If Texas backs out of the Notre Dame series in 2028 and 2029, they are legally and contractually obligated by the SEC to find a Power 4 nonconference replacement. Texas' most seamless, immediate call would be to Texas Tech. Otherwise, they will have to target Big Ten programs like USC or Penn State that do not have any Power 4 non-conference opponents in those years.

Sark is 2-0 vs the Ags and his offense has actually produced more than 1 field goal in a home playoff game

Iraq2xVeteran said:

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If Texas backs out of the Notre Dame series in 2028 and 2029, they are legally and contractually obligated by the SEC to find a Power 4 nonconference replacement. Texas' most seamless, immediate call would be to Texas Tech. Otherwise, they will have to target Big Ten programs like USC or Penn State that do not have any Power 4 non-conference opponents in those years.

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or they could play Iowa state, and BC.

there as many bottom feeders they can add before they have to look to USC or pedo state

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If the sips don't lose to 4-8 Florida then they make the playoffs. That's what kept them out.

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Either way, but yes, that was a horrible loss for them.

You hate to see it...but more than that...

Zachary Klement said:

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OldShadeOfBlue said:

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LB12MEEN said:

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That's what Indiana is doing and they won it all last year.

I actually agree with this. The three non SEC games should be treated as preseason games to get you ready for SEC comp.

Sark though is talking way too much this offseason. It's getting annoying.

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Nope. The non-con is the only way we can evaluate the conference's against each other before the post season. Stop wasting 3 weeks of everyone's time on cupcake games that add a meaningless W. Who cares if you pickup an extra loss.

Imagine if the NFL played semi pro teams the first 3 weeks of the season and they counted towards W/L record so that at the end of the season that meaningless win actually affected the final standings. That is what you want CFB to be.

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It isn't what anyone wants CFB to be, its what CFB is.

Tech played no one in conference or OOC and got a free ticket.

Texas lost to Ohio St. and got left out...if they beat Tulsa or something that week, they are in.

Indiana played no one in the OOC, they got in.

Swap Notre Dame's two losses to us and Miami with wins over nobodies, they are in.

Swap our win over ND with a win over Abilene Christian, we are still in.

The reason to schedule these games is fan service and for the health of the sport...I do not think the people at the top really care about either and if it makes more sense $ wise and improves your odds to make the playoffs, everyone will only be playing bums in the OOC.

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Please don't use Tulsa as an example of a game you are supposed to win. It brings back bad memories.

Nobody should play Notre Dame. They should be forced to join a conference if they want to be relevant.

Zachary Klement said:

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OldShadeOfBlue said:

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LB12MEEN said:

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That's what Indiana is doing and they won it all last year.

I actually agree with this. The three non SEC games should be treated as preseason games to get you ready for SEC comp.

Sark though is talking way too much this offseason. It's getting annoying.

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Nope. The non-con is the only way we can evaluate the conference's against each other before the post season. Stop wasting 3 weeks of everyone's time on cupcake games that add a meaningless W. Who cares if you pickup an extra loss.

Imagine if the NFL played semi pro teams the first 3 weeks of the season and they counted towards W/L record so that at the end of the season that meaningless win actually affected the final standings. That is what you want CFB to be.

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It isn't what anyone wants CFB to be, its what CFB is.

Tech played no one in conference or OOC and got a free ticket.

Texas lost to Ohio St. and got left out...if they beat Tulsa or something that week, they are in.

Indiana played no one in the OOC, they got in.

Swap Notre Dame's two losses to us and Miami with wins over nobodies, they are in.

Swap our win over ND with a win over Abilene Christian, we are still in.

The reason to schedule these games is fan service and for the health of the sport...I do not think the people at the top really care about either and if it makes more sense $ wise and improves your odds to make the playoffs, everyone will only be playing bums in the OOC.

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The longhorns didn't get left out for scheduling OSU. They got left out because they lost to Florida and other terrible performances on the road.

rootube said:

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Zachary Klement said:

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OldShadeOfBlue said:

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LB12MEEN said:

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That's what Indiana is doing and they won it all last year.

I actually agree with this. The three non SEC games should be treated as preseason games to get you ready for SEC comp.

Sark though is talking way too much this offseason. It's getting annoying.

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Nope. The non-con is the only way we can evaluate the conference's against each other before the post season. Stop wasting 3 weeks of everyone's time on cupcake games that add a meaningless W. Who cares if you pickup an extra loss.

Imagine if the NFL played semi pro teams the first 3 weeks of the season and they counted towards W/L record so that at the end of the season that meaningless win actually affected the final standings. That is what you want CFB to be.

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It isn't what anyone wants CFB to be, its what CFB is.

Tech played no one in conference or OOC and got a free ticket.

Texas lost to Ohio St. and got left out...if they beat Tulsa or something that week, they are in.

Indiana played no one in the OOC, they got in.

Swap Notre Dame's two losses to us and Miami with wins over nobodies, they are in.

Swap our win over ND with a win over Abilene Christian, we are still in.

The reason to schedule these games is fan service and for the health of the sport...I do not think the people at the top really care about either and if it makes more sense $ wise and improves your odds to make the playoffs, everyone will only be playing bums in the OOC.

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The longhorns didn't get left out for scheduling OSU. They got left out because they lost to Florida and other terrible performances on the road.

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If they had played Arizona State instead of Ohio State, and won, would they have been in the playoffs?

Frank Grimes said:

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Nobody should play Notre Dame. They should be forced to join a conference if they want to be relevant.

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Sips were just trying to follow big brother again

To be fair, Sark is justified in dropping any challenging OOC games.

Why?

Because tu has the benefit of an incredibly compliant media machine that is expected to place them in the top 5 pretty much every year, regardless of how good they actually are. If they continuously are placed at the top of the pile before the season starts, then the only place to go is down.

Contrast that with the Ags, who are normally ranked at OR BELOW where they would be, especially compared with tu's rankings. In other words, A&M has to prove itself annually to make its way INTO the national conversation, where tu is consistently given the benefit of a padded ranking before the season starts.

Two groups benefit from not playing challenging OOC schedules: The perennial blue bloods, and the potential Cinderallas.

The Ags are in neither of those groups, so we have to risk a competitive OOC game to get noticed.