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[@jairuslamb1040]

All of you saying that Texas ”played a weak schedule” are probably the same people who spent the past 15 years cheerleading about how tough the SEC is, which implied that there is no such thing as a “weak schedule” in the SEC. Why are you switching it up now?

[@BrendonCap]

Mainly because Texas played the easiest Sec schedule in history. No doubt they are a good team however. But two things can be true at once. You can have an easy schedule and be a good team. Just look at Indiana/Oregon

[@ShonuffOfHTX]

@@BrendonCaphow have they played the easiest SEC schedule ever? Need proof for this one. Vandy beat Alabama, TX won. Arkansas beat Tennessee, TX won. Oklahoma beat Alabama, TX won. Florida beat Ole Miss, TX won. Let’s stop the narrative already. It’s any given Saturday

[@BrendonCap]

@ with the exception of AM, they played all the lowest ranked SEC teams

[@ShonuffOfHTX]

@ They did what they were supposed to do against them. While other teams didn’t. That just shows the discipline of the team. Plus Georgia and Alabama never play a tough SEC schedule until this year because it’s usually just them 2 that are good teams.

[@JoshuaPosada6]

@@BrendonCapeasiest in SEC history? You really did all the research into each team over the history of the SEC every season and were able to discern that so quickly? Wow. That’s impressive. Don’t let your emotions get in the way. Was it easier compared to other teams THIS season? Yes. But I’m sure other teams had easier schedules in many other years. Don’t make yourself look silly by throwing out extremes.

[@atxrich]

Anybody hating on Texas’ schedule- give me one SEC they’d pick over Texas. UGA? They lost to Ole Miss and struggled against teams Texas beat. Same for Bama, Tenn and Ole Miss. Outside of UGA loss, they beat everyone else on their schedule like they were supposed to. No other SEC team can say that.

[@johnnull8689]

in the last three years UGA beat every team they played not named ALA but beat ALA in one of their two national titles. can texas say that? Texas has a weak schedule as would crumble under the weight of ugas schedule. when has texas gone 15-0 in the last three years

[@PicositoGTi]

Texas beat Alabama at their home and always had a chance to beat bama but our qbs got hurt

[@donaldbritt2210]

Texas has been able to recruit better since we would be in the SEC. I think we got Sark because we are going to SEC. Turns out very well for Texas and SEC.

[@michaeljohnson7937]

I've always felt that conferences were much closer than the SEC and Big Ten super fans would like to admit. I understand that most highly rated talent goes to those two conferences and that more money is put into those programs. When it comes down to it, though, it's still football; passion can come from anyone, and in college, especially David always has a chance against Goliath. Many people from all sorts of schools and different star ratings make it to the NFL. I like having a playoff format because it will finally highlight that all these schools are not so different when put Head to Head.

[@gabemorales7814]

I'll say that a sizable amount of the SEC's reputation comes from Oklahoma being absolutely terrible in bowl games.

[@michaeljohnson7937]

@gabemorales7814 😂

[@DodieJ]

Forever hating on Texas 😂😂

[@jnadrums]

Forever a slapstick 😂😂

[@DodieJ]

@ forever deez

[@juneBug-kage]

I think it's a case of divine timing. NIL Boooming and Saban retiring (Roll Tide, GOAT) both did a lot to level the playing field among the upper echelon of CFB. In UT's case. Playing the bottom half of the SEC outside of UGA does help; and I'm Not saying Texas is gonna start sucking, but sustaining the dominance is something that I don't think will be as easy and that goes for anyone.

[@blackout07blue]

and Georgia humiliated them.

[@MegiddoTheImmaculate]

​@@blackout07bluemaybe Texas should have let Georgia Tech force them to 8 overtimes so we'd see how dominant they are.

[@GeraldMothershed]

​@@blackout07blue I don't think they were humiliated, they had a real chance to win despite making a billion mistakes. They were within 8 on the 4th..... Also, Ewers made a handful of terrible mistakes, a couple of them cost Texas touchdowns. When Texas managed to minimize those mistakes, Georgia stopped scoring for a two quarter stretch. It wouldn't take all that much to flip the result of that game around. Texas may find a way to lose again, it is possible. But Georgia NEEDED the advantage the mistakes Texas made in order for them to win the first game, its just true. That alone gives me a lot of confidence going into this 2nd game.

[@patrickadonislewis]

That’s why I’ve been saying for over 10 yrs, have 11 team conferences, play 1 big out of conference P4 game, 1 group of 5 game and a 10 game round robin conference schedule. That way, the only real thing you can argue is the 1 P4 OOC game for each team.

[@EulogyfortheAngels]

Consider the facts for Texas: they faced 6 of the bottom 8 of the SEC, were torched by the best team they faced, and had major struggles against 6-6 Vandy and Arkansas. Texas finished the regular season with the easiest schedule in the entire conference.

[@noahbowman120]

Yet if Tennessee, Ole Miss, or Bama played their schedule, they’d all have 2 losses still. While i agree their schedule is weak, every team in the SEC has the potential to punch way above their weight and you can’t punish Texas for doing what’s expected.

[@PgLangGang]

@@noahbowman120You made no point. Just assumed they would have two losses out of that weak schedule.😂

[@RobertJones-vb2qi]

Saying Texas was torched by Georgia when both teams had the same amount of takeaways and almost the same amount of yards on offense is insane. That game came down to field position which Georgia got due to the early Texas turnover

[@JamesJJ-gb5tm]

bahahaha! Texas can beat everybody and they gonna say "they haven't played anybody" lmfao. Haters gonna hate.

[@Paul-ic2ki]

@@PgLangGang TN lost to Ark and GA, Ole Miss lost to KY and FL, AL lost to Vanderbilt and OU... Texas beat all those "easy" schools (with the exception of GA) that these three teams couldn't. I think that was his point.

[@gabemorales7814]

Re: Texas has an easy schedule. We know for a matter of fact, indisputably, that Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, A&M, and Ohio State could not have navigated Texas' schedule without a loss. We know this because those teams lost to other teams on Texas' "weak" schedule. Texas flexed on the SEC by navigating the minefield when all the others couldn't. Your hater game is strong, but Texas is stronger.

[@hott77734]

Ummmm who did Texas play?

[@MataniuFulu]

SEC bias are a lot of excuses about Texas dominated their conference in it first year...

[@blackout07blue]

dominated? Georgia humiliated them. Texas is mid

[@SurferRC]

@@blackout07blueuga is mid ask GT

[@BB-ce5ev]

​@SurferRC so texas is less than mid?

[@robfalter2522]

we were told that we came to the sec we would win 7 maybe 8 games a season. that was it. now the haters change it to you have not played anyone. 🤣

[@blackout07blue]

Gayhorns played the bottom of the conference. and Georgia humiliated them. Lol

[@robfalter2522]

@@blackout07blue haters gonna hate

[@BB-ce5ev]

I would wait a couple years before talking trash. This is the best team texas has had in almost 2 decades playing the easiest schedule in the sec this year.

[@Paul-ic2ki]

Texas only played in 3 rivalry games this year and won them all..

[@blackout07blue]

rivalry games? Arkansas and OU about have losing records. 😂😂 A&M had lost 2 in a row to Auburn & Carolina before Texas beat them by 10 points.

[@nashvegas4476]

3? You get to pick one a year, you may have rivals, but you dont get to tout 2 cupcakes and a mid as ‘good’ wins.

[@benjaminfinley9314]

@@nashvegas4476 Yes, 3. Those 3 teams hate Texas more than you will ever understand.

[@nashvegas4476]

@@benjaminfinley9314 negative, Im a Vol fan, the Alabama hate runs deep, every third Saturday in October.

[@chris6757]

@@nashvegas4476 So then you guys surely won against the cupcake that was Arkansas? Sure Arkansas or OU werent great wins, but they still are more than capable of winning against good teams. Texas handled both when other SEC schools repeatedly showed they struggled with lower competition, that should count for something

[@RiVer-Parish]

I wonder what would happen if Tennessee joined the Acc?

[@WhitneyGadison1]

@@RiVer-Parish they would probably be acc champions every single year. Unless they have a down year. But that’s my opinion

[@quinton9514]

Putting Arch on the thumbnail is wild

[@ArchAngeLs777Gaming]

Great video, Greg! Thinking about it, A&M and Missouri had early success transitioning to the SEC, but were not able to sustain it. As you said, we will see as things continue to play out and these teams mix in more as rivals. Texas, Oregon, and SMU were hot coming in and as you said, some got favorable schedules. Colorado and Arizona St were indeed a surprise. However, none of the others even have a winning record despite several being expected to compete. So maybe its not all that easy? - OU had to upset Bama to make a bowl. - USC, Cal, and Washington barely made a bowl game - UCLA, Utah, Arizona, and Stanford are not going to a bowl game.

[@blackout07blue]

Texas is like Missouri. Won the east twice once joined bc easy schedule.

[@nateridgewaymusic]

Hope to see SMU run all over Clemson

[@jimjason5146]

The won't. Clemson is going to boat race them. Too talented big and fast.

[@tonyfish1424]

You people and this stupid schedule talk. So dumb. Get over it. I thought the SEC was supposed to be a gauntlet!!!!

[@GeraldMothershed]

When you get away from rankings the performance metrics shows Texas in the middle of the pack. The narrative is actually a big lie.

[@johnnull8689]

georgia has the toughest SOS in all of college football. shut up stupid/ oh and the gauntlet also includes the playoffs...didn't uga beat every team they played in CFP playoff each time they got in ex ALA...WHO IS...WAIT FOR IT....AN sec team. sit down boy-

[@maharaja1352]

Just get rid of the biases and you won’t be confused or force yourself to be senseless. Expand mentally and shun rigidity. It ain’t that hard, folks just make it hard.

[@RaymondHerwig]

People are insecure. This leads them to complicate things so they can feel like they achieved something complicated. Somehow, everybody is above average, which is statistically impossible. Kruger-Dunning.

[@michaelhession2105]

Its not, but in my opinion, a lot of teams have succeeded in newer conferences because those teams that have already been in them for so long have rarely any footage of them. I'd say give it a couple of more years to really analyze these teams that have moved around form conference to conference.

[@Bobbleheads56]

People are also ignoring the teams that moved and got worse like Oklahoma and USC

[@SilFord-o9f]

Oklahoma amd USC will mot be bad for long, they will both improve

[@genz214]

@@Bobbleheads56Oklahoma will get better look at Missouri back in 2012 they struggled in year one and year two they made it to the SEC championship

[@Bobbleheads56]

@@genz214 you are probably right im just saying people are overreacting when they say that the new teams are taking over their conferences

[@RodneyBost-gw6eo]

Look at penn state in 94. Similar to oregon. Beat OSU and michigan and went undefeated. Big ten figured them out and it took a decade before another conference championship

[@LivelysReport]

I would have thought SMU would have moved into the Big 12 instead of the ACC.. keeping things close to home.. and still have TCU as their rivalry game every year.. SMU, TCU and BYU, were all teams I would have liked to see in the same conference.. You got WV in the Big 12 and SMU in the ACC.. they should swap spots.. put WV back in the ACC and SMU back in the big 12..

[@gabemorales7814]

Not to homer too much, and I know it's spoken about in generality, but I don't think Texas will backslide as teams get used to them, at least not as much as the other newbies in other conferences. That's all because of Sark, he understands the SEC and has had success in it for many years now. I think he has the ability to evolve enough to keep one step ahead.

[@lambeaux7123]

Texas did play Oklahomas schedule! We scheduled LSU, Alabama, Arkansas, Michigan, Ohio St. etc. meanwhile everyone else is playing teams like McNeese St. not TX fault they wanna play the best while everyone else runs

[@GeraldMothershed]

I analysed the data and Oklahoma, Kentucky and MS State played the hardest schedules..... TX, Ole Miss, TN, A&M, MO, and GA played similar schedules when not accounting for team rank and focusing on performance metrics. Ole Miss played the easiest overall.

[@buildingbread]

We've always said this! The “if you put them on X conference” argument was always dumb. It never mattered. Can my team beat yours on that day? Clemson ate off the ACC for years and tore up Alabama in 2019. Would they have survived in the SEC? It doesn't matter it's a 1v1 game, not a 1vConference.

[@doncoroleone7815]

Texas had the easiest SEC schedule since Tulane in 1965.

[@damianpresha9833]

Texas own the SEC after Saturday night

[@ReflexDL]

I thought the whole point of the SEC was that you guys had no easy games?

[@GeraldMothershed]

I heard Finebaum spread that lie too.....Have you ever pulled the data and compared teams without considering rank? I have, it is really eye opening. Did you know that TX and TN essentially play the same exact teams? Change Alabama in TN for A&M at Kyle field and they are identical. Weird huh? Why aren't we talking about TN in the same way?

[@RaymondHerwig]

It's just football.... it doesn't change from conference to conference. Scout your opponent, make a plan (some script the first possession), and execute. Repeat steps in the game for best results. Results may vary due to weather and the oblong ball taking an erratic bounce.

[@chuckbowman6590]

Sark is very familiar with the SEC and had 3 years to build his team to fit the SEC. They didnt have an easy schedule but they had one of the easiest schedules in the SEC. Of course they were going to fit in well. They only had to play 1 of the top 5 teams in the conference and they lost that game in the regular season..... we will never know how good they really are this year.

[@Cp3king10]

Then why didn’t the other teams win against the teams Texas played smh stop saying date bs

[@JustN0pe3]

Because they played harder teams all year maybe. Who knows?

[@blackout07blue]

They did. Texas is mid.

[@JeremyJohnson-q6i]

​@@blackout07blue They didn't. Bama lost to Vandy and OU. Ole Miss lost to UK and Florida. Tennessee lost to Arkansas. I don't care if they played harder teams, how do win the tough games, but not beat the bottom teams in the conference? 🤔

[@earnestpeeplesjr8948]

The truth is that NIL......NIL has Altered Everything in Sports. Any team can get the Great Talent, now

[@2zdaysound7240]

Pac12 was always super competitive. Thats honestly why you haven’t seen them in the championship the last decade. They were always eating each other.

[@craigkovach8475]

Churchill said there's no such thing as history, there's only biography. Likewise, there's no such thing as conferences, there's only players. Where the best ones go will win long as you coach 'em up right.

[@justinshultz1656]

Maybe it was easy because they had the easiest schedule since Tulane was in the SEC. But what do I know.

[@WhitneyGadison1]

I thought there was no such thing as an easy schedule in the sec? That’s what a lot of people said.

[@EulogyfortheAngels]

@@WhitneyGadison1 that was in the division format. This new version makes it possible to miss nearly all the better teams. It's not Texas' fault, but they need to be honest about the gift they were given.

[@justinshultz1656]

@@WhitneyGadison1 You can have the weakest in the conference. Which is what they have.

[@JustN0pe3]

​@@WhitneyGadison1A lot of those same dorks will tell people that State could own any other conference. Every conference has bad teams, and when all those teams wind up on your schedule, it's an easy one.

[@jamesnelson6381]

Sark saved us. Had we not hired him. We'd be suffering like OU right now.

[@blackout07blue]

You will suck again. Ewers is saving you right now. Not sark.

[@jamesnelson6381]

Wanna bet? Call your shot. Where do you think Texas finishes next year under Arch?

[@elstonturner7008]

Bryce Young would have won 2 national championships had not Texas hired Steve Sarkisian

[@iraxks0341]

I didn’t even make the connection that every conference has a new comer in the Conference Championship game. Wow

[@Fedgolfer]

Changing conferences is easier top-tier teams can go all in on recruiting, transfer portal, NIL and soon-to-be rev share. OR & TX have ramped it up with their ADs, sports collectives, hitting the portal, etc. The real question is how consistent will teams be able to continue a dynasty with the ever changing landscape. I imagine the rich will get richer, even more so when revenue sharing $ get added on top of NIL $s… probably 12 to 16 teams or so that will reap the benefits more than most programs

[@blackout07blue]

Tx buying players, but still easiest schedule in history beyond Georgia manhandling them.

[@usnaron1]

Everyone seems to ignore the fact Texas beat the "weak" teams that beat up on the SEC top dogs. You can't have it both ways. If Texas hasn't played anyone, what does that say about your teams that took Ls to the same teams.

[@Tom-n1u]

One good year against a poor schedule. Texas about to get beat in their first playoff game

[@daniellongoria9622]

They said even with the schedule we would be 8-4 at best and UT would struggle and the SEC was stacked from top to bottom . Than we beat the teams that beat the other top SEC teams and now its oh the SEC , ESPN wanted yall to win and the bottom of the SEC isn't good even though they Beat the other top tier SEC teams . So was TX ready ? Is the SEC the monster from top to bottom yall said it was ? What about next year when another team has the weakest schedule ? Bunch of crybabies .

[@blackout07blue]

Well you have to play teams that are not just the bottom of the conference. Begged for an easy schedule. Georgia still humiliated texas. 😂

[@blackout07blue]

Texas has the same schedule next year. The woke austin dorks begged for an easy schedule. I think your AD is having a love affair with Sankey.

[@benjaminfinley9314]

Lol at aggy 😂😂😂

[@PDXurbia]

Well 3-9 in the pac 12 is just as good as a winning schedule in the big 12, I think is the key takeaway with Arizona State… 😂

[@BEA5T06]

Hook'Em! 🤘

[@blackout07blue]

Texas did not play any of the Top 5 SEC teams in the conference, except Georgia who humiliated them.

[@curtisoeser5133]

Texas IS the top team in the conference, and dog walked the team that was #1 in the conference for most of the season.

[@ericpeters0n]

Wonder how this comment will age…

[@GeraldMothershed]

Humiliated them? The data is a little more damning for Georgia than you might think.... Analysis of performance metrics, without regard to rank, shows that TX and GA played very similar levels of competition when averaged across the whole season. Ole Miss played the easiest schedule overall and TN played an identical schedule by strength of competition.

[@WHlSKYtx]

This is the best Texas team in 13ish years lol

[@stischer47]

So, newcomers to these conferences are in conference championships.

[@jeremyharbin9450]

Texas was given the easiest path to the SEC championship of any team ever in the history of the league!!!!!

[@WhitneyGadison1]

@@jeremyharbin9450 no such thing as an easy schedule in the sec. That’s what everyone has said prior to Texas joining. Don’t change now, stick with what everyone says

[@96per58]

You guys sounding like fools. Who did they play other than UGA?

[@CJ-512]

Who did UGA play?

[@BB-ce5ev]

​@@CJ-512 texas Ole miss alabama Clemson Tennessee

[@Mr-fl8iq]

GO DAWGS, SIC EM!!

[@jimjason5146]

GT whooped y'all. You got bailed out by the refs.

[@Mr-fl8iq]

@ A win IS a WIN!!

[@tpodz249]

I guess you’re trying to discount the double digit beat down of your Alabama in Tuscaloosa….. typical attitude of denial

[@BobbyMoore2-mp8wb]

Go Dawgs

[@ChrisJones-vn7be]

RTR!

[@SilFord-o9f]

Oregon is overrated, the B10 is WEAK and diluted right now

[@DonovanJohnson-m9e]

How? Oregon clears the SEC the way they're playing right now.

[@SilFord-o9f]

@DonovanJohnson-m9e stop smoking crack!

[@blackout07blue]

Oregon would beat Texas by 30.

[@thanosmaster-abel559]

UT needs to actually face SEC teams….

[@benjaminfinley9314]

That’s it, keep moving those goal posts 😂

[@WhitneyGadison1]

@@thanosmaster-abel559 pretty sure they did

[@rayviccantu2107]

Can you please post better clips/film. That's absolutely horrible 😢😮 Looks like slowmo 2 demential

[@AceManning18]

Same dumbasses whining about Texas playing an "easy" SEC schedule were telling the entire country the past 15 years it doesn't matter what your OOC schedule is, or who you miss in the SEC, as long as you play in the conference. All SEC teams are top 30, Missouri would dominate the Big 10, blah blah blah. "Get ready Texas, you'll see how tough it is when you play an SEC schedule" Then they dominate said schedule and suddenly it isn't fair and they got preferential treatment 😂 Make up your minds. You don't get your cake and get to eat it. By the way Bama being in is a joke.

[@keenanj4bush]

Before the season.. Texas can’t handle an SEC schedule. After the season, Texas had an easy schedule. 🫠