Longhornmd

It also depends on who the Bears like better Williams or Maye at QB. You could gamble trade down a spot get your QB and acquire more picks for weapons to your offense.

TE room under Sark so much different than Herman

Sark also won big 12 in his first appearance. Neither Mack or Herman did that. Only Mackovic was other coach to win big 12 in first appearance.

It is sounding more like pass defense will be much in improved. Run defense looking more like a step back this coming season.

I think it may depend on the Commanders if they hire Kingsburry as OC. If they do will the Commanders trade up with the Bears to get Caleb Williams? Do the Bears stay with Justin Fields or do they draft a QB. This could cause multiple moves with possible trades or teams selecting someone else. This could result with maybe Murphy and possibly Mitchell (depending on Combine numbers) in the first round.

I agree. Looking at Texas team last year most believed the running game would be down due to Robinson and Johnson drafted. It was thought DL would be good even with losing 2 players to the draft. In fact Sweat and Murphy probably exceeded expectations from most. This does show Texas is developing players and getting players drafted. The key is will Baker and Nansen continue to developed players. That is the question. Portal has changed everything with being able to plug and play. In the past grad transfer or JUCO was the model. But you still need coaching and team chemistry. Also keep in mind all the teams moving to different conferences in 2024. Teams expected to do well may be underwhelming. There is also going to be a few surprise teams as well. Georgia may have the best overall talent but they will lose key players to the draft. Ohio State and Ole Miss have been more aggressive in the Portal to win now but not guaranteed they will. Oregon moves to Big 10 that will be interesting to see how they adjust to new conference. For Texas, Arkansas and A&M will be more than ready to play. I think 9-3 would be great for moving to the SEC, losing 8 players to the draft and adding to new coaches. I also think Texas could have 8 potential draft picks on the 2024 roster as well

Georgia

Does this help FSU get out of the ACC? With possible replacement of NCAA that could lead to conference mergers to make up a 48 or 64 model. Does this also force Notre Dame to join a conference and do away with independents?