C2 Ag 93 said:

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MagnumLoad said:

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Forget about the rivalry aspect for now. Texas is usually a good football team. We play them again the last game of the season. Late losses are more damaging than an early loss. Elko has lost to Texas two years straight. We get Texas on Kyle Field next year. Losing to them for the third straight year ( two losses would be on Kyle ) is unacceptable and damaging to our program. We compete against them for recruiting and portal acquisitions. It is not just another faceless opponent. Flame away, but I think Elko's future will be determined on T+1 2026.

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Circular post. Texas is just another SEC school now. Would you be saying the same thing if it were that we played a rotating SEC school last game of the season (one year LSU, another Auburn, etc.). I think the fact you say "forget rivalry" but then put too much weight on this to the point you think Elko's future is at stake is telling.

I personally don't care about Texas now. They are just another school with tshirt fans, crappy game day, arrogant for no reason, etc., just like several other schools I can think of. So yea, they are faceless to me, and in the same group of schools I hate. No special hate for them in this regard.

Sure, late season losses are not ideal. But it has been and always will be a question of who you lose to. We weren't knocked out of the CFP by losing to them Sure, we didn't go to the SEC title game because of that, but it had nothing to do with "late season loss" (it was simply the head to head tie breakers).

No flame - your post simply makes no sense and is all about "the rivalry" in your mind. Elko is fine. I he went 11-1 every year, with the loss being to Texas and us going to the CFP every year (and sometimes the SEC title game depending on head to heads), I would take that. No special concern in my mind that it was to Texas.

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In the current CFP, you have 1 bogey, maybe 2 during the season or you don't make the playoff. As such, you simply can't get beat by a single program annually and expect to be a top 10 program. Maintaining a good records against Texas, LSU and Missouri matters way more than the rotational games as a result and especially at home.

Ryan Day has had a great go at Ohio State… but there's a reason his seat was getting hot in Columbus because he was kept losing to Michigan… and it wasn't just that they hate Michigan.

BTKAG97 said:

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Would prefer to play those asshats in September and save entertaining games for November.

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Like it or not, the vast majority of the population views this as our most entertaining game of the year.

If you suggested September because they are generally a good team and losses early in the season are less important (as the OP suggested), that would be reasonable.

Suggesting September so we can reserve the late season games for those that are entertaining is beyond ridiculous.

The game isn't moving no matter what any of us think.

It's a very entertaining game, because of the rivalry.

But contrary to OP, it's not extra important because it's tu. It's extra important because it's the last game against a good team. OP basically said that, but made the focus "Texas", not the "good team at the end" aspect. It could be LSU or Bama or Georgia or any other top team, and the OP would still be basically correct.

But contrary to the post at the top of this page, I think you CAN go winless against a particular opponent for several years and still be OK (tu smack talk notwithstanding), as long as you take care of business in the other 11 games. 11-1 will not automatically knock you out of the CCG or the CFP.

Factually, the game has been important these past two years because we could have played for our first SEC titles, and our playoff seeding this year would have improved, which does carry real benefit. Throw in the rivalry aspect with that history, and our already upward trajectory is significantly enhanced if we win those games.

Read the entire sentence dumba**.

It is all about money and NIL which has level the field for the top richest programs.

So now it is all about evaluating talent and coaching as the money there.

I personally have seen enough to know the answer.

5Amp said:

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It is all about money and NIL which has level the field for the top richest programs.

So now it is all about evaluating talent and coaching as the money there.

I personally have seen enough to know the answer.

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In only two seasons? Wow. How are you not a major college athletic director? Or an NFL general manager?

I don't care what happens against tu if we are in the CFP, and I especially don't care if we lose as long as we are still a host

Alpha Texan said:

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I don't care what happens against tu if we are in the CFP, and I especially don't care if we lose as long as we are still a host

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Well, personally, I'd like to host AND win.....

I've lived with this rivalry for most of my life, and it's probably my favorite precisely because it's in-state, unlike OU. But the more I think about it, the more I believe that the outcome of this game, year in and year out, doesn't actually mean much for either program beyond fan-base bragging rights.

When you look at recruiting over a 40-year span, it's hard to argue that wins and losses in this game have materially shaped either school's long-term talent base or trajectory. And now, in the NIL era, its impact is even smaller. The rivalry still matters emotionally, but structurally, it just doesn't move the needle the way people pretend it does.