rsf0626 said:

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People just assume texas is going to dog walk arkansas. They have played every single team close outside of ND

Not a gimme at all

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No one (sane) is assuming it, Arkansas is a team with the capability to beat a team above them by record, but if sip has 4+ losses, there isn't anything to talk about beyond whether they are going to the Texas Bowl or the Music City Bowl.

The arch manning thread on surly has some outstanding "Studio Ghibli" ai slop memes of Arch throughout the football season as he looks for love.

At least one horn over there has a sense of humor.

CBS is a waste of time. One should know this if you are paying attention.

Texas is NOT making the playoffs.

MSM just trying to pimp schools with large fan bases to keep them from checking out.

There are only 5 conference champs guaranteed.

B1G Champs - OSU or Indiana
SEC Champ - A&M or Georgia or Ole Miss
BDF Champ - Texas Tech?
ACC Champ - Miami?
Group of 5 Champ - Take your pick

Others guaranteed:

Other two SEC
Other B1G
Oregon
Domer

That's 10. Both Mormon schools, Vandy, Georgia Tech, USC, Alabama, Michigan - all are likely ranked ahead of sip.

I'm just praying for the Aggies to tan their hides in 2 weeks if only to end this discussion once and for all.

fc2112 said:

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There are only 5 conference champs guaranteed.

B1G Champs - OSU or Indiana
SEC Champ - A&M or Georgia or Ole Miss
BDF Champ - Texas Tech?
ACC Champ - Miami?
Group of 5 Champ - Take your pick

Others guaranteed:

Other two SEC
Other B1G
Oregon
Domer

That's 10. Both Mormon schools, Vandy, Georgia Tech, USC, Alabama, Michigan - all are likely ranked ahead of sip.

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Bama is still in the driver seat for SEC championship game

AggieUSMC said:

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fc2112 said:

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There are only 5 conference champs guaranteed.

B1G Champs - OSU or Indiana
SEC Champ - A&M or Georgia or Ole Miss
BDF Champ - Texas Tech?
ACC Champ - Miami?
Group of 5 Champ - Take your pick

Others guaranteed:

Other two SEC
Other B1G
Oregon
Domer

That's 10. Both Mormon schools, Vandy, Georgia Tech, USC, Alabama, Michigan - all are likely ranked ahead of sip.

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Bama is still in the driver seat for SEC championship game

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Bama and texas a&m control their own destiny.

annie88 said:

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4 said:

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Chris and Herbie were bending over backwards to try to talk tu into the playoffs tonight after it was obvious they were going to lose

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It's such complete bull*****

Only for tu and maybe Bama, would they pull that crap.

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$$$!

I use to really like Herbie until he started crying about players and shoving his nose up the arse of ohio state and tu

Texas has an uphill climb. They need Top Ten, not Top Twelve. They will not be the former with three losses, even if two of them are to teams ranked above them. Florida loss is a bad loss. Too many other teams with legit cases to be ranked ahead of them, even OU.

BYU, Utah, Miami, GT, Virginia, Michigan, and Southern Cal should all be ahead of the sips in the CFP

BTKAG97 said:

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They very well could be and should be Texas 8&4 at the end of the season - or better yet - Texas 7&5.

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They SHOULD be Texas 5&5 right now except for the dipsh*ts Stoops and Lebby

Prediction for this week:
1. Osu
2. Iu
3. Tamu
4. Uga
5. Tech
6. Ole miss
7. Oregon
8. Ou
9. Nd
10. Bama
11. Byu
12. Utah

How it could shake out:

Auto bids-
1. Sec champ- tamu
2. Big 10 champ- tosu
3. Big 12 champ- tech
4. Acc champ- gtech or virgina
5. Go5 champ- unt or Tulane or navy or jmu
6. Uga
7. Bama
8. Oregon
9. Indiana
10. Ou
11. Ole miss
12. Nd

Beating arky and us won't get them there

Texas is just out. End of story. Their 'offensive guru' has utterly failed to coach them to score enough points.

Texas’ points scored against Top 5 Opponents under Steve Sarkisian:

2025 Georgia - 10
2025 Ohio State - 7
2024 Ohio State - 14
2024 Georgia - 19
2024 Georgia - 15
2023 Washington - 31
2023 Alabama - 34
2022 TCU - 10
2022 Alabama - 19

That’s 17.6 PPG.

Offensive Guru? Nah. pic.twitter.com/0iGhOCH579

— College Football Report (@CFBReport) November 16, 2025

fulshearAg96 said:

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I use to really like Herbie until he started crying about players and shoving his nose up the arse of ohio state and tu

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He did play for tOSU

LB12Diamond said:

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Guys relax

That ass whipping killed Texas's chances. I have read three different articles already stating they are done.

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Yeah but you're most likely reading rational, unbiased sources.

But we all know who controls the committee

Who?mikejones! said:

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Predicitiin fornthis week:
1. Osu
2. Iu
3. Tamu
4. Uga
5. Tech
6. Ole miss
7. Oregon
8. Ou
9. Nd
10. Bama
11. Byu
12. Utah

How it could shake out:

Auto bids-
1. Sec champ- tamu
2. Big 10 champ- tosu
3. Big 12 champ- tech
4. Acc champ- gtech or virgina
5. Go5 champ- unt or Tulane or navy or jmu
6. Uga
7. Bama
8. Oregon
9. Indiana
10. Ou
11. Ole miss
12. Nd

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FYI - conference champs aren't seeded 1-5

And yes - I forgot Bama - but that makes 11.

the plan to throw it short and out athlete the other team quickly falls apart when the other team is athletic as you

I know, but the 5 highest ranked conference champs get in.

I should have clarified that wasn't how I thought the rankings would end up but rather who would be in the tourney

AggieOO said:

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4 said:

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Chris and Herbie were bending over backwards to try to talk tu into the playoffs tonight after it was obvious they were going to lose

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You realize part of their job is talking up the teams in the game they announce, right?

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Hey Brent Musberger. I'd forgotten about you. How's AJ's girlfriend doing?

If you work at ESPN/Disney, they must kiss tu arse since tu purchased the Manning franchise.

Who?mikejones! said:

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I know, but the 5 highest ranked conference champs get in.

I should have clarified that wasn't how I thought the rankings would end up but rather who would be in the tourney

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Peace - I figured you didn't mean those as seeds, but others here might have confused it.

Final today would be:

1. Osu
2. Iu
3. Tamu
4. Uga
5. Tech
6. Ole miss
7. Oregon
8. Ou
9. Bama
10. Nd
11. Virginia
12. Unt

The final final would be something like

1. Big 10 champ (osu or indiana)
2. Sec champ or osu (tamu, uga)
3. Big 10 second place or sec champ if osu loses to indiana (Indiana)
4. Tech or sec 2nd place depending on who that might be (tamu, uga)
5. Sec 2nd place or third place or tech(tamu, uga, Ole miss)
6. Big 10 3rd or sec 3rd/4th (Oregon, Ole miss, bama, ou, tamu, uga)
7. Sec 3rd/4th or big 10 third (same as above)
8. Sec 5th/notre dame (probably ou)
9. Acc champ or notre dame(gtech or virgina)
10. Big 12 2nd or acc champ or notre dame (byu or utah)
11. Truly up for grabs between sec/big 10/utah (vandy, Michigan, usc, virgina, gtech, utah)
12. Go5 (unt, navy, Tulane)

Little Rock Ag said:

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Here's the writeup from CBS Sports, predicting tomorrow's rankings:

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-rankings-tomorrows-top-25-oklahoma-moves-into-top-10-alabama/

12. Texas (10): While it's admittedly wild to consider that a three-loss team would still be this high in the rankings in mid-November, there are two factors that really strengthen Texas' resume when it comes to finding their spot in the new poll. First are the wins against both Oklahoma and Vanderbilt, with the Sooners' rising stock clearly helping that analysis. Second is a limited penalty for losing at Georgia, a team that seems to be rounding into form to make a run at another national title.

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Absurd.

Texas went from 20 to 10 to 12(?) after almost losing to Vanderbilt, playing a bye week, and getting their **** pushed in by Georgia. BYU and Utah should both be ranked ahead of Texas.

Chris Fowler last night: "There has never been a 3 loss team to make the playoff but it has to happen sometime."

It's also really amusing that all of sudden everyone is trying to use SOR to get Texas in today when last week SOR didn't matter for us.

12thManftbll said:

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Pumpkinhead said:

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If beat Arky and A&M at home:

It is not 0% chance now but it is a long hill to climb.

the math now is really tough if you are a longhorns fan.

There are 12 spots. G5 gonna take 1. NOTRE dame gonna take 1. BIG 12 going to take 1. ACC will take 1.

That leaves 8 spots for Big 10 and SEC teams.

Ohio State, Indiana, A&M, Georgia, & Ole Miss are Locks Now to be In.

That leaves 3 spots for Big 10 and SEC teams.

Oregon, Bama, & Oklahoma are now currently in the driver's seats and control their own destinies for those remaining 3 spots.

To have any chance, the horns will need to:

- Beat Arkansas & A&M
- Root for Oregon to lose twice to both USC and Washington OR root for Bama to lose to Auburn and pray they jump a similar 9-3,Bama (I think though the 9-3,Bama resume would win out) OR root for Oklahoma to lose at home to either Mizzou or LSU and hope they jump a similar 9-3 OU
- AND, they can't have Michigan beat Ohio State because a 10-2,Michigan with that win would be in as a 4th Big 10 team
- Vandy finishing 10-2,would be a Cinderella story complication so if you are a horn fan then probably don't want Vandy winning out either.

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This is why 12 teams is stupid. TU would have lost to 2 playoff teams and a no bowl Florida team. Why should they get another shot at it?

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The media love affair with the horns doesn't make a 12 team playoff stupid. It just further exposes the blatant favoritism. Look at the preseason rankings as #1, NC favorite and Heisman favorite as evidence. And it's not just this year. It's every year in some form. No other team after a 3rd loss would even be considered.

Bama will still make the SECCG if they beat Auburn.

no chance sip can make the play off with 9-3

I don't think any team can make it with 9-3 with exception of bama

If A&M beat bama at SEC C game bama will have 3 losses but they will get into play off

that is only scenario where 3 loss team will get into play off

I got news for you. Sips won't be a 3 loss team at the end of November. Try 5 losses.

0% chance now. 10-2 OU took their 9-3 spot.

Dane Belbeck said what no one else would.

Texas repeatedly tried to show us this season that it just wasn't that good, yet we continually ignored that and kept ranking the Longhorns. We ignored back-to-back games where they needed overtime to beat Kentucky and Mississippi State. We didn't bat an eye when Vanderbilt nearly erased a 24-point fourth-quarter deficit in Austin. The Longhorns even fooled the CFP committee to the point that they held a No. 10 ranking heading into Saturday's matchup with Georgia. Here's hoping we can all join together with the realization that Texas isn't a playoff-caliber team.

Sips @ 7-5 has such a nice ring to it and will end this debate…….since msu **** the bed and couldn't make them waller in 6-6.

Let the media have these 9-3 Texas conversations. It doesn't matter. They aren't finishing 9-3.

"fooled the committee "?? Give me a break.

Try: "they even used their business connections with the entertainment company that pays the $$$ to manipulate the rankings over 2 projections to move them back in even though they clearly didn't deserve it".

Wordy, yes but accurate and brevity was never my friend.