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Why did Texas and Ohio State Play week one?

608 sats \ 18 comments \ @BlokchainB 31 Aug Stacker_Sports

If I was a Texas fan, today I would be livid. What the hell are they doing scheduling Ohio State week 1? Normally top teams schedule a few fruit cakes to get the vibes up before they take on a tough opponent.

I didn’t watch the game but Arch looked awful. Exposed! After what I seen I wouldn’t draft him in the first round! It’s clear he needs more development.

The Texas scheduling team needs to be slapped.

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98 sats \ 2 replies \ @Cje95 31 Aug

These games are booked years in advance so how good the teams would be would exactly be known. Just like we had Clemson and LSU last night which hurt Clemson bad and we have ND against Miami tonight.

Hell A&M did this to themselves last year with week one at home against ND

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @BlokchainB OP 31 Aug

Yeah that is true Saban was a wizard with scheduling.

103 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 31 Aug

I hate to imagine what he was doing during last nights game since they lost to FSU....

93 sats \ 12 replies \ @grayruby 31 Aug

They wanted a big kickoff weekend so they scheduled some primetime games. Not great for the schools involved but makes sense to do considering they start a week before NFL.

Arch will bounce back. I don’t think he is coming out after this season anyways.

143 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 31 Aug

I do laugh at the Aflec kickoff game being the Tennessee vs Syracuse game lol

109 sats \ 3 replies \ @freetx 31 Aug

I bet we are going to see lots more of this given new unlimited transfer rules + direct revenue sharing with student athletes.

These programs now are incentivized to create big media events to get some Day 1 income to pay for their hot new transfers.

40 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 1 Sep

Also the 12 team playoff makes regular season less important

22 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 1 Sep

This is true.

78 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 31 Aug

Agreed.

40 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 1 Sep

Maximize TV money and ratings

I can't believe I have to point out the obvious

40 sats \ 5 replies \ @BlokchainB OP 31 Aug

Will he though? Like he looked completely overwhelmed against NFL level talent

80 sats \ 4 replies \ @grayruby 31 Aug

He is 21 years old. I am sure he will get better. Didn't Peyton Manning throw 4 picks in his first NFL game?

40 sats \ 3 replies \ @BlokchainB OP 31 Aug

Yeah on a bad Indy team. Texas is stacked marginal play from Manning and Texas wins.

Plus all the hype around him and you come out with a dud like that it’s absolutely terrible. We have to ask ourselves are we elevating Arch because of his last name or his actual play on the field ?

80 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby 31 Aug

Fair but he was pretty good last year.

40 sats \ 1 reply \ @BlokchainB OP 31 Aug

In spot duty and a few starts. Now he’s the guy all the pressure is on him.

94 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 31 Aug

Let's see how he looks next game and then the next big time game.

80 sats \ 0 replies \ @freetx 31 Aug

Its been the hot thing to do for the past few years. It worked out in LSU's case...

I think the theory is that an out-of-conference loss against a comparably ranked team doesn't really hurt the program that much from a pure calculation perspective.

In the case of Texas, you're right though that Arch looked pretty poor given the hype that surrounds him. Obviously he can bounce back, but it did tarnish him in the press...

72 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 1 Sep

OP longs for the old days before NIL and 12 team playoffs

Those days are long gone