Worst nightmare: so shock! Wasserman finally makes feelings clear” about Texas Longhorns” nightmare College Football Playoff scenario” aim the latest show…
Texas is in a strong position to receive a postseason spot and possibly a first-round bye, according to the most recent College Football Playoff rankings, which were released Tuesday night. However, if you look more closely, you may notice some potentially concerning results for the Longhorns.
“I think that the bigger disaster scenario is Texas loses the only game that it can on its schedule, which is the A&M game, which is a heated rivalry on the road,” Wasserman said. “And then they’re still 10-2, feel like they have a chance to get in and then don’t.”
How likely is it that the Longhorns will end up in that situation? Last week, Georgia was ranked third, but after losing a second game, they fell all the way to number twelve. By the way, the Bulldogs were seeded at number 12, which prevented them from making the playoffs.
Staples backed up Wasserman on the potential drama of the Longhorns losing to the Aggies and then missing the dance.
Staples remarked, “You’re right about this because here’s how that unfolds.” Imagine the following scenario: Texas ends the regular season 10-2 after Texas A&M defeats Texas. Texas A&M concludes the regular season with a record of 10-2. If Texas A&M wins, they advance to the SEC Championship Game. We are aware of that.
After that, Texas will have to watch Texas A&M prepare for the SEC Championship for a week. They will watch Texas A&M compete for the SEC Championship, and if they win, they will most likely be a two-seed in the playoffs. After the championship games on Sunday at 11 a.m. central time, Texas will have to sit there and worry. ESPN will have the camera, and if you’re an eighth-tier sideline reporter, you know you won’t get in. Didn’t Florida State say that last year?
Wasserman felt like things could potentially get even worse.
“Let me raise the stakes even more,” he said. “You want to keep going down this rabbit hole? I’ll raise them even more. Texas enters the game with one loss, A&M has two losses. A&M wins. A&M then goes onto the SEC Championship Game, plays Alabama and loses, and then there’s a head-to-head discussion at the end of the year between a three-loss A&M team and a two-loss Texas team and A&M gets chosen ahead of them because they won the head-to-head game.
Texas is also out. Texas is out to A&M since they were selected over them, in addition to having a better record. Because, as I was griping earlier in the show, I don’t believe that we live in a time when A&M’s third defeat might not be the decisive element. I firmly believe that you should select the team that defeated the other if there are only two teams vying for a spot and they have already faced off.
