Will each pod champ then vie for the overall championship? I think they should do it like sec basketball and be done with it. What if u go 3-0 in the pod but go 0-5 vs the others.
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Will each pod champ then vie for the overall championship? I think they should do it like sec basketball and be done with it. What if u go 3-0 in the pod but go 0-5 vs the others.
I really hope the "pods" are each based on each teams rivalries. That makes the most sense to me.
Todd, that would be good in theory but can it be done? Florida, South Carolina, Kentucky, Georgia, all have in-state out of conference rivalries they will have to keep playing. Those also qualify as their P-5 non-con game. Haven?t we been playing Alabama and LSU longer than anyone else has or pretty close?
Yes on both accounts. And it's ridiculous that we have had to play Bama and LSU that much.
If Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Kentucky and etc. want to count that as their P5 game I'm good with that. With the way things rotate they may have a season where they play Vanderbilt, Mizzou, Kentucky, and etc. which will lighten their schedule up some.
One has at least had historical success and it ain't A&M. I've heard about how they are a sleeping giant for 30 years. They are literally Mississippi State on the field and have been for most of my life (outside our Croom years). Texas has proven that if they are run correctly they can be elite. A&M has not.
Well they just brought in the highest rated recruiting class now that buying players is legal. With their money- they likely wont be outside the Top 5 for quite some time.
I'd expect them to be very good over the next decade
They had 3 top ten recruiting classes in a row (1 top 5 class) prior to this past class and have been very average. Texas (also very average) has accumulated 3 top 5 signing classes during that same time frame. Both of their issues isn't talent. Jimbo is not a great coach and I don't expect him to do anything special there until he decides to run an offense that doesn't require a quarterback to obtain a PHD in astrophysics to master.
They finished Top 5 in 2020 and had they not lost their QB in the early season in 2021- likely finish top 10 at worst. Losing your starting QB is a big deal. They are no longer average.
The guy was named the starter the first week of the season and was average until getting hurt, just like his backup. Jimbo talked about how comparable the 2 were all the way up until week 1. He did nothing in the first game and a half to indicate he would have made that team a top 10 team. A&M has been average for a very long time and until they prove otherwise they will be thought of as such by most people.
Jimbo is famous for having an extremely large playbook and also famous for having a lot of average quarterback play in our conference. Winston was good and would have been good here like some other ones he’s coached but he has yet to have anyone against SEC competition be a real threat at quarterback.
I'll remind you of all this after we play A&M