LonghornFan4Ever

There’s a good chunk of that fanbase that has never seen Ohio State have a down season like this in their lifetimes and it shows, similar to Alabama fans experiencing life post-Saban and Oklahoma fans experiencing life post-Riley. They don’t know how to act. The signs were there when a fully healthy Ohio State blew a 20 point lead in the fourth quarter to lose to Texas almost two months ago. It would not surprise me to see them drop at least one more game, most likely against arch-rival Michigan, or in a non-CFP bowl game and not win 10 games in a season for the first time since Luke Fickell’s interim head coach season in 2011. Welcome to the NIL/Revenue Sharing/Enhanced Transfer Portal era of college football.

What a game!

Not a good weekend to be a UNC women’s college basketball team apparently…

I agree with that. My gut feeling is Punch goes pro after this season and Spears Jr. slides into that starting PF spot. Would you take a senior year of Vokietaitas or a freshman year of Kamagate?

Have to see what Texas looks like against Baylor, Georgetown, UCLA, Louisville, Miami, and Memphis, but you’re probably right. But even so, Cal’s teams have beaten Texas like a drum throughout his career at multiple stops, so I have to see it to believe it. It’s still early though.

I think most people would say no because winning your conference has lost its luster in the expanded CFP era. Gone are the days of the mid to late 2010s where Oklahoma and Clemson were winning their league championship games every season and being proud of that. In this current state of college football it’s all about the playoffs. So to answer your question I would say no. It’s like both basketballs, baseball, softball, and indoor volleyball now. No one will care who won the conference years from now. All that matters nowadays is making and winning the CFP.

Maybe. I’m just basing it off this site.

I thought this was the only program in college football that was immune to down seasons, but even in the NIL/Rev Share/Enhanced Portal era, that is not the case apparently. This is going to be their worst season since 2004. The 2011 team is their worst this century record wise, but they were dealing with the aftermath of Tattoogate and termination of Jim Tressel. This version of “The Game” will be the least hyped since the late John Cooper/Lloyd Carr era in like 2000. Pretty wild to see both programs in free fall at the same time like this.

A double bye in the SEC Tournament on the line here…

Cari Spears Is really good at this volleyball thing…

Correct. Texas could have the best of both worlds. Go 10-2, avoid the SEC Championship Game due to losing tiebreakers, and have about a month of rest and recovery time due to a first-round bye before they play in the CFP Quarterfinals.

Also, I’m curious to hear thoughts on Graceson Littleton not scoring in that situation vs LaNorris Sellers scoring against A&M in a similar situation.

Ohio State bottoming out has me thinking… I wonder how DJ Jacobs feels about that situation in Columbus?

Would be something to see Georgia win their third straight SEC Championship Game, get a first round bye and lose in the CFP Quarterfinals again.

If the CFP started today…

We’ll see.

Looks like Texas could finish the regular season 10-2 and not have to play in the SEC Championship game because Alabama's win over LSU gives them a tiebreaker over Texas due to better conference opponent winning percentage, so it would be Alabama vs Georgia in Atlanta for the umpteenth time. Texas could end up seeded in the 5-7 range and host a first-round CFP game or end up 4 and receive a first-round bye. I do think Texas must win out to make the CFP now with Notre Dame's win over Miami imo.

Madison Booker beat this team by herself…

Lol