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I really want us to land him, Meredith, Fakatou, Brock Williams, Garor, Swanson and Royal. Anything else on top of these guys would be gravy.

Texas' highly ranked teams need to at least hold serve - Softball being #2 rank is a lot of estimated points, same with baseball at #6.

Since the playoffs have been a hot topic of late, let's see what the ultimate professionalization of CFB looks like: National College Football League (NCFL) – an NFL-mirrored 32-team college football league and playoff format. Selected Top 32 Programs. These are chosen based on a blend of all-time success (winning percentage, national titles, AP rankings history), recent performance (including Indiana’s 2025 national championship), fanbase size/TV value, facilities, and sustained competitiveness. This creates a closed, elite league with no promotion/relegation (just like the NFL). All the other programs fall into DII because...who cares. Alabama Crimson Tide Auburn Tigers Boise State Broncos BYU Cougars Clemson Tigers Florida Gators Florida State Seminoles Georgia Bulldogs Indiana Hoosiers Iowa Hawkeyes LSU Tigers Miami (FL) Hurricanes Michigan Wolverines Missouri Tigers Nebraska Cornhuskers Notre Dame Fighting Irish Ohio State Buckeyes Oklahoma Sooners Oklahoma State Cowboys Ole Miss Rebels Oregon Ducks Penn State Nittany Lions TCU Horned Frogs Tennessee Volunteers Texas A&M Aggies Texas Longhorns Texas Tech Red Raiders USC Trojans Utah Utes Virginia Cavaliers Washington Huskies Wisconsin Badgers League Structure (Exact NFL Mirror) 32 teams divided into 2 conferences of 16 teams each: American Football Conference (AFC) and National Football Conference (NFC). Each conference has 4 divisions (East, North, South, West) of exactly 4 teams each. Divisions are aligned geographically where possible while preserving major rivalries (e.g., Michigan–Ohio State, Alabama–Auburn–Georgia–Florida) and balancing competitive strength. AFC Divisions East: Clemson Tigers, Florida State Seminoles, Miami (FL) Hurricanes, Virginia Cavaliers North: Michigan Wolverines, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Notre Dame Fighting Irish South: Alabama Crimson Tide, Auburn Tigers, Florida Gators, Georgia Bulldogs West: LSU Tigers, Oklahoma Sooners, Texas Longhorns, Texas A&M Aggies NFC Divisions East: Indiana Hoosiers, Oklahoma State Cowboys, TCU Horned Frogs, Utah Utes North: Iowa Hawkeyes, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Wisconsin Badgers, Missouri Tigers South: Ole Miss Rebels, Tennessee Volunteers, BYU Cougars, Boise State Broncos West: Oregon Ducks, USC Trojans, Washington Huskies, Texas Tech Red Raiders Regular Season Format (Mirrors NFL) 17-game schedule per team (exact NFL length). Every team plays its 3 division opponents twice (home-and-away = 6 games). Remaining games rotate among intra-conference and inter-conference opponents (just like NFL scheduling formulas). College scheduling constraints (academics, bowl tie-ins) would be restructured for this closed league; conference championship games are replaced by the NFL-style playoff seeding. Playoff Format (Exact NFL Mirror – 14-team playoff) 7 teams qualify per conference (total 14-team postseason): The 4 division winners (seeded 1–4 based on record). The 3 wild-card teams (best non-division winners, seeded 5–7). First round (Wild Card): Lower seeds (5 vs. 4, 6 vs. 3, 7 vs. 2) play single-elimination games. Top seed in each conference gets a bye. Divisional round: Winners advance; higher seeds host. Conference Championship: Two games (AFC and NFC). NCFL Championship Game (the “College Super Bowl”): AFC champion vs. NFC champion at a neutral site (rotating or fixed like SoFi Stadium/Las Vegas). This format keeps the drama of NFL playoffs while giving the top 32 programs a true pro-style structure with balanced divisions, protected rivalries, and a clear path to a national title. It would revolutionize college football by creating stability, massive TV revenue, and an NFL-like product while retiring the chaotic current bowl/playoff system for these elite programs.

If Florida has the OL ... can see them inning 7/8 games Missouri is interesting ... not sure how they can be as good on D this year. But reality with Drink is if he doesn't lose 1st and 2nd team QB's to injury last year he wins 10 games or more for a third straight season and three straight top 25 finishes If Hardy can't play this season, tough to see that level of W's in 2026

Michael Dickson and DeShon Elliott will receive some looks for the pre-Sark era.

UCLA and Florida are basically out of it at this point. UNC is more of a threat for 3rd place than Florida at this point. Stanford will most likely score within 25 points in either direction of their current ranking - 1225-1275. Texas has a much broader range, anywhere from 1215 to 1375. A lot of dominoes would have to fall in Stanford's favor for things to get interesting, but we of course must wait for the on the field action to play out.

absolutely!

Came across this idea on the r/CFB thread earlier today and wanted to share it: How many for sure College Football Hall of Famers would you consider to be waiting for their induction from the Texas Longhorns over the last ten years? You could even condense it to just the Sark era – probably what it come down to most likely anyways. The requirements to make the CFB HOF as a former player: Must be a First-Team All-American (NCAA recognized), 10+ seasons removed from college, played within the last 50 years (with Veteran Committee exceptions), and not currently in the pros. *** 1. Bijan Robinson 2. Kelvin Banks 3. T'Vondre Sweat 4. Jahdae Barron 5. Michael Taaffe 6. Colin Simmons ... eventually 7. Xavier Worthy (?) Let me know what you think.

Teams ranked 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 23 and 28 failed to advance. Texas has their sites on a top 5 finish so these teams don't exactly make that much easier - but it does slightly decrease the overall competition to advance to match play.

I will post some pics when I get home tonight. Daughter is big into hockey and pulled a Matthew Schaefer Young Gun a couple of weekends ago and I got a Schaefer orange dazzler today. Already had a Celebrini Young Gun. I mostly grab Bowman 1st baseball cards and have a bunch of those in chrome and have about 8-10k coming in the paper form by the end of the week. Should have quite a few McGonigle and Griffin 1sts among them. I will buy random Texas Longhorn stuff when it comes up. Got some good ones recently. Just got a Skenes Chrome 1st that I’m pretty excited about. I’ll post a bunch of pics tonight.

2029 DL from Crosby (Texas) 6-3, 290 Texas Tech has also offered. Freshman film: https://www.hudl.com/video/3/27276349/69f26a5b5a4240af4e668e35

Women's golf regionals finished up today, mostly going chalk in terms of which schools qualify for NCAAs (UT women won by 11 strokes in regional at UNC, Stanford won by 38 at home), with one significant DC-relevant exception. In the Tallahassee regional, a Kentucky golfer holed out for eagle on the 18th hole which caused Kentucky to jump over 15th-ranked UCLA by one shot for the 5th and final qualifying spot there. UCLA drops 19.5 points from their projection in women's golf with no potential to improve. Final 30 includes 10 SEC schools - OU, Vandy, MsSt failed to advance.

Thanks Jeff 👍🏻

I'm a buyer on Florida this year. Out on Tennessee and Missouri.

Must be nice... I had season tickets for the past 11 seasons straight since graduating from Texas. Been to all Texas OU games, recent playoff games, etc. Due to unexpected circumstances, I couldn't afford to renew my season tickets for last season. I was hoping my loyalty points over the years would help my position in the waiting list for this year's season tickets. Called consistently the past few months and reached out to CDC through social media... Texas and CDC's response... was donate more money and MAYBE you can move up the waiting list. Their recommended amount to donate was over $2000 just to move up the list. I had a feeling it wasn't going to work out in my favor, but I donated the $2000+ anyways. I guess loyalty really doesn't matter unless you donate several thousands. The cherry on top was Texas emailing me thank you supporting Texas athletics and that my donation is non-refundable and to try again next season.

Patterson does not have North Carolina on his list - no bias

Maybe the best part is if not for a random screen grab, no one would know except your friends. CDC did the right thing because it was the right thing. Sometimes, leadership is not hard to describe.

Maybe, but I doubt it. They might try Bing again. I wouldn't be surprised if, in a fourth starter role needed for an elimination game in a regional, they went with someone like Leffew as an opener and it would be a bullpen game from there.

Awesome. Love the Ricky. I got a few volantis cards like this with auto.

Love it!! 🧡🤘🏼🐂

Tennessee, Missouri, and Florida are all extremely overrated

I love this schedule. I love watching longhorn football. I love it even more when we’re playing games that matter, not where the outcome is 99% determined before kickoff. I’d much rather have entire season of meaningful and challenging games to watch than to coast our way through boring cupcake after cupcake for three months just to boost CFP odds. Thankfully we’re not Notre Dame. We’re a top team with the toughest schedule, This is what being a fan is all about. Bring it on!

BRING IT ON

Insightful article, thanks Gerry. I follow OSU as my mom got her graduate degrees, my brother wrestled there, and I went to high school in NE OK. I found it particularly interesting the low number of players that transferred out to other power 4 schools. Shows how the talent level had fallen there.