Cancel Ohio State Immediately

[PrisonMike]

3 hours ago, wosmustangs1979 said:

I know that many will disagree. That’s why this site exists - to dialogue. Texas needs to focus clearly on one thing - The Playoffs. Period. It’s not about being scared. One less loss is all that matters. It’s fun and exciting to open the season with a NAME. We all get that. But, the ROI simply is not there. When our name does not show up in the bracket next Sunday, it will sting bad. This is avoidable with a strategic aim at what is more important. The SEC is a gauntlet enough. 
 

CDC - drop the game. It’s the smarter thing to do. I’ll trade that shiny game for the playoffs. This seems simple. Drop it!

Hook ‘Em 

I agree.  Take their money makers away and they’ll learn their lesson.  

[wosmustangs1979]

Yep - try missing the playoffs over this. 

[hookem1014]

Get rid of the auto G5 bid. This isn’t March Madness. Respect to their seasons but those teams will never go on a Cinderella run in the CFP….

[Class of 04]

3 hours ago, DanielOnorato said:

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.

Valid point.  https://masseyratings.com/cf/fbs/ratings

[uthorn1374]

5 hours ago, GoHorns1 said:

That would be weak and timid which isn’t the Texas way.

Well we’re sitting with our pride at home watching Notre dame beat up on cupcakes and in the playoff.  These high level games cause injuries.