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Nueces River Rat

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  1. Just now, Zavala said:

    It's not all on Sam, but he's also not playing for keeps like his usual play the first two years.

    He's not getting rid of the ball or escaping, he's just a statue for some reason.

    He’s regressed.   Or he’s only reflecting a lack of confidence in our coaching staff which is evident on both sides of the ball. 

  2. 22 hours ago, VirginiaLonghorn said:

    Texas-Miami Cotton Bowl ... could be characterized as the first misspoken “We’re back” game. Two teams came in asserting their claim as the National Champion. Only one showed up.  An embarrassment right down there with the UCLA Rout 66 debacle. 

    I hate to say it, but it might take a Rout 66 like game to insure Tom Mensa is gone if he continues to insist with  my shit doesn't stink attitude.  It would be painful to watch, but often you have to endure pain to get to a cure.  

  3. 19 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

    I would, too, but that doesn't change the fact that Kingsville is a really fucked up little town.

     

    It has it's good points , but it's like most towns south of San Antonio not named Rockport or a handful of others and it does have problems.   The King Ranch oil/gas production going down significantly back in the 80's hurt.  

  4. 10 hours ago, Brisketexan said:


    Yep. They were better when they were A&I.

    I did some undergrad work there when they were A&I  while they were making the transition to aggy-Kingsville and they still had some darn good teams up until around 2010 as they made some good and deep playoff runs missing the D2 title game by one game  a few times in the early 2000's.   Since I live in Corpus, I'd make it  to games a few times a season until the recent suckage which really began around 2013.   SInce then, I've might have gone to two or three games because it was almost like watching a high school team going up against a college team and it was very hard to watch.

    Really if someone wants to write a book or a  research project  on how to self destruct or sabotage a football program,  they did it well down there.  An AD took over around 2010 and decided to redirect scholarship dollars in order to shore up his credentials at building up women's programs so it would look good on his resume for his next job.  On top of that, the football facilities look like a relic from the Sugarland Express movie.  Getting kids down there to play ball has always been a task, but they always gave some of these guys a second chance and the fact they had some very good success attracting NFL attention was major selling point, so the quality of facilities was secondary.  Since then, they have tightened admission standards somewhat and are not automatically taking anyone and they have to go out and recruit kids who actually try in the classroom.  So when they get down there and see the facilities and compare it to their high school's, they say never mind.   At the very least they are going to have to significantly upgrade their football facilities or rebuild them from the ground up to help with recruiting.    Tarelton, West Texas -aggy, East Texas- aggy  and Angelo all have new or upgraded facilities and that's who TAMUK has to recruit against in the LSC.  Even Prairie View A&M who used to be a laughing stock has some very nice new bling to show too.  

  5. 35 minutes ago, LurkingHorn said:

    Seeing that our AD is actually listening and responding to non-big money donors is a ray of light in an otherwise dark season. My interest in allocating 4 hours every Saturday to torture myself has been waning, but knowing we have a guy like CDC around gives me confidence we will get this right sooner rather than later. 

    Never would occur under Deloss for sure as he only listened the McCombs of the donor class..    And certainly under the clown who was hired to replace him.  He was more interested in jet packs and stuff like that.

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