Hard agree. CFB as we knew it is dead. All that matters is making the playoffs. By any means

I’m not scared to play anyone in the country, but in today college football it makes no sense to schedule an Ohio State. The goal is to be in the top 12 at the end of the year. With SEC going to a 9 game schedule plus if you’re good enough to get in the conference championship you will likely end up playing Georgia twice in one year. With this portal and NIL, every game in the SEC is tough……especially on the road. We were within a couple eyelashes of losing two more games to the bottom half of the conference. Another thing is we’re one of the only teams in the country that has 3 rivalry games where the 3 teams hate us more than anything in the world. It’s really hard to win those 3 rivalry games every year. We’re the one rivalry for OU, A&M, and Arkansas. They’re 3 for us. I don’t care what kind of team you have. It’s going to be hard to sweep those 3 every year. If the playoffs expand to 16 teams, then maybe there will be several 3 loss teams in there. So more leeway. The landscape now isn’t set up to open up with a top team in the country out of conference. I wish it was but it’s not. 

On 11/30/2025 at 9:23 AM, TheContractor12 said:

enjoy watching the playoff from your couch 

Yeah, I ignored that knucklehead so I don't even see his posts.

Completely agree. People can say "hey, you should not have lost to Florida. They are not any good." 100% true. The point is: had we scheduled someone...not of Ohio State's caliber, we would be sitting at 10-2 and an absolute no-brainer for the playoffs with 2 top 5 wins and 3 top 9 wins (at the time we played them). We do not really gain anything by playing them. Let us also say we beat OSU, but things are still the same (still have losses to Florida and Georgia [I hope we beat them someday])....what have we really gained? Nothing. We are still 10-2 and still in the playoffs. JUST like we would be if we had either: not scheduled Ohio State or beaten Florida. It is tough enough as it is. I see no reason to make it tougher on ourselves. And let me add: I have ALWAYS respected (and loved) our willingness to play an elite non-conference game at the beginning of the season. So, while sure people can say: "well, just win that tough non-conference game", and its true...it is also a needless risk we do not HAVE to take to make the playoffs. Hook 'Em! 

Sark agrees.   If it is all about record cancel them now... 

https://x.com/ontexasfootball/status/1995570494037504426?t=JTJIBjgOaTGpnVko-6UHJQ&s=19

Edited December 1, 2025Dec 1 by MBHORNSFAN