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Update: If Texas vs tOSU is #1 vs #2 next year, I’m pretty sure it will be the first week one 1v2 matchup in CFB history. https://www.boydsbets.com/college-football-no-1-vs-no-2/

They’ll have a former 5* QB force feeding him, but still. He better be elusive with our pass rush coming after him They picked up a good RB and a good TE in the portal. But it seems to me it will be impossible for them to make as big of splash pickups as Judkins and Downs, both of whom they picked up in last year’s winter portal window

ChatGPT gave incorrect info on the wk1 1 vs 2 question

ESPN only lists 3 “Key Returning Starters” for Ohio State: Jeremiah Smith, Carnell Tate and Caleb Downs. Every other team has 6+ key returning starters. There’s no chance in hell they are the #1 team in the country next year. The only reason they were the #1 team this year was because of extraordinary retention of their 2023 roster. However, I don’t see any way our matchup with them next season isn’t #1 vs #2 (could go either way). How many #1 vs #2 matchups have there ever been in week one, I wonder?

Out of eligibility or not?

He actually never lost to a team as a starter outside the Top12 (at the time of the game). 2022 OkSt is the one team we lost to with him that finished unranked at the end of the season.

Love to see it! I think he’s gonna exceed expectations in the NFL and hopefully actually go to a good team where he can learn in a reserve role, rather than being pressed into immediate action for a crappy franchise.

Penn State has a virtual cake walk to the CFP next year. Their floor looks like 10-2 to me (Oregon and tOSU only feasible losses). Even then, they have Oregon at home and SHOULD be their year to beat tOSU with Allar and both RBs returning.

A large portion of that $20 million was to retain guys from their 2023 roster. They had only 4 guys go in the draft last year because essentially anybody who could come back came back for them. They won’t be able to do that for $80 million this year. They were also able to pick up Quinshon Judkins and Caleb Downs around this time last year in the winter portal window. I don’t think there will be opportunity for them to make moves of that magnitude during the winter portal window this year. The only one mega move I could see for them is if they pick up Quinn.

The only way Anthony Hill is here as a senior is if he misses the bulk of next season with injury or plays significantly worse in his junior season. We should of course be rooting against either of those situations. If the DT situation works out well for us next year, I could easily see our front 7 being better (LBs and DEs should be better next year, especially if we retain Moore). Seems like the biggest concern on defense will be making up defensive playmaking of Barron and Makuba. We have recruited very well at DB, so hope that won’t be too big of an issue.

I think the 3 most likely teams are Texas, Penn State or Clemson. Drew Allar and Cade Klubnik stand a good chance of being Heisman candidates next season. Both of PSU’s good RBs announced their return today. Most of these lines reflect people’s inability to see past the present.

Pete Carroll is almost unanimously considered to be one of the best head coaches in football history. Does that make his Super Bowl decision to pass the ball on the goal line vs the patriots rather than run it with Marshawn Lynch any less stupid? No, it does not. Just like the overall opinion of Sark as a play caller (which I agree with) doesn’t change the fact that this play call was idiotic. Orlovsky’s opinion doesn’t change it. The staff’s premeditation doesn’t change it. Your opinion doesn’t change it. Even if it would have WORKED it doesn’t change the fact that it was not a smart play call. Sometimes players make good plays on bad play call. If you have the ball on the one yard line, throwing the ball backwards to the 10 yard line on the side of the field where defenders outnumber blockers (!) with zero accompanying tricks or misdirection is just a BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD play call. One of the worst of all time. That doesn’t make Sark one of the worst play callers ever, he is still a great play caller in my eyes and I’m sure most people’s eyes. I just think he is a great play caller that called one of the worst plays of all time. Not mutually exclusive.

Nowhere near “almost exact same fashion”. The only reason we had a remote shot at winning vs Washington was terrible clock mismanagement and meltdown by the Washington coaching staff. We got outplayed from start to finish on both sides of the ball that games. We had a shot in this game because we straight up outplayed/ went toe to toe with tOSU for the vast majority of the game. tOSU this year is a much better team than Washington was last year. They will likely be the national champion. Washington got run out of the stadium by Michigan. If Ohio State beats Notre Dame, they will set the record for most top 5 wins in a single season.

A terrible one

There is no chance on God’s green earth that LSU will be ranked higher than us in preseason. Oregon maaaybe, but probably not. I believe they’re losing 9 of 11 on defense and key pieces on O.

I would be shocked if OU’s offense isn’t better next year with Mateer, barring injuries. Their defense might take a step back

Vast overstatement. The only two other programs in the SEC that have recruited to Texas’ level the past three cycles have been Bama and UGA. Texas, Bama and UGA all will have first year starters at QB. I like Arch Manning to be the most successful of the three. UGA is losing at least 8 of 11 starters on defense and 4 of 5 OL. tOSU will likely be losing at least 9 of 11 starters on defense. On offense, they’ll be losing Howard, Egbeka, Judkins and Henderson, plus possibly both OTs. Florida is the only other opponent on our schedule that should be able to challenge us next year.

I think it’s highly probable that we’ll be preseason #1 or #2 and the Ohio State game will be an early #1 vs #2 matchup. The winner will certainly be #1 after the game. I think your assessments of the defense are pretty spot on. My take on the offense: OL- I think we could actually be better next season, particularly on interior run blocking. By all accounts Neto Umeozulu is a mauler. I’m hoping the Neto, Robertson and Campbell combo on the interior can be an upgrade to our run game and up our physicality. I think Goosby and Baker should be above average to good in pass pro, and it will hopefully be less of an issue with Arch’s enhanced mobility relative to Quinn. TE- Gunner was undeniably great, but we’ve been recruiting very well. TE could be a position that surprises next season. WR- Like you said, don’t think it can be worse. If we can somehow get both Golden and Bolden back next season, I think we could actually be substantially better.

👍 good for you. Obviously a lot more is done on fan message boards than just looking at scoreboards.

On a positive note, yesterday was the only game this season an Ohio State WR didn’t catch a TD

Wisner- Got us hard yards and key conversions in critical moments Helm- Coming up big in the 4th Q when his best was needed (and in 2 OT last week). Arguably the best TE in Longhorn history Makuba- Setting the tone vs Jeremiah Smith and the tOSU WR corps early Barron- Solidifying his legacy as one of the best DBs to ever play for the Longhorns by locking up the best WR and passing game in the country Taafe- Being the heart and soul of the defense/team and the embodiment of a Texas Longhorn Muhammad- Correcting course from the first two playoff games and playing very well against his best competition of the season

Alfred Collins- Stepped up and shored up the interior of the defense when there were major question marks. The leader of the D line that came up strong for us time and time again.

He might be able to come back I think

Officially on the Mount Rushmore of dumbest college football play calls of all time. Should be in a textbook, high on a list of what not to do on the one yard line. Unfortunately, Sark now shares in his mentor Pete Carroll’s ignominy on goal line play calling. In goal to go situations, he should definitely try to think more like Saban and less like Carroll.

We were 100% sunk by hideous lapses of judgement by the coaches. 1. Being that aggressive on D at the end of 2nd quarter. Zero reason to blitz Guilbeau 2. Horrendous goal line debacle Proud of the players, including Quinn. Quinn was lights out on that final drive until Sark sabotaged the drive. You can’t put your QB in that situation on 4th down, high pressure against the best defense in the country. Just can’t do it