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2. Agree as long as it is not a 15+ point victory by either team they should not drop much in the rankings. 3. Oklahoma is not the Oklahoma of old, and Michigan has a True Frosh QB. Regardless these are the two (SEC vs. BIG) to use as a measuring stick early this season.

I had been thinking about a what could go wrong thread.. essentially my thoughts were similar to what you mentioned. Arch is still experienced and it is simply unreasonable to expect him to play like a seasoned veteran like what Peyton and Eli were in their senior years. He will likely turn the ball over. The OL is clearly vulnerable given lack of time to gel. The run game could falter if we can’t run inside with wisner and Baxter can’t produce enough agility to make the first guy miss. Oh and we need to figure out a way to corral the best receiver in college football again.. this time without the Thorpe award winner. my hope is that we can pressure sayin enough to not allow the receivers to break free and stop the run with out experienced and fresh tackles. I feel good that we will have success but there are too many offensive questions for me to think we are scoring a lot of points in this game.

Checking in from Glastonbury, Connecticut. Hook'Em

Last year Texas was down to pretty much 2 RBs and a QB that didn't have the skillset to run. This year, Texas has it's full stable of backs along with a QB that will take off and is pretty fast at that. Go ahead and play a 3 front and get gashed. If the O-line can't create holes against a 3 man front, Texas is in worse shape than what we've been sold.

"Better athletes"? Overall I think both teams are very athletic some better than others depending on position group. I think we will be able to run the ball if they sell out to that alignment. We also have a mobile QB and so they will be prone to the scramble if they commit everyone to pass defense, unlike last year. I think we will be OK.

Ahh I wouldn't dive too deep in it. Their schemes and players are good, so are ours. Pretty evenly distributed sets of concerns for both teams. Hopefully we just flat out execute them.

1. We’ll have to agree to disagree. 2. Texas losing on the road in Columbus wouldn’t constitute anybody being “mocked”- you’re the favorite in the game. 3. Beating an Oklahoma team that has struggled consistently under Venables isn’t really a benchmark for B1G/SEC prowess.

A premise was advanced on another Texas site about an idea that Patricia might use to stop Texas. I was actually thinking that we were going to handily take care of business in Columbus. Now I'm not as confident. 1) We have a new O-Line. We are a little banged up at Tackle. 2) We have a new QB that likes to throw downfield. 3) At least last year, our running game kindof stalled against tough defenses. If Ohio State played 3 down and dropped 8, (Iowa State flyover) and forced Texas to beat them running the ball, could we do it? Ohio State has better athletes. It might work. What do y'all think?

This man knows his history! +1

You need to think about him wearing jorts and a Bobby Hoying jersey, maybe Andy Katzenmoyer and any perspective after that makes sense.

This is also the deepest the B1G has ever been. Either way, it’ll be settled on the field. I think LSU is certainly losing at Clemson. If Texas isn’t able to pull the upset in Columbus, it’s looking like another year of the SEC being mocked. If Michigan is able to pull off the upset in Norman, oooof

I doubt he would let OSU know that our starting Left Tackle is possibly out for the game.

Again. You know as well as I that talking about one year in college football doesn’t mean much of anything for the next year. *pre-season rankings are so bogus in college football. I still do not see how you think the middle of the B1G is thicker than the middle of the SEC. By all accounts, this is the deepest the SEC has been in a long time. I’d argue the B1G is the top-heaviest league there is in the major divisions.

Delete this! 😉

In fairness to my prediction, Vegas has Ohio State’s o/u at 24.5. I don’t think it is unreasonable to think Ohio State gets a couple field goals or a short field touchdown off a turnover to get to 30-31 points.

“We held Trevor,” Sarkisian said after Monday morning’s practice. “We’ll probably limit him for a couple days, but he'll be fine. So, I'm very comfortable with that one.” - Austin American-Statesman Not just "comfortable", but Sarkisian was "very comfortable" after practice on Monday that Goosby "will be fine".

“2024 Michigan was a mess” Yes, that is kind of our point. Michigan still beat Alabama.

“He’s still not 100%” In my humble opinion, Ohio State’s interior defensive line has an advantage over Texas’ IOL.

In my opinion that wasn’t a “cheap” screen, it was a horrible defensive play call for that moment.

2025 Alabama is better than the last few years and 2023 Michigan cheated and 2024 Michigan was a mess. So I don’t think it’s “abandoning reason” to say that I think Alabama would beat them this year.

I thought I knew everything there was to know about that season, but Take it to the Storm was new to me. Surprises me zero that Ramonce is mentioned on that though, have a feeling he had a few trips to the storm. 😂

Oklahoma State and Kansas were both challenging games that year.

2001 Miami front 7 or OSU 2025 front seven 🤔🤔🤔

Perceptions are very interesting. As an opposing fan, I don’t know much about your backups from last year. I don’t know any team as well as my own. So I do make reference to 3rd party sources. PFF tells a different story than what you’re telling. I do agree that Ohio State and Texas put capable players out on the field at every position. This year will be no different. With Curry as the example, last year when on the field, he was an afterthought. And as a part time player, he could approach the game with a narrower focus. That’s potentially all different. Same for your other guys. They may be playing the same position but a much different role. Contrast that to Collin Simmons for Texas last year. He didn’t need to start. We had a front 4 with tons of time in the program. Sorrell and Collins over 1,000 snaps. Burke about 500 and Broughton around 800. So he could slide in and play his game. Burke our new starter at DE has the equivalent experience of a 1 year starter. So as you lose Ransom and Hancock that’s 3,500 snaps. You really aren’t replacing them with guys with significant reps in your system. I couldn’t find a good depth chart on your defense, but your two backup Safeties logged about 400 plays between them. Contrast that with our “new” starters this year that have more snaps than those two combined. And one of those missed 2/3rds of the season. It may not matter but our defensive philosophy relative to yours is that we’re less dependent on a few guys. The talent levels are likely comparable. You are not just replacing guys that were returning starters from the prior year I’d wager that in terms of true game experience they had a rare amount of play time. Over 10,000 snaps.

Agreed. Happened in the Rose Bowl against Michigan