Aggy 2024: Still waiting on the Looch 44

[Gut Wagon 8079]

No way he signs with aggy and then plays out his college years there. 

[Elmer_Fudd 22261]

Pretty Bussey is being recruited as a DB now by aggy, which will be a waste.  He's much better on O' than D'.

[HtownHorn 14691]

Of course, aggy takes another high bag questionable character WR.

[Elmer_Fudd 22261]

These people truly are complete idiots.  1st off, Washington has never been a composite 4* and his composite went up two days ago.

 

Edited July 5, 2023 by Elmer_Fudd

[billfromlaketravis 11489]

20 minutes ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

Pretty Bussey is being recruited as a DB now by aggy, which will be a waste.  He's much better on O' than D'.

Bussey scored 80 touchdowns last year. What a waste indeed. 

[Sejjr 3246]

2 hours ago, Ghost of Shag said:

How the hell is A&M pulling receivers? Jimbo hasn’t in his history developed a receiver worth a shit.

[SydneyCarton 48108]

You’re telling me a&m learned nothing from Chris Marshall? I’m shocked. 
 

1 hour ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

These people truly are complete idiots.  1st off, Washington has never been a composite 4* and his composite went up two days ago.

 

no more BOMC? Thought our guys all went up. 

[rvm96 1643]

2 hours ago, Ghost of Shag said:

How the hell is A&M pulling receivers? Jimbo hasn’t in his history developed a receiver worth a shit.

Does Kelvin Benjamin not count since he didn't have a great NFL career?

[texifornia 56977]

Just now, rvm96 said:

Does Kelvin Benjamin not count since he didn't have a great NFL career?

That is true, he had one guy who got drafted when these recruits were 7 years old. Big data point.

[billfromlaketravis 11489]

Jimbo can make big promises right now based on an offense that recruits have never seen before. That wears off in the fall when they watch Jimbo and Petrino fighting over a turd sandwich on the sidelines.

And of course bags. 
 

But Stewart wasn’t a simple cash transaction. As many have pointed out, Texas would have matched. Stewart picked aggy because of money AND Jimbo let’s him do whatever the hell he wants. At aggy he can skip classes and practice with zero repercussions.

It’s a unique advantage aggy currently enjoys. 

[Cairn Horn88 8265]

3 hours ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

May be sour grapes, but posters on SEC Rant are saying LSU, Bama', and maybe even Auburn backed away from this kid for obvious reasons.

Hmmm.  Why?

[BurntOrange&White 39934]

1 hour ago, SydneyCarton said:

You’re telling me a&m learned nothing from Chris Marshall? I’m shocked. 
 

 

23 minutes ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

Hmmm.  Why?

See above

[TXRed 3278]

 

[pacman 7357]

5 hours ago, Ghost of Shag said:

How the hell is A&M pulling receivers? Jimbo hasn’t in his history developed a receiver worth a shit.

And they haven't had a legit passing offense since Jimbo's first year with the program

[NoName 16353]

13 hours ago, BornAndRaised said:

 

imagine being a composite 5+ player, a composite top 5 WR in the country, looking at Jimbo Fisher's offense over the last 20+ years, looking at his history with WRs being drafted, looking at his results with early playing time for WR, looking at his stats for young blue chip WR, looking at the complexity of his offense, looking at the shitshow that is Petrino / Fisher, looking at College Station and saying "yeah, that's for me!"

Edited July 5, 2023 by NoName

[NoName 16353]

12 hours ago, satyanash said:

Dameyune Craig can recruit the hell out of WRs. Developing them is another story.

"recruit"

[Magus Ossis 2800]

Every dollar aggy boosters spend loading up on DL and WR while they are still running the current iteration of the Circus of the 3 Stars is another dollar unavailable to buy Jimbo out, hire his replacement, and/or fund NIL for a future team that might theoretically have a functional coaching staff.

[RomaVicta 29909]

Over and under on the use of the word "momentum" on Texags this week:

12,000 1/2

 

[GhostOfTomJoad 9327]

1 hour ago, NoName said:

imagine being a composite 5+ player, a composite top 5 WR in the country, looking at Jimbo Fisher's offense over the last 20+ years, looking at his history with WRs being drafted, looking at his results with early playing time for WR, looking at his stats for young blue chip WR, looking at the complexity of his offense, looking at the shitshow that is Petrino / Fisher, looking at College Station and saying "yeah, that's for me!"

Step 1: secure initial bag (check)

Step 2: get on field, flash just enough early in first year to catch the eye of other schools

Step 3: by late October when the aggy rollercoaster has gone off the cliff, do something stupid on social media while squarely putting the blame for any indiscretions on Jimbo's lack of program control/under-utilization of your skills do to his inept offense/infighting between Jimbo and Petrino

Step 4: enter portal and profit

[Pato del Muerto 52507]

You mean threaten to enter the portal, tell everyone you are going to school x, secure an additional bag, return. 

[Magus Ossis 2800]

Yeah, yeah. Still dumb. Unless your idea of a great way to spend your 19th year of life (which, by the way, is very hard to get back once spent) consists in smoking weed in your dorm room in a soviet-style people-storage unit in College Station.

Edited July 5, 2023 by Magus Ossis

[Pam Cummings 9644]

Aggie still thinks they can take a short cut and microwave success. Idiots.

[Ricky's one-hitter 9116]

1 hour ago, Magus Ossis said:

Unless your idea of a great way to spend your 19th year of life (which, by the way, is very hard to get back once spent) consists in smoking weed in your dorm room in a soviet-style people-storage unit in College Station.

[texifornia 56977]

It's Billy time

[NevaLost 284]

Five star talent Noah Thomas was inexplicably ranked as a four star in the Looch 44. Just goes to show the sip media bias can affect the greats too. 

[BornAndRaised 12287]

Watch.The.Tape.

[Dbeasy 15052]

There have been quite a few stories now about A&M players being baked, such as before class, in the locker room after a game, etc.

While drug use is everywhere in college football, including at Texas, I do wonder whether recruits see more prolific use and a more loose and out of control culture at A&M vs other schools. It certainly seems that way.  That definitely would attract a certain type of player and repel another type, and explains a lot of the problems they’ve had. I haven’t seen any indication they even realize they may have a problem. 

[RollingPresidential 633]

Just now, Dbeasy said:

There have been quite a few stories now about A&M players being baked, such as before class, in the locker room after a game, etc.

While drug use is everywhere in college football, including at Texas, I do wonder whether recruits see more prolific use and a more loose and out of control culture at A&M vs other schools. It certainly seems that way.  That definitely would attract a certain type of player and repel another type, and explains a lot of the problems they’ve had. I haven’t seen any indication they even realize they may have a problem. 

I mean, Jimbo's thing going back to FSU was to let the players run shit, for good or ill. 

[Pam Cummings 9644]

28 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

There have been quite a few stories now about A&M players being baked, such as before class, in the locker room after a game, etc.

While drug use is everywhere in college football, including at Texas, I do wonder whether recruits see more prolific use and a more loose and out of control culture at A&M vs other schools. It certainly seems that way.  That definitely would attract a certain type of player and repel another type, and explains a lot of the problems they’ve had. I haven’t seen any indication they even realize they may have a problem. 

They can go to aggie, get paid big, not be held accountable, and then transfer.

[Scholz 11943]

Momentum

 

[Redneck Mutha 7983]

"tapping the breaks"

[Vertigo 20290]

I love how Billy assumes that "others in the state of Texas" aka Longhorn fans are somehow triggered at them landing a receiver out of Alabama. Good for them if the guy is a player, but wake me up when Jimbo produces a draft pick not named Evan Stewart. 

[bizzle 1153]

On 7/4/2023 at 5:34 PM, Ghost of Shag said:

How the hell is A&M pulling receivers? Jimbo hasn’t in his history developed a receiver worth a shit.

because dameyune craig is one of the best coaches in all of college football bitch

[HtownHorn 14691]

4 hours ago, Vertigo said:

I love how Billy assumes that "others in the state of Texas" aka Longhorn fans are somehow triggered at them landing a receiver out of Alabama. Good for them if the guy is a player, but wake me up when Jimbo produces a draft pick not named Evan Stewart. 

Bama wanted nothing to do with him. Chris Marshall was a roaring success for aggy last year.

[RomaVicta 29909]

Oh, Billy, you literary giant.

 

[I don't know what that means.]

The man's a living breathing thesaurus and poet.

I think momentum actually suggests excitement around a program. Is anybody excited about A&M and their future outside of Texags?

Now for some insight you can only get from a 50 year old man in a t-shirt and thousand yard stare.

Thanks, Billy! Who would think to watch a football players wearing pads or note size. Ground-breaking shit here, man.

Edited July 6, 2023 by RomaVicta

[Deej 76800]

Committing to aggy increases a wide receivers measurable in the 40 at the NFL combine. Nothing helps improve your speed more than running for your life from Klan members. 

[Deej 76800]

5 hours ago, Vertigo said:

I love how Billy assumes that "others in the state of Texas" aka Longhorn fans are somehow triggered at them landing a receiver out of Alabama. Good for them if the guy is a player, but wake me up when Jimbo produces a draft pick not named Evan Stewart. 

Pretty sure that wasn't Jimbo who produced Stewart. 

[texifornia 56977]

10 minutes ago, Deej said:

Nothing helps improve your speed more than running for your life from Klan members. 

Their preferred nomenclature these days is CSPD officers.

[Deej 76800]

Every wide receiver who takes a bag from aggy...

[cafe society 2871]

19 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

Oh, Billy, you literary giant.

 

[I don't know what that means.]

The man's a living breathing thesaurus and poet.

I think momentum actually suggests excitement around a program. Is anybody excited about A&M and their future outside of Texags?

Now for some insight you can only get from a 50 year old man in a t-shirt and thousand yard stare.

Thanks, Billy! Who would think to watch a football players wearing pads or note size. Ground-breaking shit here, man.

Damn, that's not just a bingo, that 's a blackout.

[Cairn Horn88 8265]

9 hours ago, Dbeasy said:

There have been quite a few stories now about A&M players being baked, such as before class, in the locker room after a game, etc.

While drug use is everywhere in college football, including at Texas, I do wonder whether recruits see more prolific use and a more loose and out of control culture at A&M vs other schools. It certainly seems that way.  That definitely would attract a certain type of player and repel another type, and explains a lot of the problems they’ve had. I haven’t seen any indication they even realize they may have a problem. 

If you had to live on that campus, you just might be on drugs too.

[SamMan 1365]

14 hours ago, NoName said:

imagine being a composite 5+ player, a composite top 5 WR in the country, looking at Jimbo Fisher's offense over the last 20+ years, looking at his history with WRs being drafted, looking at his results with early playing time for WR, looking at his stats for young blue chip WR, looking at the complexity of his offense, looking at the shitshow that is Petrino / Fisher, looking at College Station and saying "yeah, that's for me!"

I was looking at 5-star receivers who went off the beaten path over the past decade and this one is up there. Obviously, Travis Hunter is in a category of his own, but that one doesn’t even strike me as that weird given his unique skill set, the cult of personality around Deion and JSU at the time, nil considerations, and the specialty training he could receive from his coach. Bru’s shitshow, while hilariously bizarre, was not too illogical given the circumstances presented. That left me with four guys who roughly fit my criteria—Laquan Treadwell, Robbie Rhodes (admittedly not a great fit), Speedy Noil, and Demetris Robertson. 

Robertson‘s is easily the most baffling case: 5-star wr from GA turns down Kirby Smart and Nick Saban to go play for Sonny Dykes on the other side of the country. He was in the portal less than two years later. Hudson (even as a legacy) is doing a really nice revival of that production—apparently choosing a middling air raid system over virtually every top-tier school in the country.

It’s not hard to see the similarities between Coleman’s decision and Noil’s a decade ago. Top ten overall recruit from the heart of SEC country, rumors of behavioral issues, and a somewhat surprising commitment to the aggies. It really is interesting how strikingly similar some aspects of Sumlin’s and Fisher’s tenure are. And hey, one advantage Jimbo has over Summy is that the killer receiver he signed back in the day was actually acquitted in his murder trial..point Jimbo.

Let’s hope, for these kids’ sake, that their career arcs don’t mimic those of their football forebears.

——————

“You could see some snaps with three 5-star receivers on the field and a 5-star talent..”

Here’s the thing, Bill—you could’ve seen that at any point last year if Demas wasn’t a complete fuck up, Marshall wasn’t his mirror image, Jimbo didn’t give up on Cupp, or he didn’t decide to sit Moose for an entire game because of a wardrobe decision. You know, if Jimbo could have simply been a competent head football coach? The real question is—can those fledgling 5-stars stymie their moronic bullshittery long enough to get on the field together? As the Bard once said, “what’s past is prologue.” We’ll see..

[TheBryMan81 2514]

1 hour ago, RomaVicta said:

Thanks, Billy! Who would think to watch a football players wearing pads or note size. Ground-breaking shit here, man

*EJ Holland has entered the chat*

[Pato del Muerto 52507]

Is billy not aware that the entire state of Texas is now in the sec footprint and has been for a decade?  Or is there some sort of inner footprint that makes Coleman an impressive get?

[Vertigo 20290]

1 hour ago, Deej said:

Pretty sure that wasn't Jimbo who produced Stewart. 

Exactly, the guy is a ready made draft pick. Even Jimbo couldn't fuck him up.

[956 Worldwide 34715]

7 hours ago, SamMan said:

I was looking at 5-star receivers who went off the beaten path over the past decade and this one is up there. Obviously, Travis Hunter is in a category of his own, but that one doesn’t even strike me as that weird given his unique skill set, the cult of personality around Deion and JSU at the time, nil considerations, and the specialty training he could receive from his coach. Bru’s shitshow, while hilariously bizarre, was not too illogical given the circumstances presented. That left me with four guys who roughly fit my criteria—Laquan Treadwell, Robbie Rhodes (admittedly not a great fit), Speedy Noil, and Demetris Robertson. 

Robertson‘s is easily the most baffling case: 5-star wr from GA turns down Kirby Smart and Nick Saban to go play for Sonny Dykes on the other side of the country. He was in the portal less than two years later. Hudson (even as a legacy) is doing a really nice revival of that production—apparently choosing a middling air raid system over virtually every top-tier school in the country.

It’s not hard to see the similarities between Coleman’s decision and Noil’s a decade ago. Top ten overall recruit from the heart of SEC country, rumors of behavioral issues, and a somewhat surprising commitment to the aggies. It really is interesting how strikingly similar some aspects of Sumlin’s and Fisher’s tenure are. And hey, one advantage Jimbo has over Summy is that the killer receiver he signed back in the day was actually acquitted in his murder trial..point Jimbo.

Let’s hope, for these kids’ sake, that their career arcs don’t mimic those of their football forebears.

——————

“You could see some snaps with three 5-star receivers on the field and a 5-star talent..”

Here’s the thing, Bill—you could’ve seen that at any point last year if Demas wasn’t a complete fuck up, Marshall wasn’t his mirror image, Jimbo didn’t give up on Cupp, or he didn’t decide to sit Moose for an entire game because of a wardrobe decision. You know, if Jimbo could have simply been a competent head football coach? The real question is—can those fledgling 5-stars stymie their moronic bullshittery long enough to get on the field together? As the Bard once said, “what’s past is prologue.” We’ll see..

Christian Kirk was a 5* who had a really good career for us on teams that were middling. And he’s had a good pro career, making money and being pretty drama-free. 
 

Rakhim Jarrett signed with Maryland, he was from the area but usually the DC/Maryland ground gets picked over by the real B1G/ACC/SEC powers before the Terps get their guys, not a lot of 5* players end up there. He played a lot but for sure didn’t have a 5* career and ended up as an UDFA. 
 

A bit outside your window but DGB surprised a lot of people by staying home at Mizzou and we know how that turned out. Stefon Diggs also ended up at Maryland when he could have gone anywhere playing for Edsall and didn’t have amazing stats, but has had a successful pro career with some recent drama. 
 

[Elmer_Fudd 22261]

 

[BurntOrange&White 39934]

1 hour ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

 

Win a national championship eh? I saw in an Athletic article that Texas A&M hasn't been ranked #1 in the AP poll since 1957.

Edited July 6, 2023 by BurntOrange&White

[CashMcCoy 3199]

It’s even harder to win in the Sun Belt with all those freshmen.

[closetojumping 62740]

It’s funny, reading Phil Steele this week and he’s as bullish on ATM as anyone. He has all of the same talking points associated to the team as the recruits and Liucci. He readily admits to talking to Fisher, as he does with every HC besides Saban, apparently. 

I imagine these talking points are also what the boosters have been fed about why 2022 was a blip and they’re going to surprise everyone this season. 

1) we return 20 starters! (not really. they actually return guys who had multiple starts, but this ignores injuries and multiple guys can’t start at the same position. 

2) we were really young! (ATM is still really young. it’s a cyclical problem with how Ritz Bitz manages his roster.)

3) we’re loaded with 5 star talent! (they are loaded with 5 star talent at DL. they have solid talent at WR. they have talent and some depth at safety. they are razor thin everywhere else and talent is suspect. )

4) bobby petrino is launching the offense into the stratosphere! (jimbo fisher will be forcing bobby petrino to shit that offense into the sewer.)

No team’s season in 2023 sits on more fault lines than Texas A&M. Injuries, infighting among coaches, lack of culture and discipline with players, all of these issues could show up and wreak havoc. Any one of them creates major problems.