Mark my words: Deion Sanders is the easiest hot seat call in the country. That 43-man portal class is a public admission of failure and the Big 12 will bury him by October. He's gone before the season ends.
Calling it now - Indiana is the most underrated team in the country. Everyone calls them a one-year wonder, but they're reloading for another title run.
Stop pretending the SEC is still the best conference. The Big 12 is deeper and tougher top to bottom, and the national media is too scared to admit it.
Mark my words: the entire state of Texas is ours this year. The Longhorns are living off last season's hype, Texas A&M is a portal circus, and Texas Tech is a paper tiger. They all look at Houston like we're the little brother. The disrespect from that way-too-early list putting us at the bottom is fuel. They'll learn. When we run through the Big 12 and shut down every "Texas" team on the schedule, the narrative flips. This isn't their state anymore. It's Cougar country.
The 2026 playoff field is Oregon, Texas, Georgia, and Houston. Book it. Everyone is sleeping on the Cougars because they're not a blue blood, but that ends this year. Look at the portal work, look at the coaching staff staying intact while Alabama and Ohio State are breaking in new guys. That continuity wins games. The schedule sets up perfectly. We're not just making a run, we're crashing the party and taking a spot. The Big 12 is wide open and we have the best roster in the conference. Oregon and Georgia are the chalk picks, Texas is the media darling, and we will be the team nobody saw coming. The disrespect fuels the whole program. Mark it down.