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OU has made the CFP four times, each time as Big 12 champ with one loss. Those are the only four times of the CFP era in which OU finished the regular season and CCG with only one loss.

I other words, if you're OU (or, presumably, UT) you'll probably make it into the CFP if you win the Big 12 championship with one loss.

And it's nice to have a high ranking WRT recruiting than a low one, but it doesn't guarantee success.  Especially with the portal in full effect, and maybe more so when they eliminate the one transfer limit.  

I think a lot of recruits want to see how the season shakes out before they are fully commmited anyways, and lots will change now between now and December.  

And it's nice to have a high ranking WRT recruiting than a low one, but it doesn't guarantee success.  Especially with the portal in full effect, and maybe more so when they eliminate the one transfer limit. 

I think a lot of recruits want to see how the season shakes out before they are fully commmited anyways, and lots will change now between now and December. 

Yeah. I try not to get overly invested on where 16-17 year old kids decide to play a sport. I know Texas is a pratfall away from seeing them all head someplace else. I think, right now, the players and coaches are painting a picture of a player-led program with a healthy culture.
The wins gotta show up, though.

Like Gigem said, getting highly ranked recruits is better than not.

But then, it's what you do with them.

Arch Manning has long been regarded as the consensus No. 1 prospect for the class of 2023. A 5-star QB, son of Cooper Manning and nephew of NFL greats Peyton and Eli, Arch recently committed to Texas at the end of June.

However, another prospect – and one that could be seen in the B1G in a few seasons – has overtaken Manning in one publication. ESPN recently dropped Manning to No. 2 on its list of prospects behind QB Malachi Nelson out of Los Alamitos, California. Nelson is committed to USC who is set to begin play in the B1G during the fall of 2024.

yep I saw this coming

Manning aint shit

but we'll try to limp along in spite of this

I figured Saban and Bama signed a QB, but it was ol muleshoe

yep its gonna you guys problem in the years to come

As good as Texas was in the mid-2000’s it took a really special player to get them over the top. As good as OU has been in the last 20 years they have only won it once. Close a few times. 

Clemson and LSU have not been traditional football powers over the last 50 years. Despite that they have had more individual success than either the two blue bloods of Texas and OU. Or Michigan, Nebraska, UTenn, pretty much everybody else except maybe Alabama. And Ohio St. 

LSU is probably right at the cusp of blue blood status, assuming the top ten aren’t set in stone. I think the chances of a #10-20 type program winning the whole thing is just as good as about 7 out of the top 10. 

I often wonder if the old guard of Nebraska, Norte Dame, UTenn, and a few others maybe it’s just over for them. If the special set of circumstances that allowed them to thrive will also deny them to evolve. 

I couldn’t tell you exactly what those circumstances are, but it appears that being in a populated southern state is one of the new ones, which maybe does it for Nebraska and ND. It seems that winning big in the past may not be enough for these programs. Now it’s more about resources, location, media, alumni.