good stuff. unfortunately it is clear the committee doesn't consider entire resume or SOS or SOR or wins . If someone asked that dumbass from Arkansas what about Texas close loss to Ohio State he'd a) point to Florida and b) say that was early in the season. Which would be funny because that would be our entire point but he so fucking dumb I can guarantee he would say it. our close wins get scrutinized but our close losses are just normal losses/bad losses to these guys.
anyway, don't lose 3 games and set your schedule to your advantage and beat every team by as much as possible no matter who they are. it is obvious a SOS in the 40's means absolutely ZERO to the committee. our SOS will never be in the 40's.
As an aside, The rivalry game thing cracks me up. the dumbass Arkansas AD actually used it for Alabama who barely beat(with ref help) a 5-7 rival. And of course avoided it when it is Texas crushing rivals by 10+ including 2 rivals who are playoff teams and his own fucking shitty ass football team.
The whole thing is ridiculous. cancel the OOC blue bloods, schedule a mid or lower P4 and get ready for conf games. christ we can spend time game planning to beat our conf teams instead of game planning a ton for a first game of the season with a blueblood.