Texas 2025 SEC schedule

[Js1 86924]

1 hour ago, dcar00 said:

we are talking about making the playoff not about winning the playoff.  and to your point above, Indiana didn't have to.

Indiana had 1 loss top a top 10 team.  And they aren't hosting a playoff game. 

If you don't schedule tough, you better win 11 or 12 of your games, and you may not host. Your margin for error is tiny.

If you schedule tough, you can survive 10-2 (or even 9-3 in some years) and you may still even host (Ohio State). 

Edited Friday at 09:29 PM by Js1

[mdmost 43847]

Holy shit, some people will argue about anything. We're playing decent OOC opponents at least through 2029. Ohio State twice, Michigan at home, Notre dame home and away. We're not going to shy away from it nor should we. We have no big name OOC for 2030 or 2031 so maybe we'll schedule shit teams then just have a bunch of cupcakes on the schedule but I doubt it. I'd imagine CDC is waiting to see what the 2026 and beyond SEC schedule will be so he can arrange home and homes where we get a home game in the years we lose an SEC home game because of being the home team at the Cotton Bowl. We have Arizona State in 2032 and 2033. Not great but a decent OOC for fans. I know I'll be a dirty ass old man when we make the trip to Tempe. 

I think CDC knows that the home slate could be pretty lean at times, just like it was in the Big 12 days like in 2021 and 2023 when our best home game was Kansas State or Oklahoma State. So if he wants to get the suites booked, the clubs full, and butts in seats, he's going to need more than San Jose State, UTEP, or a branch school of Louisiana on the schedule at least every other year. We have Ohio State and Michigan coming into Austin the next two years, in addition to a home schedule that should have some combination of Alabama, LSU, and Tennessee on it. I doubt Sark is worried about how our OOC is scheduled. 

Edited Friday at 10:20 PM by mdmost

[utee94 16065]

17 minutes ago, mdmost said:

Holy shit, some people will argue about anything. We're playing decent OOC opponents at least through 2029. Ohio State twice, Michigan at home, Notre dame home and away. We're not going to shy away from it nor should we. We have no big name OOC for 2030 or 2031 so maybe we'll schedule shit teams then just have a bunch of cupcakes on the schedule but I doubt it. I'd imagine CDC is waiting to see what the 2026 and beyond SEC schedule will be so he can arrange home and homes where we get a home game in the years we lose an SEC home game because of being the home team at the Cotton Bowl. We have Arizona State in 2032 and 2033. Not great but a decent OOC for fans. I know I'll be a dirty ass old man when we make the trip to Tempe. 

I think CDC knows that the home slate could be pretty lean at times, just like it was in the Big 12 days like in 2021 and 2023 when our best home game was Kansas State or Oklahoma State. So if he wants to get the suites booked, the clubs full, and butts in seats, he's going to need more than San Jose State, UTEP, a or branch school of Louisiana on the schedule at least every other year. We have Ohio State and Michigan coming into Austin the next two years, in addition to a home schedule that should have some combination of Alabama, LSU, and Tennessee on it. I doubt Sark is worried about how our OOC is scheduled. 

Amen brutha.

CDC and our athletic department are always going to choose the "more money" option and playing marquee OOC opponents brings in more money.

 

 

[Js1 86924]

Just now, utee94 said:

Amen brutha.

CDC and our athletic department are always going to choose the "more money" option and playing marquee OOC opponents brings in more money.

 

 

Texas needs to continue to lead their retarded conference brothers in scheduling.  1 marquee matchup against a P4 + 2 (or 3) in-state or regional G5 schools, depending on if the SEC goes to 9 games or not 

Let Alabama bitch and moan about scheduling - Texas doesn't need to be influenced by a bunch of pussies who can't score a touchdown against 6-6 OU and think they missed out on the playoffs because their cupcake non-conf was "too tough" 

[n64ra 1149]

19 hours ago, surlyatxlonghorn said:

Just reserved flights to columbus.  Is that a bad experience or just not a fan of the town?

 

19 hours ago, TrashMaster G said:

All reports from Horn fans that made the trip in '05 were that fans there were a bunch of miserable cunts.

I am one of the '05'ers. This is correct. tOSU fans were worse than OU fans in Dallas, even after we lost 5 in a row. My wife got a stadium cop to deal with the biggest a-hole in the row behind. Godspeed to you in 2025.

 

The difference is Fox will guarantee you an 11am CT kickoff so they'll have less time to drink. I had something like 7pm CT kickoff so...

Edited Friday at 10:13 PM by n64ra

[dcar00 14899]

38 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Indiana had 1 loss top a top 10 team.  And they aren't hosting a playoff game. 

If you don't schedule tough, you better win 11 or 12 of your games, and you may not host. Your margin for error is tiny.

If you schedule tough, you can survive 10-2 (or even 9-3 in some years) and you may still even host (Ohio State). 

Indiana is in the tournament and lost big to the only team worth a shit on their schedule.  they shouldn't even be in the tournament. their SOS is abysmal. worse than SMU's.  but they are in so they have a chance.

If bama loses to Tenn and then OU by 21 but beats Vandy, they are in over SMU because the loss column is the same.  Bama's only tough OOC was Wisconsin who was not good.  I love seeing Bama cry because their issue was not the OOC.

again, I am fine with us playing a really good OOC team but to pretend that the number in the loss column isn't ridiculously over indexed on by the committee is silly.  It is plain as day.

I want them to stop looking at the loss column but their is reems of data showing that is 90% of what they care about.

 

[Js1 86924]

An 11-1 P4 team is making the CFP. An 11-1 B1G/SEC is in 100000%

[WBT 20879]

2 hours ago, dcar00 said:

pretend that the number in the loss column isn't ridiculously over indexed on by the committee is silly.  It is plain as day.

I'm good with punishing teams for losses

[dcar00 14899]

3 hours ago, Js1 said:

An 11-1 P4 team is making the CFP. An 11-1 B1G/SEC is in 100000%

correct, so why risk any loss in OOC? 

Indiana can make it while beating absolutely no one and getting blasted by tOSU for there only loss.  ACC would also.  Clemson could have scheduled UTSA and Minnesota, instead of UGA and Souf Carolina and been 11-1 and in the playoffs going into the CCG not even having to win it.  

Edited Saturday at 01:23 AM by dcar00

[thunderlounge 8318]

6 hours ago, Dahobbs said:

So other than the times SOS clearly comes into play in eliminating one or two loss teams or in seeding two loss teams over one loss teams, it doesn't come into play. Ok. It only looks like it sorted by number of losses because of how many teams had two losses or less losses. Again, Bama is probably in if they lose a heart breaker to OU. Don't get blown out by bad teams is the lesson here.  

 

 

[pops 7120]

Buncha fucking bitches in this thread. 

[UTEE97 3890]

If SMU, BSU and Arizona State get blown out, I feel like SEC & BIG will get more bids in the future. SoS will have more weight than the conference record. 

[ATXbronco 4381]

On 12/12/2024 at 5:12 PM, jetsfan76 said:

I wish we could trade LSU or Georgia as a "permanent" rival for fucking aggy.

 

On 12/12/2024 at 5:13 PM, mdmost said:

But we aren't rivals with those teams, Lt. Dan. 

 

On 12/12/2024 at 5:16 PM, TrashMaster G said:

Georgia? Every year?

Fuck those fucks.

 

You have to know that Georgia will be our "next rivalry".  

The SEC probably wants it to be a thing, too.

 

[4th&Five 41902]

With current weather forecasts I expect Tennessee and SMU to get beat handily and I expect Indiana to get blown out as well but not because of weather. 

[Surly Bevo 25654]

1 hour ago, 4th&Five said:

With current weather forecasts I expect Tennessee and SMU to get beat handily and I expect Indiana to get blown out as well but not because of weather. 

Think Tennessee has a top 10 rushing attack and pretty good defense so not sure bad weather should write them off.