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Got you. Got a little defensive there. My bad.

ASU is nothing like them. ASU doesn't have oil money, doesn't dress up as fake soldiers, doesn't think success is owed to it and has actually won 10+ games more than once since 2000.

If ASU can't run, ASU is going to get annihilated. Even if ASU can run, I just don't think we have the dudes. You'll need to give it to us or we have to get fancy. Or both. I know one missing player shouldn't matter, but ASU not having Tyson is a major problem. He was the guy who could always get open. ASU has plenty of guys who look the part, run the part, occasionally make plays at WR, but the consistency... We'll see. We weren't even supposed to be here.

Thanks.

I wanna talk shit, but I know ASU is in for an uphill fight in this one. That's fine. We were picked last in the Big 12 and won the bitch with like 35 of our 2 deep coming back. All of this is gravy. Even if you whoop our ass, to quote Obi-Wan: The sand people are easily startled, but they will soon be back and in greater numbers.

FPI is predictive, not a description of merit. If you wanted to know there are more 4 and 5 stars in the SEC, you don't need a stat. I'm not very familiar with FEI, I'm going to go out on a limb and guess FEI, like FPI, integrates talent composite. Also, those games weren't all that close. ASU had 3 score leads in the 2nd half of every game. They opted to get cute (and almost screwed themselves) against BYU instead of scoring again when it was 1st and goal from the 4, annihilated Iowa State and were up 24-0 and coasting against K State. Like I do agree Texas has a likely much stronger roster and there's a great chance the Horns roll ASU, but pretending ASU hasn't played anyone is silly.

And BYU and Iowa State are ranked higher than any team Texas beat up until today. Ditto for Penn State, Indiana, Notre Dame, SMU. Boise too. Not disagreeing with your point that Texas's line of scrimmage is going to be a potentially overwhelming advantage for the horns, but Sagarin is iffy.

Glendale. Fiesta Bowl was just a bowl swap away.

They might dick ride if we win or make it competitive but I can tell they already don't like us. Except Tech. Texas Tech seems cool.

FWIW, ASU was up 30-3 against Miss State and coasted, and Leavitt didn't play @Cincinnati. Bearcats didn't score the entire 2nd half, but it didn't matter because ASU's backup is Jeff Simms. Kansas was just weird in that they were preseason top 25, choked 2 games to top 25 teams (UNLV and Illinois), kept on losing, then got feisty for a bit. They almost beat ASU, almost beat Kansas State (8-4) and did beat 3 more teams that finished in the top 25. They're 3-3 against top 25 teams. But they suck. They're basically Vandy I guess, in that they can do scary shit but are bad.

I know this isn't an overall playoff thread, but I'm enjoying Tennessee finding out that the rickety broken thing they thought they were approaching was, in fact, a fully functional Death Star.

Heard Cliff fucked up the landing and just told you that. Fat friends lie.

Leavitt is actually pretty fucking good, especially for a freshman. The biggest issue is Jordyn Tyson is out. He's better than Pearsall or Badger were. Probably ASU's best since Aiyuk. It'll be more an issue of is anyone actually open for him.

I admire the talent that's been built up in Austin, but I honestly think ASU has got you beat. Unless you're talking about football players. Then Texas comes out on top.

The biggest issue for ASU is more WR's. Jordyn Tyson was by far their best WR and he went down for the season in the last game of the regular season. He's the only one I think can go against your top DBs and still win with any degree of consistency. They'll need the old man brigade that's their WR depth to step up, and that's if your DL isn't just devouring a strong but not especially athletic OL. ASU is outmanned. Best hope is Sark does Sark stuff. Sark had better teams than ASU most of his time in the Pac 12 and still went 1-4, with the only win being the occasion he was apparently drunk.