I don't think anyone's arguing that Gundy hasn't lost his fastball or that he's equipped to be a successful coach in this era. Do oSu fans and alums expect CFP appearances? I'm guessing they'd be thrilled with being bowl eligible most years plus being in the mix for the occasional BXII CCG. They'll tolerate more clunkers than most, because as 'stache has repeatedly pointed out, they know that life post-Gundy is going to be shitastic.
Gundy's not getting canned unless they find him with a dead girl or a live boy. Last year's horseshit season aside, he's the most successful football coach in their program's history by a mile.
Pat lookalike Graham Harmon ain't gonna post an SEC power ranking this week. He's holding out hope that Georgia beats us in the CCG so he can then post a final season ranking. In that scenario Georgia will be the clear #1 and he'll rank Texas somewhere around 6 or 7, claim our season was a fluke/result of a week schedule, etc. He'll rank aggy one spot behind us but claim they've got momentum & better positioned for long term success in the SECX3. Even if Texas mudholes UGA this weekend, he'll still list Georgia as #1 since we'd have split with them. Texas would be an overrated #2 in this scenario. TL;DR he's a little troll searching for clicks.
So there's a t-shirt aggy at my local pub. Decent enough kid, but he's too stupid to learn not to bet on aggy. For the past 3 or 4 years he's had a variation of a standing bet w/ 2 or 3 of his Longhorn friends. And this will be the 4th year in a row he's lost. His payout to the other guys is like a grand total, which isn't a small amount of money for this guy.
This year he got aTM plus 6.5 points. Ooops. Another G down the drain. Lulz.
@'stache who's your AD these days? I know Holder had the balls (and backing of boosters, especially Pickens) a decade-plus ago to force Gundy to make changes like giving up play calling and hiring a dedicated OC. Does the new guy have the same level of juice to have the uncomfortable conversations w/ Gundy or does he have to play second banana to MG?