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With a 9 game SEC schedule, we will get plenty of big matchups. Get the big 12 and ACC on the phone or schedule cellar dwellers from the Big 10.

And? Still didn't win it til year 6. What is hilarious is this time last year after OSU lost to Michigan amd had 2 losses almost every OSU fan wanted Day gone. Sounds familiar to our fans the last few weeks. LOL.

How about make it easier for yourself. Texas hasn’t won crap. “we are Texas” BS that CDC has is holding us back I hate that Cali prick

Doesn't matter. Still wasn't good enough.

4 team playoff

So this isn’t college anymore this is semi pro. Win the game you are supposed to we need to stop with the playoffs it ain’t happening and enough threads on it like come on have common sense

Day and Kirby played for a national title in year 2

I think when I mention “development” years… we are beyond that. I understand you can’t win a natty every year but teams that recruit like we do (Bama, UGA, Ohio State) don’t have developmental years in Year 5. Playoffs or bust every year. CDC is the issue IMO.

Day and Kirby didn't win it all until year 6. Georgia missed the playoffs in 2023. Day and OSU also missed the playoffs in 2023 which was his 5th year so yeah he was rebuilding.

This needs to change, we need our expectations to be higher than ever. Not settling for what we have achieved in the last few years.

picking a citrus bowl vs usc 20 years later Yo

Even more so given we are going to 9 conference games.

Agree. The goal is to make the playoffs, not to have the toughest regular season schedule.

I hear you. But my point is assuming Texas was gonna win the natty knowing what was being replaced is just unrealistic in my eyes . I expected to at least be in the final 4, maybe even get to the title game. But Ohio st was always the team to beat and have shown no reason to think otherwise

Weak and in playoffs > Strong out of playoffs.

Not necessarily. I would like them to go back to the BCS formula. The BCS formula was explicitly designed to incorporate strength of schedule (SOS) as a key component alongside human polls and a penalty for each loss. "Quality Wins" Bonus: Later iterations of the formula added a bonus for beating top-15 teams, further rewarding teams that challenged themselves. Mitigating Penalties: Playing a hard schedule meant that a loss against a "team of substance" was not punished as severely as a loss to a weak team. Strength of Schedule Component: Teams were ranked 1 through 115 (at the time) based on the winning percentages of their opponents and their opponents' opponents. A team's rank in this category contributed to their overall BCS score (lower score was better, like golf). Key Example: 2007 LSU Tigers The 2007 college football season is the most famous instance where the traditional emphasis on an unblemished record was overturned by the BCS system's flexibility. LSU's Record: LSU finished the regular season with two losses. The Outcome: The Tigers were selected to play for the national championship and ultimately won the BCS National Championship, the first and only two-loss team ever to do so in the BCS era.

This is preseason. Don’t move the goal posts Did Kirby or Day have “development” years in year 5.

As long as there has been CFB, your win loss record is what counts first and foremost, not strength of schedule. Then, with all things being equal, whose name is the most famous moves to the front of the line such as Notre Dame first, Ohio State second, then perhaps Bama. There is a pecking order. But strength of schedule means very little. Check out BYU’s national championship or Georgia Tech’s UPI’s 91 NC vs Colorado’s, even the coaches leaned toward GT win-loss record vs CU playing a greatb non-conference schedule. 1st

Find me one mod on this site that predicted Texas to win the national title this season. If you expected a natty after Florida, or really even after the non conference schedule performances, you have unrealistic expectations.

It would be a smart and a strong message to the selection committee and TV execs. Rewarding teams for playing weak non conference schedules is not smart. We either do the same or be considered idiots.

Everyone expected a natty

You might have expected a natty, not much of anybody else here did. Now I expected the playoffs no doubt. But natty? That’s 2026.

I'd rather Texas be weak and timid according to folks if it means Texas is in the playoffs.

Dude will end up between 290-300... probably a top 3 round type pick. His hands are good already... he just has to get better coming off the ball and not relying on his athletic abilities to bail him out. Is he an early enrollee?

What’s weak is not seeing the situation for what it is and adapting. Stupidity is a weakness and it’s stupid to schedule games with only downside and no real upside