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Which makes regular season and final season rankings more important. The first two rounds should give big home field advantage to the teams that had best regular season imo.

DKR capacity at 100,119 latest I’ve seen. In past couple years, we’ve set all-time record for attendance. https://texaslonghorns.com/facilities/dkr-texas-memorial-stadium/1#crowds

I loved having playoff game last year at home against Clemson. Forget random location tier 3 bowl games. Much prefer playing at campus stadiums. Better atmosphere, more fan friendly, imo.

Respectfully disagree. Look at Men’s Basketball (68) and Baseball (64) for references to EOY Championship Tournaments that feel too diluted but still great tournaments. 24 is the right number for football longterm, imo. Makes full season even more relevant for larger number of schools. On same topic…..Old school bowl games are completely dead. Meaningless. They need to die. Everyone playing to win one of Top 8 seeds for first round bye in this 24-team model. Everyone outside top 24, consider having a second tier tournament, rather than bowl games. Similar to NIT. Whether it stays at 12 or grows to 16 or 24, I’m loving the new expanded playoff format that started last season. Hook em!! 🧡🙏🏼🐂

In model proposed, this year…Texas would still have shot at AQ spot with A&M win and likely host round 1 against 3rd or 4th best from Big 12 / ACC.

Liked a lot of Joel Klatt’s take in support of 24 Team format. Gaining support from college commissioners (starting with Big 10). It would make December even better than it already is for CFP imo. A quick summary of points (my twists on top of Klatt’s overall framework). https://youtu.be/FcIHsfqD4YI 1. Eliminate conf championship games. Use regular season conf records (and tie breakers) to name conf champs. 2. Each of Big 4 conferences get 4 AQ based on conference rules (conf record, head to head, common opponents, etc) 3. ND automatic if Top 20 plus 5th Conf Champ. 4. With 18 Teams locked (17 if ND outside Top 20), the remaining 6 spots at large based on CFP committee voting. This year that likely would have meant 4 more spots SEC and 2 more for Big 10. 5. CFP Committee determines seeding with heavy emphasis on SoS, SoR, Quality Wins, (motivates tier1 non conf matchups in Sept) 6. Tuesday following final season games is big announcement of 24-team bracket by CFP Committee. Second Saturday in Dec is first round of playoffs hosted by 9-16. Top 8 teams get a bye. 7. Third weekend of December is Round 2 of CFP hosted by teams ranked 1-8 against winners of round 1. 8. Quarterfinals played at 4 Big Bowl Traditional sites on NewYears (1 game NYE and 3 on NYD). Same as current format. Love it. NewYears back to being spectacular for CFP. 9. semifinals and championship continue as is. Not broken. Why fix? Love this model for lots of reasons, most importantly: 1) Eliminates conf championship games which are becoming more punitive (champs all lost first round CFP last season) 2) Two rounds of home games hosted at universities. Both rounds have predictable locations for advanced planning. 3) Allows for heavier inclusion from SEC / Big 10 with at 6 large but keeps heavy emphasis on conference play with 4 AQ per conf. Also, this model rewards playing big boy game in Sept. This model makes Big12 and ACC more relevant for stability and stop trend of ongoing realignment. 4) Most of all, it rewards teams getting better through the season and keeps lots of teams interested all season. Texas is a good example, could come in at 14, host round 1 but on positive trajectory headed into Dec. Hook em!! 🧡🐂🤘🏼

#12 2-loss Utah down by 10 with 3 mins to play against KSU last night, we didn’t need that f’ing comeback to happen. Ridiculous int by Kansas St w 49 secs left. Our odds looked a lot better with the Utes out of the pic. Georgia Tech and USC losses help. Expect we’ll be at #15 this Tuesday. We need to beat A&M in convincing beat down fashion (36-20) then we need some serious help over next 2 weeks. Tennessee over Vandy plus either LSU over OU or Auburn over A&M (or both) then we need to jump Utah and BYU based on SOR, SOS, Quality Wins over OU, Vandy, A&M. Would either of those Big12 teams have beaten Georgia or OSU? Of course not. Guranteed to make CFP……..OSU, IU, A&M, Georgia, ND, TTU, Miss, Ore plus ACC Champ and next highest ranked conf champion (that last one is a joke). That means 10 spots are virtually locked. If OU and Bama both win next Saturday over LSU and Auburn, hard to see path for Texas. If OU or Bama get upset (preferably both), we have legit shot at last spot in, especially if Vandy loses to Tenn. Odds of these dominoes falling right feels less than 10% but it will make for fun next 2 weeks. Hook em!! 🙏🏼🤘🏼🐂🧡

Sticking with my prediction Texas - 30 v Geirgia - 20 Hook em!! 🧡🤘🏼🐂

I was initially opposed to idea of 24 team playoff bracket but I’m liking it more and more, thinking about first 2 rounds of games played at college campuses. Joel Klatt did a nice overview a couple weeks back, 1-8 get a first round bye and each host 2nd round. 9-16 host 17-24 in first round. Four major conferences get 4 automatic bids. ND automatic if top 20. 6 committee picks based on rankings, meaning SEC depth likely results in at least another 3-4 teams from SEC for a total of 7-8 each year. Quarterfinals stay same in big bowl games on NYE and 3 games on NYD. Semi-finals and NC stay same. The first two years at 12 teams was good but I love the idea of 24 teams with two rounds of games at college campuses. December and early January has become best time of year for college football, What format others like / prefer? https://youtu.be/FcIHsfqD4YI

Agree. After the national media wrote off the Longhorns last month (maybe it was deserved with the way our offense struggled), it would make for an incredible November if our Horns pull off the unexpected upset against UGA. Several fun predictions; Arch throws for 345 yards on 22 for 27 - 4 TDs TD catches by Mosley, Wingo, Tre and Livingstone. Simmons / Hill / Burke combine for 4 1/2 sacks. Julani McDonald and Michael Taafe both have an INT. Niblett has a punt return 40 yards to the Georgia 25 yd line setting up our go ahead TD drive in the 4th qtr. Hook em!! 🧡🐂🤘🏼

The Florida loss still stings no matter how we look at it and it only looks worse the further we get into the season. Ok, move on. Texas is climbing and building momentum in Nov as we tackle the toughest 4-game stretch in recent memory. Which scenario will take further shape after this weekend? First, before going there, a quick flashback. it was only 2 1/2 weeks ago that Texas trailed by 17 pts going into the fourth quarter against Miss St before Arch decided it was time to do his thing, the defense went into lockdown and Niblett proved he can again change any game in 8 secs. Texas outscored MSU 31-7 in Q4 and OT, marking the most impressive comeback in the past 20 yrs. We have life!!! Going into the Vandy game, lots of questions for #20 against an impressive #9 Vandy. which version of Texas would show up? Texas dominates Vandy on offense, looks vulnerable on defense without 3 starters in the secondary but begins to look like a team who could get on a roll (if everyone gets healthy), jumping from #20 to #10 over the past 2 weeks. Holy $hi+, a lot has changed since our anemic showing against Kentucky late last month. How can you not love this team and their fight? How can you not love college football and all the different scenarios that could still unfold. 3 scenarios I’m interested to watch on Saturday. All of these assume OU loses to Bama earlier in the day as Mateer hasn’t been the same since his thumb injury. 1) Favorite - Texas goes into Athens and pulls a ‘23 Bama 2.0, looking explosive on offense, overpowering on defense, game changing on ST and pulls off a 30-20 upset win, making it clear that Texas is a legit playoff contender and likely favorite against A&M in 2 1/2 weeks. 2) Most Likely - Similar to the SEC championship, Texas comes out strong and gets off to early lead but Kirby does his thing and Georgia pulls out close win, 27-23. 3) Least Likely - Similar to the beat down we took from Georgia last fall in Austin, our OL gets overwhelmed, Arch is running for his life all night, 4 sacks and we get punished 34-17. In scenario 1, the stage is set for evenly matched game against A&M (Texas favored by 4pts) then on to play Bama in SEC Championship, winning our first SEC championship in year 2. On path to play Ohio State in College Foitball NC for epic rematch, Arch wins ‘player of the game’ as Texas wins it all. Unlikely but still possible and fun thought to imagine, especially given all the early season struggles. In scenario 2, Texas still has very real chance to beat undefeated #3 A&M, giving us 3 high quality wins and enables Texas to sneak into the #11 spot of the playoffs We go on a run early in the playoffs but lose again in the semi-finals but this time it’s Oregon. In scenario 3, we lose to A&M as well, finish 8-4, miss the playoffs and the team is filled with fire to never let that happen again. No one likes how it ended, everyone comes back and 2026 is set for Texas to win it all as a much more seasoned team, ready to explode on Ohio State in Austin next Sept. Which scenario will unfold on Saturday? Lots of other scenarios with other teams also will unfold over the next 3 weeks. Has college football ever been better? Loving it!! Hook em!! 🧡🐂🤘🏼

great summary @Jeff Howe! This will be the ultimate re-match following SEC title game loss for Texas last season. OU/Bama a close second but it has to be in Athens this weekend. Sticking with my prediction as everything lining up perfectly. Georgia just dominated team Texas barely escaped. Georgia gonna be feeling itself and Texas bout to bring its most complete game of the season as Sark has finally figured out how to call plays for Arch to maximize and stay upright with this OL. RBs and WRs peaking at right time/. Texas - 30 Georgia - 20 Hook em!!🧡🐂🤘🏼

Great stuff @Jeff Howe!! Fired up for round 3 against Georgia! Hook em! 🤘🏼🐂🧡

Thanks @CJ Vogel! Great stuff. I stick with my prediction. This win at Georgia next Saturday tops Bama on the road in 2023 with Texas winning 30-20. The win would be even more special because of all that’s led up to this point and the struggle our Horns have fought through as a team. Between the OU and the Vandy win were 2 incredible ‘culture wins’ that showed true Texas Fight. If we upset #5 Georgia with a dominating 10pt win on the road, it becomes clear, Texas is on the rise and peaking at the right time!! A&M won’t know what hit em in 3 weeks. Hook em!! 🤘🏼🐂🧡