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Beat me to it. There can be no question given the results of either situation this season. Conversely, Texas has started on defense 6 times. Allowed one TD (Clemson), One FG (ASU after 3 and out block punt debacle). Texas is 4 TDs for 6 attempts when getting the ball 2nd to start the game and 1 TD for 9 attempts while throwing 4 INTs (Arch threw one too vs ULM) when getting the ball 1st. Anyone advocating for us to get the ball first is insane or has had their head buried in the sand.

I have a feeling he’s just trying to spin that into a big raise. However, in either Lanning or Sarkisian’s case, they could always leave college on a high note, try out the NFL and easily come back to the college ranks as a highly desirable candidate

I don’t personally care. The win was there to be had the second time we played them. We definitely progressed in the two game series from being mostly non-competitive in the first game to going toe to toe and outgaining UGA in the second game. I did not expect us to beat UGA or win the SEC this year. That would have been phenomenal and exceeding expectations for me. Us winning the SEC would have been the first time a newcomer won the conference since the first year of the SEC (when everyone was a newcomer). That clearly would have been exceeding expectations. Still an unmitigated success, especially since we made the final 4 and UGA did not. Not to mention we will finish as the only program to beat two P4 champs no matter what.

You’re essentially saying that you would have liked it to have been prettier for us this year. Of course I agree with that. However, I’m encouraged that we can actually win ugly. Every CFB dynasty I’ve ever seen starts with winning ugly first before the talent really starts filling out and things start getting pretty. I think we’re at the stage where we’re not losing to teams we shouldn’t lose to, now we just need to get to the level where we’re playing polished enough games where we can beat the really good teams that have equal or somewhat better talent than us. And dominate the teams that we clearly outmatch. With Arch and the #1 2025 class in the nation on deck I don’t think we could be more primed to take that next step next year.

By trade places with us, do you mean a place in the final 4, mostly healthy team, starting QB with a shot against tOSU? Chances of winning the national title still on the line? If UGA wouldn’t want to trade places with us, they have adopted a loser’s mentality and their time at the top is truly over

I’m not forgetting about 2014. Finishing this season with a choking loss to ASU would have been a much more embarrassing end to the season than 2014 because of expectation and context. We were not expected to amount to anything in 2014 and amount to anything we did not. Winning an exhibition vs Arkansas to move to 7-6 rather than 6-7 is incredibly low stakes. This year we were expected to compete for a national title while ASU was expected to finish last in the Big12 (a conference we just left while THINKING we got the last laugh). If we would have lost that game it would have been catastrophic. That is the type of loss that would stick with us til the end of time. I bet the vast majority of people that aren’t Texas fans don’t remember how 2014 ended for us off the top of their head. EVERYONE would have remembered that we lost to ASU in 2024 if that happened. Would have probably shot to #1 on the highest profile loss of the season.

Even if we lose to Ohio State, the only teams we will have lost to this season are teams that just have a higher talent composite than us. Per 247 talent composite, Alabama (1), UGA (2) and tOSU (3) are currently the only teams with a higher composite than us. This could be the first season since 2009 that we don’t lose to a team that has a lower talent composite than us (i.e. “teams we should beat”) and I consider that a success. However, there is still the possibility that we beat Ohio State and lose to the winner on the other side, in which case we will have lost to a team with a lower composite. I would still consider that a success from showing improvement in making it to the finals. The outlook from here is win-win in my eyes. Before we can be the team that can beat everyone, we need to be a team that can at least not succumb to less talented teams. And we will likely achieve that this year.

When will our early enrollees be officially enrolled?

It’s amazing that you are on here and know so little about our program. We played in the Big12 championship game 9 times. You literally forgot about those two years we played in the national championship game?? Seem like a true Colorado fan on here in disguise with that lack of knowledge lmao Every year we were in the Big12, we either played in the title game, or lost to the Big12 champion in the regular season (typically OU). Once again, Colorado completely avoided the 3 best teams in conference this year. If Texas didn’t have to play the 3 best teams in conference, we would have easily made the conference championship game every year.

Texas had one of the easier schedules in the hardest conference in college football. Colorado had the easiest schedule in one of the easiest P4 conferences in college football. That’s the difference. Even the “lesser” teams in the SEC have notable former highly touted recruits and NFL talent. The current SEC member schools accounted for 73 NFL draft picks in 2024. Big 12: 17 picks across 16 schools. The talent in the conferences is not close. And again, the talent that there is this year in the Big12 Colorado dodged or lost to!

Regarding the Big12: 1. Texas played like absolute cheeks vs ASU for most of the game and still won. Being able to play a D- to F game and still beating the Big12 champ doesn’t speak highly of that conference. You realize that, right? 2. Before CU got to the Big12, Texas and OU were a part of the Big12. Two blue bloods with a combined 11 national titles. The Big12 as it stands now has a combined 3 national titles all time (TCU 1939, BYU 1984, CU 1990) 3. CU played the 2nd worst regular season SOS of P4 teams, ahead of only UNC. Dodged the three best teams, played one ranked team all season (and lost). When they finally did play a top 3 Big12 team in their bowl, they had their worst game all season (go figure).

All of these examples are straw men. Of all of the guys you listed, I definitely do not like Rodgers or Cutler either. Jerks with bad attitudes. I’m not a a Brady fan, but I’ve never seen him throw a critical INT and then throw his teammates under the bus. There’s a saying about leaders: “In a win it’s “we”, in a loss it’s “me””. It very often seems the opposite for Shedeur Sanders, with the incident vs Nebraska being a clear example.

Think about it if the shoe was on the other foot. Dillingham went for it on 4th twice in field goal range, left 3-6 pts on the board that could have been the difference in what wound up being a tied game at the end of regulation. To do that and then collapse in OT like ASU did- I highly doubt people would be lauding Sark for out coaching Dillingham in that situation.

Go back and look at the Nebraska game. Threw a terrible pick 6 (all on him). Rather than taking responsibility, complained that he got sacked more than Raiola. Big12 is a G5 league now without Texas and OU, and Colorado even dodged the top 3 teams of that conference. So forgive me if I’m less than impressed with CU in the Big12 Dude has a bad attitude that comes out any time things don’t go his way. I know you probably think I’m making this about race- I’m absolutely not. I just really think he’s immature with a bad attitude that reminds me of Kyler Murray. And Kyler Murray has been a bust in the NFL imo

From the sounds of it, he sounded like he was doing so in the interest of “fairness to Notre Dame”. Makes me think he anticipates us losing and wants Notre Dame to have the best conditions for beating PSU so it’s not Big10 vs Big10 in Atlanta. Which definitely wouldn’t be a good look for the SEC.

Allar, Ward, Ewers, Sanders, Dart Dart’s intelligence is highly suspect to me. Sanders talents have been exaggerated by the media and lack of elite competition. He’s gonna have an ego crisis when NFL defenses expose him. I could see him throwing his team under the bus (OL, etc) and being the type to try to force a trade when the going gets tough

That is the way it worked out for the semis.

Texas/SEC should compile a list of all no calls that went ASU’s way and submit that in response.

Of course, we definitely wouldn’t want the team to be content. I’m just saying, win/lose/draw from here on out- this season is without question a success in my eyes. It was close! IMO, the whole season would have been an embarrassing failure if we lost to ASU. It would have been the most embarrassing way to end a season that I’ve witnessed in my lifetime.

My definition of “unmitigated success”: improvement from one season to the next. - Won 13 games this year, 12 last year - Beat all three of our rivals - Lost to 0 teams we “should have beat” this year (We lost to an inferior OU team last year; UGA or the teams left in the CFP are not inferior) - Even though we didn’t win our conference, we have beaten two P4 conference champions in the playoffs (including the champion of the conference we just left). Even if we lose the next game, it’s possible (and even likely) that we will be the only team to do that this season. Ohio State is the only other team with a shot to match- if they meet and beat UGA.

See the above. Nostalgia has given you rose colored lenses of the 2009 season. By the same grace you give Quinn, you should have been calling for Garrett Gilbert to start after Colt’s performances vs OU and Nebraska in 2009.

We played four ranked teams in 2009: OU, OkSt, Nebraska and Alabama. Obviously Colt didn’t finish the Bama game so I will focus on the other three. Of OU, OkSt and Nebraska that year, only OU and Nebraska could be said to have good defenses. Nebraska’s was very good. Here are Colt’s stats in those games: OU: 21/39, 127 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT, 33 yds rushing Neb: 20/36, 184 yds, 0 TD, 3 INT, -20 yds rushing Colt McCoy didn’t carry us in games against good teams with good defenses in 2009. He was arguably a liability in those games (much worse stats than Quinn has put up all year). Our defense carried us that year in games against good defensive teams.

Quinn had 49 yds passing and a 5 yd rushing TD on a drive that began with 41 seconds left in the 3rd, so good try. You clearly have selective amnesia for facts that don’t suit your narrative. The top 2 things that plagued our offense this game: OL and playcalling. #1 thing that won the game for us on offense: Quinn Ewers

You know what you’d be saying if the roles were exactly reversed? You’d be complaining about all of points and field position that the HC left on the board going for it on 4th down. Since when is leaving points on the board and losing a game in OT an example of “out coaching” the opponent? Because never in Texas’ history has that been an argument our fans have made