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Topic: Longhorn Football and Other Sports

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Mr Tulip

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Re: Longhorn Football and Other Sports
« Reply #1736 on: November 03, 2025, 09:07:41 AM »
Of course, this is the time of year where everyone starts poll watching and getting jittery. That's what makes CFB enjoyable, frankly.

Luckily, Texas has three games remaining, and two of them are "prove it" games. Yeah, I think if Texas went 2 for 3 in those games that they would still have shown they're one of the top 12 teams, but they sort of lost the benefit of the doubt at Florida. Bad losses should count for something too, and that was a bad loss.


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Re: Longhorn Football and Other Sports
« Reply #1737 on: November 03, 2025, 05:23:15 PM »
Yeah pretty dumb for OU to be ranked ahead of Texas.  I guess the reasoning is that OU has a better loss than Texas' loss to Florida.

Except that better loss is to... Texas.

Anyway,  poll voters do something stupid, shocking.

I remember 2007, when we beat Mizzou during the regular season, then beat them again in the Big 12 CCG, and, with both teams having 2 losses, Missouri was ranked higher. Their two losses were better than our two losses (Colorado and Texas Tech).
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Re: Longhorn Football and Other Sports
« Reply #1738 on: November 03, 2025, 05:29:15 PM »
I remember 2007, when we beat Mizzou during the regular season, then beat them again in the Big 12 CCG, and, with both teams having 2 losses, Missouri was ranked higher. Their two losses were better than our two losses (Colorado and Texas Tech).
Yup.  Ranking by "quality of losses" whilst ignoring decisive head-to-head victories is one of the many stupid things that voters do.

Anyway, I expect the CFP committee rankings to have it right, tomorrow.  They actually watch the games and aren't quite as stupid as the mediots and talking heads.

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Re: Longhorn Football and Other Sports
« Reply #1739 on: November 03, 2025, 05:39:05 PM »
Quality of loss is what put Alabama in the 2011 BCS Title game instead of Okie. St, and nobody needs me to re-litigate that fiasco.

It's useful as a data point, perhaps even as a tie-breaker in some order of tie-breakers.  But it's just one data point, of which all others favored the Cowboys over the Tide.  

 

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