No teams from Texas in the AP poll for the first time since the 1960's

Some real shitty football being played in Texas. No doubt about it. Seems to coincide with not much defense being played anywhere.

depressing.

2 losses to 2 really bad Mississippi schools kept us from 10 wins

My high school (Temple) was in the Division 1 5A championship game this year, which was the first Texas HSFB game I've seen in 8 years or so. The offense and defense played was a mirror image of the Big 12 Texas teams + A&M. Nothing is more overrated than Texas recruiting. It's a serious issue that isn't going away, especially since the recruiting in Texas is spread so thin.

Also, the talent in the B1G I've seen today between Wisconsin and Penn State is clearly better than anything in the SEC outside of Bama and LSU. That take is pretty hot, but what teams in the SEC beat either of them this year? With midwestern recruits?

7 on 7 has destroyed this Republic's once great reputation for elite-level football.

I agree. I wonder how successful a team could be in one of the power 6A HS districts lining up and playing from the I these days

ETA a team that's been average - below average too, not a Katy with a physical advantage year in year out.

One of the most successful parts of the spread early on was that teams weren't used to practicing against it and it forced them into uncomfortable personnel groupings on defense. I wonder if that could swing back the other way because of how pervasive it is at this point

So it was literally Hitler's fault?