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Podcast: Cover 3 College Football Episode: Bold Predictions For 2026: Surprise Teams, Contenders Set To FLOP & More! | College Football Segment: Texas podcast segment **Actionable Picks / Plays Mentioned** - >> Including including that win over Ohio State. - they are forced to play first round road game. - I'm not quite sure whether to think that everything is going to go boom, pun intended, or bust with Coach Muschamp taking over on the defense. **Top Team-Specific Takeaways** - We are going to >> Even though he has been lighting it up in practice. - if you score 40 points per game in 2025, you are a top five offense. - I think that with what they have done in the transfer portal, with the way that they are building this thing up, I think we finally see the Arch Manning Texas offense take hold and fly. - >> First time since 2020, top five offense in the country, and it is what they've done to load up in the running back room, some of their young talent coming in, young receivers taking a step forward, having some of the best receivers in th - I mean, how often does that Texas offense frustrate you without the talent doesn't come together from paper to performance? **Transcript Context** - Now, and then but if then the interesting dynamic will be if they win it with just two teams in, do they claim they're the Of course they will. - Of course they'll claim they're the best conference in college football. - that'll be an interesting dynamic for them to unfold, you know? Transcript excerpt: Now, and then but if then the interesting dynamic will be if they win it with just two teams in, do they claim they're the Of course they will. Of course they'll claim they're the best conference in college football. But, that'll be an interesting dynamic for them to unfold, you know? Do you want to I I we've got it on record And it is Texas. I mean, I already have Texas Oregon. Just book your tickets now, Longhorn fans. Texas and who would you say is the second? Did you drop that like take it? I thought Georgia just because of the Georgia, you know, lore. >> Two-time reigning SEC champs. >> [laughter] >> They were right They were doing everything that you would Georgia fans would ever hope that Georgia would do in the modern era. I want to say Deion leads them to the National Title game, but we're going to hold off for those bold predictions for another year. We are going to >> Even though he has been lighting it up in practice. We are going to be insufferable with the Deion support. I'm just going to That's not a bold prediction. Every [laughter] time Arch misses a throw, we'll be like Deion would have made that throw. But, we've already talked about that a lot. >> [laughter] >> We already know they're favored in 15 out of 12 games. >> [laughter] >> Um all right, Tom. Uh Texas begins the season nine and oh. >> Including including that win over Ohio State. But, then loses three of its last four games at LSU, at A&M, and against Georgia in Atlanta in the SEC Championship again because Texas will never ever beat Georgia as is written in the stars. And they barely squeak in to the College Football Playoff. But, they are forced to play first round road game. So, you've got them beating Ohio State, winning in Knoxville against Tennessee. They knock out Oklahoma, Florida, and Ole Miss Mhm. in that uh home stand against in that in that three-game run right there in October. And then it's just is it the the wheels fall off? You lose at on the road at LSU. You lose a tough rivalry game on the road against the Aggies. You get to Atlanta, and you lose to the Georgia team you always lose to. Archie's Heisman hopes go out the door. Darian Mensah steps up and wins it because Miami cruises through an easy season. And Texas is playing maybe Miami on the road in the first round of the College Football Playoff. I guess this this is this is bold, but it's like we could see it happening. I can >> is in the exact prediction. >> specific to the city? Because then we're going to get all the same arguments about like last year, "Hey, we hadn't played Ohio State." Although this time they won it, so it's actually like in their favor, which is going to be hilarious. Um I've So it's been since 2020 that Texas has averaged 40 points per game. And if you score 40 points per game in 2025, you are a top five offense. I think that with what they have done in the transfer portal, with the way that they are building this thing up, I think we finally see the Arch Manning Texas offense take hold and fly. I do not see this kind of late collapse. And I'm not quite sure whether to think that everything is going to go boom, pun intended, or bust with Coach Muschamp taking over on the defense. But man, I think I think this is going to be the real deal. I think this is one of the best offenses in the entire country. I've got Texas averaging 40 points per game. >> First time since 2020, top five offense in the country, and it is what they've done to load up in the running back room, some of their young talent coming in, young receivers taking a step forward, having some of the best receivers in the transfer portal added to the group as well. This This kind of feels like the monster that we were waiting to click into place for a lot of last year. I mean, how often does that Texas offense frustrate you without the talent doesn't come together from paper to performance? I think that this is the year that it happens. I mean, that would be >> like suddenly remember that they got Cam Coleman. Yes, it was when I was doing this. That's what I was talking about. It's It's like there's a part of me that keeps forgetting. It's like, "Oh wait, they got Cam Coleman now, too." All right. Who are the three Power Five teams who averaged 40 or more last year? So North Texas was one of them. I've got our Power Five.