How the **** have two private Texas Christian schools made the CFP before us??? Upper management needs to be fired yesterday. We have a bunch of Jerry Jones wannabees.

Pumpkinhead said:

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A&M would have made a 12 team playoff in 2012 and 2020.

A&M will make it to some playoffs in the future. Yes, we have underachieved but sheer size and conference weight plus playoff expansion will occasionally get us in.

Bold prediction on SMU and TCU for that matter. One hit wonders on making it to a playoff. I think it unlikely either make it again in the foreseeable future.

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Let all hope.
10 years from now if A&M is still sitting at zero conference championships and zero playoff appearances in the 21st century( and SMU and TCU have become CFP regulars) it might be time to look at other options besides the SEC.

FCBlitz said:

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SMU earned the right to play by being conference champs. To get the total playoff scheme initiated lesser conferences needed one guaranteed slot for conference championship to get to 12 teams

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You might want to recheck the conference standings.

SMU was the AAC Champion in 2023, and the ACC runner up in 2024

Last 1st place season for Texas Schools:
Rice: SWC 1994
Texas Tech: SWC 1994
Texas A&M: BIGXII 1998
TCU: BIGXII 2014
Houston: 2015 AAC
Baylor: BIGXII 2021
SMU: AAC 2023
Texas: BIGXII 2023

Make fun of SMU if you'd like, but that program has won more national championships than this one with the last two in '81 & '82. Their bold leadership found a way into a P4 conference and organized a plan they have executed seamlessly. They've made upgrades every time a coach has been poached and have set themselves up nicely in this new era CFB. We know they can play the NIL game as well as anyone.

Moral High Horse said:

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But but but the integrity revenues of the conference championship games.

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FIFY.

MyComputerCareer said:

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Make fun of SMU if you'd like, but that program has won more national championships than this one with the last two in '81 & '82. Their bold leadership found a way into a P4 conference and organized a plan they have executed seamlessly. They've made upgrades every time a coach has been poached and have set themselves up nicely in this new era CFB. We know they can play the NIL game as well as anyone.

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WTF are you talking about?

'81 champ: Clemson
'82 champ: PSU

Search results engines can be your friend.

WC94 said:

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How the **** have two private Texas Christian schools made the CFP before us??? Upper management needs to be fired yesterday. We have a bunch of Jerry Jones wannabees.

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They played JV schedules.

WC94 said:

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How the **** have two private Texas Christian schools made the CFP before us??? Upper management needs to be fired yesterday. We have a bunch of Jerry Jones wannabees.

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Maybe because they are better run programs? Hell most are run better than us. We spend like drunken sailors with 0 to show for it while smaller less advantaged programs have way more hardware.

My bad, should have specified "claimed" MNC's. As a Ag, you know what I mean, right? And as Class of '88 you may actually remember that '82 season, no?