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Holy shit you dipshits: 9-3 Texas is probably in the playoffs

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5 minutes ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

"...Or is it don’t play good teams, put up a bunch of yards, put up a bunch of points and make it look good. Throw fade route touchdowns with 38 seconds to go when you’re ahead 31-7 so that the score looks better.”

Welcome to college football Sark.

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  • RecoveringAlcoholic
    RecoveringAlcoholic

    It's not a playoff, it's a brand name invitational when teams with more losses are being campaigned for and included based on the brand name while excluding and campaigning against other schools with

  • are some of y’all trying to be “good fans” or “objective” or something when you say that it’s the florida loss that’s keeping us out? cuz y’all know that’s not true right? it’s only been repeated 10,0

  • closetojumping
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    Sarkisian went on the SEC morning show today and doubled down on both Texas deserving to be in the playoffs and reconsidering the OOC schedule going forward. He basically said, with the SEC going to 9

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15 minutes ago, Hank Kingsley said:

Sark fucked this year up.

I'm mad for Taaffe, Burke, and the other seniors. And for Arch.

Would have been incredible experience going into next season.

1 hour ago, Js1 said:

2 regular season rematches 

So compelling 

Yeah but Virginia vs Ole Miss (even with out a head coach) and UNT vs Oregon are absolutely going to expose this fraud. 

The 4 that truly tweak me are UNT, Virginia, Miami and ND. 

I presumed this would be the outcome but.. it's a joke.

 

4 minutes ago, El Hornarino said:

Welcome to college football Sark.

This I agree with. Our run of coaches who refuse to pound inferior teams into dust continues to hurt us. 

If we're up 3 scores in the third the goal should be to win by 5 scores, not just bleed clock. Sure you don't snap the ball with 25 seconds on the play clock anymore but you also shouldn't be calling run, run,  short pass, punt so you can play super soft defense and give up garbage time scores. As you imply, style points and big margins are a part of college football. If you refuse to do it then you are not a great college football coach. 

Edited by Huckleberry

Based on the offense I watched this year, I don't think intentionally going easy on opposing defenses was part of the problem 

Of course it's the three losses. 
And I'm fine with that. Win more.

that's a great point honestly. Say we lost to Ohio State, Georgia and aggy. We are still out. It's the three losses.
Just now, Honeysucklerose said:


that's a great point honestly. Say we lost to Ohio State, Georgia and aggy. We are still out. It's the three losses.

And we still didn't have to play Ohio State.

3 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

Yeah but Virginia vs Ole Miss (even with out a head coach) and UNT vs Oregon are absolutely going to expose this fraud. 

The 4 that truly tweak me are UNT, Virginia, Miami and ND. 

I presumed this would be the outcome but.. it's a joke.

 

This will be the least watched playoffs ever if the seeds hold.

3 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

This I agree with. Our run of coaches who refuse to pound inferior teams into dust continues to hurt us. 

If we're up 3 scores in the third the goal should be to win by 5 scores, not just bleed clock. Sure you don't snap the ball with 25 seconds on the play clock anymore but you also shouldn't be calling run, run,  short pass, punt so you can play super soft defense and give up garbage time scores. As you imply, style points and big margins are a part of college football. If you refuse to do it then you are not a great college football coach. 

I like this idea. Call it "all gas, no brakes" or something. 

13 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Of course it's the three losses. 

And I'm fine with that.

 

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5 minutes ago, TexArcher said:

And we still didn't have to play Ohio State.

Someone should bump the "Why the fuck are we playing Ohio State?" thread.

15 minutes ago, El Hornarino said:

Welcome to college football Sark.

 

11 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

This I agree with. Our run of coaches who refuse to pound inferior teams into dust continues to hurt us. 

If we're up 3 scores in the third the goal should be to win by 5 scores, not just bleed clock. Sure you don't snap the ball with 25 seconds on the play clock anymore but you also shouldn't be calling run, run,  short pass, punt so you can play super soft defense and give up garbage time scores. As you imply, style points and big margins are a part of college football. If you refuse to do it then you are not a great college football coach. 

Ironic as well coming from a guy who claims to be all gas no brakes 

And there we have it….   But let’s ignore Bama lost to Florida State who (let me check) lost to Florida last week and OU who  I think Texas beat?

 

Am I right?

Just now, Hank Kingsley said:

BTW, quite the one-two punch for @Wulaw Horn with this and the "I have no concerns about this team" thread. 😂

 

 

Sweet lord if he posts we're going to win the SEC next year then we're fucked. 

1 minute ago, David Dennison said:

Funny, but it's not like we're being treated unfairly. 

It just depends what you value.

This committee is showing that nothing matters more than the loss column.  So, there is no reason to schedule marquee non-conference games.  They can only hurt you.  Texas and Ohio State, aggy and Notre Dame, oklahoma and Michigan, etc, will all be going away.

College football will now be stats games until Oct 1.  

This is 100% bad for the sport and bad for the fans.

23 hours ago, Rimbo said:

Are you seriously telling me you would NOT want to be Dan Aykroyd in this photo? 

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Nonsense. Bollocks. Balderdash!

lord knows i would

Fucking gross dude

Just now, Nueces River Rat said:

And there we have it….   But let’s ignore Bama lost to Florida State who (let me check) lost to Florida last week and OU who  I think Texas beat?

Am I right?

The difference is, Alabama's third loss (if it happens) will come in the SEC championship game. 

 

 

1 minute ago, Nueces River Rat said:

And there we have it….   But let’s ignore Bama lost to Florida State who (let me check) lost to Florida last week and OU who  I think Texas beat?

 

Am I right?

So if we beat Ohio St and still lost to FSU we wouldn't be in? Sorry, Nicole seems like-able but she's the most gullible fuck around.

14 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

This I agree with. Our run of coaches who refuse to pound inferior teams into dust continues to hurt us. 

If we're up 3 scores in the third the goal should be to win by 5 scores, not just bleed clock. Sure you don't snap the ball with 25 seconds on the play clock anymore but you also shouldn't be calling run, run,  short pass, punt so you can play super soft defense and give up garbage time scores. As you imply, style points and big margins are a part of college football. If you refuse to do it then you are not a great college football coach. 

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I don't like canceling big boy games but the ND games have to go.  Fuck them, they are prob the only team that will ever benefit from a "quality loss" the way we were begging too all year. 

The risk reward is skewed too far in their favor. 

Just now, TexArcher said:

It just depends what you value.

This committee is showing that nothing matters more than the loss column.  So, there is no reason to schedule marquee non-conference games.  They can only hurt you.  Texas and Ohio State, aggy and Notre Dame, oklahoma and Michigan, etc, will all be going away.

College football will now be stats games until Oct 1.  

This is 100% bad for the sport and bad for the fans.

I'll be shocked if we back out of those home games.

But maybe.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/47178710/week-15-anger-index-teams-upset-college-football-playoff-ranking-2025

Week 15 Anger Index - David Hale (spoiler alert: We're Number 1!!)

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1. Texas Longhorns (9-3, No. 13)

It's not entirely clear how this committee values wins. For the past month, the priority has certainly appeared to be about which team has the better losses (unless, of course, you're Alabama).

That seems a foolish way to prioritize playoff teams, since the goal of the playoff isn't to lose to good teams but to win games.

Does Texas have a bad loss? Yes. A 29-21 defeat to woeful Florida -- even if the Gators also played Georgia and Ole Miss close and just walloped a team that beat Alabama head-to-head -- is problematic.

But look who Texas has beaten: No. 7 Texas A&M by 10, No. 8 Oklahoma by 17 and No. 14 Vandy by three (in a game they led by 24 in the fourth quarter). That's the résumé of a team capable of winning a national championship -- even if the Horns were also capable of losing to a second-rate SEC team.

Are we trying to find teams with the most upside or give participation trophies to the ones which have not lost an ugly one? (Except, again, Alabama.)

And it's not as if the committee believes an extra loss is disqualifying. Oklahoma, Alabama, Notre Dame and Miami all have two losses and are ranked ahead of one-loss BYU (more on that in a moment), so what's the harm of moving a three-loss Texas ahead of a two-loss team that has accomplished less?

This all comes back to the most frequent and justified criticism of the committee: The same rules aren't applied evenly. In some cases, record matters. In some cases, best wins matter. In some cases, better losses matter. The standard varies based on the team being considered. But if the committee is going to err in favor of any team, it should probably do so for one that's proved -- not once, not twice, but three times -- that it can beat an elite opponent.

Oh, and moving Texas up ahead of, say, Notre Dame would also have the added bonus of allowing the committee to sidestep another tricky situation. Which leads us to...

 

 

Just now, David Dennison said:

The difference is, Alabama's third loss (if it happens) will come in the SEC championship game. 

 

 

Yes and it will be interesting to see how they treat this if they get trucked by UGA.   

Just now, Nueces River Rat said:

Yes and it will be interesting to see how they treat this if they get trucked by UGA.   

I think Alabama is in no matter what.

5 minutes ago, Nueces River Rat said:

And there we have it….   But let’s ignore Bama lost to Florida State who (let me check) lost to Florida last week and OU who  I think Texas beat?

 

Am I right?

But bama did not have three losses. 

3 minutes ago, Nicole44 said:

But bama did not have three losses. 

Replace their OOC game with Wisconsin with Ohio State and they probably do 

Edited by JOSEYWALES66

Honestly, Sark should cancel the Ohio State game, schedule Rice, beat them 84-3, and tell the postgame presser that he's glad we got to start our playoff resume off with a W this time.

 

19 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

This I agree with. Our run of coaches who refuse to pound inferior teams into dust continues to hurt us. 

If we're up 3 scores in the third the goal should be to win by 5 scores, not just bleed clock. Sure you don't snap the ball with 25 seconds on the play clock anymore but you also shouldn't be calling run, run,  short pass, punt so you can play super soft defense and give up garbage time scores. As you imply, style points and big margins are a part of college football. If you refuse to do it then you are not a great college football coach. 

It’s the. Were Texas nose up gentleman of honor bullshit. It’s why we’ve had weak ass players too.  Your coach needs to be a dick head and want to hang 50 on everyone. Put your back ups in and keep slinging the rock it filters down to the players wanting to pummel everyone. 
 

the weak ass sark all brakes no gas use Caldwell to handoff to Christian fucking Clark 3 straight times is pussy shit.  Bob stoops was a dick eater but had no problem scoring 70 when he could 

Just now, TexArcher said:

Honestly, Sark should cancel the Ohio State game, schedule Rice, beat them 84-3, and tell the postgame presser that he's glad we got to start our playoff resume off with a W this time.

 

We'd need to schedule a P4 team. That's the SEC OOC rule. So make it Baylor. 

1 minute ago, mdmost said:

We'd need to schedule a P4 team. That's the SEC OOC rule. So make it Baylor. 

Fun note on Baylor: I learned today that telling a Baylor fan that they support an institution that covered up Rape results in a permanent ban from /r/CFB 

So I got that going for me 

10 minutes ago, mdmost said:

Sweet lord if he posts we're going to win the SEC next year then we're fucked. 

And yet he could do that for 10 consecutive years and still not be anywhere close to Helobious.

Dude is the Gretzky of that shit…

27 minutes ago, chainsaw said:

I'm mad for Taaffe, Burke, and the other seniors. And for Arch.

Would have been incredible experience going into next season.

Arch kind of shit the bed in the first half of the season. Dont be too mad for him. 

2 minutes ago, Nicole44 said:

But bama did not have three losses. 

Yet.  

The ant hill that Texas should make into a mountain is if Bama gets pounded by a similar score by UGA than we did and they put a three loss team in saying the loss was in a conference championship game so it’s given special consideration.    Meanwhile if Duke wins the ACC CCG and is not given a seat at the table, then the standards for the CCG are beneficial for one team and not for another will need to be pointed out .   I mean Bama didn’t exactly earn their way straight into the CCG anyway.  They got in thanks to a series of events which the main one was we beating aggy.   

 

10 minutes ago, TexArcher said:

It just depends what you value.

This committee is showing that nothing matters more than the loss column.  So, there is no reason to schedule marquee non-conference games.  They can only hurt you.  Texas and Ohio State, aggy and Notre Dame, oklahoma and Michigan, etc, will all be going away.

College football will now be stats games until Oct 1.  

This is 100% bad for the sport and bad for the fans.

They don't care!

They saw an opportunity to screw over Texas, and that r-kansaw mouth-breather took it!

They'll be dining out on this for decades now, how they got to fuck Texas.

BMDs need to tell Crystal to schedule the cupcakes NOW and go to work on making sure this never happens like this again, which means make the 16-team playoff happen.

6 minutes ago, mdmost said:

We'd need to schedule a P4 team. That's the SEC OOC rule. So make it Baylor. 

Nah, screw Baylor and Tech and any member of the RIg 12 when we left that crapshoot.    Now Colorado, Arizona,  ASU would be ok.  

1 minute ago, GreenspointTexas said:

We kinda look like a buncha whiners right now

Cool. Who gives a shit

1 minute ago, GreenspointTexas said:

We kinda look like a buncha whiners right now

I fucking hate to say it, but Greenspoint is right…

25 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

This I agree with. Our run of coaches who refuse to pound inferior teams into dust continues to hurt us. 

If we're up 3 scores in the third the goal should be to win by 5 scores, not just bleed clock. Sure you don't snap the ball with 25 seconds on the play clock anymore but you also shouldn't be calling run, run,  short pass, punt so you can play super soft defense and give up garbage time scores. As you imply, style points and big margins are a part of college football. If you refuse to do it then you are not a great college football coach. 

Some teams have the type of offense where they run their system and if they have superior athletes to the competition, they can’t be stopped. The old Leach and OU offenses were that way. As a result they would run up huge scores. The downside was that when they ran into top teams they had few wrinkles to roll out and were stymied. 

Sark’s approach and offense is built heavily on deception, motion, and throwing in wrinkles to find space. So he doesn’t do much against lesser teams because he wants to save those wrinkles for the critical games like OU and A&M, keeping them off film. As a result, they often don’t destroy lesser opponents.

He also purposely gets conservative late in games to avoid low percentage scenarios where the competition comes back to win. It’s why he has so many unnecessary close games. And of course this philosophy is flawed. Playing that conservative actually brings low percentage comebacks into play more than just continuing to beat them down. 

4 minutes ago, BachelorTrek said:

They don't care!

They saw an opportunity to screw over Texas, and that r-kansaw mouth-breather took it!

They'll be dining out on this for decades now, how they got to fuck Texas.

BMDs need to tell Crystal to schedule the cupcakes NOW and go to work on making sure this never happens like this again, which means make the 16-team playoff happen.

Texas is not getting screwed.

1 hour ago, scramblyn said:

bowl game doesn't fucking matter. it's a scrimmage.

Georgia 63-3 over FSU felt like something a couple years ago…

 

Just now, Ignatius said:

I fucking hate to say it, but Greenspoint is right…

Fuck the rest of the internet won’t think Texas fans are cool big strong boys anymore 😩😩😩

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