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I have no clue on the amount of money a early match up makes versus one playoff game. Mow add two playoff games versus one opening season game. The bean counters will count and that will be the decision. Money /tv revenue trumps all

Still a 15 day window starting 5 days after a new coach is hired. Sounds like Ole Miss already started talking to other coaches so they probably have 1 or 2 candidates they like.

Yeah it was definitely that and not a Heisman candidate getting hurt on an undefeated team

The 30 day window no longer exists under the new portal rules.

We have the opportunity to finish with 10+ wins and end the season in the AP Top 10. A 10+ win season and Top 10 finish fits in with the majority of the previous AP Preseason No. 1 resumes listed above. It was a season of growth and I enjoyed the journey.

NCAA tournament selection show today 5pm central ESPN

Texas is hosting Penn at 1pm SEC+ network

Can we have Ryan Williams (he doesn’t seem happy)

So Saban and Smart are the baseline? My friend, you have the gift of hind site (which CDC doesn't) on this one. Who would you have hired that would have equaled Saban or Smart? (not so easy is it?)

Or we could just win the games we are supposed to win such as Florida.

Maybe I’m mistaken, I thought I seen that he was told her was there by a recruit but ended up not actually being there? Or did it change again my bad lol?

Hey Gerry, will the recruits know what staff members will be retained in the next few days you think? Same goes with Corey Raymond, recruits love him

Texas got some great wins this year. They just didnt get it done in the loss column this year.

Good point. Especially South Carolina vs. Clemson. I lived in SC and that is a huge rivalry. I think putting the top 12 teams (with no automatic qualifiers period) cures everything. But I would still avoid scheduling Blue Blood OOC games even if we went to that format. I'd rather see Texas and Texas A&M schedule in state only OOC games. One Big 12 (Tech, Baylor, TCU, Houston or SMU) in state opponent and 2 in state cupcakes. Oklahoma could play Oklahoma state and two cupcakes. That would be a way to enforce conference superiority perceptions for the ranking committees. And for God's sake, schedule some of those OOC toward the end of the season.

If the entire coaching staff is gutted why should they make the playoffs??

Reading some of the posts this weekend and wow, there are some crazy extreme perspectives out there. Anyone feeling this morning that the season has been a ‘complete waist’ after likely not making the playoffs (even though we beat OU and A&M by double digits and improved by a mile from Sept to Nov)….. We all have a right to feel what we feel but damn, imo, that doom and gloom outlook is insane. Thinking about the journey the past 5 months (going back to the summer), I couldn’t be more proud to be a Texas Longhorn and a TexasEx (class of 93). Of course it’s disappointing the Horns likely won’t make the playoffs this season. They were the only team to make it the prior two seasons back to back. Even Georgia, Bama and Ohio State all missed the playoffs in one of the past 2 seasons. Here’s how I look at it. We suffered through misery from 2010 to 2022, following a great decade of football under Mac. In my years, Gardere was magical against OU but A&M was typically the tougher team back then. We had up/down years through the 90s. After getting past the Applewhite / Simms drama (and several fun years with big games but always being reminded OU and Stoops owned us), we had an incredible run of seasons from 2003 till 2009 with Vince and Colt. McCoy really came into his own his 3rd year starting (that 2008 season) but there were growing pains for Colt along the way. Then Mac’s 2010 season began the decline and we suffered through his last 3 seasons followed by Charlie Strong’s rotating door of coaches and Tom ‘the binder’ Herman. A 12 year drought that completely sucked. Now, Sark has us recruiting at an elite level YOY, we have a solid / stable coaching staff (possibly needing a couple upgrades) and our team has the athleticism, fight and character consistently each season that has been rare around the 40 acres. Following 2 seasons back to back where we sent the all time 2yr record number of players into the NFL with 25 and being the only team in CFB to make the CFP semi-finals in the past 2 seasons, we have ‘fans’ who are now declaring this season a ‘complete waist’ after going 9-3 and more importantly, a team that showed incredible grit and solid improvement, especially on offense, through the season. That second half against A&M was a thing of beauty by the offense and defense, led by a lot of young players who are likely all coming back next season. Our young players grew up a lot this fall and showed incredible character. Other pre-season Top 10 favorites like Penn State, Clemson, LSU and Florida all collapsed under the pressure and lost their fight after weaknesses were exposed. Texas weaknesses got exposed early in the season, the talking heads all went for blood like sharks in the water. Instead of collapsing under the weight of all the scrutiny, our Horns grew closer/ stronger as a team, fighting to improve one day at a time. Arch showed nothing but class and a fight that we didn’t know he had. How many other 5-star QBs have flamed out over the years and never come close to reaching their hype? Arch pushed through and looked like a completely different player since Miss St magical 4Qtr comeback. I can’t wait to see what he brings next season. We all can agree there were maddening moments on the field this fall (UF and Kentucky top the list). I think about the players and what they must have felt during those games. But our team kept fighting. No quit. And that second half of the A&M game was the culmination….Friday night was a master class in character, grit and coaching adjustments by a team worth celebrating. Lots of reasons to be fired up for our Horns and look forward to what’s ahead. Hook em!! 🐂🧡🤘🏼

The funny thing this year is they could get 2 spots haha. I think the BCS rule was fantastic about g5 teams and that being you had to be in the top 16

I think a lot of people realize the fact that out of the entire projected field, Texas has already beat 3 of the teams. Add on the fact that on a neutral site they are probably favored over another 4 or 5. Anybody not named Georgia or Ohio st.

And my guess with the teams that will get left out this year including Texas will be pushing for it all offseason. The G5 being guaranteed a spot has to be addressed.

100% agree. We shouldn't have lost to Florida. And we also got handled by Georgia very recently. Just not our year to be in.

Now that ole Miss isn’t in the CCG there’s no reason not to.

I think tough non conference opponent game like Ohio St should be on a year to year basis until we get to 16 CFP teams. So I would absolutely cancel or reschedule the Ohio State game to another year when we think the CFP will be at 16 teams. Just my opinion

Tough win against non conference Alabama got us in a couple years ago.

That would make sense, especially if the Big 2 have four or more spots each.

Posted in another thread but we’re giving ourselves little room for error with sec moving to 9 conference games. But it will be the typical Texas fan expectation of being happy to make the playoffs when we do but not demanding it