OTHER GAMES

[Giovanni Jones]

Who’s the 4th team in the sw pod? I only see three

 

[El Sapo]

Missed field goal LSU. Just stick to touchdowns guys

 

[BurntOrangeLH]

1.) Arizona schools want no part of the Big XII, and vice versa. They want and need the California exposure.

2.) Stanford and USC want zero part of the travel expenses associated with the Big XII, nor would they entertain such thoughts.

1.) That's almost like saying they'd prefer to hang out with the lepers. All I do is lose recruits to California and other West Coast Schools including recently Texas. So I would say they would rather come here I Texas would probably rather they did not.

2.) There would have to be a western conference for them for sure but the difference between LA or Palo Alto to Lubbock vs to Salt Lake City or Seattle or Portland it's not that bad. And like the song says, Money Changes Everything.

 

[dukesteer]

Dukesteer, I assume the 16 team PAC conference you propose would have a championship game? Who would get in it? The two conference teams with the best conference records, regardless of their pods?

Stan, I like going with the two highest ranked teams, with tie breaker caveats.

 

[KBBAKER]

This game is certainly vindicating Tim Beck's decision to have us throw a dozen passes at or behind the the LOS against Oklahoma....

Possibly the funniest thing I've read in recent memory.

 

[BurntOrangeLH]

Missed field goal LSU. Just stick to touchdowns guys

I think I was an intentional points concession by LSU.

 

[zuckercanyon]

Isn’t it time for LSU to start cramping? Oklahoma is driving...

 

[dukesteer]

Duke,

Just curious, which do you favor?

1) Dissolving the LHN and paying ABC $15 million a year for the remainder of the twenty years.

2) Keeping the LHN and someway merging it with the PAC network, while sharing the $15 million each year with other members and pay the non Texas part back to ABC - roughly $14 million a year.

SH, certainly a dilemma but as you know, everything can be negotiated. While the LHN has been a financial windfall for Texas, the venture has been a failure otherwise. If the LHN is an albatross around our necks, we cannot allow it to preclude us from making the best long term decision for the school.

 

[dukesteer]

Who’s the 4th team in the sw pod? I only see three

Not sure. That would have to be determined. Tech might be the most logical choice.

 

[Statalyzer]

Why do refs think that whichever guy ended up grabbing the ball way last after 2 minutes of a pileup is going to always be the same guy who actually recovered the ball by rule?

 

[stanhin]

Why do refs think that whichever guy ended up grabbing the ball way last after 2 minutes of a pileup is going to always be the same guy who actually recovered the ball by rule?

Because that's all they can see and we do not yet have the technology to have a video feed from under the pile?

 

[Statalyzer]

I suspect that waiting to unpile everyone and not giving players any incentive whatsoever to do so quickly is less accurate than making the ruling the moment somebody appears to dive on the ball and keep it would be.

 

[BurntOrangeLH]

And thus the real issue involving Texas and anything other than the Big XII:

• Academia would vote unanimously for the PAC-12, but putting up with the Stanford and USC antics would be like having 2 ou's to deal with.

Which is precisely why those teams have to come here to the stronger conference.

 

[stanhin]

I suspect that waiting to unpile everyone and not giving players any incentive whatsoever to do so quickly is less accurate than making the ruling the moment somebody appears to dive on the ball and keep it would be.

I suspect we'll never know whether your suspicion is correct.

 

[El Sapo]

OU with a chance to give up 700 yards in this thing...that's gotta be a program record?

 

[BevoJoe]

63-28 LSU

Even LSU’s 2nd team scores on OU.

 

[BurntOrangeLH]

Hello, I am D'Eric King.

To which school do I transfer next year, LSU or OU?

 

[ViperHorn]

DS, I agree but good only on paper. One of the political issues in the PAC-12 is everyone wants to play SC and UCLA every season for recruiting purposes. Spreading them out over 3 divisions is a non-starter.

The LHN has been the financial savior for Texas through the last of the Mack years through Strong and Herman so far. The PAC-12 Networks are a financial drain on the member schools.

 

[stanhin]

Doing something to get suspended from a national semi-final championship game is a sh+++y thing to do to your teammates.

 

[easy]

Definitely need to expand the playoffs too many blowouts

 

[easy]

 

[AC]

Yes. Baylor would have pummeled OU minus all these defensive starters!

 

[stanhin]

Dear Lord, please grant us a good, competitive game tonight.

 

[BevoJoe]

FINAL LSU 63 OU sucks 28. Bwaaahahahaha!!

 

[dukesteer]

DS, I agree but good only on paper. One of the political issues in the PAC-12 is everyone wants to play SC and UCLA every season for recruiting purposes. Spreading them out over 3 divisions is a non-starter.

You don’t think that the opportunity to play Texas — and potentially open up the most fertile recruiting ground in the country — would offset this desire to play the SoCal team’s every year?

 

[El Sapo]

LSU coulda scored 100

 

[Chinstrap]

Yes. Baylor would have pummeled OU minus all these defensive starters!

I think only two defensive starters were out.But it makes for a good excuse for getting blown out.

 

[dukesteer]

Dear Lord, please grant us a good, competitive game tonight.

I’ll guarantee it.

 

[Sangre Naranjada]

Seems a good time to dust off this oldie.

 

[ViperHorn]

You don’t think that the opportunity to play Texas — and potentially open up the most fertile recruiting ground in the country — would offset this desire to play the SoCal team’s every year?

Unfortunately no. California bravado holds no respect Texas (including the quality of Texas high school football).