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Jumping the gun a bit here, but most likely outcome.

When all the dust settles, I think this will be a good defense for Arch to face. Wink Martindale does not make it easy for a QB

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    I will.

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    I remember a marquee bowl game against Michigan 20 years ago. We had a hyped QB who had started to come into his own and roster filled with very talented sophomores and juniors. Texas ended up beating

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nobody will gaf about this game, it will feel like the pro bowl. 

4 minutes ago, naija said:

Jumping the gun a bit here, but most likely outcome.

When all the dust settles, I think this will be a good defense for Arch to face. Wink Martindale does not make it easy for a QB

Oh, yeah?  I heard he was dead.

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Very low scoring game I’d guess, both offenses will struggle to move the ball. 

But with opt outs and coaching changes who the hell knows what these teams look like.  

7 minutes ago, Chopper said:

nobody will gaf about this game, it will feel like the pro bowl. 

Coaches will care if bonuses are involved 

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In the 12-team playoff era, the bowl games are dead, not just for the fans, but to the players themselves who deem them worthy of sitting out to avoid injury ahead of NFL prospects.  Will I watch?  Yes.  Do I expect to be able to glean much from the result?  No.

Exhibition game for 2026 season... expect several longhorn players to opt out of this Citrus Bowl.

Both NFL bound, and portal out players likely won't play... 

  

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Well the opt outs are guys who aren't back next year so why not see what we have behind them? It's also a way to get portal guys into the program as they can visit during practices. 

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You adjust with life. Yes, it likely won't be a current snapshot of what the team will be, but it is still an opportunity to learn for several members of the team. The most important player of next year's team will play and needs to prepare accordingly. Sark, mentally, needs to elevate himself to a level of a person who dishes out the punches instead of rolling with them. You now know what happens if your plan is just to navigate the schedule, and spit out "all our goals are ahead of us" ad nauseam during the season. The best time to become someone who hates losing more than they love wining is now.

These games are so lose lose now.

Stars don’t want to play risking injury for nothing. If backups show out, they are immediate portal risks.

 

3 minutes ago, taybo20 said:

These games are so lose lose now.

Stars don’t want to play risking injury for nothing. If backups show out, they are immediate portal risks.

 

We only had 3 players opt out of 2022's Alamo Bowl. The only guys probably opting out are portal guys and guys going into the NFL. They may encourage Hill to sit out to not risk another injury. 

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the only upside is Sark can get started figuring out who he is going to replace Flood and Akina with.

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I remember a marquee bowl game against Michigan 20 years ago. We had a hyped QB who had started to come into his own and roster filled with very talented sophomores and juniors. Texas ended up beating Michigan in a nail biter. 

Does anyone remember what happened next year when those kids grew up and came back?

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Georgia wasn’t supposed to give a fuck about drawing a deadbeat FSU team in 2023. That didn’t stop them from absolutely skull fucking them. Good on Kirby for (finally) setting the example on the proper way to react after getting left out. 

36 minutes ago, Chopper said:

nobody will gaf about this game, it will feel like the pro bowl. 

Yep, only reason I'd watch a second of it no matter who we play is if Lacey and the freshmen played all game. This is nothing but a glorified scrimmage. Dont care if we lose by 40. Just play all the freshmen. 

2 minutes ago, USNALonghorn said:

Georgia wasn’t supposed to give a fuck about drawing a deadbeat FSU team in 2023. That didn’t stop them from absolutely skull fucking them. Good on Kirby for (finally) setting the example on the proper way to react after getting left out. 

That was a 4 team playoff. If you dont even make a 12 team playoff then it's back to the drawing board and you need to find out what you have going forward. Every school should just use it to play their backups that will be back next season.

Maybe that would get the NCAA to cancel these stupid exhibition games and go to mandatory p4 non con round robin and a 16 team playoff. 

1 minute ago, SimkinsMan said:

I remember a marquee bowl game against Michigan 20 years ago. We had a hyped QB who had started to come into his own and roster filled with very talented sophomores and juniors. Texas ended up beating Michigan in a nail biter. 

Does anyone remember what happened next year when those kids grew up and came back?

Non-CFP bowl games are no longer "marquee" bowl games. Times have changed.

 

 

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By 2027, we will have played Michigan in California, Michigan, Florida and Texas 

47 minutes ago, naija said:

Jumping the gun a bit here, but most likely outcome.

When all the dust settles, I think this will be a good defense for Arch to face. Wink Martindale does not make it easy for a QB

Sark has already showed he’s a terrible matchup for Martindale. He is rigid in his defensive approach, so many clear rules Sark can manipulate. The Michigan game made Quinn look like a first round pick.

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45 minutes ago, Chopper said:

nobody will gaf about this game, it will feel like the pro bowl. 

Sark said in his presser this week that the opportunity to getting to 10 wins for the 3rd consecutive year is something he wants to achieve, and I'm with him on that. A 10 win season in a "down" year is a sign of a healthy program. 

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13 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

 A 10 win season in a "down" year is a sign of a healthy program. 

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There’s really no point in playing these non-playoff bowl games anymore. Neither team will be fielding anywhere near the same rosters that they did during the regular season. 

1 minute ago, Hermanator said:

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In that 9 year stretch of 10+ wins, we won a national championship. I would take that again. 

1 hour ago, naija said:

Jumping the gun a bit here, but most likely outcome.

When all the dust settles, I think this will be a good defense for Arch to face. Wink Martindale does not make it easy for a QB

Was pretty easy for ewers last year.  Obviously if arch doesn’t shred them then he is inferior. 

6 minutes ago, horn009 said:

There’s really no point in playing these non-playoff bowl games anymore. Neither team will be fielding anywhere near the same rosters that they did during the regular season. 

This is just flat wrong on every level. Last year’s Michigan vs. Alabama game was a good game.

I don’t know much about Michigan’s roster but assume they are like us without many draftees. 
 

Anyone on both teams coming back next year will be playing  

 

21 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Sark said in his presser this week that the opportunity to getting to 10 wins for the 3rd consecutive year is something he wants to achieve, and I'm with him on that. A 10 win season in a "down" year is a sign of a healthy program. 

oh shit, Mack Brown clone engaged.

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31 minutes ago, Hmbre97 said:

Non-CFP bowl games are no longer "marquee" bowl games. Times have changed.

 

 

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I’ll bet you more people watch Texas vs. Michigan than JMU vs. Oregon 

59 minutes ago, Carl Spackler said:

I will.

That makes sense given your user name. The game is dead varmint poontang.

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47 minutes ago, mdmost said:

We only had 3 players opt out of 2022's Alamo Bowl. The only guys probably opting out are portal guys and guys going into the NFL. They may encourage Hill to sit out to not risk another injury. 

Yeah but what’s the point of them playing. Cheeze it trophy?

Just now, taybo20 said:

Yeah but what’s the point of them playing. Cheeze it trophy?

10 wins, securing your spot for next season versus losing it to a freshman or portal guy, free bowl swag, pride, wanting to step on the field one last time with your teammates. 

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1 minute ago, taybo20 said:

Yeah but what’s the point of them playing. Cheeze it trophy?

In the words of Ray Lewis...

"Man, Football... Football is getting hit." 

 

Some of y'all spoiled hoes can't see past your fucking nose... Winning begets winning. Beat the dog shit out of Michigan and take their portal targets, too.

Win 10. Rank in the final top 10. Go practice being winners so you know what it looks like, instead of laying down to fucking Florida.

Train for success...and stop being diva ass bitches.

3 minutes ago, mdmost said:

10 wins, securing your spot for next season versus losing it to a freshman or portal guy, free bowl swag, pride, wanting to step on the field one last time with your teammates. 

Yeah totally get the senior of it, the last game of it… 

 

outside of just playing for love of the game, it doesn’t really matter for returning starters. And the whole securing your spot is dumb. Spring practice and fall practice will have more impact than the bowl game

7 minutes ago, taybo20 said:

Yeah but what’s the point of them playing. Cheeze it trophy?

Because they are football players. 

3 minutes ago, Slacks said:

In the words of Ray Lewis...

"Man, Football... Football is getting hit." 

 

Some of y'all spoiled hoes can't see past your fucking nose... Winning begets winning. Beat the dog shit out of Michigan and take their portal targets, too.

Win 10. Rank in the final top 10. Go practice being winners so you know what it looks like, instead of laying down to fucking Florida.

Train for success...and stop being diva ass bitches.

That’s some cope ass bull shit. Rank top 10? Lol

Just now, MirrOlure said:

Because they are football players. 

Interesting point 

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Just now, taybo20 said:

That’s some cope ass bull shit. Rank top 10? Lol

No, he's right. You're just being a bitch because we didn't make the playoff. Sark can't think like that. He needs to build a culture of winning. Beating a helmet team like Michigan helps with that, especially going into next year. 

53 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:

Exhibition game for 2026 season... expect several longhorn players to opt out of this Citrus Bowl.

Both NFL bound, and portal out players likely won't play... 

  

Agreed. I would think Hill, Mohammad, Campbell, and maybe Guilbeau (although I'm not sure I would do that if I was him) would think about it. Maybe McDonald and Burke, too? Taaffe will play because he's Taaffe. In any case, I don't expect to be able to take a whole hell of a lot away from this bowl game. Hopefully, some of the young guys show out

1 minute ago, mdmost said:

No, he's right. You're just being a bitch because we didn't make the playoff. Sark can't think like that. He needs to build a culture of winning. Beating a helmet team like Michigan helps with that, especially going into next year. 

For all we know, the experience of Kirby and UGA preparing for an annihilating FSU in the Orange Bowl springboarded them into the National Championship last year and consecutive SEC championships….

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Every one of you knows that you’ll be in the game thread bitching the whole time just like the rest of us. Don’t nobody posting on this website act like you’re too cool for exhibition football. 

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