Texas vs. LSU: Playoff Stakes and Arch Manning's Future

Maybe you could consider this an elimination game here, right? Texas LSU, could this be considered an elimination game here this weekend? So, I'm glad you asked it that way. There are certain things that happen in college football that I find people to be very disingenuous about. Not you. What I'm saying is LSU are favorites in this football game. People keep saying, why is LSU even ranked? What have LSU done? LSU are good. They don't have great wins, but it's very clear that this is a talented LSU team and that that should not be dismissed. And if LSU beat Texas, people are going to say, well, Texas, three losses, can't keep them in the playoffs. But that would be disingenuous. This is a Texas team who has very good wins on their resume. Ohio State at Tennessee, Ole Miss, their losses are not great, but again, Sark's got to be kicking themselves because those are a couple of blown leads in those games. And while a loss for Texas will drop them, it will, I don't think it'll knock them out entirely because there are only, if you look right now, Texas Tech has one loss, Wake Forest has one loss. But 16, Oregon has three losses. A three-loss team getting into this dance, I think is almost likely, much less kind of surprising. So I don't think this is an elimination game. Maybe I'm wrong, but not that it's not a big game. Not that it's not a big game, but I don't think it's an elimination game. I'll tell you what, there's two sidebar stories here, too. You know, when Brian Kelly was fired at LSU, he was 5-3. You put another loss on that here. I mean, Lane Kiffin wasn't brought into Baton Rouge to be decent. He was brought into Baton Rouge to get them into the college football playoff. I get it. It's the first year. And on the other side. Boy, can you imagine if Texas loses this ball game, you're going to start hearing this. What's the future of Sark, maybe? What's the future of Arch Manning, maybe? Does he go to Ole Miss? Does he take over for Mensa at Miami? Is he in the portal? I mean, there's a lot riding on this ball game this weekend. So I totally agree with Arch. I think his. Situation is one of the most fascinating we've seen. This is a guy who was crowned king because of a high school ranking. It turns out all the high school rankings are terrible. It is like pretty much ever since Trevor Lawrence, they have not been able to get anything right since Trevor Lawrence, it seems. But Arch is obviously like a good college football quarterback. He's good, but he's been the Heisman Trophy favorite for two straight years. He has been eligible to lead, right? And he's just like, no, absolutely not, not even considering it. And we think he's going to come back potentially again. And a Texas team that misses the playoff, I'm not sure they run back Arch Manning. For Lane, I think he is going to have a mountain of pressure on him next season because I don't think they're going to make the college football playoff this year. But I also think LSU fans have to. You have to. This is the bet that they made for themselves. You cannot run Lane Kiffin out of town at some point. But you cannot in year one. You need to back this guy in full force. This is the decision that you made, that this is your guy. This year doesn't happen. Listen, if they had a different quarterback, maybe. If they had a different quarterback, maybe. That might be unfair to Sam Leavitt, but I don't trust him as much as some of these other QBs. And they got rolled up by Bam at the end of that game.