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  1. Playoff predictor: https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/cfbplayoffpredictor2024/ Scenario 1: Beat A&M & Georgia Result: Rematch with Georgia then take out Miami & Alabama Scenario 2: Beat A&M lose to Georgia Result: Open with Bama in Austin lose to Bama but lulz at them having Notre Dame win Scenario 3: Lose to A&M Result: We go to Autzen and win then upset Miami before losing to Tennessee (lulz) Observations: They seem confident that Tulane is the 12 seed (all 3 times) same with Boise State at the 4 seed. They have 4 SEC teams in all 3 scenarios with Alabama (wut?), Georgia, & Texas in all and with S Car in 1, Tenneessee in 2.
  2. Muff Chin Segment 1 (00:00:00 - 12:01:17) No matter how much we yell and scream as fans, it will not change anything. We have been perfectly critical of the performance. Something needs to be stated about the comeback and the fight they showed. There is no excuse for digging a 21-point hole. That is how the game was lost. You have so much in front of you. It happens in this conference. It is a unique and weird year in the league. More importantly, it is a unique year for Texas A&M. This Auburn game is very important. It dramatically changes how Mike Elko's first season is perceived. Losing to Auburn had a big effect on this season. Being 9-2 going into the Texas game would feel much different than all the recent seasons. You can recalibrate expectations. As the stakes went up, you said they needed to win at Auburn and South Carolina. They certainly don't need to lose to both and give up 80 points. They don't need to fall down, 21-0. They are better than that. Don't tell me that Texas A&M has backed its way into this situation because Alabama and Ole Miss lost. In some ways, yes, but they have played seven games that have put them in this position. It's fine to say that the Aggies haven't faced a schedule as tough as Alabama or Georgia. They have played a schedule equally as hard as Texas and Tennessee. They played a schedule that isn't much easier than Ole Miss. Everyone got stung one way or the other. Texas A&M was stung by Auburn. A 5-1 SEC team should not lose to a 1-5 SEC team. Neither should Alabama, which was stung by Vanderbilt and a really bad Oklahoma team. Ole Miss was stung by Kentucky and Florida. Tennessee was stung in Fayetteville. Texas A&M can't back its way into the SEC Championship or the College Football Playoff. Now, they have to win. That is why this Auburn game is so costly. If Texas A&M were to beat Texas and make the playoffs, it would be a wildly successful first season under Elko. If you had beaten Auburn and Texas, you would be in the College Football Playoff. A week ago, we were wondering what would happen to a 10-3 Texas A&M. With what happened to all the other teams this weekend, Texas A&M at 10-3 with a win over Texas and being the only 7-1 SEC team would 100 percent be in the College Football Playoff. A 10-3 team in this scenario gets in. That is off the table now. People will argue with me. They will protect the SEC Championship loser, but there is a limit. A fourth loss of the season crosses that limit. Texas A&M's playoff starts now. You have a home game against the No. 3 seed. If you win that, you get to play Georgia in their backyard. This is the playoffs. I have difficulty thinking that the playoffs outside the final four would be this exciting. You are playing Texas and then would get a crack at Georgia for an SEC Championship and a spot in the College Football Playoff. Taking the field at Atlanta would be the pinnacle of modern A&M football up to this point. What stands in your way is your hated rival that you have not played in thirteen years. They are coming in just as hungry to beat you as you are to beat them. This is going to be good old-fashioned Lone Star hate. It is a damn good football team that is in your way. They have great players at most positions on the field. They still haven't played anyone with an offense yet. This Texas A&M offense has struggled against lesser defenses than Texas'. It is an elite defense led by high-level draft picks. It is an offense with future NFL picks at every position. It is tough, but the only thing standing in the way. Segment 2 (12:01:18 - 16:20:13) A&M is "average," but one of only three teams that have a chance to play for an SEC Championship? They will exceed what people who have nothing to do with A&M expected. They didn't bungle jack crap with the quarterback situation. They picked the right guy. Your guy got hurt, came back from an injury, played poorly, got hurt again, then lost it. They didn't bungle it. Marcel Reed's progression has been perfect. He got his feet wet, showed a lot, and is a much better quarterback now. I agree Bryce Anderson has to improve at making open-field stops. I've been saying that a lot. That was one of my main concerns. I don't know the difference between us saying this guy needs to get a lot better at this, or if they can't get it done, they need to find a formula that works vs. saying this guy can't tackle this guy in the open field. You don't have to do that. If you listen, you can hear the criticisms. We're not talking in some secret code. If you want to cry and moan all week and think that A&M can't beat Texas, then that's fine. The oddsmakers will agree with you. I think you're a damn fool if you don't think that A&M can beat Texas. Throughout 11 games, Texas has been a slightly better team than A&M. Has A&M had a tougher path? Yes. Both teams had a decent schedule so far. Through that many games? Yes. Is the gap that wide? No. Segment 3 (16:20:14 - 32:26:28) They did put pressure on the passer against South Carolina, and they missed tackles, so that's still the same problem. They were putting pressure on LaNorris Sellers. I was disappointed with the defensive front the past two weeks in general. I think we talked about that plenty. I think the receivers have improved as the season has gone on. A couple of guys like Jabre Barber and Noah Thomas had strong games. Mike Elko is as honest and a straight shooter of a coach as you get there. I don't get what the athletic department is supposed to do. Post self-loathing tweets after losses? Is that what you want? I would put the way we cover this team against anything, anywhere, ever. We've been doing it for 20-plus years, and it's only improving. If you're going to send in texts like that, I don't give a damn what you think other than you gave me some good content today. It won't change anything we do, whether we listen or not. You can text in if they lose to Texas. I think it will be a hell of a game, and I expect them to play a lot better. I was so pissed watching that game the other night. Not getting stops, not getting that fourth down stop, and having a great chance to win that game in OT. I was pissed. As mad as a sports fan can be, I also big picture understand whats going on here. Should they have won that game? Yes. You should have won that game. I did not feel that way against South Carolina. They should have won this game. Elko knows it. The team knows it. We know it. Everyone knows it. How costly is it? We'll find out after next Saturday. If they win Saturday, it won't cost you a spot at the SEC Championship. If they win Saturday, it is costly if you lose to Georgia. In year one, you've got to give this coach, his staff, and even his players a bit of grace in your expectations. The guy that is coming in here next Saturday that everyone's kissing his ass went 5-7 in the Big 12 in year one. The guy in Tuscaloosa who inherited the greatest culture ever has won four SEC games. With the greatest program they've ever purchased, Lane Kiffin has lost three games. Tennessee was 7-6 in year one. I can give you a million examples. Brian Kelly was amazing in year one, but they were 9-3 and lost to an unranked A&M in year one. Mike Elko has the chance to do the same thing. What has Brian Kelly done in year three? He's lost more games than Mike Elko, and he's had three years to build that thing. It's hard. It's not easy to do. The fact is that A&M has been very relevant through 11 games. They beat two top-ten teams at home. Auburn is a bad loss. Alabama has two bad losses. Ole Miss has two bad losses. A&M started the season with College GameDay, and they will end it with College GameDay. If you get to Atlanta in year one, it is a breakthrough for a season, with the sky being the limit. I'm fired up. This game has my full attention now. If A&M can beat Texas, they can fire up Elko's quote from last week. Nothing else matters this week. We talked about how impressive Mike Elko was in the portal last year. BJ Mayes, Scooby WIlliams, Nic Scourton, Cyrus Allen, Jabre Barber and Ar'Maj Reed-Adams... To do that in a condensed window as a new coach and not having certain position coaches, what can they do in the portal this time? I think they're going to kill it in the portal this time. The point is this portal and the ability to keep guys; I think Aggie fans will be in for a couple of surprises in terms of guys who they think will go to the NFL and will stay. Segment 4 (32:26:29 - 38:39:27) It was the first time that Texas A&M got caught up in the madness. The score of the South Carolina game may have been shocking around the SEC. It was a lot more competitive than the score. Texas A&M got beat up that night. Anyone who knew anything knew South Carolina was a tough hurdle for Texas A&M. People thought the same thing about Auburn. The difference between South Carolina and Auburn is that South Carolina is a real team this year. Auburn is a talented and dangerous team. Statistically, they were better offensively than Texas A&M. They have one of the league's leading rushers. They had a bunch of close losses where they turned the ball over. I thought somebody would get home between Nic Scourton, Shemar Stewart and Shemar Turner. There will be a fumble or a tipped ball interception. In fifteen plays, you couldn't do it. Auburn has made that mistake all year. That was the only thing keeping them from having a better record. It was a road game at night. Texas A&M had not been dominant. Le'Veon Moss was a big part of why the Aggies had been pulling away from teams. All of those things were tied into why that spread was what it was. At the end of the day, that is not South Carolina. This Auburn team will likely not qualify for a bowl, but they could give Alabama all they can handle. Segment 5 (38:39:28 - 48:04:21) I thought it was insane that Auburn and South Carolina were not called for holding all games. Yet, they called holding on A&M, which was on Shane Calhoun. I get that it's a hold, but I watched Auburn's final drive, and he was held down and spun around. Otherwise, he gets a sack. To go back and forth like that, you just can't. To go eight quarters, South Carolina kicked A&M's butts. They also held the everliving, you-know-what out of Nic Scourton in that game. For it not to be called once in either game is wild. Maybe they need to sell it more, or maybe they're getting themselves locked up more than they should. I'm sure it's a combination of both, but there's no way in hell. You got to get at Quinn Ewers. You've got to get after him. One poster of a quarter million said they want to see A&M hurt Ewers. Nobody thinks that way. Everybody in football wants to see your defense play physically and get after the quarterback. That's football. You want your guys to punish the other team physically. It's SEC football. To cry because one guy took it too far on Twitter/X, and no one agrees... No one wants to see A&M headhunting for Ewers and vice versa. Stop being so soft. Amari Daniels is a passionate player. 27 for 91 doesn't move the needle in yards per attempt, but that was a really good Auburn defense. It might have been the third-best defense in the SEC in total yards. A&M put up 31 points in regulation. Reed had some really nice numbers. They moved the ball throughout the game and killed themselves early when they should have had 10 or 14 points and ended up with none. They moved the ball pretty steadily against a really good SEC defense. Segment 6 (48:04:22 - 55:06:24) The Auburn loss the other night was the same-old Texas A&M. This season is not that. They have a chance to prove that this weekend. I don't know when Texas A&M last beat three top-ten teams at home in the same season. Rarely has the schedule provided the opportunity for that. There wasn't an opportunity to do that for most of the Southwest Conference years. One year in the Big 12, the Aggies beat two top-ten teams, Oklahoma and Nebraska. People wrote this team off after Notre Dame. My optimism took a hit. I knew it was game one in season one. The other night was tried and true Texas A&M. Get your hopes up and lose a game you shouldn't. On a scale of terrible to elite, Texas A&M has rarely been up to very good. They have rarely been able to say that this is a top-tier SEC team and a title contender. It has been twice, or at most three times. In the Big 12, they could only say it in 1997-98. It has been rare. When that is the case, you are going to have games like this. You can't just flip a light switch of a football program overnight. They went on the road and lost a game they needed to win. It may be hard to replicate this defensive line depth. Mike Elko can put together a group of NFL defensive linemen and depth. He did that the first time around here. He didn't walk into a roster littered with NFL guys, except for the defensive line. I love what they are doing with Terry Bussey. I said they would use more empty and put him in motion. That helps Reed have some room to operate but also gets Bussey reps running the ball without turning him into a running back. I disagree with the notion that we had beaten Auburn and Texas and lost the SEC Championship game. We would have been left out of the College Football Playoffs. I would have agreed with that a week ago. We would now be in the playoffs at 10-3. To start Saturday, the Aggies were in a must-win three-in-a-row situation to get to the playoffs, in my opinion. A 10-3 Texas A&M would have been left out. They wouldn't have gotten in over a 10-2 Texas team or an 11-1 Indiana team. They would have been left out for Ole Miss and Alabama, too. As it turns out, thanks to Oklahoma and Florida, the Aggies did not need to win three in a row. They need to win two in a row against Texas and Georgia. They only need to beat No. 3 Texas and the SEC juggernaut Georgia Bulldogs led by Kirby Smart
  3. It's not crazy to me because we are going to win.
  4. Ph By Billy Liucci After falling behind 21-0 at Jordan-Hare, coming all the way back to take a 31-28 lead only to fail to put Auburn away and eventually lose it in overtime, the Aggies had finally run out of chances. A season that sure felt like it would be a rebuilding experience in year one under first-year head coach Mike Elko following a game one loss to Notre Dame saw this A&M team show steady in-season improvement. Despite uncertainty at quarterback, the Aggies found themselves alone in first place in the mighty Southeastern Conference after racing out to a 5-0 start. Seven straight wins, including taking down a pair of top-10 opponents at Kyle Field. After disposing of Missouri and LSU in rousing fashion, all that stood between Texas A&M and the ultimate showdown with the Texas Longhorns were a couple of dangerous but certainly winnable SEC road dates. Then the Aggies traveled to Columbia and ran into what turned out to be (and still is) a white-hot South Carolina team. A&M laid an egg as the Gamecocks pulled away during a dominant 24-0 second half. As it turns out, all that cost the Ags was their short-lived top-10 ranking. Why? Because 2024 is the wildest season of conference play in SEC history. Following a bye and a tuneup against New Mexico State, all that stood between the Maroon & White and a win-and-in, lose and you're out season finale with Texas was a trip to The Plains to take on a 4-6 Auburn squad. The Tigers entered last night's game just 1-5 in league play, and the folks at Auburn were hoping to roll Hugh Freeze out of town more than they were expecting to roll Toomer's Corner. Based on 10 games worth of evidence, the Aggies were clearly the better team heading into last night's contest. But what Elko, me, you, the college football media, Nick Saban and Vegas (what was always a very fishy line moved all the way down to A&M minus-1 at one point) all knew was that this one was more than a simple “trap” game. No, the Tigers had clearly been playing much better ball of late, and as Saban put it, Jordan-Hare Stadium is “haunted.” After watching A&M's last two trips there, I'd certainly agree with the GOAT that the home of War Eagle is a house of horrors, especially at night. Combine that with the fact that, like Shane Beamer at South Carolina, Freeze fields a team that can match up on generally even footing with the Aggies in terms of raw talent, and that's especially true on defense and at the skill spots. Long story short, Elko and everyone knew the Ags' margin for error was razor-thin on The Plains. Anything less than A&M's best was sure to put the stakes of what would otherwise be the most anticipated regular-season game in Aggie history in jeopardy. The Tigers entered the final two games of the regular season looking for bowl eligibility and to play spoiler. With dates against No. 15 Texas A&M and then the Iron Bowl on deck, everyone in orange and blue entered Saturday believing something special was in the air, so the Ags were clearly on high alert entering the 6:30 p.m. kickoff. However...somehow, someway...Elko's bunch wasn't ready to answer the bell. Like in Columbia, the Aggies got hit in the mouth early and needed a standing eight count before responding. Down 14-0 at South Carolina after just two possessions, the Ags dug themselves an even deeper hole last night, falling behind 21-0 just two minutes into the second quarter. And though the Ags showed incredible fight, toughness and heart in climbing back into the game and eventually taking the lead before falling in four overtimes, falling behind by three touchdowns set the stage for disaster in the very early going. Even so, everyone on the team flight home was likely rehashing the number of missed opportunities down the stretch, any of which could have changed the 43-41 outcome had the Ags capitalized. Promising first-quarter drives that ended in a missed field goal and a red zone interception. A shanked Auburn punt that set the Ags up past midfield just before halftime. Failing to turn a 15-yard field into seven early in the fourth. A dropped snap on first-and-10 while trying to execute the four-minute offense and go home a winner and a couple of disastrous drops, one that could have gone a long way towards ending the game in regulation and another that would have extended it to a fifth OT. Another overtime error came via a very costly holding call, which turned a second-and-2 17 yards away from a walk-off win into a first-and-20 from the 35-yard line. And, of course, there was Auburn's game-tying, last-second score, a 15-play march that saw Payton Thorne lead the Tigers 75 yards thanks in large part to a 25-yard scramble on fourth-and-2. Change any of those outcomes, and the Aggies win despite falling behind 21-0 on the road. By roaring back against the Tigers, the Ags would have set Saturday night in the SEC ablaze while setting the stage for an epic rivalry renewal at Kyle Field. But the Aggies ran out of chances and dropped a second straight SEC contest in a bitterly disappointing fashion. Elko and his team knew winning at Auburn was a must if they wanted to keep their SEC title and playoff hopes alive. Or so we thought. As it turns out, the Aggies have not run out of chances, thanks to the fact that virtually the entire league — including the contenders — have suffered through nights like the ones A&M did in Columbia and at Auburn, including two other chaos-inducing upsets on the penultimate Saturday of what's been an absolutely bonkers regular-season. Ole Miss, Lane Kiffin and Jaxson Dart were left in tears at The Swamp by none other than DJ Lagway and the coach not-so-affectionately known as “Sun Belt Billy.” At the same time, the Tide (led by another former Aggie QB target, Jalen Milroe) got rolled in an embarrassing manner yet again, this time by Oklahoma. While the Ags fell victim to one for the second time in as many road games, the fact that both Alabama and Ole Miss had to flee jubilant mobs in Norman and Gainesville opened the door for one last chance in a wild 2024 season. In those two games, the top-10 and seemingly playoff-bound teams were favored by a combined 25.5 points on the road. Unfortunately for the Rebels and Tide, the road is where playoff dreams have repeatedly died in the SEC this fall. Don't get it twisted. Playing on the road (especially at night) has always been a different animal than in other Power 4 leagues. This year? Well, it's never been wilder, as Greg Sankey has seemingly had to levy a field-storming fine each and every weekend. While the Ags fell victim to one for the second time in as many road games, the fact that both Alabama and Ole Miss had to flee jubilant mobs in Norman and Gainesville opened the door for one last chance in a wild 2024 season. The unexpected dominoes falling means that — even after Saturday's 4OT setback — Elko's Aggies still have a clear shot to Atlanta. For the first time since joining the Southeastern Conference in 2012, A&M will take the field in the season-finale knowing “win and you're in” and on to Atlanta. It's also the first time the Ags have played in such a game since 1998 (well, technically, the Ags had already clinched that year before falling to Texas in Austin on Ricky Williams' record-setting day). The fact that said game will come vs. the Longhorns is more than enough to make Saturday's showdown special. Combine that with the fact that the bitter Lone Star rivals haven't squared off in 13 long years and that the winner advances to the SEC title game and the loser is out — and in A&M's case, out of the playoff picture — and you have what is arguably the most meaningful and high-profile contest in the storied history of Kyle Field, the Aggie-Longhorn rivalry and perhaps even ever for the Maroon & White. Do the Aggies deserve such a shot after dropping the ball vs. an Auburn team whose only SEC win prior to last night was Kentucky? While it may not feel like it on the day after, of course, they do. Look, the reality is that — in year one under a new head coach — this A&M team has plenty of weaknesses and flaws. They're far from elite and can beat or lose to anyone on the conference schedule on a given Saturday. Guess what? The same can be said about pretty much everyone in the now-16-team league. In a way, Elko's first year came at a very opportune time for Texas A&M football. The Aggies have cashed in on that opportunity enough to be one of just three teams left standing as we enter Thanksgiving weekend. While a win against Arkansas doesn't seem like much, Tennessee would beg to differ. Ole Miss and LSU would say the same about winning at The Swamp. Mizzou is still trending to finish 9-3, and the Ags trounced an LSU team that managed to knock off the Rebels. While everyone in the conference has stepped on a landmine or three since SEC play began, the Ags looked up this morning and realized the only teams still somewhat intact are Georgia (Kirby Smart's Bulldogs have already clinched a spot in the Dec. 7 title game), Texas and Texas A&M. That's it. The Auburn loss has just left a bad taste in everyone's mouth, and understandably so, but all the defeat really means in terms of the Ags' championship hopes is that any playoff hopes now end with a single L. Because of yesterday's rash of upsets around college football, a win over Auburn probably would have ensured that a 10-3 A&M team that lost in Atlanta would have made it past the selection committee and into the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff. However, because of last night's result at Jordan-Hare, the Aggies are going to have to hoist a conference title trophy for the first time since my first year on the A&M beat ('98) to pull off the improbable in year one under Elko. If anyone tries to tell you that the Aggies backed their way into their current position, kindly remind them there will be no backing into Atlanta or the CFP. No, to get there, A&M will have to knock off No. 3 Texas and No. 10 Georgia in the Dawgs' home away from home. The Ags will be heavy underdogs in both contests, but this is the year of the upset in the SEC, is it not? A&M beating Texas at Kyle Field in front of 108,000 strong might not qualify in this year's top-10 when listing stunning SEC outcomes. And for as good as Georgia has been under Smart, his current team has looked pretty vulnerable in losses to Alabama and Ole Miss and even in wins against the likes of Kentucky and Florida. Of course, the issue Elko and his staff are scrapping through as we enter Lone Star Showdown week is that the Aggies have been pretty vulnerable themselves in recent weeks. While losing Le'Veon Moss has really hurt, and Marcel Reed is still very much learning on the job (never optimal in the SEC if you're expecting week-to-week excellence or even consistency), the reality is that the Aggies are at least finding ways to move the ball and have averaged 32.6 points per game in SEC play, putting up 31 in regulation last night despite a slow start. A few weeks ago, a middle-of-the-pack offense bolstered by Moss and Reed's leadership and raw playmaking ability sure felt like it could be enough, thanks mainly to what was considered a high-end SEC defense led by what looked like arguably the league's best front four. However, in the last eight quarters of SEC play, the wheels have come off of the A&M defense in stunning fashion. Missed tackles, wide-open receivers, gaping holes in the run game and the inability to get to the quarterback were a regular occurrence Saturday and at South Carolina, and the result was the Tigers and Gamecocks putting up a combined 75 points (in regulation) and 999 total yards. It is not the time of year you want to see what had been the clear strength of your team spring significant leaks...even more so when your other strength, running the football, took such a monumental hit when Moss went down at South Carolina. But if there's anything this season — in College Station and around the SEC — has taught us so far, it's that the Aggies, like most in the conference, are a significantly different team at home vs. when playing in a hostile road venue. Yes, that's typically the sign of a team that isn't truly elite, and I'm not sure I've seen where anyone with any football sense has said that about this year's Aggies. And who would have expected to hear as much when describing Elko's first team? This is a group that played sub-.500 ball in the two seasons before his arrival and had not won a road game in two-plus seasons. The progress in less than one season has been enough to catch the attention of talking heads and rival coaches around the conference and country, but that praise won't buy an ounce of favor when the Aggies take the field against the 10-1 Longhorns on Saturday night. However, what will be working in the favor of the Ags is the 12th Man. For as much as the Aggies have struggled in their lost two road contests, this is also a team that knocked off the last two top-10 teams that came to Kyle Field by a combined score of 79-33. If anything will motivate the A&M defense to get back to playing high-end football, it's towels waving, music blaring, the Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band and over 110k worth of yells echoing onto the field. We're talking about the type of environment that swallowed up so many highly-ranked teams this fall. Places like Kyle, Jordan-Hare and Williams-Brice, along with The Swamp, Death Valley, Bryant-Denny, Neyland, Oxford and Athens. You know, all of the places that Steve Sarkisian's Longhorns have not visited this fall. Not yet, anyway. On Saturday night, the Horns will face the type of test that has gotten the best of so many top-10 playoff contenders this fall, and they'll be doing so for the first time. On Saturday night, the Horns will face the type of test that has gotten the best of so many top-10 playoff contenders this fall, and they'll be doing so for the first time. A road game (just Texas' third). At night (the Horns' first). This one coming against the most bitter of rivals. Look, if the Aggies shock the college football world and reach the playoffs, they will have to earn it. If the Longhorns claim an SEC title in year one as a conference member, they will have to earn it by going through Texas A&M in front of the 12th Man and winning a rematch with the one team that has beaten them this fall. For the Aggies, the difference between winning and losing on Saturday is pretty wild. Win and the Ags not only beat Texas and gain some long-awaited revenge dating all the way back to 2011, but they’d also knock the Horns out of the SEC title race while clinching their first-ever berth in the big game. It also means a 9-3 regular season in year one under Elko, complete with wins over the Longhorns and LSU, accounting for two of the three top-10 takedowns in front of the home fans. We're also talking about the Aggies then teeing it up with Georgia for a berth in the playoff. Longshots, but longshots that are still on the table while teams like Alabama, Ole Miss and Tennessee wish they were in the Ags' spot. However, with a loss to Texas, the Aggies will be out of any postseason conversation sans a bowl game and will finish 5-3 in SEC play after starting a perfect 5-0. While an 8-4 season in year one under Elko would match the first-year mark of Jimbo Fisher and be better than what current league bosses like Sarkisian, Josh Heupel, Freeze, Brent Venables and even Smart were able to muster, the reality is the Aggies escalated (still reasonable) expectations during the season and dropping three straight (including two to then-unranked opponents) felt avoidable then and now. While three league losses in a row would disappoint, what I won't do is sit here and express concern over where the Aggies are heading under Elko. He's well on his way to quickly righting the ship, and I believe next year's outlook is going to look pretty damn good once the portal dust settles and the Ags use NIL funds to keep a few guys many believe could be moving on to the NFL. But it's not the future that matters as we sit there today. It's the present. As it turns out, the Aggies did not run out of chances last night on The Plains. Everything they want is right in front of them, and they'll have the entire sports world watching on Saturday night. Beat your arch-rival, and you earn the most important and impactful victory in a long, long time and set yourself up for a chance to do it all over again a week later. Elko and the Aggies are in a spot now where they'll get as many more chances as they can go out and earn. Auburn loss and absolutely preposterous overtime rules aside, that's a hell of a place to be...just ask all of the teams that were unable to make it this far. That said, there's too much on the line for the Aggies not to find a way to shake out of their recent funk and show the Longhorns what life on the road in the SEC is really about.
  5. I can’t handle any loss at all. And the sting of losing to aggy for UT fanatical is lessened as I think we are in the playoff win or lose. But fuck those hoes and let’s go ahead and win the game
  6. Ooooor, hear me out , aggy plays like they play which is like runny diarrhea, and we run down their throat and win going away.
  7. I mean, the dude literally committed in January months before junior day, I believe. He was offered last year and said since he's basically gone through the recruiting process because of his brother's, and Texas already having been at his house, it only made sense to commit to the school that you see developing players. Sark's tenure of going 5-7 year 1 8-5 year 2 12-2 year 3 Etc... It shows improvements year after year (clearly everyone with an IQ above 70 knows this), then seeing Sweat win the Outland award after backing up Coburn and Ojomo is pretty damn strong. I also need to thank Quinn for coming in and immediately getting us to 8 wins in year 2. Without him, we may still be trying to to find a QB and we would have a setback. Quinn and Taaffe helped land Arch (Arch also always wanted to go to Texas. There is a picture of him as a kid with a Colt Mccoy jersey on with a Texas helmet in the pose of throwing the ball).
  8. Sark thinks Arch is electric. Keeping Arch plugged in and ready to go with minimal game film out there is the best way to use him at this point in the season as long as we keep winning. I’ve been critical of Quinn but I can’t fault Sark for riding with his guy until the wheels fall off. But my head will absolutely explode if we have another Georgia Redux game and Arch stays on the bench again.
  9. On Reed @ QB - he's got some shake and throws the ball decently - and Texas has been run on fairly effectively by a few teams (mainly up the middle, though). That said - their skill-position talent incl. TE doesn't hold a fucking candle to Texas. I think they could get us on some lapses in coverage or Reed scrambling but probably not both. Kentucky was able to get guys open downfield in part because we didn't give them anything on the edge and dared Boley to beat us through the air. Yeah he did a couple times, but he also ran for -57 yards and looked like he wanted to quit halfway through the 4Q. Like others have said - if aggy is going to keep this close and potentially win they will need multiple TOs by Quinn and maybe some special-teams fuck-ups as well. We all know that is very possible - but straight-up our O vs their D and vice-versa they are outclassed. If Quinn takes care of the ball and hits a few big passes I think we get through relatively drama-free.
  10. Hot damn I can’t wait until we win the title with Quinn at the helm. I’m going to go apeshit with receipts from all the dumb mother fuckers in this thread
  11. My thing is, we need Arch ready. The 2nd half yesterday was a perfect opportunity for that. History would suggest there’s nearly a 50% chance Arch will need to play significant snaps in some of our remaining games if Texas is going to win a championship. Why risk further injury to Quinn’s ankle (or ego) yesterday when there’s obvious benefit to more Arch reps and essentially no downside.
  12. This is a weird game. If aggy pulls an upset, we’re still in the playoffs with 2 losses. If we win, we’re still in the playoffs even if we lose to Georgia with 2 losses. So ultimately, the game doesn’t really matter for us. Of course I want to win, but I’m not going to be crushed if we don’t. if aggy does win, Texas was a National Champ caliber team. If they lose, we benefited from an easy schedule and didn’t beat anyone this year. Aggy moral victory no matter the outcome.
  13. I called for Arch during the game solely because Ewers was clearly injured and couldn’t move in the pocket. Up until that injury he was playing really well. I felt Arch would drive the bus more effectively with lower risk to a win. It would also give Arch some snaps before the A&M game in the event Ewers couldn’t go, or is still hobbled. However, those generally asking for Arch over Ewers regardless of injury have no idea what Sark is seeing in practice from Arch. For all we know he’s really not ready. Maybe that’s why he didn’t put in Arch.
  14. This is an excellent point. If we don't need to win in Collie Station for CFP purposes, I might even go so far as to argue that it letting Arch start would be worth it for the dividends it will pay next season.
  15. First off fuck the Aggies. But you also have to respect desperation, Kyle Field night games, and like always for A&M playing Texas is and always will be "The Aggie Super Bowl." We have our Destiny in our hands. But so does A&M! This is the biggest single game either team has played in quite a while. A&M is playing for it's first change after 12 years playing in the SEC. I know with all the endless Aggie chants of "SEC! SEC! SEC!" You might mistakenly think A&M has won something of meaning while in the SEC, you would be wrong. This weeks game with Texas is the first time in 12 years A&M has a change at the SEC Title game. THE mighty Texas Longhorns by contrast can push their way into the SEC Championship Game, by winning their 12th game in their 1st SEC season. I expect us to kick their ass. But momentum is huge in a night game senior night final in Aggieland. So we need to stay focused. Your destiny is in your hands boys! Now go fucking kick ass and TAKE what's yours!
  16. Arch is not going to start unless Quinn is really hurt or he shits the bed again. Out of all the scenarios, I want Quinn to beat a&m and to win the whole thing but none of us are really worried if he does get hurt because we get to see what arch has to offer. Quinn, just win it all and make us eat shit.
  17. What’s going to suck is when we beat aggy next weekend they’ll completely fall out of the polls so we still won’t have a win over a top 25 opponent. Oh well, I’ll take it.
  18. The SEC is complete pyramid scheme bullshit. When the top teams win, it's because the conference is so good. When the top teams lose, it's because the conference is so deep. We should go win the whole thing, and when given the mic tell the world that this conference is fraudulent and this shit is easy and double rods everyone because Texas is all that matters.
  19. Look at the records of the teams we've beaten. And then there's Georgia. Did the O-line take over that game? Fuck no. Did Quinn run in that game? No, but seems Arch had a nice ten yarder in the eight or so snaps he got. What are the Bulldogs ranked now? 10th? They kicked our butts. You can rest on our 10-1 record if you want but it's means didley squat if we lose to A&M, then get beaten again in the playoffs because our QB isn't mobile (and makes some ridiculous mistakes). The top teams in the nation are going to take advantage of the kind of mistakes we saw today and we'll be playing catch up ball the entire game. Too bad Quinn is injured, but Arch is the answer. Ten wins won't mean shit when we come up against an Ohio State or Oregono with a QB who can't move, or an inexperienced QB who wasn't allowed any reps because the Head Coach insisted on playing his hobbled starter until we found ourselves twenty points down with one half to play. The season will be over. I want to see it end with a National Championship, and guess what, Ewers ain't gonna win a Natty.
  20. Well, it’s been a minute since we’ve played these clowns. I could write 10,000 words or I could write 100, maybe I will split the difference We just witnessed a wonderful day of college football. Texas clinched a place in the college football playoffs. Anyone who doesn’t get this is a pants shitting retard (my dad, after his tramatic brain injury is one and he even gets it). Aggy lost to a shitty Auburn team and while they still control their own destiny they are in a win and they are probably in the playoffs situation while if they lose they likely finish as like the 6th best team in the league. Knowing the history of aggy what do you expect? Some fun stuff- we have had a brutal last decade, however: last head to head win- Texas last conference title- Texas 2023, aggy 1998 last playoff appearance- aggy- never- Texas- 2024 i could go on and on and on (and I’m sure some will) but even during the worst time in our programs history we are outdoing those dipshits, and I expect we will crush their spirit next Saturday. About the game: it’s football, anything can happen. But, and I swear this isn’t homer-ish, we literally are better than them in every single position group with maybe the exception of kicker and definitely punter (I’m still low key pissed at Sark about punter). Could they win? Sure. Is that likely? Not really. my guess is we go in as like a 9.5 point favorite on their home turf. Which would make us like a 14 point favorite in Austin. If our offense doesn’t actively buttfuck our defense I don’t see how they score enough to matter to us. I’m not getting into a major prediction of the game situation as there will be a thread for that, but, I’m figuring on Texas winning, as is the historical norm. Hook ‘Em high like an eagle soars, nobody is overlooking this game Bill in Sinton.
  21. This seems like win/win for us. If we lose, we don’t have to fuck with the SEC champ game and go straight to the playoffs. If we win, we get to drag our nuts over aggy faces and get revenge on GA…..and then go to the playoffs.
  22. Loved the running game today. Quinn had his moments, but as expected, his overall performance was mediocre. We might (as in a 50% shot) get past Aggy with a gimpy Quinn, but there's no way he can lead us thru the playoffs. Absolutely no way. I don't care how good our run game is, we cannot go anywhere past Aggy without a mobile QB. We can now see why Sark has had him tiptoeing in the pocket for three weeks. If he gets out there and runs, he gets injured. Whatever is wrong with him, won't be fixed this year. So Sark needs a come to Jesus moment and start Manning against A&M. Arch has probably a greater chance of beating the Ags than Quinn, and if we're going any further, it's Arch that needs the reps - not in the second half, not in the fourth quarter, but from the opening kickoff on. There is simply no reason for Sark to continue this feel-good charade. Ewers, God bless him, is injured. Period. Letting him stumble thru (and maybe even win) one more game isn't going to improve his chances in the NFL draft. Arch is the future of this team. Let's embrace it and move on, deep into the playoffs with a QB who can scramble for ten yards anytime he wants. If SArk mixes that in with the run game we saw today, we will be unstoppable. If Sark relies solely on the run game with an injured QB passing on third down, we are fucked.
  23. Both teams would be 2 losses in conference so they'd go on head to head I'd imagine. Unless there's some other tie breakers involving Tennessee who would also be 2 losses if they finish out next week with a win over Vanderbilt. That said, there's nothing that team has for us. We show up to play and we win. We own both lines and have superior DBs, LBs, and skill guys. It all comes down to Quinn and Sark.
  24. FYI, it looks like the winner of this game has zero affect on who we meet up against in the SEC CG. If Bama wins out, we meet up against them. If Bama loses tonight, we most likely meet up against Georgia. And Bama is in BAD shape right now at 3-24 Oklahoma going into the 4th.
  25. Honestly this might be even better. give them all kinds of hope before re close loss or they win close and think too highly of themselves going into next week. we think Texas is flawed and needs some work. They’ll think Aggy is destined for the SEC title if they come back and win.
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