genevalonghorn

The sad part is that there will still be all this discussion of teams on the "bubble" that were left out. I realize that UT benefitted from it this year, but what does the "First Team Out" look like when you move to 76?

I don't understand why the Big 10 or SEC would push for 24 right now. It helps the ACC and Big 12 more, by giving them a second, third, and, maybe, fourth team in the Playoff. That will keep the Clemsons, FSUs, etc. happy enough to stay put, when the SEC (or Big 10) would be more than happy to pick off some of them when the opportunity next presents itself.

It was a down year for college football.

If you want to play three rivalry games, play Michigan three times.

It is not "help" when you have the league schedule we do, which consists of three rivalry games every year on top of the mix of the SEC. What is "help" is having the luxury of playing an Iowa, a Northwestern, a Purdue, etc. on a regular basis.

Wanting to maximize an opportunity to play for a national championship is not an "excuse." The notion is that you schedule a softer OOC slate so you can schedule an Ohio State or whoever in the playoff.

This is an important point, but there's a hidden point too. The second and third teams etc. making the playoffs from the P2 conferences tend to have an easier league schedule as well. Consider Slurp last year, which did not play anyone until us, which was after Thanksgiving. Ole Miss played an overrated OU (win) and Georgia (loss). Alabama played UGA twice and lost, lost to OU. Its best win was Tennessee. (And don't forget the loss to FSU.) If you look at the relevant Big 10 schedules, they are similarly room service oriented. Indiana played two teams - Oregon and tOSU, the latter in the league championship. tOSU played two teams - us and Indiana in the league championship. You can make an argument about Michigan, and I get it. But we beat them handily with mostly our backups, and they had limited opt outs. Oregon played one team - Indiana - in the regular season. Now, pick up our schedule from last year or this one and tell me that it is easier than any of these schedules, even if you take the tOSU game out. It isn't, so why are we making it harder on ourselves?

Was there enough simulated punt coverage to tell who the gunner is? Seems like Bishop would be a fit. Nobody has done it like Josh Thompson in the past few seasons.

I’d bet one is the California JUCO kid.

At least since Mack has been affiliated with the program, it has been better off with him than without him. Check out the Strong and Herman years for confirmation of that. I'm glad Sark has found a way to have him around the program in some capacity.

Fortunately.

If it was an NIL play, you would go to a school known for ponying up early money - be it Oregon, Slurp, or Tortilla. My $.02.

Boom was spotted in a YPTWTG t-shirt this morning apparently.

Columbus, TX

Apologies if I am misreading, but does this list include the '26 late riser who we are expecting in as well? Any late interest there from other schools? It seems like with a kid like that, who makes sense to park on the roster for a few years to see if it all comes together, you are competing against a potential late NIL offer from a mid-major or institution with similar academics, whether it be a UTSA, a Rice, etc.