LetItBe

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Joining the SEC has destroyed Oklahomas football and basketball programs.

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Honestly, you need to give it some time. Your problem in football is the questionable HC you hired. Upgrade there and you'll gain more consistency. That being said, your days of winning conference championships regularly are over, no matter who you hire.

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He’s not even a varsity HS football coach.

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That JV HS football coach is 6-1 vs. Arkansas. What does that make Arkansas, then? Pee wee football?

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pound the football on people

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Yeah, because in 2026 with the huge coaching salary pools that SEC teams have, nobody will figure out how to stop a one-dimensional running team :rolleyes:

Actually, it's only four straight losses to Mizzou, but it is 1-10 in the last 11, and it's not really that surprising. Arkansas is underfunded for football and they keep making regrettable head coaching hires every few years. Meanwhile Mizzou is middle of the pack funding-wise for football and they made about as good a hire as could be imagined given the state of the program at the end of Odom's tenure in 2019. So, Mizzou really should be beating Arkansas regularly, the Tigers are much better set up than the Hogs at this point in time.

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Per a reliable source on PowerMizzou.

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Cesspool.

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How do you forget the GOAT?

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Sheesh, that's embarrassing, my bad!

Interesting. Thanks for posting that link.

Of note: #11, #15 and #16 are a combined 14-2 so far this season when they aren't playing each other. The only two losses were to Bama.

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Majority of the wins coming against Miss State, Ole Miss, and Mizzou.

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Since A&M joined the SEC, here are their records vs. conference opponents in games at Kyle Field:

South Carolina: 6-0
Arkansas: 5-0
Mississippi St: 5-2
LSU: 4-3
Auburn: 3-4
Mizzou: 2-1
Florida: 2-2
Vandy: 2-0
Tennessee: 1-0
Kentucky: 1-1
Ole Miss: 1-3
Bama: 1-5

Next time, maybe try doing a little research before you post.

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Mizzou is a complete team.

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That's nice of you to say, but I don't agree. Still need to find more consistency in the running game and in the Red Zone and have to clean up a lot of things in the secondary.

Hey Sooner, does this ring a bell?

Strength of schedule often gets ranked in the preseason, which makes no sense. It should always be assessed after the season is over. And, with the CFP being the goal, all that really matters in that regard are losses.

With that in mind, the types of things that typically go into SOS rankings such as the relative strength of all the teams on your schedule, have less meaning. Really, is there any functional difference between playing a 3-9 G5 school vs a 9-3 G5 school? The reality for SEC teams is that both games are expected wins. What really matters is how many elite teams are on your schedule. These are the games that you really stand a chance of losing and are going to make or break your team's chances of making the CFP.

So, looking back at the regular season, let's look at how many elite or CFP-worthy teams were on every SEC team's schedule. I count CFP-worthy as any SEC team finishing 6-2 or better in the conference (SEC Standings) or any other team currently in the CFP Rankings top 12.

Num CFP-worthy opponents:

5, Auburn, Florida, LSU, South Carolina, Texas
4, Arkansas, Kentucky, MSU, Mizzou, Tennessee
3, Alabama, Oklahoma,
2, Georgia, Ole Miss, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt

Now for the rest of the CFP rankings top 12:

2, Notre Dame
1, BYU, Indiana, Miami, Ohio State, Oregon, Texas Tech

It's going to be like this every year going forward in the SEC, especially since the conference is moving to a nine game schedule. There are going to be so many tough games on everybody's schedule. Meanwhile the other "power" conferences have it easy.