Greg McElroy says 9-3 Texas would have ‘pretty strong’ case for the CFP
By Jacob Moss
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The chase for the College Football Playoff bracket is starting to heat up as teams around the country embark on the final stretch of their respective regular season campaigns, and there are currently several teams on the bubble who will be looking to find a way into the final bracket.
The 10th-ranked Texas Longhorns are in this grouping, but they have a very difficult path to any potential playoff berth ahead of them, already sitting at 2 losses with matchups against No. 5 Georgia and No. 3 Texas A&M still on the docket.
Given that the Longhorns already have 2 losses, debate has sprung up regarding whether or not a 3-loss Texas team would get into the playoff, and ESPN analyst Greg McElroy recently broke down why he believes they’d have a strong case for making the big dance.
“I think that Texas would be in a really good spot if they were to lose this weekend close (against Georgia),” McElroy said. “We’ve seen the committee reward close losses. We’ve already seen that this year. If they were to lose close this weekend, or close against Texas A&M, then I think that Texas would have a pretty strong argument.”
McElory went on to explain why the Longhorns’ decision to play Ohio State Week 1 instead of a weaker out-of-conference foe would play into their favor when staking a claim against other squads on the bubble.
“They could say ‘Well, we could have played powder puffs in the nonconference,'” McElroy said. “‘Instead, we decided to go on the road and play in Columbus… Yes, we lost to Florida. It wasn’t good. Yes, we lost a close one to either Georgia or Texas A&M, but we at least challenged ourselves.'”
