They are looking like a high end sports car, but it's too soon to be confident in the competitive dominance of it's speed and maneuverability on varied courses.

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Gunny456 said:

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Anybody that is above 50 and lived in Texas all there lives and paid any attention at all to old school Texas politics can easily answer the question. Where do you think the term t-sip was coined?
The school has spit out thousands of journalism and political science majors for over a century that entrenched themselves within the media, and entertainment industries and political arenas.
They spawned thousands of attorneys and politicians and old time Texas money that was based upon big business, petrochemical and land barons that have controlled our state legislature and lawmakers for that same 150+ year time span. Laugh and call that a conspiracy theory but Texans that have been around the block a few times are well aware of this fact.
Take the time to look at our old school predominant, governors, state senate and house leaders and controlling state entities and you will usually see they display the t u diploma on their walls.
Sure we have some big time Aggies in the business world in Texas but compare the number of Aggie grads in the political arena or judicial and law arenas….. then also compare how many Aggies are in the realm of journalism or public news media or even in the entertainment industries as compared to longhorn grads and you can understand.
A good comparison is the power the democrats have over the news media, Hollywood and entertainment industries and labor unions as compared to republicans.
How the hell do think they wormed their way into the SEC anyway?
And people just think it's an accident or just good fortune that they end up in their first year in the SEC with an easy schedule?
Anybody that thinks otherwise is just too young to understand the last two centuries of Texas politics or just plum naive.

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Good grief you must go through a lot tin foil for your hats.
You are clueless if you do not believe what Gunny said. He is 1000% correct. Been watching and living what he said for 70 yrs.

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AgLA06 said:

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They still have to play Georgia and Us.

The difference in the big12 and the SEC is even average SEC defenses can stack the box, play man to man on the outside and force Manning to throw over the top.

I wouldn't be shocked to see Arkansas or another midling SEC team take them to the wire.

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What makes you think a middling SEC team can man up on Bond, Wingo, Cook, Golden, Bolden, Moore, and Helm for 60 minutes or that Ewers or Manning would have to go over the top rather than work layered routes?

Stack the box all you want, but it's not necessarily helpful in most cases. Sarkisian is more than happy to use screens, flares, and other means to get RBs the ball in advantageous situations away from a stacked box.

Of course it wouldn't be shocking for a middling SEC team to take Texas to the wire. Maybe more than one. Just look at what happened to Georgia last weekend. It's extremely difficult to go unbeaten even being solidly favored in every game. If Texas brings its A game every week (this never happens, but hypothetically) Texas comfortably wins every regular season game except Georgia. That one looks basically like a coin flip at a neutral site. Without its A game, Texas is vulnerable, as is any other team, including Georgia.

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AgLA06 said:

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They still have to play Georgia and Us.

The difference in the big12 and the SEC is even average SEC defenses can stack the box, play man to man on the outside and force Manning to throw over the top.

I wouldn't be shocked to see Arkansas or another midling SEC team take them to the wire.

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What makes you think a middling SEC team can man up on Bond, Wingo, Cook, Golden, Bolden, Moore, and Helm for 60 minutes

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the fact that you can't have 7 receivers on the field at once

If not the Horns then who? Name 5 teams that are clearly better with a better resume and roster.

Finally, a voice of reason around here.

Why our performance has been exactly as it was in the Big 12. Seems about the same.

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Cheyenne Bodie said:

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AgLA06 said:

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They still have to play Georgia and Us.

The difference in the big12 and the SEC is even average SEC defenses can stack the box, play man to man on the outside and force Manning to throw over the top.

I wouldn't be shocked to see Arkansas or another midling SEC team take them to the wire.

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What makes you think a middling SEC team can man up on Bond, Wingo, Cook, Golden, Bolden, Moore, and Helm for 60 minutes

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the fact that you can't have 7 receivers on the field at once

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You don't need them all on the field at once. It's called "depth." When an offense can keep putting good, fresh receivers in against tired or backup defenders, bad things happen for the defense.

Middling teams don't have a starting secondary to match Texas' starting receivers, let alone keep up with the depth.

I get that that may be an unfamiliar concept, though. For example, https://texags.com/forums/5/topics/3490999

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We all know the sips are the media darlings. ESPN has had a hard on for them for many years. But I think the hype surrounding them is BS. Who have they beaten? Michigan has struggled to a 2-1 record. Fresno State gave Michigan everything they wanted. Hell, Arkansas State stayed within 10 of the Wolverines. The sips dominated Colorado State, who is miserable. And they pummeled UTSA, who is 1-2 and also miserable. As the season goes on, the cracks in their foundation are going to show. Especially on October 19 when Georgia visits. (I know Georgia had a close one against Kentucky, but they are an SEC team with SEC talent, and most great teams have one of those games every year.) This coming week the sips are going to curb stomp UL Monroe and EsipN will act like they were world beaters.

"Pride cometh before the fall"

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Dude they were in the playoffs last year went to Bama and whipped them and this year went to the defending champions house in Michigan and whipped them too. Oh yeah they are also the number 1 team with a front runner QB for the heisman and maybe even a better QB on the bench. Yes they are clearly overrated. I am glad we have not had the same bad luck as them the last few seasons.

This thread is going to age so badly.