SEC will be tougher than expected

Texas struggling those years was all about coaching and culture. Not talent. Make no mistake, there is a BIG difference between the 11th rated class and the 30th. Take it from a fan whose team has been on both sides of that. If you have Bill Snyder or a Gary Pinkel type coach who is great at evaluating and developing under the radar talent, you can make do with a 30th ranked class or lower. But trust me, Snyder and Pinkel would've rather had the #11 class.
Look at what teams average between 11 and 30 and tell me if any of those teams are much better than the other. Hint, any of them can beat the others on any day and none of them are winning any national championships. That's pretty much the same thing to me.
 
Look at what teams average between 11 and 30 and tell me if any of those teams are much better than the other. Hint, any of them can beat the others on any day and none of them are winning any national championships. That's pretty much the same thing to me.
Only one damn team a year wins the Natty. If the summation of your season on an annual basis is winning the natty, 90% of the time you're going to be disappointed.
 
And if teams are ranked that low they aren't winning it, they are all middle of the pack. Which makes my point that 11 is not much different than 30. Anyway, I'm done arguing about it.
 
SEC comes down to depth and injuries. Their players aren't always "head and shoulders" better in the talent department. But when attrition kicks in, SEC teams have more talented depth. There's not much drop off from 1st team to 2nd team.
That has a lot to do with recruiting- sure- but it also has a ton to do with talent development. That's an area the SEC has excelled in. Because of the pay and competitiveness of the SEC- you're getting a better quality of coaching and development.
Don't discount how important it is to stay healthy in this league.
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Texas struggling those years was all about coaching and culture. Not talent.

Say what?...Talent??? Tyrone Swoopes, Case McCoy, Hell, Jerod Heard starting QB's???....How abot those O Lines featuring walk ons as starters?...

Jesus....we were in a talent desert for a decade!
 
Since this is about the SEC please note that Alabama will play Georgia on 9/28 it's in Tuscaloosa.
 
Good to see the F word coming back into style.

As we all know, it's got nothing to do with gay slurs.
Look I just want longhorns to stop being in awe about playing in the SEC. I wouldn't have said this 3 years ago but we're ready for them now.
 
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I’m not too sure about that. It’s probably more so who Ole Miss lost to as well Bama and Georgia where as Oklahoma lost to Kansas and Oklahoma State. But you never know. MS State went 1-7 in conference but they beat Arizona, not only beat them but they were leading 21-7 at one point of the game.
OU was 2 scores away from being undefeated. A bad no call vs osu puts them at 11-1 and certainly in over old mississippi.
 
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Last season State went 1-7 in conference play, but they beat Arizona, not only that but at one point of the game they were leading 21-7. They beat Arizona the same amount of points that Washington did. Don’t get me wrong Texas and Oklahoma are a beast of teams and i think they are more than ready as I have stated in numerous posts. It’s just that week to week but that also applies to every SEC team.
well State probably had their starting qb and their starting Offensive line when he went up against arizona too
 
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Not trying to troll at all. I stand by every word and I genuinely mean it, and back it up.
Do we need more proof than this? Can we now pull the mask off the midnight butt poker? It's Bell.

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Look at our SEC schedule this year. In order
MSS they had a losing record last and have a first year coach
OK a team that can beat us
GA the best team well play this year
Vanderbilt Texas losing to Vanderbilt? You can't be serious.
FL had a losing record and a coach who is skating on thin ice
AR had a losing record
KY barely qualified for a bowl and promptly lost.
A&M win
I see our team and our SEC schedule and the only teams that can beat us are OK and GA. The rest are average. We didn't play LSU, AL, or TN. Our schedule isn't that tough.
Texas got an easy draw playing 5 of the worst 6 teams in the league. You'll be fine. Anything less than 10-2 should be disappointing.
 
@uscfan1981 hey we're you at SC in 1981? Wow they had a fantastic team around that time 79/81. That ol they had in '79 was the best ol I've ever seen in college fb. Hey you guys ready for the Big X? What do you think of your new DC?
 
Well if that’s true, the dirt burglars are gonna take a step backwards.
No sure how long you have been paying attention but can you remember the last time OU had a bad OL? They take in transfers pretty much every year, so that's nothing new. Somehow Bedenbaugh makes them ready regardless of who he puts out there
 
No sure how long you have been paying attention but can you remember the last time OU had a bad OL? They take in transfers pretty much every year, so that's nothing new. Somehow Bedenbaugh makes them ready regardless of who he puts out there
This dude reminds me of Bell. He posts in the same patterns. When was the last time a Sooner posted here with any regularity?
 
No sure how long you have been paying attention but can you remember the last time OU had a bad OL? They take in transfers pretty much every year, so that's nothing new. Somehow Bedenbaugh makes them ready regardless of who he puts out there
Well I’m 55 years old so I’m gonna guess I’ve been paying attention longer than you have but that’s irrelevant to my point. Your OL coach is good. Really good. Doesn’t change the fact that the Sooners are proficient at holding to say the least. Especially the secondary.
 
Well I’m 55 years old so I’m gonna guess I’ve been paying attention longer than you have but that’s irrelevant to my point. Your OL coach is good. Really good. Doesn’t change the fact that the Sooners are proficient at holding to say the least. Especially the secondary.
Bebenbaugh gets more credit than he deaerves. Riley has been the OC and HC for so many years that his offensive dominance was a reason those OLs were attracted in the first place. I don’t see anybody singing the praises of how great the WRs coach was/is, yet ou had excellent receivers. And why, because of Riley and his offense.
 
Bebenbaugh gets more credit than he deaerves. Riley has been the OC and HC for so many years that his offensive dominance was a reason those OLs were attracted in the first place. I don’t see anybody singing the praises of how great the WRs coach was/is, yet ou had excellent receivers. And why, because of Riley and his offense.
Riley been gone a few years now and Bedenbaugh still had a first round OL picked each of the last two seasons, and both of his OTs too. He's got a well earned reputation as a developer and we all know it. He's got his work cut out for him this year too
 
Well I’m 55 years old so I’m gonna guess I’ve been paying attention longer than you have but that’s irrelevant to my point. Your OL coach is good. Really good. Doesn’t change the fact that the Sooners are proficient at holding to say the least. Especially the secondary.
Most good OL are proficient at some amount of holding