I want Texas in the Gator Bowl

[CHorn427]

26 minutes ago, Jeff Howe said:

The SEC essentially assigns their bowl teams to certain games. At last check, I’m expecting Texas to be in the Citrus Bowl if the Longhorns don’t make the CFP.

I think the Citrus is tier one by itself and gets first dibs. So that would be why we’re there.
 

There are multiple tier 2 SEC tied in bowls and I think SEC has say in those which teams they assign to those

[CHorn427]

2 hours ago, MBHORNSFAN said:

With opt outs etc these bowl games are nothing more than an NFL type preseason game. The only positive is the extra practices for the young players.  Expand the playoffs to 16 with a couple play in games and lets roll..

The annoying thing is Michigan will probably have way fewer opt outs than us. Same crap happened when they played Bama. Same for the 2022 UW game

But we’ll have to hear it forever if we lose to Michigan.

This is the last opportunity for this Michigan team to get a ranked win this season

[CHorn427]

The more I think about it, the more I really want Texas to opt out of a bowl unless it’s ND or Miami

[MarkInAustin]

3 hours ago, CHorn427 said:

The more I think about it, the more I really want Texas to opt out of a bowl unless it’s ND or Miami

The Bowl game is an exhibition that allows for multiple weeks of practice for the returning players, some of whom have not played significant minutes.  It does not matter if Texas wins, although we would prefer that outcome.  It only matters that returning offensive linemen who haven't played get to work out together for two or three weeks.  Win or lose, seeing the "new": interior linemen, say Kibble, Cruz, and Brooks, working smartly together as a unit would be worth it to our team.  Seeing them screw up again and again would be a lesson, as well.

We get to watch and learn.

[CHorn427]

6 minutes ago, MarkInAustin said:

The Bowl game is an exhibition that allows for multiple weeks of practice for the returning players, some of whom have not played significant minutes.  It does not matter if Texas wins, although we would prefer that outcome.  It only matters that returning offensive linemen who haven't played get to work out together for two or three weeks.  Win or lose, seeing the "new": interior linemen, say Kibble, Cruz, and Brooks, working smartly together as a unit would be worth it to our team.  Seeing them screw up again and again would be a lesson, as well.

We get to watch and learn.

With as illogical as the CFP committee is, they will probably use a Texas loss to Michigan in a bowl game this year as a tiebreaker next year should it come to that. 

[CHorn427]

7 minutes ago, MarkInAustin said:

The Bowl game is an exhibition that allows for multiple weeks of practice for the returning players, some of whom have not played significant minutes.  It does not matter if Texas wins, although we would prefer that outcome.  It only matters that returning offensive linemen who haven't played get to work out together for two or three weeks.  Win or lose, seeing the "new": interior linemen, say Kibble, Cruz, and Brooks, working smartly together as a unit would be worth it to our team.  Seeing them screw up again and again would be a lesson, as well.

We get to watch and learn.

More seriously, a loss by Texas in a bowl game, especially to a sorry team like Michigan, WILL be used as justification for their exclusion in the CFP. Even if 50% of our team opts out while 100% of Michigan's team opts in. Happened to Bama in 2024 and FSU in 2023. 

[MarkInAustin]

17 minutes ago, CHorn427 said:

More seriously, a loss by Texas in a bowl game, especially to a sorry team like Michigan, WILL be used as justification for their exclusion in the CFP. Even if 50% of our team opts out while 100% of Michigan's team opts in. Happened to Bama in 2024 and FSU in 2023. 

So what?

[chennups]

ND will be in the CFP.  travesty.

[CHorn427]

46 minutes ago, MarkInAustin said:

So what?

I would rather the talking heads to not have that talking point. First off, I don't want to hear it. Secondly, whether you think so or not (you'd have to have your head buried in sand to not), people have biases against Texas and narratives that they're just waiting to be "proven right" (while ignoring any data that conflicts). Current and future committee members are NOT immune to developing biases. Yeah, past season results are not part of what is explicitly written in the selection criteria. I think you would be a fool to think that they don't look for things like bowl outcomes to justify the decisions they make in rankings. And whether they feel like they made a mistake in a prior year COULD theoretically make them think twice the next year. 

On top of that, I do think post bowl rankings matter. I would love for Texas to have 10 wins and be ranked in the final top 10 at the end of the season. Which could happen if we play #10 ND or even #11 in a bowl game and beat them. It won't happen by beating #19 Michigan. Every positive data point matters to this program and therefore matters to me. Being able to say "we finished in the top 10 the last three years" sounds a lot better to me than saying "we finished in the top 10 in 2023 and 2024 but not 2025". So yes, I think preserving the possibility of finishing in the top 10 matters, whether you think it does or not. 

[CHorn427]

20 minutes ago, chennups said:

ND will be in the CFP.  travesty.

Not if BYU wins tomorrow. Which I know is low odds, but I'm holding out hope and rooting for it.