re: It’s Georgia and Kentucky

Didn't move a single goalposts but you can keep playing mental Gymnnastics if you want to.

I dont think you have a top 10 schedule and I think your current record is a product of that. You have overachiever and I am rooting for you. Great coach and a good team. If you think your team is the best in the sec I'm disagreeing. No one plays all 15 other teams so we will
Never know. The FACTS is you have played 2 ranked teams thus far. Which is a lot more than the trash most other ranked teams have played. I just dont think it’s a top 5 schedule.

And everyone has money and recruiting resources

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Didn't move a single goalposts but you can keep playing mental Gymnnastics if you want to.

I dont think you have a top 10 schedule and I think your current record is a product of that. You have overachiever and I am rooting for you. Great coach and a good team. If you think your team is the best in the sec I'm disagreeing. No one plays all 15 other teams so we will
Never know. The FACTS is you have played 2 ranked teams thus far. Which is a lot more than the trash most other ranked teams have played. I just dont think it’s a top 5 schedule.

And everyone has money and recruiting resources

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Now we're getting somewhere. You went from saying Kentucky hasn't played a difficult schedule to acknowledging we've played more ranked opponents than most ranked teams.

And nobody said Kentucky was unquestionably the best team in the SEC. That's an argument you're having with yourself.

My argument has been pretty simple. Judge teams by the quality of their opponents, where they've played, and what they've accomplished. Not the logo on their helmet.

You say Kentucky doesn't have a top 10 schedule. Fine. Which strength-of-schedule metric are you using? Because simply counting ranked opponents isn't one.

And yes, everyone has recruiting resources. But pretending Kentucky and Texas operate with comparable financial and recruiting advantages is laughable.

I'll give you credit for acknowledging Kentucky has a good coach and a good team. That's a much more reasonable position than where you started.

But here's the difference between an opinion and an argument. You keep telling me what you think Kentucky's schedule is worth. I'm asking you to show me the numbers.

You brought the confidence. Now bring the evidence.

I'm on my phone and wasting my Sunday instead of being with my kiddos. However, best discussion and argument over ever had on the Rant, you win until I can get to a laptop

Never once attacked your education and there's many different metrics you can use to determine SOS.

I 100% agree with you it important to judge who you played, where, how healthy the team was, and the quality of opponent.

Texas big12 accomplishments was when the conference actually was a good conference. We sucked for a decade after those teams left.

NIL and transfer portal also has further allowed teams with resources and athletic departments who care to invest more, look at Kentucky right now.

idk what will happen but if the playoff only takes 2 SEC teams some shite is going down

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Texas big12 accomplishments was when the conference actually was a good conference. We sucked for a decade after those teams left.

NIL and transfer portal also has further allowed teams with resources and athletic departments who care to invest more, look at Kentucky right now.

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That's actually a fair point, and I agree. NIL and the transfer portal have changed the landscape. Programs that are willing to invest and adapt have opportunities they didn't have before.

Kentucky is a perfect example.

But I think you're also making part of my argument for me. If Kentucky is investing, recruiting, developing talent, and beating quality opponents, when do we stop treating that success like a fluke?

Nobody is arguing that Kentucky has Texas's historical pedigree. We don't. But historical success doesn't win football games in 2026.

And I respect that you acknowledge Texas struggled for a decade. That's exactly why I believe programs should be judged on what they're doing now, not what their name used to mean.

If Kentucky is winning because it finally has the resources, coaching, and talent to compete, that's not overachieving. That's what building a competitive football program looks like.

All this tough schedule talk,who’s Utah ,wake ND ,OH St ,besides Texas who nobody knows how good they are,the polls DGAS about hard schedules especially if they have WAKE rated above any 2 loss SEC team.