Inside Texas' best college football preseason hot takes
IT member playawon got the weekend started right with a great discussion asking the Inside Texas Members Only board for their best hot takes and/or bold predictions ahead of the 2024 season. Here are some of the highlights from the almost 24 hour stream of takes.
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playawon
This year’s Heisman Trophy winner is a Big 12 QB.
Bolden leads the Horns in receptions and receiving yards.
CoSLonghorn
WE’RE WINNING THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!!!!!!!
rodofdisaster
Dillon Gabriel will be a finalist. I feel confident in that.
I know the competition is tough, but I feel like this OL could win the Joe Moore Award.
I have a good feeling about individual awards. Ewers wins one. Perhaps a DB wins the Thorpe or Hill wins the Nagurski.
dick fingers
If a Big 12 QB wins the Heisman it’ll be Rising.
Other varying hot takes:
Michigan loses to all of Texas, USC, Oregon, and Ohio State
UF does the unthinkable and beats A&M (hater take)
A&M only wins 7 (hater take part 2)
Jackson Arnold throws 16 picks
bdwehner
The ACC will be hot garbage and as a result, Clemson will be wildly overrated.
theelusiveshadow
There are usually preseason top ten teams that turn out not to be top 10 teams. For example, last year LSU started at #5, USC was #6, and Clemson was #9.
My guesses for pretender top ten teams are #9 Michigan (will still be ranked at the end but QB will sink them in certain games) and… let’s say #5 Alabama due to some tough games. Other teams like Notre Dame and FSU have pretty manageable schedules, which will help their ranking throughout the season.
Now watch both teams kill it with first year coaches because I said this.
texaslove2
Florida gators 9-3.
Kansas or Iowa St. in playoffs.
gohorns8
This will be Deion’s last season in Boulder.
Not sure how hot that is considering what is coming out about the program but yeah.
STLaw
QE wins the Heisman
Texas beats Georgia by 10+
Texas has 3 first round picks
We recreate the infamous scoreboard kick on purpose just to watch Aggieland burn after the game
ABOESE
Jaylon Guilbeau wins the Thorpe…..
HornNRaiderLand
Dillion Gabriel becomes a Heisman finalist for completing 10 yard passes and having a 70% completion percentage doing so 😂
justin1996
UF will win 10 games. Ohio State will lose 3 or more games. Milroe wins the Heisman.
HornDPT
I’d say a hot take would be 4 first round picks.
Quinn Ewers
Kelvin Banks
Trey Moore
Alfred Collins
Isaiah Bond
Are all candidates to go early if they have either the season they expect to or have an insane season
Hooked#1
USC has 5 losses on the season
LSU has four losses on the season
Nebraska goes 7-0, then loses 5 straight
tOSU has two losses, and nether are Oregon
Dante Moore ends up QB1 for Oregon
HornsWin
Texas gets ranked #1 at some point.
Colorado will be bowl eligible.
JoeCook
UCLA goes 8-4 and beats USC.
The Outland goes to a non-Michigan DT.
Texas has three first-team All-Americans.
Bert Auburn wins the Lou Groza.
Texas loses one staff member to a head coaching job after the season.
TipOfTheHorn
Wisner has a better season than Blue.
judgesmalls
Nico wins the Heisman.
IMFletch
USC has 5 losses and Riley is looking for a job.
horns91
Sherrone Moore gets fired before seasons end. Trey Moore records 10+ sacks and becomes a first round draft pick. Quinn wins the Davey O’Brien trophy and leads us to a second consecutive playoff and we beat Utah in the playoffs to advance.
kazooman
Texas State makes the playoffs as the Group of 5 rep.
Michigan underachieves, but gets it together at the end of the year and beats OSU. Ohio State fires Ryan Day.
becook3108
USC beats LSU
UF beats Miami
A&M has 10 wins
VT wins the ACC
Colorado loses to NDSU
Brady Cook wins the Heisman
Texas goes 10-2 and Anthony Hill will take over as the premiere defensive player in CFB.
Zombie_Slayer
We beat Aggie by 21 on our way to the SEC title.
BEHR
Georgia does not make the playoffs. Losses to Alabama, Texas and Ole Miss, injuries, etc…
1benmike
Oregon will not make the playoff
eagleeye7277
North Carolina State plays for the ACC championship.
Arnold is benched mid season.
Colorado is looking for a new coach in the new year.
Two different Texas players win a year in national position award.
Florida goes over Vegas’s 4.5 wins and gets bowl eligible.
jacoblangston1
Both the Big 12 and ACC win a playoff game
4e_horn
A&M enters our game with them ranked in the top ten
younghorn01
No one in the SEC and Big 10 makes the natty
bvalday
Nebraska contends for B10 Championship
codeorange
Lincoln Riley shows he can still coach and USC surprises to the upside.
Texas handles Michigan easier than expected causing an overreaction by fans and the media. Michigan ends up losing 4+ games.
1NTXHorn1
The Heisman finalists will be Quinn, Jalen Milroe, Tetairoa McMillan, and Preston Stone
Coolllllhhj
USC will be the suprise team in CFB this year. Not maybe as good as Michigan in 2021 but a lot of similar vibes in that there is a coach going in with a ton of questions/hot seat, changes a lot of the coaches, and could play with a massive chip on their shoulder with as many people doubting them. I don’t see Riley just falling flat on his face
And don’t forget their schedule sets up nice. They don’t play the top two teams in the Big Ten, no late cold November road games, get LSU who normally starts slow under BK and also Michigan breaking in a new QB/staff early and also get ND at home against a QB with injury history at the end of the year
DocHorn11
Blue wins the Doak Walker
Rusty Shackelford
Arch ends the season as QB1
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Paul Wadlington
Last season, Washington and UCLA combined for 22 wins. This year they combine for 11.
Virginia Tech wins 10
Rutgers wins 8
