Yesh

It will be interesting to see how Klein does without the structure and culture from Klieman.

Are they going to call illegal forward pass anytime either team throws the ball more than 10 yards?

Plan 2024 is off to a great start Retain E Rob Keep all 5 star D-lineman Hire an OC for Wiggy Submit rule change to outlaw the offensive line position .... Beat sips

Walter Nolen to the portal https://www.on3.com/college/texas-am-aggies/news/texas-am-dl-walter-nolen-plans-to-enter-transfer-portal/

"Opportunity is there for the Aggies to bring in a player of equal or greater value" What is the plan if those DL guys leave, bring in some six-stars?

I don't remember the details, but in 2014 wasn't TCU ranked 3rd leading into the conference championship weekend, and then because they didn't play some other teams that won their conference jumped ahead of them? It is not exactly the same since other than Ohio St, all of the teams we are discussing are playing this weekend, but it does show that teams can be dropped for reasons other than losing.

What did ever end up happening with their NIL? I remember them scrambling after the fact to try to legalize the bags they dropped in 2022, but not a lot since then. Do they have an actual system setup now where players get paid for media appearances or whatever with contracts only after they are enrolled?

It makes me ragey to think about a one-loss non-conference champion TCU and Ohio State getting in last year, or no undefeated P5 conference champions the year before. Fuck! Talk about shit luck when we finally get our shit together. And then I started thinking about how Colt McCoy and Vince Young do not have Heisman's, but fucking Baker Mayfield and Eric Crouch and Troy Smith and fucking Mark fucking Ingram do and fuuuccckkk. But we are 11-1 and I am happy otherwise.

The ref that saw it and threw the flag let the other guys convince him it didn't happen?

Good thread.

I don't really care either way, but I think I would prefer A&M to win, just to take more of the shine off of Brian Kelly and LSU.

I thought the injury this year was his leg, not the shoulder which had been the problem previously. JWhitt had the repeated hernia issue, and then broke his collarbone, which had nothing to do with him being injury prone. There may be some similarities.

Bryce Anderson

All of the individual sports have their own threads, so is this the best place to have a running update of all of the rankings/standings? I was hoping we could go 19 for 19 or whatever in Big 12 championships on our way out. Can some of you guys who follow all of this help me out? Bold means the season is completed. Fall Women's Soccer - Big 12 Champion - Sweet 16 Football - ranked #7 - Big 12 championship game Dec 2 Volleyball - ranked #4 - Big 12 Champion Winter Men's S&D - ranked #13 - Big 12 Championship Feb 27-Mar 2 Women's S&D - ranked #2 - Big 12 Championship Feb 27-Mar 2 Men's Basketball - ranked #15 Women's Basketball - ranked #12 Men's Indoor T&F Women's Indoor T&F Spring Baseball Softball Men's Outdoor T&F Women's Outdoor T&F Men's Golf - ranked #14 Women's Golf - ranked #5 Men's Tennis Women's Tennis Women's Rowing Beach Volleyball

Bjork frequently walks around Kyle Field during home games to get a feel for how the program is performing. He says having the season be all but over by the end of October is unacceptable. “We can’t put ourselves in that position,” he says. “We had 103,000 people at our game against Mississippi State. I’m walking the field before the game and people from the visiting team were asking me, ‘Why are all these people here?’

In that scenario, it isn't clear which of these is correct. A. No head to head, go to next highest common opponent (ISU), Texas and OU have wins, OSU has a loss, therefore Texas and OU in to the championship with OU the #1 seed due to head to head. B. No head to head, go to next highest common opponent (ISU), Texas and OU have wins, OSU has a loss, then to break Texas and OU use head to head, which makes OU #1 seed, then restart the tiebreaker between Texas and OSU, go to highest common opponent (OU), OSU has a win, Texas a loss, therefore OSU is #2 seed. Scenario B is what Alex Loeb has stated, and it isn't clear whether he got that from the Big 12 or is just assuming. Scenario A makes a lot more sense. Edit: There is a Scenario C (bolded is what is different from Scenario B) C. No head to head, go to next highest common opponent (ISU), Texas and OU have wins, OSU has a loss, then to break Texas and OU use head to head, which makes OU #1 seed, then restart the tiebreaker between Texas and OSU, go to NEXT highest common opponent (Kansas), OSU has a loss, Texas a win, therefore Texas is #2 seed.

It is even funnier when you look at it this way. Record vs Opponent Rank Opponents 1-20 Texas 2-1 A&M 0-3 Opponents 21-40 Texas 3-0 A&M 2-1 Opponents 41-100 Texas 5-0 A&M 2-0 Opponents <100 Texas N/A A&M 3-0

Rankings based on FPI (sorry I know it isn't great but it is easy to find) Record vs Top XX Top 10 Texas 1-1 A&M 0-1 Top 20 Texas 2-1 A&M 0-3 Top 40 Texas 5-1 A&M 2-4 Top 100 Texas 10-1 A&M 4-4

Are we finally seeing Petrino unleashed?

What kind of locker room would Traylor have? Didn't Jimbo allow the inmates to run the asylum? No matter who they hire, it will be better for us if they don't overachieve in the first year, and the best way for that to happen would be for a bunch of guys to portal out because the new coach is a disciplinarian.

How upset would you be if when teams start going HUNH on us with our backups in and get a couple first downs, if one of our players had a cramp or the wind knocked out of them and needed an injury timeout?

To be fair, 378 to 327 to 302 is some sign of improvement.

Where did the 12th Man Foundation get their money? BMDs or small donations?

The flip side is if you end up taking one of those after a month of having no head coach, has half the players portaled out and the recruiting class fallen apart? The firings are happening ealier because you need to get the new guy in their earlier.

Is she mad enough to spill the beans about all of the illegal bags she helped facilitate?