Freshwater had it right. Only the teams that stay healthy will get to the playoffs. There is no depth anymore, because if your good enough to start, another team will pay you not to sit on the bench.

The SEC was down last season, too. Hence our success.

80Aggie said:

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The SEC has turned into a toss-up this year…and here we are mired in the slop of poor coaching decisions…preseason and in-season. Another opportunity missed by poor leadership. Wash, rinse and repeat, all over again.

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Would help if we were not down near the very bottom in sacks and close to the bottom in tackles for loss as well.

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The SEC has turned into a toss-up this yea

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Its not a "Toss up." There are about 3 teams that can win the conference, and ultimately UGA is going to win the conference as most predicted.

How is this thread any different than the 97 other?

80Aggie said:

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The real shame is…The SEC has turned into a toss-up this year…and here we are mired in the slop of poor coaching decisions…preseason and in-season. Another opportunity missed by poor leadership. Wash, rinse and repeat, all over again.

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Nah man, the real shame is:
A. We would have the same record this season with Jimbo.
B. We would not have spent $X million buyout + $Y million Elko + $Z million extension.
Therefore, we spent $100M for arguably worse results. That calls into question whether the BMAs and regents are actually intelligent people. (I mean, at least with Jimbo, we were Texas 8&4.)

80Aggie said:

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The SEC has turned into a toss-up this year…and here we are mired in the slop of poor coaching decisions…preseason and in-season. Another opportunity missed by poor leadership. Wash, rinse and repeat, all over again.

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It is a crying shame.

It's all part of the curse. So many good teams under Jimbo while the sips were in the dumpster. The minute we decide to play them again, the wheels fall off.

From_Zachry_to_Blocker said:

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80Aggie said:

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The real shame is…The SEC has turned into a toss-up this year…and here we are mired in the slop of poor coaching decisions…preseason and in-season. Another opportunity missed by poor leadership. Wash, rinse and repeat, all over again.

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Nah man, the real shame is:
A. We would have the same record this season with Jimbo.
B. We would not have spent $X million buyout + $Y million Elko + $Z million extension.
Therefore, we spent $100M for arguably worse results. That calls into question whether the BMAs and regents are actually intelligent people. (I mean, at least with Jimbo, we were Texas 8&4.)

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It's crazy how much better "Texas 8&4" sounds today than it did some weeks ago.

Farmer_J said:

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80Aggie said:

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The SEC has turned into a toss-up this year…and here we are mired in the slop of poor coaching decisions…preseason and in-season. Another opportunity missed by poor leadership. Wash, rinse and repeat, all over again.

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People can't recall last year eh?

It is a crying shame.

It's all part of the curse. So many good teams under Jimbo while the sips were in the dumpster. The minute we decide to play them again, the wheels fall off.

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Farmer_J said:

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80Aggie said:

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The SEC has turned into a toss-up this year…and here we are mired in the slop of poor coaching decisions…preseason and in-season. Another opportunity missed by poor leadership. Wash, rinse and repeat, all over again.

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It is a crying shame.

It's all part of the curse. So many good teams under Jimbo while the sips were in the dumpster. The minute we decide to play them again, the wheels fall off.

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some people can't remember last year eh?

TxAg76 said:

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We have a QB1 problem, period.
Complete the gimme throws, give the playmakers YAC opportunities, which leads to getting more 1st downs....and literally everything looks and feels different, including our record.

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I heard Elko really really likes qb1 though.

TexasAGGIEinAR said:

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You need a bottle and a paci.

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Why? He's spot on.

The SEC is minor league football in reality. In the NFL a 9-8 team and several 10-7 teams make the playoffs. 9-3 with 3 conference losses will be the new normal playoff team once 24 teams make it. Almost impossible to stay healthy enough to go undefeated now.

TxAg76 said:

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We have a QB1 problem, period.
Complete the gimme throws, give the playmakers YAC opportunities, which leads to getting more 1st downs....and literally everything looks and feels different, including our record.

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I think it is more than just a QB1 problem. We also have an offensive line that can't hold, a defensive line that doesn't get a lot of pressure and a bad scheme on both sides.

Hey, but we have a great kicker.

Our offensive line can't hold because Marcel drops back 20 yards instead of stepping up into the pocket.

RoadkillBBQ said:

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What we are witnessing is parity brought on by the transfer portal and NIL. Welcome to the new era of college football.

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Good, cause we couldn't win **** before

OL is at least as responsible as Reed for the poor offensive performance imo. Reed would look better with good OL performance and vice versa .

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TxAg76 said:

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We have a QB1 problem, period.
Complete the gimme throws, give the playmakers YAC opportunities, which leads to getting more 1st downs....and literally everything looks and feels different, including our record.

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I think it is more than just a QB1 problem. We also have an offensive line that can't hold, a defensive line that doesn't get a lot of pressure and a bad scheme on both sides.

Hey, but we have a great kicker.

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Even yesterday….Reed made the reads and the throws early, and we were giving Bama all they could handle.

He starts to fall off, then we have that mishap with the stupid snap, and then Q4 looks like the same dog sh*t we've seen thru 2026

TexasAGGIEinAR said:

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You need a bottle and a paci.

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He makes a good point, troll.

None of this is on Elko. You can't build a team through the portal. It takes 4-5 years and you certainly can't find a talented QB in the portal

EricHill said:

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None of this is on Elko. You can't build a team through the portal. It takes 4-5 years and you certainly can't find a talented QB in the portal

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WTF? Hoping that's sarcasm.
I'm not saying that at all, because Elko still chose to stick with Reed.
Granted, it was probably a 50/50 shot for him since Reed has always been a little wobbly….but choosing to stick with him is stinging us pretty bad this year.