A reason for you old farts to hang on longer

[clob94]

https://www.burntorangenation.com/p...non-conference-schedule-florida-arizona-state

Looks like we've got Florida home and home.

In 2030. First time we will have played them since 1940. 90 years in between games. Can you imagine that?

 

[danhorn]

 

[FlourBluffHorn]

https://www.burntorangenation.com/p...non-conference-schedule-florida-arizona-state

Looks like we've got Florida home and home.

In 2030. First time we will have played them since 1940. 90 years in between games. Can you imagine that?

Well, maybe I will be here in spirit, but, we need to play teams that will give us creditably instead of shit teams, I guess UTSA will take Tulane place and UTEP. who in the hell wants to go to El Paso? And Arizona State used to be good and now Rudy's long gone now, just more shit games, we need one game to get our shit together then hit all the top 15 teams area, whoever makes these future games oughta have his ass whipped...in 2050 we will be playing HEB's Pop Warner Team...

If some you old guys remember playing Tulane and the ****er was blacked out and you had to pay 14,99 or some money like to watch, they even blacked out the Baylor game in Waco,


you don't get to the top by playing UTEP every year

 

[mm42]

Well, maybe I will be here in spirit, but, we need to play teams that will give us creditably instead of shit teams, I guess UTSA will take Tulane place and UTEP. who in the hell wants to go to El Paso? And Arizona State used to be good and now Rudy's long gone now, just more shit games, we need one game to get our shit together then hit all the top 15 teams area, whoever makes these future games oughta have his ass whipped...in 2050 we will be playing HEB's Pop Warner Team...

If some you old guys remember playing Tulane and the ****er was blacked out and you had to pay 14,99 or some money like to watch, they even blacked out the Baylor game in Waco,


you edon't get to the top by playing UTEP every year

Having a weak schedule actually makes a lot of sense. If you go 10-2 and only play 3 ranked teams and another team goes 8-4 and plays 7 ranked teams, the 10-2 team will be ranked higher. Most people just look at the records, not who you beat or who beat you.

 

[FlourBluffHorn]

Most people just look at the records, not who you beat or who beat you.

Not when it comes to Texas and OU!

 

[q1w2e3]

Having a weak schedule actually makes a lot of sense. If you go 10-2 and only play 3 ranked teams and another team goes 8-4 and plays 7 ranked teams, the 10-2 team will be ranked higher. Most people just look at the records, not who you beat or who beat you.

I know this is a thinly veiled attempt at conference smack but your scenario is not applicable to Texas. For example Texas played seven ranked teams last year and A&M played five. In addition A&M will also play at least two if not three weaker opponents than anything Texas plays every year.

 

[Bwilk55]

I know this is a thinly veiled attempt at conference smack but your scenario is not applicable to Texas. For example Texas played seven ranked teams last year and A&M played five. In addition A&M will also play at least two if not three weaker opponents than anything Texas plays every year.

Both teams had pretty tough schedules last year. Texas' strength of schedule was definitely boosted by the two post-season games we played our way into. Adding a second OU game and the Sugar Bowl against Georgia helped a lot in terms of elite opponents.

Texas will continue to be in a good spot to have a solid, but probably not insane, strength of schedule going forward. We have blue chip programs scheduled OOC (LSU this year) and will always play OU at least once. Add in the rotating 3rd best team in the Big 12 (outside of Texas and OU) and there are always 3 really good matchups in the regular season. A Big 12 championship game can be a 4th top 10 matchup plus a major bowl game. On the flip side, we are typically scheduling a group of 5 school and a power 5 school for the other OOC games - so no super soft cupcakes.

I think that is a good set up to have strong enough schedule to be in the playoffs if you win out, or lose 1, while also not being too much of a grinder.

A&M will probably have the highest SOS of any school next year, having Clemson as an OOC game plus facing Georgia is about the toughest way things could have fallen. Going forward, they do have some big name programs in the OOC, probably a notch below what Texas has overall, and they do schedule more cupcakes. I think on the average, A&M will have more elite opponents but also more gimmes.

 

[CAHorn47]

Both teams had pretty tough schedules last year. Texas' strength of schedule was definitely boosted by the two post-season games we played our way into. Adding a second OU game and the Sugar Bowl against Georgia helped a lot in terms of elite opponents.

Texas will continue to be in a good spot to have a solid, but probably not insane, strength of schedule going forward. We have blue chip programs scheduled OOC (LSU this year) and will always play OU at least once. Add in the rotating 3rd best team in the Big 12 (outside of Texas and OU) and there are always 3 really good matchups in the regular season. A Big 12 championship game can be a 4th top 10 matchup plus a major bowl game. On the flip side, we are typically scheduling a group of 5 school and a power 5 school for the other OOC games - so no super soft cupcakes.

I think that is a good set up to have strong enough schedule to be in the playoffs if you win out, or lose 1, while also not being too much of a grinder.

A&M will probably have the highest SOS of any school next year, having Clemson as an OOC game plus facing Georgia is about the toughest way things could have fallen. Going forward, they do have some big name programs in the OOC, probably a notch below what Texas has overall, and they do schedule more cupcakes. I think on the average, A&M will have more elite opponents but also more gimmes.

No D1 team that plays an FCS school should crow about SoS. Looking at you, SEC!!

 

[cml7374]

I just hate that the "scheduling" is so far out....10 years from now who knows who will be good and who won't. Do you really think aggy would've scheduled Clemson if they knew 10 years ago they were gonna be scheduling a "championship" caliber team? I've seen them back out of scheduled games before that were starting to get pretty good.....i believe "Oregon" was cancelled in 2018-2019.

 

[Longyac]

you don't get to the top by playing UTEP every year

It is the SEC formula.

In the last five years Bama has payed; 2013- Georgia State and Chattanooga, 2014- FAU , Southern Miss, and West Carolina, 2015- Middle Tennessee, Louisiana Monroe, and Charleston Southern, 2016- Western Kentucky, Kent State, and Chattanooga, 2017-Fresno State and Mercer, 2018- Arkansas State, ULL, and The Citadel.

Heck this year Bama faces the gauntlet of; Duke, NM St, Southern Miss, and West Carolina. Luckily for Bama they get them all at home.

 

[LonghornMM]

It is the SEC formula.

In the last five years Bama has payed; 2013- Georgia State and Chattanooga, 2014- FAU , Southern Miss, and West Carolina, 2015- Middle Tennessee, Louisiana Monroe, and Charleston Southern, 2016- Western Kentucky, Kent State, and Chattanooga, 2017-Fresno State and Mercer, 2018- Arkansas State, ULL, and The Citadel.

Heck this year Bama faces the gauntlet of; Duke, NM St, Southern Miss, and West Carolina. Luckily for Bama they get them all at home.

Yes, this is the $EC way, the way they schedule cupcakes to pad the overall regular season records of their teams. Also, the way they try to manipulate their bowl matchups to try to give each $EC team the best matchup possible, with the goal of having their conference have the best bowl record. The $EC is slimy and vastly overrated.

 

[BringBackRoyal]

Apparently there are a fair number of Longhorn fans who would give up these marquee annual series against big-name programs like ND, USC, LSU, tOSU, Bama, Michigan, Georgia, and now Florida for a perpetual series against an in-state program that hasn’t won anything in living memory.

Strange mofos, whoever they are.

 

[Bwilk55]

Apparently there are a fair number of Longhorn fans who would give up these marquee annual series against big-name programs like ND, USC, LSU, tOSU, Bama, Michigan, Georgia, and now Florida for a perpetual series against an in-state program that hasn’t won anything in living memory.

Strange mofos, whoever they are.

I could see us using our 3 OOC games for a marque matchup, TAMU as the big 5 game and a group of 5 school.

 

[Son of Wasatch]

I just want us in the PAC along with blOwU, Kansas, and Tech to make it the Pac 16. Then we can be in a division of 8 and play the Arizona schools and Utah and Colorado every year for our 7 divisional games and 2 games a year against opponents from the other division. One in our house and one in an away game. It would mean only one late night game per year and we can flip where each championship game is played. Colosseum, Candle Stick, Jerry World, where the Sea Hawks play or where the Cards play.

It would be nice to dominate Colorado again. I'm more than willing to give up the LHN for a Pac 16 network. I would actually watch it.

 

[LonghornMM]

I don't see Texas ever joining the PAC. I've read somewhere that the UT brass and BMD don't want late night west coast games.

 

[Longyac]

I don't see Texas ever joining the PAC. I've read somewhere that the UT brass and BMD don't want late night west coast games.

Pretty easy to say no games involving central time zone teams can start after 6pm pacific time and nothing before 1pm central for the pacific time teams.

 

[clob94]

Pretty easy to say no games involving central time zone teams can start after 6pm pacific time and nothing before 1pm central for the pacific time teams.

You'd have to dictate that to the networks. Good luck with that.

 

[Son of Wasatch]

Mathamatics

If you have two 8 team divisions, and 3 non-conference games. That means 10 games in either central or Mountain time zone. This means 2 inter-division games one at home and one one the road, that means at most you are going to have 1 game a year where there is a chance for it to be a late game.

To me it's a non-issue.

 

[LonghornMM]

Mathamatics

If you have two 8 team divisions, and 3 non-conference games. That means 10 games in either central or Mountain time zone. This means 2 inter-division games one at home and one one the road, that means at most you are going to have 1 game a year where there is a chance for it to be a late game.

To me it's a non-issue.

It is an issue to the UT brass and BMD's though, and they're the one's who call the shots.

 

[clob94]

The girls at Florida are choice. The girls at Arizona state are top shelf.

 

[Longyac]

You'd have to dictate that to the networks. Good luck with that.

WIth cord cutting/shaving, the next round of realignment will be about who delivers actual eyeballs and not TV households in media footprint. If your team(s) deliver viewers you're going to be able to dictate to the media.

 

[Longyac]

Apparently there are a fair number of Longhorn fans who would give up these marquee annual series against big-name programs like ND, USC, LSU, tOSU, Bama, Michigan, Georgia, and now Florida for a perpetual series against an in-state program that hasn’t won anything in living memory.

Strange mofos, whoever they are.

Nope. Just refuting that they knock you out of contention.

If I was a Bama season ticket holder I'd be pissed at paying for these four home games in 2019; Duke, NM St, Southern Miss, and West Carolina.

 

[2300 Nueces]

WIth cord cutting/shaving, the next round of realignment will be about who delivers actual eyeballs and not TV households in media footprint. If your team(s) deliver viewers you're going to be able to dictate to the media.

This is why the B1G/fox contract is so spurious. Texas has more viewers than any single school in the b1g and more than all combined outside of osu, mu, psu, corncryer, and wiscy. When actual eyeballs are counted, some of the scrubs on the tundra are going to get relegated.

 

[mm42]

Nope. Just refuting that they knock you out of contention.

If I was a Bama season ticket holder I'd be pissed at paying for these four home games in 2019; Duke, NM St, Southern Miss, and West Carolina.

If my team won 5 of the last 10 national championships, I wouldn't be mad about much. That is a piss poor OOC schedule for sure, but I would imagine they are more focused on games in December and primarily January. They still have some big games: Auburn, LSU, A&M, and for whatever reason they still think Tennessee is a big game. Hard to see them losing more than 1 game. That Duke game should have been vs. an elite OOC team. But they won't be punished.

 

[mm42]

I just want us in the PAC along with blOwU, Kansas, and Tech to make it the Pac 16. Then we can be in a division of 8 and play the Arizona schools and Utah and Colorado every year for our 7 divisional games and 2 games a year against opponents from the other division. One in our house and one in an away game. It would mean only one late night game per year and we can flip where each championship game is played. Colosseum, Candle Stick, Jerry World, where the Sea Hawks play or where the Cards play.

It would be nice to dominate Colorado again. I'm more than willing to give up the LHN for a Pac 16 network. I would actually watch it.

The divisions would be a little slanted to the west.

USC, UCLA, Oregon, Washington, Stanford are all name football schools. Cal, Wash State & Oregon State not so much.

Texas & Oklahoma would be 2 of the 3 biggest names in the new PAC. But Tech, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, & Arizona State don't seem like name teams to me. If you leave out Tech and Kansas and pull one of the West's big 5 east, it would seem more balanced. Not that I think the geography would work out.

 

[2300 Nueces]

The divisions would be a little slanted to the west.

USC, UCLA, Oregon, Washington, Stanford are all name football schools. Cal, Wash State & Oregon State not so much.

Texas & Oklahoma would be 2 of the 3 biggest names in the new PAC. But Tech, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, & Arizona State don't seem like name teams to me. If you leave out Tech and Kansas and pull one of the West's big 5 east, it would seem more balanced. Not that I think the geography would work out.

Quick question, what was aggy's record vs TTech and Colorado in the B12?

Since Big 12 inception.... aggy vs tech 6-10 / 3-6 vs colorado

 

[BringBackRoyal]

Nope. Just refuting that they knock you out of contention.

If I was a Bama season ticket holder I'd be pissed at paying for these four home games in 2019; Duke, NM St, Southern Miss, and West Carolina.

Did you mean to respond to a different post?

 

[okiehorn]

When I saw the future schedule the first thing I thought was I'll be dead by then. Oh well.

 

[2300 Nueces]

When I saw the future schedule the first thing I thought was I'll be dead by then. Oh well.

No gaurantees for any of us.

 

[mm42]

Quick question, what was aggy's record vs TTech and Colorado in the B12?

Not good. But Colorado is not what it used to be, not sure they even care anymore. The PAC12 West as described above just seemed like a 2 team division to me. Doesn't make sense ending the BIG12 if that is the goal. But I'd be fine with it. The PAC will not be bad forever, but I don't understand why you'd bring in Tech and Kansas (since money is all that matters, which means football is all that matters).

 

[LonghornMM]

If my team won 5 of the last 10 national championships, I wouldn't be mad about much. That is a piss poor OOC schedule for sure, but I would imagine they are more focused on games in December and primarily January. They still have some big games: Auburn, LSU, A&M, and for whatever reason they still think Tennessee is a big game. Hard to see them losing more than 1 game. That Duke game should have been vs. an elite OOC team. But they won't be punished.

With an OOC schedule like that, Alabama SHOULD be playing in the post season in December/January. Good grief. That's typical/embarrassing scheduling by the $EC.

 

[Longyac]

If my team won 5 of the last 10 national championships, I wouldn't be mad about much. That is a piss poor OOC schedule for sure, but I would imagine they are more focused on games in December and primarily January. They still have some big games: Auburn, LSU, A&M, and for whatever reason they still think Tennessee is a big game. Hard to see them losing more than 1 game. That Duke game should have been vs. an elite OOC team. But they won't be punished.

Auburn and LSU are the only 2 teams on their schedule with a chance of beating them. Anyone else would be a major upset.

 

[mm42]

Auburn and LSU are the only 2 teams on their schedule with a chance of beating them. Anyone else would be a major upset.

If anyone other than Clemson beats them it will be a pretty big upset. They can get beat once and get in, so they are sitting pretty to make the playoffs along with Clemson.

Will be interesting to see which other 2 teams get in. Wish it wasn't so predictable, but I love the playoffs anyway. I'd guess OU & one of Ohio St, Michigan, Georgia, or LSU gets the last seed. With Clemson and Bama meeting in the championship and Clemson repeating. Rinse and repeat.

 

[2300 Nueces]

If anyone other than Clemson beats them it will be a pretty big upset. They can get beat once and get in, so they are sitting pretty to make the playoffs along with Clemson.

Will be interesting to see which other 2 teams get in. Wish it wasn't so predictable, but I love the playoffs anyway. I'd guess OU & one of Ohio St, Michigan, Georgia, or LSU gets the last seed. With Clemson and Bama meeting in the championship and Clemson repeating. Rinse and repeat.

Really? If Bama does not win the $ec then they should not be in the playoff. They are not a gimme. Jawja and L$U could beat them. Clemson plays such a weak schedule that they should make the playoff. I would love for Mack to knock them off in his first year. Also, it is very aggy of you to assume $ooners make the playoffs from the Big 12, lol. Ohio St. post Meyer are no gimme to win the b1g either.

 

[mm42]

Really? If Bama does not win the $ec then they should not be in the playoff. They are not a gimme. Jawja and L$U could beat them. Clemson plays such a weak schedule that they should make the playoff. I would love for Mack to knock them off in his first year. Also, it is very aggy of you to assume $ooners make the playoffs from the Big 12, lol. Ohio St. post Meyer are no gimme to win the b1g either.

Who would you guess gets in?

Clemson and Bama seem like the obvious options, and OU gets in more often than not.
I could have easily put OU in that 2nd tier with OSU, Michigan, LSU, & Georgia. And OSU may take a step back this year, but they are the most talented BIG10 team every year, so I think they have a good chance. I may be missing someone obvious, but those are the schools that seem like good bets. Adding LSU was probably a stretch, their schedule probably excludes them from a real chance.