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closetojumping

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  1. 14 minutes ago, gatormarc said:

    How did you come up with those 7 teams of the 12?

     

    6 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

    I get it.

     And know what makes the most sense. But I don’t think it’s been explicitly said that if you were on our schedule the last two years (and aren’t arky/a&m/ou) you won’t be next year.

    Just saying don’t be shocked if we get a vandy, Florida, or Kentucky again

     

    5 minutes ago, hornbri said:

    I am starting to think I think next year is a reset year and we may get 1 or 2 of the 6 we have already played. 

    The whole point of having locks is to enable the conference to move the other match-ups around with impunity. Every school in this conference wants a Texas home game. They've talked about that for 3 years on SEC radio and Sankey's said as much, adding "and Oklahoma" into that sentiment, but we all know that OU isn't moving the needle in the same way. 

    The notion that Sankey is going to tell people at Auburn or SCar or LSU "no" in order to put Vanderbilt and Kentucky back on UT's schedule is purely overthought fan fiction. 

  2. 3 minutes ago, DFW Horn said:

    Maybe, but the SEC has so many good match-ups we may catch a break.

    Bama isn't that much tougher than Mizzou these days. Drink has them playing well. Sked isn't that much easier, IMO.

    I have a hard time being flippant about Bama and I have a hard time taking Missouri seriously. Missouri is good again this year, on paper. Let’s see how things look after they face October. 

  3. So we go:

    -Texas State

    -Ohio State

    -UTSA 

    to open and then we know we 9 of the following 10 teams:

    -OU (lock)

    -ATM (lock)

    -Arkansas (lock)

    -Alabama

    -Auburn

    -Ole Miss

    -LSU

    -Missouri

    -South Carolina

    -Tennessee

    That is going to be a gnarly bitch of a schedule. Should be a lot of fun. The missed opponent is going to be a really big deal. I'm guessing all of the teams that Texas has rarely played will be on there, SCar, Tenn, Auburn, Ole Miss. Then you have the game in Baton Rouge that makes up for the 2020 miss. So you're left with an argument over ratings and money for UT/Bama versus the fact that it's been longer ago that Texas last played Missouri. 

    I'm guessing no Missouri. Wow. 

  4. 27 minutes ago, MuellerHorn said:

    Sounds like a guy who is despondent about the prospects of getting fired. 

    They're 1-3 (0-2) with this schedule remaining: 

    • @UNC
    • @BC
    • SMU
    • Duke
    • FSU
    • @Louisville
    • Furman
    • @South Carolina

    They should beat UNC and Furman, but I could see a loss to every other team. Going 3-9 likely won't happen, but I'm hard pressed to see how they make a bowl game.

    -SMU sucks. I've been able to watch them a few times and they're just not very good. They play defense as though they're allergic to 3 and outs. 

    -BC is mediocre. 

    I don't know, we really don't have enough data points on any of these teams yet. I've seen enough of Clemson to agree with the premise that 3-9 is possible and not making a bowl game is plausible, but from an alleged talent perspective, Clemson will have more talent than of the team left on the schedule. If Swinney can right the ship, they could easily also finish 8-4 or even 9-3. 

    19 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

    Was treatyoak’s thing a reference to some other screed, or made from whole cloth?  It feels like a reference I just don’t know. 

    He's written something similar before and from what I can tell, it's some sort of inside baseball riff on Klubnik's dad being a known asshole in Westlake. 

  5. Guys, can you please all not be idiots? Holy shit. 

    Just now, TreatyOak said:

    Actually, there's no reason to summon him. I think we are good. We got this covered. Let's keep this quiet for now. Please? 

    I read this thread when it updates. BO&W is an idiot and has no impact on my behavior. 

  6. 1 minute ago, Red Five said:


    He’s a member of the football team and will play wherever he is needed. There are no “baseball restrictions” on him for football.

    You are actively engaging in a nonsense conversation with an unserious, uninformed, bandwidth-draining clown. Reading what he wrote through your quotes reminded me of his existence and why he’s on ignore and usually forgotten. My goodness, what an idiotic premise. 

  7. Tech looked okay yesterday. Utah continues to get the benefit of the doubt to open every season and why they do is beyond me. That team looked like dogshit. 

    I’m guessing they’ll do very Texas Tech stuff here shortly, like coming down and losing to a well-coached Houston team. 

  8. 3 hours ago, Newy25 said:

    They will have Dallas Wilson, the true freshman WR likely when they play us and that guy is going to be a problem. That is of course if Lagway is able to throw the ball downfield. 

    I have a hard time getting worked up about a recovering true freshman WR against the Texas defense. I know the guy was a big time recruit, doesn’t matter. 

  9. Sun Belt Billy's Gators are all kinds of injured. They lost a starting DB, Dijon Johnson, to what is likely a torn ACL in the first quarter last night. They lost another guy getting regular snaps at one of the DB spots, dude named Bates, to a busted shoulder later in the game. They had 3 starting DLs out for the Miami game with serious injuries and lost another one in the 3rd quarter who couldn't walk off the field under his own power. Finally, the transfer WR, Sturdivant, left the game and never returned in the 3rd as well.

    They had a litany of injuries going into the game, so maybe this week helps them recover? Unlikely if SBB is still in charge. He's known for running tough, physical practices throughout each season, particularly in off-weeks. 

  10. 2 hours ago, Park Gothic said:

    I understand that insiders are dealing with a kind of tension. Their job is to tell us what is actually going on - that's what we pay them for. But they can't tell us everything relayed in confidence, because that could cost them their access. That's not an easy line to walk and I am sympathetic. But don't piss on my neck and tell me it's raining. I've got eyes and I'm not dumb. 

    To be clear, however, I'm not just talking about Bobby. He's in the same jackpot as the rest of them, but he usually shoots it pretty straight and will tell you what he really thinks. 

     

    3 minutes ago, Park Gothic said:

    I appreciate the insight, but I think everyone who has been paying attention has pieced together that (1) Arch's problems are mental, and (2) that they are only showing up on game day. To their credit, Bobby and Gerry have more or less been saying that for a week or two. To me, the question is not "what is happening?" but "what is the staff doing about it?" 

     

    You asked "what is actually going on?" and got responses to that question. "what is the staff doing about it?" is a different question. Also, expecting the staff to comment on anything regarding Yips Manning's treatment is a level of naivete I wouldn't have otherwise attributed to you. 

  11. 1 hour ago, billfromlaketravis said:

    What conference record does Clemson need to get in the conference game? If it’s 6-3, I think they can get there. And then they’d be a few inexplicable Cristobal decisions away from the CFP. 

    Hey man, how in the fuck can you be as big a fan as you are of this sport and not know that the ACC only plays 8 conference games. Come the fuck on. 

  12. 2 minutes ago, BluTechsan said:

    My thread on the subject wasn’t taken seriously, probably due to my TTU fandom but also because that other thread came off as being pro OU so I guess I should have know better.

    However, “objectivity” was also used and that really was the point I was trying to make.

    So, this week we have 0-2 ND still ranked (2 top25 losses)

    2-1 USF (2 wins vs top25 and 1 loss vs top25)

    The message:

    South Florida you will NEVER be invited to the party 

    ND you are ALWAYS welcome

     

    I know that CFB is just a TeeVee show that needs eyeballs and ratings but at what point do the the eyeballs conclude that they no longer give a crap?

    I'm trying to understand a few things here:

    1) You think people are going to look at AP voted rankings and then stop watching the game on tv? Is this a serious concern or position? Do you know how long the rankings have been idiotic? Longer than there have been tvs in most households. This goes back to the beginning, and yet viewership and interest only goes stronger.

    2) You think the "2 wins vs top 25 opponents" statement is going to continue to carry water? Neither of those teams are still in the top 25. Hell, I'm not sure either Florida or Boise are even getting many votes at all. Texas went through the same shit last year. Opened the season with 4 ranked teams on the schedule and beat all but one of them. By the end of the year, many of those teams were no longer ranked and idiots were ridiculing Texas, a program that will play anyone, anywhere, any time, for having a weak schedule. They got ZERO credit for those teams being ranked earlier in the year (Michigan, OU, ATM).

     

  13. 2 minutes ago, TreatyOak said:

    That's what you said at the beginning of the 2024 season and it worked out pretty well for him. We shall see! 

    "We shall see!" - Uh, no, we are seeing. They're quarter of the way through their schedule. 3 TDs, 3 INTs, completing less than 60% of his passes and looking generally like dogshit against quality opponents.

  14. 20 minutes ago, Sal said:

    Is Trey Owens seen as totally inept and unplayable by the coaches? The limited reps we’ve seen of him publicly suggest, what, maybe an average P5 starter? That doesn’t seem too bad at the moment. 

    I don't know what the deal is regarding Owens. I know that there is a strongly held belief that Lacey is a 5 star stud in a 3 star body. Now, given the questions many of us have regarding the QB coaching and the staff involved, I don't know how reliable that thinking really is. 

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