#1 Texas (0-0/0-0) at #3 Ohio State (0-0/0-0) Game thread

[utee94]

I was late to the college football party, my fandom started after the SWC had dissolved.  That being said, looking back, the SWC struck me as very weak, especially on the national scale.  A bunch of Texas school, and Arkansas.  Sure, Texas was a true blue blood, and Arkansas was very close to being a blue blood 40-50 years ago ( or at least it seemed to me that Arkansas was once a very prestigious program until the 1990's).  A&M was good in the 80's/early 90's, but were atrocious from the late 1950's to the early 80's.  We did have a few good seasons in the 70's. 

I know that at one time Baylor was much better, but they were so bad in the first dozen or so years of the Big 12 it's hard for me to ever imagine them as anything other than perennial losers, even though their football program is much improved the last 10-15 years. 

SMU was worse than Baylor for the same time period, only program ever to get the death penalty. 

Texas Tech-never won the SWC, they're so bad over the last 50 years they make A&M look good. 

UH....just as likely to go 0-12 any given year as they are to go 11-1 or whatever.  Very jeckyl and hyde. 

TCU.....just about the only program to come out better from the post-SWC than anybody else.  I always felt they were imposters, a good team that benefitted from a weak schedule.  After they joined the Big 12, I checked a few times and they had a losing record in the Big 12 despite playing a much weaker conference than the one that existed from 1996-2011. 

Again, the only way I have to judge the old SWC is by the perception of their teams 20-30 years after it folded.  And by those standards it was a terrible conference. 

The SWC was a great conference in its day. It's not really fair to look at things through today's lens.  Many of the Ivies and Army and Navy were once all great as well. 

Anyway I thought you were getting at the idea of "cultural fit" for whatever that's worth.  The SWC and B12 were good fits for Texas.  The B1G would be a good cultural fit in some ways as well, unfortunately the geography made it undesirable.

So the SEC it is.

[Cincydawg]

I don't think the SEC would ever admit Texas.

[utee94]

I don't think the SEC would ever admit Texas.

Yup zero chance of that happening.

[utee94]

want to see more flag panting in Columbus. Let's go boys! Hook 'Em.

There's NO WAY Texas will beat Ohio State, but even if the impossible were to happen, Sarkisian has banned the flag planting*.  I agree with that, I think it's disrespectful and it was a bad look in Ann Arbor last year.  I'm not sorry to see it go.




*except for at the TX-OU game at the Cotton Bowl which is a neutral site and there is a LONG history of the victor planting the flag at midfield

[Cincydawg]

If somehow Texas improved up there akademicals a lot, somehow, mebbe the SEC would let them be some kinda partial qualilfier like.

[utee94]

This has jinx written all over it.


https://twitter.com/orangebloods_/status/1957836867153399863

[MrNubbz]

   

[Mdot21]

This has jinx written all over it.


https://twitter.com/orangebloods_/status/1957836867153399863

nah. Julian Sayin is 5 ft tall and has a wet noodle arm. I think the streak remains intact.

[medinabuckeye1]

This has jinx written all over it.


https://twitter.com/orangebloods_/status/1957836867153399863

This just seems like a completely meaningless stat.  I'd guess that the vast majority of those first-time starters against the #1 team were starters for some body-bag opponent where the point-spread was 4+ TDs and it make absolutely no difference who the starting QB was.  

[utee94]

This just seems like a completely meaningless stat.  I'd guess that the vast majority of those first-time starters against the #1 team were starters for some body-bag opponent where the point-spread was 4+ TDs and it make absolutely no difference who the starting QB was. 

Agree.  It's the offseason.  What are ya gonna do??

[FearlessF]

Nubbz is gonna post that all over the place 5 minutes before kickoff

[utee94]

Nubbz is gonna post that all over the place 5 minutes before kickoff

Ain't gonna make any difference because

THERE IS NO WAY TEXAS CAN BEAT OHIO STATE

[Mdot21]

Ain't gonna make any difference because

THERE IS NO WAY TEXAS CAN BEAT OHIO STATE

I wouldn't be too worried honestly. If Ohio State couldn't beat a walk-on named Davis f**king Warren throwing for 62 yards on 9 of 17 with 2 INT's and 0 Tuddies in their own house- hard for me to see them beating a legitimate up and coming superstar in Arch Manning.

Oh and Julian Sayin is still 5 feet tall with a wet noodle for an arm.

[utee94]

I wouldn't be too worried honestly. If Ohio State couldn't beat a walk-on named Davis f**king Warren throwing for 62 yards on 9 of 17 with 2 INT's and 0 Tuddies in their own house- hard for me to see them beating a legitimate up and coming superstar in Arch Manning.

Oh and Julian Sayin is still 5 feet tall with a wet noodle for an arm.

I like the way you're thinking...

...except...

...they already beat Texas just a few months ago. And that was in Texas.  This one's in Columbus.

Buckeyes by 10.