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re: Texas couldn’t even win the big 12
Posted on 7/7/24 at 3:01 pm to Sleepy_Tiger
Posted on 7/7/24 at 3:01 pm to Sleepy_Tiger
What's interesting about Texas this upcoming year is how little of an introduction they have to the SEC.
They play OU and Texas A&M. While both are SEC members, they're 2 of the 3 newest members that Texas could play and they're teams TExas as a program has a lot of experience playing.
They also play Vandy and MSU who are projected to be the two worst teams in the SEC.
They also play UF who is a big 6 team but is projected to finish 3rd worst in the SEC (in part due to them being kind crappy right now, in part because they have a very tough schedule).
That leaves Arkansas (projected 4th worst in the conference), Kentucky (a mid-tier team)...
and their one real "welcome to the SEC" opponent. UGA. They don't play them until 10/18.
It's not their fault. But it's also not a real representative schedule in terms of what it's like to play in the SEC like A&M and Mizzou got.
A&M opened their first season in the SEC with a game against a Florida team that finished in the top 10. They also played Auburn, LSU and Bama (big 6 teams)
Mizzou's first SEC game was against a UGA team that finished in the top 5. They also played Tennessee, Florida, Auburn and Alabama from the big 6.
Texas isn't getting that kind of welcome. they play 2 of the big 6.
OU is. They play 4 of the big 6 as well as an Ole Miss team expected to be good and a Mizzou team that is a bit of a question mark but was top 10 last season.
Texas could have a good year but end up losing to OU and beaten handily by UGA and make the playoff at 10-2. But they really won't know what a normal SEC slate will be like because they got a bit of a light draw for their first season. It won't be until their schedule flips that they go "Oh... I get it now."
They play OU and Texas A&M. While both are SEC members, they're 2 of the 3 newest members that Texas could play and they're teams TExas as a program has a lot of experience playing.
They also play Vandy and MSU who are projected to be the two worst teams in the SEC.
They also play UF who is a big 6 team but is projected to finish 3rd worst in the SEC (in part due to them being kind crappy right now, in part because they have a very tough schedule).
That leaves Arkansas (projected 4th worst in the conference), Kentucky (a mid-tier team)...
and their one real "welcome to the SEC" opponent. UGA. They don't play them until 10/18.
It's not their fault. But it's also not a real representative schedule in terms of what it's like to play in the SEC like A&M and Mizzou got.
A&M opened their first season in the SEC with a game against a Florida team that finished in the top 10. They also played Auburn, LSU and Bama (big 6 teams)
Mizzou's first SEC game was against a UGA team that finished in the top 5. They also played Tennessee, Florida, Auburn and Alabama from the big 6.
Texas isn't getting that kind of welcome. they play 2 of the big 6.
OU is. They play 4 of the big 6 as well as an Ole Miss team expected to be good and a Mizzou team that is a bit of a question mark but was top 10 last season.
Texas could have a good year but end up losing to OU and beaten handily by UGA and make the playoff at 10-2. But they really won't know what a normal SEC slate will be like because they got a bit of a light draw for their first season. It won't be until their schedule flips that they go "Oh... I get it now."
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Posted on 7/7/24 at 3:05 pm to Sleepy_Tiger
It’s all true. Unfortunately in the recesses of a lot of SEC fans minds they can see something is changing. Hanging on to the truths of Texas past in the Big 12 is your security blanket that you don’t want to get rid of. It helps you sleep at night. This is why we have a never ending feed of Texas posts from non-Texas fans.
You’re mad that we are gaining traction just at the time we are entering the conference instead of being able to jump on a beat up kid.
No, it’s a fight you’re going to have to have. You’ll win some, but you’ll lose more than you win.
You don’t want to think the Boogeyman exists. But it does, and you know it does. That’s why you’ll continue to clutch that blanket tightly until the closet opens.
You’re mad that we are gaining traction just at the time we are entering the conference instead of being able to jump on a beat up kid.
No, it’s a fight you’re going to have to have. You’ll win some, but you’ll lose more than you win.
You don’t want to think the Boogeyman exists. But it does, and you know it does. That’s why you’ll continue to clutch that blanket tightly until the closet opens.
Posted on 7/7/24 at 3:24 pm to New Money
Hi
(2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020) <-That's half of them in history 14/28
(2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020) <-That's half of them in history 14/28
Posted on 7/7/24 at 3:29 pm to Old Sarge
quote:sounds like aggie fans after we took the single greatest coach in their athletic departments history
100% pure Colombian Copium
What’s hilarious is that a&m fans say they’re better off, which would literally be impossible without winning the national title in 2025 (which every aggie poster is too pussy to predict despite claiming otherwise)
Poooooooooor aggies
Posted on 7/7/24 at 3:38 pm to Miznoz
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We are going to own every sport in this entire conference and you know it. Things have changed.
If OU owned you in the Big12 what makes you think Bama and Georgia (and OU for that matter) won’t own you in the SEC?
Maybe even Vandy? Don’t they have scoreboard on you?
Posted on 7/7/24 at 3:39 pm to TexasOnTop
1. I fundraise for the largest Texas Exes chapter
2. I have 100’s of friends that are Texas Exes
You realize this board isn’t real life right?
2. I have 100’s of friends that are Texas Exes
You realize this board isn’t real life right?
Posted on 7/7/24 at 3:41 pm to Old Sarge
quote:No you don’t
1. I fundraise for the largest Texas Exes chapter
quote:No you don’t
2. I have 100’s of friends that are Texas Exes
quote:Of course not. Otherwise, how could you explain aggie fans pretending like their school is anything other than insignificant?
You realize this board isn’t real life right?
Posted on 7/7/24 at 3:41 pm to Archibald
Aggie is clearly your Daddy
Posted on 7/7/24 at 3:48 pm to Old Sarge
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Aggie is clearly your Daddy
Cue the it won’t matter if we lose because we hold the all time record.
Posted on 7/7/24 at 3:49 pm to Archibald
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What’s hilarious is that a&m fans say they’re better off, which would literally be impossible without winning the national title in 2025 (which every aggie poster is too pussy to predict despite claiming otherwise)
There you go again, Archie. Wanting people to make absolute (annd utterly impossible) predictions about the future. Your obsession with this is f’ing weird, and it’s not a good take.
As far as JS, I don’t think you fully comprehend how much animosity his actions stirred up. And leaving to go coach somewhere else is only about halfway down the list of reasons why. But I’m not going to debate this with you. We absolutely do not want that man back anywhere near our program.
But have at him.
Posted on 7/7/24 at 3:55 pm to Lord of the Hogs
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Y’all couldn’t even run the Big 12.
I get the sentiment, but the Big12 wasn’t trash. Take a look at how the teams fared in their bowl games vs other conference. I know bowl games don’t matter in this era, but it’s something to compare.
Posted on 7/7/24 at 3:57 pm to Old Sarge
Come on Sarge. I don’t know you well, but I know that you know that is the post of a troll.
Posted on 7/7/24 at 4:26 pm to Yukons Worst
Posted on 7/7/24 at 4:34 pm to Wellborn
quote:Or y’all are just too pussy to admit you’re wrong.
There you go again, Archie. Wanting people to make absolute (annd utterly impossible) predictions about the future. Your obsession with this is f’ing weird, and it’s not a good take.
How can you say the team will be better if they don’t win the CWS? Are you saying that these predictions about the team were exactly what we all suspected: posturing due to coping about Texas taking the greatest asset in aggie athletic program history without breaking a sweat?
quote:Dont want the single most successful men’s head coach in aggie sports history because he took an obvious promotion and agreed the flagship is located in Austin like everyone outside of college station also believes?
As far as JS, I don’t think you fully comprehend how much animosity his actions stirred up. And leaving to go coach somewhere else is only about halfway down the list of reasons why. But I’m not going to debate this with you. We absolutely do not want that man back anywhere near our program.
Holy cope
Posted on 7/7/24 at 4:38 pm to TexasOnTop
Nobody cares my arse....why play the game if nobody cares?
Posted on 7/7/24 at 4:43 pm to Archibald
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… because he took an obvious promotion and agreed the flagship is located in Austin like everyone outside of college station also believes?
You honestly think I’m going to actually have a conversation with you when you post this bullshite?
I should have known better than to even make an attempt. You insufferable assholes are worse than ever.
Go away.
Posted on 7/7/24 at 4:45 pm to N0T SURE
*Thread clearly about Texas*
Oklahoma: “Look at me!”
Oklahoma: “Look at me!”
Posted on 7/7/24 at 4:45 pm to Wellborn
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You honestly think I’m going to actually have a conversation with you when you post this bullshite?
I should have known better than to even make an attempt. You insufferable assholes are worse than ever.
Go away.
This reaction is the embodiment of “truth hurts”
Posted on 7/7/24 at 4:49 pm to Sleepy_Tiger
Texas got complacent as a huge, fat fish in a really small pond. They are in much better shape now and coming in hungry. They won’t dominate but I expect them to compete with the elite of the conference.
Posted on 7/7/24 at 4:53 pm to Archibald
So
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figs
Like
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One.
Never change, ****s.
Many
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Like
This
One.
Never change, ****s.
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