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  1. I'm not sure they felt that sense of urgency going into that game. I put that on DeBoer, but also you have to credit the sooners for executing their gameplan and never allowing Bama to mount any kind of response. Either way, I don't see Bama losing to any B1G team.
  2. You're in luck https://longhornswire.usatoday.com/2024/12/02/texas-longhorns-to-wear-icy-all-white-uniforms-sec-championship-game/
  3. Texas 28 Georgia 0 (maybe 7 to 10 if they get excellent field position or Quinn throws a pick six). Wisner with 200+ on the ground
  4. That's not what I heard
  5. They overlooked and underestimated OU, a team with much more talent than its record would indicate. A recipe for getting upset, especially on the road. Their performances against Auburn and Georgia are ore indicative of how they'd approach a playoff game. Meanwhile Pedo really has not been tested. Give me Bama all day.
  6. He has Georgia playing a 17 game season. No way Bama loses to Pedo, no way Ohio State beats Tenn, and of course if Texas cracks the code in the CCG they won't fall to Georgia in the playoffs.
  7. that seems a pretty safe rate
  8. If Michigan wanted to make the playoff they shouldn't have lost 5 games. If Clemson wants to make the playoff they need to beat SMU. If Iowa State wants to make the playoff they need to beat Arizona State. If Alabama wanted to make the playoff they shouldn't have lost to ousux. I'll be honest, I don't know why Pedo State got into the CCG over Indiana, but whatever the reason is, Indiana doesn't control its own destiny. I would advocate for Indiana to sneak in over the B1G CCG loser, even if that loser is Oregon. I would prioritize qualification in the following order of importance: exactly 3 teams qualify from SEC (UGA, Tex, Tenn) at most 3 teams qualify from B1G (Oregon, Pedo, IU) exactly 1 team qualifies from Big12 (CCG winner) exactly 1 team qualifies from ACC (CCG winner) at most 1 Independent team qualifies if they have 10+ wins (ND) outstanding G5s quaify if they have 10+ wins and only quality losses (Boise) Based on this year's results, ten teams would qualify for the playoffs, leaving two discretionary slots. My sense is that the committee is going to have the following priorities: Ohio State (10-2) SMU if it loses the ACC CCG (11-2) Miami (10-2) Arizona State if it loses the Big12 CCG (10-3) Iowa State if it loses the Big 12 CCG (10-3) Ole Miss (9-3) SCar (9-3) I would prefer that SMU and Arizona State got in, because I don't want to see B1G over-represented and I don't think Miami is any good. Assuming those twelve teams qualify, I think they should be seeded: Oregon (13-0) - B1G Champ Texas (12-1) - SEC Champ Boise (12-1) - MWC Champ Clemson/Arizona State (11-2) - ACC/Big12 Champ Pedo (11-2) Georgia (10-3) Notre Dame (11-1) Clemson/Arizona State (11-2) - ACC/Big12 Champ Indiana (11-1) SMU (11-2) Tennessee (10-2) Ohio State (10-2)
  9. This is the correct analysis. Games like this are won by leaders who rise to the occasion. If we win, it's going to be because Quinn, Gunnar Helm, and the other guys who were around two seasons ago step the fuck up.
  10. This is when I miss the prime days of Jason Dick. His divorce saga was pretty funny
  11. Two great corpus teams at the Alamodome Friday and Saturday
  12. We don't take kindly to technology 'round these parts.
  13. An unsung hero: The TayCo AthleticX Brace https://taycobrace.com/products/athleticx-brace Yeah, I don't understand how it works or why it works, but I was impressed with Quinn's mobility and the confidence he had. Given the 9.95 rumblings about how his sprain hadn't been healing as quickly as we had hoped, we probably should give a healthy serving of credit to the equipment team and the people who helped him regain a significant amount his athleticism compared to how he looked in that second half vs. Kentucky.
  14. I think being in South Florida places UMiami somewhere else culturally, kind of how UTEP is closer to the New Mexico schools than it is to UT, to the point where UF and UMiami might see each other as cousins more than they see each other as brothers. There's definitely a rivalry, definitely hate, but for whatever reason I've never felt a "little brother" dynamic emanating there
  15. The in-state little brother complex transcends sports. Texas is superior to a&m in all the ways that matter, and from the evidence we've seen, Florida is superior to FSU as well, even if there's greater historical parity on the football field.
  16. I doubt any of these kids have the faintest idea who he is. Probably would only recognize him as the Koala from the Sing franchise.
  17. I think Miami kept Miami out no matter who wins
  18. But what if the fans are really polite, "loud," and do a bunch of weird swaying and cheers they practiced the night before?
  19. SMU should have lost to Duke. They're not as good as their record would suggest. If they lose to Clemson I don't want them in the playoff.
  20. Gators are ahead in the rivalry and has higher academic rankings.
  21. It all begins and ends with culture. Aggy culture emphasizes appearances above all else. That's not a foundation upon which anything resembling success can be built. I don't care if you're Nick Saban with an annual $200M to spend on players, when your school's culture is as deficient in self awareness, common sense, and substance as Texas A&M's is, the inevitable result is an undisciplined, underachieving, unmotivated group of mercenaries who fold after being punched in the mouth and will transfer after one season if they aren't coddled and don't get the playing time they feel they should be getting. You might think a hard-nosed disciplinarian like Saban could overcome these tendencies and build a winning subculture, but that would never happen because Aggy can't get out of their own way--as in, they're pathologically incapable of resisting the urge to meddle with the way their team is coached if the team is not wasting a sufficient amount of time and energy on Aggy traditions and values, e.g., all of those things that are completely antithetical to having a winning subculture. To put it succinctly, you cannot be Aggy and successful at the same time.
  22. Can yips be a season-long affliction? We could definitely use him as a coach and ST recruiter.
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