re: Texas is 'poised to take over the SEC'

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None of this happened when aggie and mizzou joined your league and neither of them rolled into your league with top 10 talent anywhere on their rosters. They did just fine and they were both turds in the BIG XII. That's a fact, whether you like it or not.

You can pretend history doesn't exist all you want, but I don't play pretend because I'm not a pussy who needs to cling to a self-comforting narrative.

We fully expect a more competitive league. We'll work out and make sure we watch tape. Shut the frick up already. Goddamn.

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The SEC wasn't as talented in 2012.

The past decade, there has been a scramble in the SEC in terms of recruiting where the SEC has put a significant gap in talent between themselves and the rest of college football. At that time teams like Ole Miss, MSU and Kentucky weren't in the top 50 of talent rankings.

Nick Saban kicked it off when he came to Bama, but it took teams a few years to get their shite together and increase their recruiting as well.

There were a lot more games on the schedule 10-15 years ago where you could coast to wins with sub-par talent. That's not the case the last 5-7 seasons.

That's why Mizzou and A&M with less talent were able to have some success their first few years... then they hit a wall. (A&M in 2014, Mizzou in 2015). They've both raised their talent as well the last few years.

Look, I expect OU and Texas to win some big games the next couple of years. But you're going to lose some to teams you are better than as well. Both teams have talent, but you're simply not getting that an off week against Mississippi State or Arkansas or Kentucky isn't going to be a close win like those off weeks against Iowa State, West Virginia or Kansas State were in the Big 12.

You can feel free to disagree if you like. We'll see soon enough when the games start.