

Probably 90% of the board had us 10-2 with losses to OSU and UGA.  Leave it to wulaw to make it all about himself.

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18 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

That won’t do anything but push the problem farther back in the standings.

So instead of arguing if a 3 loss team is deserving of a spot in a 12 team field, the argument will be if a 4 loss team is deserving of a spot in a 16 team field. 
 

and before anyone says “a 4 loss team has no right to argue for inclusion in a playoff for a national championship” a lot of folks said the same thing when it was a 4 team playoff when teams ranked 5-8 were complaining.

seriously, would a 4 loss Texas team this year (with losses to, say tOSU, Florida, Georgia and either ou or A&M) be deserving of a 16th spot over 3 loss Michigan, USC, Arizona, Houston, or Georgia Tech? What if the 4 were tOSU, UGA, ou and A&M?

idk the answer but I do know we’d have all of these same arguments just with one extra L in everyone’s loss column. 

This.  I don't see why people think expanding the field will fix the problem.  It's like saying there's too much traffic on I-10 so let's just make more lanes (what up Katy).  

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This.  I don't see why people think expanding the field will fix the problem.  It's like saying there's too much traffic on I-10 so let's just make more lanes (what up Katy).  
Expanding the field absolutely fixes the problem though. We went from 2 to 4 to 12. Get it even higher and the playoff committee becomes meaningless as any good team is getting in.
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On 12/3/2025 at 5:12 AM, Wulaw Horn said:

I was off by 1 game in a thread full of people saying we were going 5-7 or 6-6. I was way closer to what actually happened than most in that thread if you read through it.

Your post launching this thread had nothing to do with arguing against doomsday predictions that we would crater.  You specifically predicted that a 9-3 Texas team (meaning one more loss, presumably to UGA or A&M) would not keep us out of the playoffs.  You even called people "mongoloids" for thinking a 10-2 Miami team might get in over a 9-3 Texas team.

Well, look where we are, and who is the likelier "mongoloid"?

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2 hours ago, Goredho said:

So you were basically a Florida loss away from being correct?

Yes.  While everyone else was predicting somewhere between 5-7 and 7-5 all over the place.  That's what's wild.  Me- we are going to win like 10 games and be favored in all but georgia. Reality, we won 9 games and were favored in all but georgia and aggy.

 

Everyone else.  Hurr durr we are going to win 5 or 6, 7 absolute max and you are a fucking idiot.  


We go 9-3 and I'm way closer to reality than the people who were the reason I started the thread- boy aren't you a fucking idiot. You missed out by 1 whole game. 

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4 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Your post launching this thread had nothing to do with arguing against doomsday predictions that we would crater.  You specifically predicted that a 9-3 Texas team (meaning one more loss, presumably to UGA or A&M) would not keep us out of the playoffs.  You even called people "mongoloids" for thinking a 10-2 Miami team might get in over a 9-3 Texas team.

Well, look where we are, and who is the likelier "mongoloid"?

Dude- we are talking about a different thread. Not this one at all. Goes back to the thread after ohio state. Fuck- be a prick if you want but try basic fucking reading comprehension.

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43 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

Probably 90% of the board had us 10-2 with losses to OSU and UGA.  Leave it to wulaw to make it all about himself.

GO read that thread again.  There were all sorts of predictions of 5-7 to 7-5. Not even remotely close to what the prevailing opinion was on this team in September.  Leave it to fudge to distort reality to take a pot shot. ALso- if you don't like it don't click on the thread I started. Oh noes, I post essentially on a thread on mortgage, the Astros threads and a couple threads I start which has my opinions on it that I talk about with other people. I probably have posted on less than 10 threads I haven't created in 6 months.  What an attention whore!

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1 minute ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Dude- we are talking about a different thread. Not this one at all. Goes back to the thread after ohio state. Fuck- be a prick if you want but try basic fucking reading comprehension.

That's not lost on me, but try reading things a bit yourself.  You called people "mongoloids" for thinking 10-2 Miami might be ahead of 9-3 Texas.  Care to address my fucking point?

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2 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

GO read that thread again.  There were all sorts of predictions of 5-7 to 7-5. Not even remotely close to what the prevailing opinion was on this team in September.  Leave it to fudge to distort reality to take a pot shot. 

People said the same thing after Georgia last year. This board is, uh, reactionary to say the least.

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We are the biggest name on the bubble and bitching about whether we should be a 12th seed or not.  News flash, this isn't a new problem to college playoffs.  The 65th team in the men and women's NCAA basketball tournament has had similar gripes for a long ass time.

The players and coaches kind of fucked around for a big part of the year.  Now they are finding out.  Don't do your best Amber Heard impersonation against a Florida on your schedule, and this is a non issue.  I kind of think it's in this program's best interests for players and coaches to have to learn that lesson vs be absolved from it.  Don't just show up next year ill prepared for the first half of the season and you won't have to degrade yourself whining for a spot at the end of it.  It will have been earned on the field.

And before you neg my ass for being right, realize that by assuming Texas is out, I probably just guaranteed the committee of dunces will find a way to put them in.  You are welcome.

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24 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:
47 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:
This.  I don't see why people think expanding the field will fix the problem.  It's like saying there's too much traffic on I-10 so let's just make more lanes (what up Katy).  

Expanding the field absolutely fixes the problem though. We went from 2 to 4 to 12. Get it even higher and the playoff committee becomes meaningless as any good team is getting in.

The committee will never become meaningless. The committee only becomes meaningless when there isn’t one; when a structure of divisions or conferences is setup with everyone understanding black and white wins and losses criteria before the first snap of fall practice.

Hours and hours are spent every March arguing about decisions the basketball committee makes about teams slotted ~64th-72 (likely soon to be expanded to ~96-100). And every so often one of those last teams in ( #11 seed NC State in 2024, #11 seed Virginia Commonwealth in 2011) makes it to within arms reach of playing for the championship.

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