Jimbo 2023: Watch.The.Tape.

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Dead Mike Leach is a better coach than Jimbo.

Boo.

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[Getafix 28,567]

 

So, Fong had this in his Bowen-to-Oregon flip note.

 

 

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1 hour ago, Texas Wahoo said:

Compare that to:

 

 

Wolves go after the weak, the young and the sick animals.   Easy targets...   Why invest time trying to poach good players from strong teams when you can more successfully hunt prey in dumpster fire programs.  Try sucking less aggy.  

[Radical Larry 28,566]

 
So, Fong had this in his Bowen-to-Oregon flip note.
 

 

He gone.

[billfromlaketravis 11,448]

So let’s say aggy loses Hicks, do they drop out of the Top 20 in class rankings? 

Edited December 21, 2022 by billfromlaketravis

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So, Fong had this in his Bowen-to-Oregon flip note.
 

 

As always ….

[Burt Macklin 19,020]

55 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said:

How is TJ Shanahan still ranked as the #22 overall recruit on rivals when almost every big program passed on him? This seems really bad even for rivals. 

That’s like saying a post is really stupid even for the Football Board. 

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30 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

So let’s say aggy loses Hicks, do they drop out of the Top 20 in class rankings? 

Looks like they'd only drop a few stops. There's a big dropoff in the classes after USC at 15.

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14 minutes ago, Bevo14 said:

Looks like they'd only drop a few stops. There's a big dropoff in the classes after USC at 15.

So 16, most likely? 

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46 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

So 16, most likely? 

[Pato del Muerto 52,487]

They’ll drop down to where half the playoff teams are, then say that’s the obvious sweet spot for good evals along with hand picked super blues 

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11 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

They’ll drop down to where half the playoff teams are, then say that’s the obvious sweet spot for good evals along with hand picked super blues 

De Nile runs through chernobyl 

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20 hours ago, Lobwedgephil said:

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...and all is fairly quiet, which is a good thing for the Ags.

Jimbo FIsher and Co. are in the midst of yet another strong close, flipping four prospects previously committed elsewhere over the past couple of weeks, highlighted by El Campo RB Rueben Owens. But we've known for a while that momentum in '23 hasn't come close to matching what the Ags had cooking on the recruiting front last year, That said, the Ags are likely to wind up with a top-15 class following a 5-7 season and, with a couple of late adds, could push for top-10 honors and will do so with a couple of monster signees headlining the list. From there, you'll see Fisher and his staff aggressively attack the portal from now until mid-January, which will probably feel like a second Signing Period in and of itself.

So as we sit here around 10 pm on Tuesday night and the A&M coaches tirelessly work the phones, let's take a quick look at what's still out there for tomorrow in terms of remaining targets not currently committed to the Ags.

As of tonight, I"d say there are two prospects who are legitimately worth watching, Louisiana OT Caden Jones and Alabama five-star corner Tony Mitchell.

Jones told us this week he was planning to wait and announce later in the process and sign in February, but it's one worth watching because the Ags knocked his weekend visit out of the park. Now, Caden could ultimately turn out to be a guy who signs early, keeps it quiet until his announcement, he could wait things out as originally planned or could end up signing somewhere and letting it be known tomorrow. Regardless of how, sources in College Station and Gainesville are aligned in terms of believing this one has a lot of Maroon & White momentum to it.

Tony Mitchell was a one-time A&M lean and is a longtime Alabama commitment. However, recent buzz has had Hugh Freeze thrusting himself into the mix and Auburn suddenly becoming the most-likely destination for the lockdown cover man. However, as of this evening, the Ags were still very hard at work and chipping away at a young man who has always had quite the affinity for A&M and who Jimbo and D.J. Durkin have prioritized from wire to wire. I wasn't feeling great about the Ags' chances following his weekend OV (it went well but the behind-the-scenes buzz was saying Bama and then, over the past couple of days, War Eagle) but this one has the feel of a wild ride to tomorrow's finish line. Stay tuned, as momentum here will likely flip several times between now and when Mitchell signs.

And by the way, can we retire 'FlipSZN' and 'HIM' already? Two of the most overplayed, 'look at how cool I am on social media' phrases in the recruiting industry in years and I'd love to them go away for good in 2023.

Edit to add I still feel great about A&M's chances with both Oklahoma WR Micah Tease and UNC transfer corner Tony Grimes. 

 

 

 

I think I hit bingo after the second paragraph, I blacked out my whole card before I was half way through.  
 

I guess he doesn’t care if older Aggies get wise to his shtick as long as their acceptance rate continues to look like an MLM scam. 

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Why is it ALWAYS "Jimbo Fisher and Co."? So fucking annoying. 

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4 minutes ago, Sejjr said:

Why is it ALWAYS "Jimbo Fisher and Co."? So fucking annoying. 

Sounds like a third tier seafood restaurant. 

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6 hours ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

Tough to understate the "excitement" of signing with 8-4.

 

Looks like a hostage proof of life video

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Sounds like a third tier seafood restaurant. 

You know what they have plenty of?

[Radical Larry 28,566]

Sounds like a third tier seafood restaurant. 

That’s fine dining in College Station.

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[Enchubben 5,510]

It’s a really odd top 15 class.  I’m sure we would have taken the top two CB’s, in their class, but I’m not sure who else other than Hicks (that may flip to Ducks) and Hill (that already flipped to us) would be a take. 

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2 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

They’ll drop down to where half the playoff teams are, then say that’s the obvious sweet spot for good evals along with hand picked super blues 

Speaking of which, what’s the deal with Michigan?

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55 minutes ago, WBT said:

Looks like a hostage proof of life video

Are the Texas Aggies like the Texas Red Raiders or the Texas Bobcats?

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34 minutes ago, Enchubben said:

It’s a really odd top 15 class.  I’m sure we would have taken the top two CB’s, in their class, but I’m not sure who else other than Hicks (that may flip to Ducks) and Hill (that already flipped to us) would be a take. 

Both of the good OL are strong takes. Bertrand's a JAG.

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4 hours ago, Getafix said:

 

So, Fong had this in his Bowen-to-Oregon flip note.

 

 

I’d be more concerned for aggy if Oregon had a demonstrated history of flipping recruits at the last minute or something. 

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4 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

So let’s say aggy loses Hicks, do they drop out of the Top 20 in class rankings? 

17th. Just below USCEast.  They’re lucky they got Owens or they would have been 20th. 

[Magus Ossis 2,797]

Funnier if he portaled out after spring ball instead.

[BornAndRaised 12,281]

Certainly a choice for an edit...

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12 minutes ago, BornAndRaised said:

Certainly a choice for an edit...

I swear I've seen this face in some Anime I've watched lol

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23 minutes ago, BornAndRaised said:

Certainly a choice for an edit...

I knew Anthony Jr. would figure out the football thing. 

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28 minutes ago, BornAndRaised said:

Certainly a choice for an edit...

I hate him. I know nothing about him but I hate him. 

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5 minutes ago, Hank Scorpio said:

I hate him. I know nothing about him but I hate him. 

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46 minutes ago, BornAndRaised said:

Certainly a choice for an edit...

His favorite game day activity

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26 minutes ago, Constant said:

I knew Anthony Jr. would figure out the football thing. 

Is his chin bald?

Damnit, quoted the wrong post.  You know what I mean

Edited December 22, 2022 by Mr. Mojo Risin'
Booze

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I'm actually shocked bison tits hand makes it that close to his face with his elbow flexed 🤔🤔🤔

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1 hour ago, BornAndRaised said:

Certainly a choice for an edit...

 

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Are the Texas Aggies like the Texas Red Raiders or the Texas Bobcats?

I’m thinking Florida seminoles or Oklahoma cowboys.

Speaking of, I could imagine a single person who went to Okie state would have such an identity problem to call themselves the Oklahoma Cowboys.

[Pimphand 5,734]

So what are the numbers for the gomers the 16 signees barely offsets the 15 people leaving for the draft. They got what 62 people on scholarship?

NEED MOAR BREAD

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16 hours ago, NoName said:

I can't believe Jimbo didn't use this line

 

Yep, Dabo built that NIL program to serve the Lord. Wonder if they're going to keep the church scam they were using to funnel money to players.

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14 hours ago, Rickylovesweed said:

How is TJ Shanahan still ranked as the #22 overall recruit on rivals when almost every big program passed on him? This seems really bad even for rivals. 

final (ish) rankings:

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3 minutes ago, NoName said:

final (ish) rankings:

Rivals and ESPN are like a binary star system, except instead of statrs it’s two drooling idiots taking turns slapping each other in the parking lot of a Circle K and giggling incessantly. It’s a Hold My Beer perpetual motion machine of dipshittery. One of them inevitably shows up on a recruit ranking with a big steamer of a rank in their draws. 

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11 minutes ago, NoName said:

final (ish) rankings:

I wonder how often a one of the sites gives a 5* in its final rankings to a guy who's not even nationally ranked in another?

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10 hours ago, Enchubben said:

It’s a really odd top 15 class.  I’m sure we would have taken the top two CB’s, in their class, but I’m not sure who else other than Hicks (that may flip to Ducks) and Hill (that already flipped to us) would be a take. 

it's really top heavy, then there is a huge gap - literally they go from a guy ranked #56 (Thomasson) and #59 (Daymion Sanford) in Texas to guys outside the top 100 in Texas, then drop to guys outside the top 150 in Texas and then maybe the biggest piece of bread in their class with Bertrand.

• 2 top 50
• 4 top 100
• 7 top 200

then the bottom of it falls out and you have that huge NT (151 in Texas composite, 94 DL), Bertrand (who they should have processed, #78 composite OT), York (168 in Texas, #75 LB), Johnson (153 in TX, 70 LB), Rylan Kennedy (106 in TX) and the punter they picked up - who may be great, but really bones their average (#274 in TX, #1 punter overall)

missing out on Hicks would crush their class - which is why i doubt they do - but they have a ton of guys at the top even who are weird fits or have issues...Owens is known. Bisontis took one visit (UOV) total, to A&M between July and December 9th. Brooks did the same thing but he was locked in to A&M forever and as far as I can tell never visited anywhere else. Shanahan is a weird match/fit anyway and there are huge swings in what people thought of him before he got injured. Tease is a guy who wants to play WR but was recruited as a DB by basically everyone. Then you have Reed, who I know nothing about other than he thought a Jimbo offense was better fit wise than a Lane Kiffin offense. Platt was probably a good take, was committed to Stanford for a full year+.

if you want kind of a comparison on guys Texas has taken that ranked around York/Johnson/Kennedy/big NT, Donovan Duvernay (not Devin) was #114 in Texas in 2016. Rob Cummins was #203 in 2017, Cade Brewer was #136 in same year. Sawyer Goram-Welch was #152 in Texas in 2020. Charles Wright was #131 in Texas in 2021, Max Merril was #160 in same year. Savion Red was #203 last year (funky positional stuff impacted him + late riser.)

 

 

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4 hours ago, Pimphand said:

So what are the numbers for the gomers the 16 signees barely offsets the 15 people leaving for the draft. They got what 62 people on scholarship?

8 “Seniors”, 3 Transferred (Myles Jones, Brian George, Andrew White Jr). 5 have yet to declare if going to NFL, graduating, transferring, or staying (Max Wright, Jalen Preston, Ainias Smith, Chris Russell, Demani Richardson)

27 players have announced portal/NFL. 16 signed LOI. Hicks makes 17

85-27+17 = 75 - potential 5 “seniors” = 70.

Need 15 minimum to add from portal/NSD2
 

[BigHorn'13 3,363]

Damn!! I guess I've been too drunk on aggy tears to consider the numbers. Their spring game should be hilarious...ly bad. 

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47 minutes ago, Neonmoon said:

8 “Seniors”, 3 Transferred (Myles Jones, Brian George, Andrew White Jr). 5 have yet to declare if going to NFL, graduating, transferring, or staying (Max Wright, Jalen Preston, Ainias Smith, Chris Russell, Demani Richardson)

27 players have announced portal/NFL. 16 signed LOI. Hicks makes 17

85-27+17 = 75 - potential 5 “seniors” = 70.

Need 15 minimum to add from portal/NSD2
 

So their roster will be about the same as they had when they forfeit vs Wake Forest?

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What's the story on the orca fat guy from Atascosita? If I am reading things correctly, he didn't sign yesterday? Does anyone know what is going on there?

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I assume he's beached somewhere.