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Oregon only played 5 bowl eligible teams, that's some weak sauce.

Thanks Thumper, I'm definitely hoping for an inspired and clean game from Texas against the Pokes.

Texas showed why scheduling at least one major power in OOC play is important. That win over Bama in Tuscaloosa is a big poker chip.

The reverse is why a 1-loss OU Big 12 champion would probably not have been picked for the CFP. Our scheduled game with Georgia was canceled by the SEC for reasonable reasons. SMU was the last-minute replacement. So, no OOC wins that would impress anybody.

Good luck to the Horns in the CCG and on Selection Day.

Thanks CW


Next week will be interesting

You make a coherent, logical, fact based argument, and that's why I think you will be wrong.

Certainly could be.  The committee has surprised me many times before.

Won't matter at all if the Horns don't play a great game on Saturday and win the B12, so that's all that actually matters to me at all.  It's not like Texas has been swimming in conference championships in football lately, this would be a rare and special prize.

I keep hearing about Texas' great win over Alabama. I see Texas' strength of schedule in the single digits as compared to the other teams' mid-double digit SOS.
They follow the discussion with "but you can't leave them out of the playoff if they're undefeated!" and "but they're the conference champs!".
It's clear that CFB values zero losses much more than big wins. 
We'll see if, to the committee, home field advantage in Lubbock, Texas is worth +50 points.

I keep hearing about Texas' great win over Alabama. I see Texas' strength of schedule in the single digits as compared to the other teams' mid-double digit SOS.
They follow the discussion with "but you can't leave them out of the playoff if they're undefeated!" and "but they're the conference champs!".
It's clear that CFB values zero losses much more than big wins. 
We'll see if, to the committee, home field advantage in Lubbock, Texas is worth +50 points.

Yup, same as it ever was.

If Texas wins and DOESN'T get in, it will absolutely be a clear message that teams shouldn't ever schedule a tough OOC game.  There's just no reward for it.  Zero losses is all that matters and big OOC wins won't help, so why risk it?