The 2013 College Football Thread.

[AdamVR4]

[HilbillyHomeboy]

Awesome.

Jeremy

[AdamVR4]

Duff Man being Iowa State reminds me of BC's attempt to come up with a new ISU logo a while back, haha...

[HilbillyHomeboy]

Jeremy

[BigTyla]

Comedy gold.

Texas AD says Big 12 teams have tougher road to BCS title game than SEC teams | al.com

Texas athletics director DeLoss Dodds said earlier this week that teams in the Big 12 Conference have a tougher road to the BCS title game than their SEC counterparts.
The reason?

Scheduling as it relates to the number of teams in each league.

Because the Big 12 has 10 teams, each of them plays the other nine every year with no title game. Dodds contends the round-robin format makes it tougher - and better - than playing a conference championship game.

"It's hard to get out of it," Dodds told the Daily Texan. "But if you get out of it, you're straight into the national championship. If you can go straight through our conference, it's a direct line to the national championship. In the SEC, Alabama hadn't played Georgia for four years. So there's maybe some advantages to it. They play some nonconference games late in the season that soften their schedule. The Big 12 is a tougher road to get there than the SEC because of their scheduling abilities."

Many SEC teams, according to the report, schedule games against nonconference opponents late in the season to "give themselves a break from the rigorous slate against SEC foes."

Speaking of SEC foes, Dodds said the Longhorns and Aggies would resume their rivalry, but it would be on Texas' terms. However, he did say Texas fans don't want to play the Aggies.

"They left," Dodds said. "They're the ones that decided not to play us. We get to decide when we play again. I think that's fair. If you did a survey of our fans about playing A&M, they don't want to. It's overwhelming. I know. I hear it. Our fans are important to us. I think there's got to be a period where things get different. I think there's too many hard feelings."

The two teams last played on Thanksgiving Day in 2011 when Longhorns beat the Aggies 27-25, which marked the 118th time the two rivals met.

So he admits that the SEC schedule is so rigorous that it entices schools to schedule a couple of cupcakes in between just to recover, but then says that the Big 12orhowevermanyteamsyourshittyconferencehas is the toughest conference to navigate.

Adam, put a leash on your boy please.

[AdamVR4]

Comedy gold.

Texas AD says Big 12 teams have tougher road to BCS title game than SEC teams | al.com



So he admits that the SEC schedule is so rigorous that it entices schools to schedule a couple of cupcakes in between just to recover, but then says that the Big 12orhowevermanyteamsyourshittyconferencehas is the toughest conference to navigate.

Adam, put a leash on your boy please.

Deloss is embarrassing us left and right these days, but last season, the SEC's unprecedented 14-team league had some seriously unbalanced schedules allowing top teams to avoid each other. Believe me, Texas misses the B12 North because it allowed us to avoid K-State basically every other year and instead beat up on lowly Colorado...

[BigTyla]

Deloss is embarrassing us left and right these days, but last season, the SEC's unprecedented 14-team league had some seriously unbalanced schedules allowing top teams to avoid each other. Believe me, Texas misses the B12 North because it allowed us to avoid K-State basically every other year and instead beat up on lowly Colorado...

I think that fact was exacerbated by the fact that the SEC was the weakest it's been in about a decade. If Tennessee and Auburn had been competitive like they traditionally are, no one would have thought about unbalanced schedules and we probably wouldn't be talking about Alabama's 2012 NC.

[AdamVR4]

I think that fact was exacerbated by the fact that the SEC was the weakest it's been in about a decade.

Agreed. I was about to say I would expect A&M to take a step back in 2013, but man, this schedule looks easy. 2 losses (Bama, LSU) with Ole Miss being the 3rd best team they play?

2013 Texas A&M Aggies Football Schedule

I mean, unless we're expecting Auburn and Arkansas to turn it around...


Compare to Texas' schedule where vs Ole Miss represents maybe the 6th or 7th toughest game?

2013 Texas Longhorns Football Schedule - UT

[BigTyla]

I'd expect Auburn to win at least six games this year. I'm personally guessing seven games with them being much more competitive in their losses than they were last year.

If Auburn can find a quarterback, watch out. We have a JUCO guy coming in but unfortunately it will be in the summer after spring training. That said, our current QB situation is abysmal so I'd rate his chances of starting the first game as very high.

BTW, being in the same division as LSU AND Bama is never "easy."

[Echo419]

I'd expect Auburn to win at least six games this year. I'm personally guessing seven games with them being much more competitive in their losses than they were last year.

If Auburn can find a quarterback, watch out. We have a JUCO guy coming in but unfortunately it will be in the summer after spring training. That said, our current QB situation is abysmal so I'd rate his chances of starting the first game as very high.

BTW, being in the same division as LSU AND Bama is never "easy."

it was a few years ago when Bama sucked