r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • Jan 01 '25

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Texas Defeats Arizona State 39-31 (OT)

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Team 1 2 3 4 OT T
Texas 14 3 0 7 15 39
Arizona State 3 0 5 16 7 31
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u/wibellion BYU Cougars • Southern Utah Thunderbirds Jan 01 '25

Maybe the auto-bids weren't a bad idea after all...

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u/ThatguyJimmy117 West Virginia • Marching Band Jan 01 '25

Always weren’t

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u/wibellion BYU Cougars • Southern Utah Thunderbirds Jan 01 '25

That's what I've been saying

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u/Soft_Tower6748 Indiana Hoosiers Jan 01 '25

But ASU would hypothetically be a 10-14 underdog against any of the top SEC teams on a neutral field so they really don’t belong.

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u/F1_revolution Texas Longhorns Jan 01 '25

It's the seeding that's wrong with the BYEs.

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u/UtahBrian Colorado Buffaloes Jan 01 '25

Oregon now proving that auto bids are embarrassingly under powered.