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I am wondering if this year is like 2001 where OSU beats OU and Texas lays an egg in the CCG to miss the CFP.
 
mchammer said:
I am wondering if this year is like 2001 where OSU beats OU and Texas lays an egg in the CCG to miss the CFP.
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What you need to be worried about is the Big XII ignoring their "rules" and picking someone other than Texas to play ou (or play Texas) in the CCG. They do not want the CCG to be between the two schools they contend destroyed the Conference by going to the $EC.
 
Stuck at 7.
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1. GA vs Ole Miss Sat ..knocks one out.
2. tOSU vs M thanksgiving knocks one out
3. FSU has the weakest schedule on that list, hoping Miami wins this weekend.
4. Washington finally plays someone..next 3 weeks Utah at home, at Ore St and Wash St at home
5. Oregon .. USC at home, AZ ST.., Oregon St at home

Texas has beaten
#8 Bama at Bama
#19 KSU
KState was 23rd probably climbs back in 24
 
The reality - if we win out - we are likely 5 or 6. I’d be very happy with big expectations moving into 2024. The loss to OU will be the only thing keeping this team out of the playoffs.
 
Winning games like they did Saturday is a recipe for Bama eventually jumping Texas even with the head to head. The Horns need a ton of help to get into the top four and they cannot fart around the way they have, keep farting around and all this talk wont matter because Texas will eventually lose a game it shouldn't if things don't get cleaned up.
 
Yep, while I’ve said repeatedly “just win” I meant win not squeak by. Those barely wins do not enhance our status although they may get us in the conference championship.
 
I see the SEC, Big 10, and Pac-12 champions finishing ahead of us. That means we need to win the Big 12 and have FSU lose to squeak in the CFP. Also, we can't be blowing large leads again and again or we'll let bama pass us!
 
nashhorn said:
Yep, while I’ve said repeatedly “just win” I meant win not squeak by. Those barely wins do not enhance our status although they may get us in the conference championship.
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Those barely wins like TCU kept getting last season got them into the playoffs. However, TCU got EVERY win, they didn't screw up against OU.
 
I don't feel like working, so I'm looking through the AP ballots.

Of the 63 AP voters, 52 have us directly ahead of Alabama this week. This can't be a coincidence. A large majority of these voters must see our head-to-head as a factor they can't get around.

Another 4 voters have us two spots ahead of Bama. The gap teams are PSUx3 and Oregon.

Of the 7 tools who have Bama ahead of us, one has 2 gap teams (Ole Miss and PSU), and another 4 have one gap team (Oregon, PSU x2, Washington). Only 2 voters have Bama directly ahead of us.

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Also worth noting is that Alabama hasn't exactly passed the eye test this season. If they were playing to the established Saban standard, they would have leap-frogged Texas already...
 
mb227 said:
Also worth noting is that Alabama hasn't exactly passed the eye test this season. If they were playing to the established Saban standard, they would have leap-frogged Texas already...
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But bama is looking better now than back in Sept, which is a concern for us.
 
I can't believe it didn't occur to me until just now, but if Bama loses to Auburn (or Kentucky) and Ole Miss wins out, they will definitely be ahead of us. And rightly so. Their SOS is stronger than ours already, and they would have to beat Georgia twice. Our better result against the only common opponent (Bama) isn't compelling enough to tip the scales.
 
LonghornCatholic said:
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The path is muddy and murky, but there is a pathway to the playoffs if we can win out. We need three teams to lose and I don't believe the loser of the OSU/Mich game makes it so that's #1.

#12 Oregon St plays both Washington and Oregon. If OSU can win one of those two there's #2.

I just don't think Georgia will lose to either Tenn or Ga Tech and Fla State won't lose to Florida nor probably Louisville in the ACC championship game. That leaves us hoping Bama beats Georgia in the SEC championship game then flip a coin to see who goes between Ga, Ala and Texas.

Georgia has Tenn, Ga Tech left
Mich and OSU play each other
Fla State has Florida and patsie
Wash has #12 Oregon St
Oregon has Oregon St
 
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