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That’s only where we are heading because consultants and television broadcasters are retarded.

It’s an entertainment product. You want people to watch. In an ever changing world where entertainment options are near infinite and competition is greater than ever, getting rid of fan bases like Texas Tech because a retarded consultant looks at the numbers for tu or A&M and wants to maximize the number of games they play against “National” opponents for better ratings is so stupid and short sighted it’s almost hilarious there is absolutely no one in the room with common sense.

1.) They won’t completely cap the number. They’ll just give the B1G and the SEC 12 of the 16 spots in the playoff and it will be effectively the same. Conference expansion isn’t done. The SEC is at 16. The B1G is at 18. At some point UNC, Florida State, Virginia, and a half full of others will join those two.

2. They fight for an increasingly limited amount of spots. The Big 12 and ACC will get a single auto bid and the SEC/B1G will get 6. They’ll be forced in to that. The Texas Tech’s of the world, whose fan bases watch their regional rivals rooting for their failures, will watch less and less. The SEC and B1G teams will get a bigger slice of a shrinking pie.

3. I will always care, but it will be a shell of its former self. It will be sad to see.

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A 9-game conference schedule will probably happen in 2026 when the playoffs consist of 16 teams.

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It will happen when Sankey and the tv networks dangle money. The number of teams in the playoff isn’t going to matter, but it will just create more 9-3 teams instead of 10-2 teams and the same issue exists. Just look at the top 16 now. Are there more or less SEC teams in the field with a 9 game SEC schedule? Are the polls today unchanged with 8 more losses spread among SEC teams and all the B1G, Big 12 and ACC teams have the same records? Of course not.

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Head to head must not matter , just perception.

If coaches aren’t gonna vote they should just not vote. Dont let some PR person vote in your stead.

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Half these coaches polls have to be done by an assistant in advance.

Auburn will get a crazy upset soon. I just hope it’s not against A&M.

If Marcel Reed was a better passer, I think A&M would be comfortable 10 point favorites. But USC’s defense is good enough that being one dimensional is an issue. Lose the turnover battle and you lose the game.

But if LSU can beat USC, then A&M can.

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Gabriel has his strengths but is poor on throws over 25 yards. Oregon will have to get used to constant underthrows - and a few overthrows/misses when Gabriel tries to put everything into his throw and loses accuracy.

Gabriel will not win a Heisman. He was a good stopgap considering what Riley left us.

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Been looking at a bunch of old posts, @CharlotteSooner had some gems, but this is the funniest.

Since Joe Burrow stepped foot in Baton Rouge, the swamp kittens have a losing record to A&M. Two years of their greatest player ever, and they still have a losing record to daddy since his arrival.

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In what metric is the A&M football program LSU’s daddy?

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We are your daddy at Kyle Field for sure. We almost always beat y’all at Kyle Field. As a program y’all don’t do well in loud stadiums and we prove it.

It depends what you’re asking.

Going by current Sagarin Ratings:

tu schedule

State home (66.83 - 3.18 = 63.65
Oklahoma = 78.64
Georgia home (92.48 - 3.18) = 89.3
Vanderbilt away 72.84 + 3.18 = 76.02
Florida home (80.55 - 3.18) = 77.37
Arkansas away (78.62 + 3.18) = 81.8
Kentucky home (73.76 - 3.18) = 70.58
A&M away (86.19 + 3.18) = 89.37

Florida away (80.55 + 3.18) = 83.73
Arkansas = 78.62
Mizzou home (78.12 - 3.18) = 74.94
State away (66.83 + 3.18) = 70.01
LSU home (85.88 - 3.18) = 82.7
USC away (81.07 + 3.18) = 84.25
Auburn away (77.45 + 3.18) = 80.63
tu home (90.88 - 3.18) = 87.7

An average SEC has a rating of 82. So an average SEC team should go 6-2 against tu’ schedule. An average SEC team would go 4-4 with A&M’s.

A&M’s schedule is harder by just about every metric other than tu’s two toughest games(A&M and Georgia) than A&M’s(tu and USC).

But depending on how you weight variability, and what the distribution is for each record, you might come to a different conclusion, likely that A&M’s schedule is even harder. An average team would win their 6 games against tu’s expected wins by an average of 7.4 points. While A&M’s schedule has only has an expected margin of victory of 5.9 points. So while it’s technically harder for tu to win against their two toughest opponents, it’s still easier to get to 8-0, 7-1 or even 6-2.

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I would not be shocked if USCe has a walk off FG

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Honestly would be good for A&M. Gets them refocused. The trip to Atlanta comes down to beating tu.