Aggy 2024: Still waiting on the Looch 44

[RollingPresidential 633]

2 hours ago, ATXhorn17 said:

Miami’s defensive line is going to absolutely feast in week 2…

I mean they suck too, I don't have my hopes up on that one. 

[Bevo14 8314]

45 minutes ago, RollingPresidential said:

I mean they suck too, I don't have my hopes up on that one. 

It's an away game for aggy. Automatic L.

[Fud 9552]

I like how the "the QBs have struggled because the defense has kicked ass" was quickly followed by "I have concerns about the secondary" 

[bizzle 1153]

On 8/19/2023 at 7:43 AM, Mitch Cumsteen said:

Don't start sandbagging on us now. Where is the prediction post? It's about that time of year again. 

not going to lie, having spent the previous 60 days in bozeman i am more disconnected from collegiate football than i have ever been, however that will not stop me from making my always 100% accurate season prediction this week as soon as i sober up.

[tejas60 3533]

wait, you were sober when you did the others?

[Pato del Muerto 52507]

5 minutes ago, bizzle said:

not going to lie, having spent the previous 60 days in bozeman i am more disconnected from collegiate football than i have ever been, however that will not stop me from making my always 100% accurate season prediction this week as soon as i sober up.

At least give us an update on Montana state football then. Go cats. 

Edited August 22, 2023 by Pato del Muerto

[bizzle 1153]

3 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

At least give us an update on Montana state football then. Go cats. 

i own so much fucking merch

[Bevo14 8314]

8 minutes ago, bizzle said:

not going to lie, having spent the previous 60 days in bozeman i am more disconnected from collegiate football than i have ever been, however that will not stop me from making my always 100% accurate season prediction this week as soon as i sober up.

This season might send you completely off the grid next.

[closetojumping 62740]

I was in Bozeman last May with my wife for a long weekend. It was awesome. One day, we went hiking towards some local waterfall and my wife decided that tennis shoes without socks made a lot of sense. We got caught in a snow storm about halfway up and she damned near got frostbite. I had to carry her in some spots where it was too icy for her fucking tennis shoes, but, hey, she got to see her waterfall and secretly force me to workout.

We are up near the top of the trail by the waterfall and it's snowing kind of hard and through the forest, I see something large moving between the trees in our direction. I had a split second to grab the bear spray or simply throw my wife in front of me and take off. For some reason, I grabbed the spray.

Half-jogging, half-sprinting out of the woods is some fucking special ops nature boy. Manbun, chiseled, wearing a backpack that probably weighed 50 pounds, wearing a fleece, shorts and hiking boots, this fucking lunatic stops to talk to us for a bit and is running in place. He offered to meet us for a drink before dinner later and I don't think he had a thing for me meriting the invite. Any who, fuck that guy but thank you for your service. He said adios and went back to running down the fucking snow covered mountain in his shorts.

Where were we?

[T-shirt Sip 2105]

2 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

I was in Bozeman last May with my wife for a long weekend. It was awesome. One day, we went hiking towards some local waterfall and my wife decided that tennis shoes without socks made a lot of sense. We got caught in a snow storm about halfway up and she damned near got frostbite. I had to carry her in some spots where it was too icy for her fucking tennis shoes, but, hey, she got to see her waterfall and secretly force me to workout.

We are up near the top of the trail by the waterfall and it's snowing kind of hard and through the forest, I see something large moving between the trees in our direction. I had a split second to grab the bear spray or simply throw my wife in front of me and take off. For some reason, I grabbed the spray.

Half-jogging, half-sprinting out of the woods is some fucking special ops nature boy. Manbun, chiseled, wearing a backpack that probably weighed 50 pounds, wearing a fleece, shorts and hiking boots, this fucking lunatic stops to talk to us for a bit and is running in place. He offered to meet us for a drink before dinner later and I don't think he had a thing for me meriting the invite. Any who, fuck that guy but thank you for your service. He said adios and went back to running down the fucking snow covered mountain in his shorts.

Where were we?

[Deej 76811]

24 minutes ago, tejas60 said:

wait, you were sober when you did the others?

[Getafix 28674]

 

This is a pretty interesting article.

Tarp has traversed the spectrum in his assessment of the aggies - at one point, he was hypercritical and pessimistic.  He then drank the Fisher Kool-aid, and got burned.  He is now cautious, and he's been writing a few articles along these lines.

This also reminded me of comments from a few here, that Owens' lack of experience in pass pro (coming from a high school offense that hardly passed) could be a issue for him, at least early on.

This surely augurs well:

"Last season, A&M’s backs graded out near the bottom at pass protection than any other group in the Southeastern Conference per Pro Football Focus. Not only that, but they also allowed more pressures (10 of them on 67 opportunities) than anyone else."

Here's the full enchilada:

Unlikely position group key to A&M generating long passes

Tarp (Aggie 247)

 

Spoiler

 

Unlikely position group key to A&M generating long passes

Tarp (Aggie 247)
 

Texas A&M’s fall camp has been marked by an increased emphasis on getting the ball downfield in the passing game. It’s been paying off since there have been more long plays per people we’ve talked to. This was evident in the open practice where outside receivers Evan Stewart and Noah Thomas were the two best players on that side of the ball.

However, when you try to hit big plays, you’re also attempting to hold the ball longer to allow your quarterback to make reads and your receivers to maneuver downfield to get open for such throws. This stresses your pass protection and while fans tend to think about the offensive line in such matters, your backs also play a big role in picking up edge players and blitzers. That responsibility grows if you’re going to roll with four wideouts due to the lack of a tight end which threatens a defense moreso with running the ball (and can affect the pass rush in this manner). The ball needs to come out quick and when it doesn’t then there’s a greater chance of your quarterback taking hits and eventually being unavailable. Not only that, the smaller the backs (which plays a role in getting them out quickly and into space in the passing game), the harder it is for them to pick bigger people up.

Last season, A&M’s backs graded out near the bottom at pass protection than any other group in the Southeastern Conference per Pro Football Focus. Not only that, but they also allowed more pressures (10 of them on 67 opportunities) than anyone else.

A&M’s backs in 2023 that are expected to see the most playing time include Amari Daniels (who’s 5-foot-8 but willing to take people on), Le’Veon Moss (the biggest of the trio), and frosh Rueben Owens (the least experienced at it). Daniels and Owens have looked good carrying the ball but if new offensive coordinator Bobby Petrino wants to be able to air it out, then they’re going to have to be equally adept at pass pro as they are at running the ball (and this isn’t easy to figure out in a scrimmage situation).

While A&M can use them in different ways in order to avoid such chores, it limits your offense when do this because they become situational players in every down scenarios. Defenses can dial in on what’s more likely to be called based on their skill sets. In addition, if they smell blood in the water with regard to a back's pass protection capabilities, they’ll attack your protections to get better pass rushers or bigger players going up directly against them.

In the end, we really won’t know how effective they are until real football begins next month due to the restrictions that all scrimmages carry in terms of contact on the quarterback (and even other players). Nonetheless, if A&M’s going to be a long ball offense more akin to what you see at Tennessee, Ole Miss, and South Carolina (all of whom ranked in the top four in the league in the number of passes over 20 yards and had five of the SEC’s top backs in PFF's pass protection grades), then the runners are going to have to be a big part of the protection and will have to sacrifice their games to make it happen.

 

 

[Pato del Muerto 52507]

9 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

I was in Bozeman last May with my wife for a long weekend. It was awesome. One day, we went hiking towards some local waterfall and my wife decided that tennis shoes without socks made a lot of sense. We got caught in a snow storm about halfway up and she damned near got frostbite. I had to carry her in some spots where it was too icy for her fucking tennis shoes, but, hey, she got to see her waterfall and secretly force me to workout.

We are up near the top of the trail by the waterfall and it's snowing kind of hard and through the forest, I see something large moving between the trees in our direction. I had a split second to grab the bear spray or simply throw my wife in front of me and take off. For some reason, I grabbed the spray.

Half-jogging, half-sprinting out of the woods is some fucking special ops nature boy. Manbun, chiseled, wearing a backpack that probably weighed 50 pounds, wearing a fleece, shorts and hiking boots, this fucking lunatic stops to talk to us for a bit and is running in place. He offered to meet us for a drink before dinner later and I don't think he had a thing for me meriting the invite. Any who, fuck that guy but thank you for your service. He said adios and went back to running down the fucking snow covered mountain in his shorts.

Where were we?

Ousel falls?  

[closetojumping 62740]

36 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Ousel falls?  

No clue. I really love to travel and do all kinds of shit that my wife generally drags me to, but I’m not a good note taker.  These falls were not far out of town and were highly recommended by the locals, if that helps. Beautiful too. 

[hookemATL 11740]

1 hour ago, closetojumping said:

He offered to meet us for a drink before dinner later 

closetoeiffeltower

[Dr Climax 57]

I was in Bozeman last May with my wife for a long weekend. It was awesome. One day, we went hiking towards some local waterfall and my wife decided that tennis shoes without socks made a lot of sense. We got caught in a snow storm about halfway up and she damned near got frostbite. I had to carry her in some spots where it was too icy for her fucking tennis shoes, but, hey, she got to see her waterfall and secretly force me to workout.
We are up near the top of the trail by the waterfall and it's snowing kind of hard and through the forest, I see something large moving between the trees in our direction. I had a split second to grab the bear spray or simply throw my wife in front of me and take off. For some reason, I grabbed the spray.
Half-jogging, half-sprinting out of the woods is some fucking special ops nature boy. Manbun, chiseled, wearing a backpack that probably weighed 50 pounds, wearing a fleece, shorts and hiking boots, this fucking lunatic stops to talk to us for a bit and is running in place. He offered to meet us for a drink before dinner later and I don't think he had a thing for me meriting the invite. Any who, fuck that guy but thank you for your service. He said adios and went back to running down the fucking snow covered mountain in his shorts.
Where were we?

[Cairn Horn88 8265]

4 hours ago, closetojumping said:

Where were we?

Palisade Falls…I’d say.

[Mr. Drummond 2199]

10 hours ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

Palisade Falls…I’d say.

Its called Pedernales Falls.      Dummy.

[JesusSweatDuck 17781]

13 hours ago, hookemATL said:

closetoeiffeltower

[Boss Hogg 808]

On 8/17/2023 at 8:23 AM, NoName said:

let me tell you, if Weigman can't beat out Max Johnson they have huge issues on their hands.

 Well, have you considered that perhaps Max is a Glue Guy? There’s not really a value you can place on that. 

[Boss Hogg 808]

16 hours ago, closetojumping said:

Manbun, chiseled, wearing a backpack that probably weighed 50 pounds

Actual pic of CTJ at cabin afterwards. 
 

 

Unbothered. Moisturized. Focused. Flourishing. 

[Thiefery 5002]

1 minute ago, Boss Hogg said:

Actual pic of CTJ at cabin afterwards. 
 

 

Unbothered. Moisturized. Focused. Flourishing. 

I always pictured CTJ as a brunette 

[BurntOrange&White 39934]

5 minutes ago, Thiefery said:

I always pictured CTJ as a brunette 

ginger

[Vertigo 20290]

I figured he had just pulled his hairline up completely to only around the manbun, and if he ever takes it down he will lose it forever. 

[RomaVicta 29909]

Been gone for a few weeks, so I'm catching up. Just a few things jumping out at me from the period. Sorry if they've already attracted attention and comment.

From Liucci's report of August 16:

Goddamn. Just how few in their locker room really care about football? I recall Quandre Diggs remarking about the number of Longhorns who didn't "love football" back in the thick of the malaise. Yikes! (Yippee!)

Also, Aggie nobodies scoring if they get past the line of scrimmage against their defense should be more than a little worrisome.

Compliments to @closetojumping for his analysis.

More from Liucci:

He writes this after noting that Ewers had been hit and beat up. 

1 What in the fuck is this supposed to mean? You can tell Billy wrote this.

2 Where is this world, Billy? Is the planet called Non Sequiturn?

3 Like the tide: incoming in summer, outgoing in winter.

 

 

[Deej 76811]

3 hours ago, RomaVicta said:

Been gone for a few weeks, so I'm catching up. Just a few things jumping out at me from the period. Sorry if they've already attracted attention and comment.

From Liucci's report of August 16:

Goddamn. Just how few in their locker room really care about football? I recall Quandre Diggs remarking about the number of Longhorns who didn't "love football" back in the thick of the malaise. Yikes! (Yippee!)

Also, Aggie nobodies scoring if they get past the line of scrimmage against their defense should be more than a little worrisome.

Compliments to @closetojumping for his analysis.

More from Liucci:

He writes this after noting that Ewers had been hit and beat up. 

1 What in the fuck is this supposed to mean? You can tell Billy wrote this.

2 Where is this world, Billy? Is the planet called Non Sequiturn?

3 Like the tide: incoming in summer, outgoing in winter.

 

 

[Getafix 28674]

 

I guess all's well with Bryce Foster, after all.

 

 

 

[HtownHorn 14691]

That kid's mom really fucked over his life. He could have come here and quit football and become an Olympian in the shot.

Edited August 25, 2023 by HtownHorn

[cafe society 2871]

26 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

That kid's mom really fucked over his life. He could have come here and quit football and become an Olympian in the shot.

To compound her shittiness, if she couldn't possibly abide him in Austin, Oregon and UCLA - who also boast tremendous throwing programs in T&F - both offered Foster and she could have let him matriculate to either.  She's just a selfish Little League or Chess circuit parent.

[crash_davis 23113]

4 minutes ago, cafe society said:

To compound her shittiness, if she couldn't possibly abide him in Austin, Oregon and UCLA - who also boast tremendous throwing programs in T&F - both offered Foster and she could have let him matriculate to either.  She's just a selfish Little League or Chess circuit parent.

Whoa. I know he's an aggy but let's not insult him too much. 

[SydneyCarton 48108]

3 hours ago, Getafix said:

 

I guess all's well with Bryce Foster, after all.

 

 

 

It’s almost like people here have had Foster pegged for years now, as well as the dynamic with his piece of shit mother, and aTm has just been denying reality the entire time. 
 

Next we’re going to slowly start hearing how Featheree juuuust seems snake bit by the injury bug and can’t seem to put on weight. Weird. 
 

when Weigman suffers permanent brain damage, we might start to hear them whisper that he’d had a couple concussions in HS.
 

 

Edited August 25, 2023 by SydneyCarton

[Elmer_Fudd 22263]

How many games will it take for Weigman to get his bell rung?  

[Hornlover 8830]

53 minutes ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

How many games will it take for Weigman to get his bell rung?  

I'm guessing around game 7, after they finally bench Max Johnson for going 3-3. 

Edited August 26, 2023 by Hornlover

[Deej 76811]

1 hour ago, SydneyCarton said:

It’s almost like people here have had Foster pegged for years now

[Napoleon 8682]

5 hours ago, cafe society said:

To compound her shittiness, if she couldn't possibly abide him in Austin, Oregon and UCLA - who also boast tremendous throwing programs in T&F - both offered Foster and she could have let him matriculate to either.  She's just a selfish Little League or Chess circuit parent.

I’ve been to A&M once, I have been on the UCLA campus dozens of times and I have seen “Animal House” (Oregon) dozens of times. 

His mom absolutely sucks for making him go to College Station. 

[BurntOrange&White 39934]

8 minutes ago, Napoleon said:

I’ve been to A&M once, I have been on the UCLA campus dozens of times and I have seen “Animal House” (Oregon) dozens of times. 

His mom absolutely sucks for making him go to College Station. 

At least she got clout on TexAgs

[billfromlaketravis 11494]

Yeah I’m going to need a screenshot when Mama Foster posts her “update” on TexAgs. 

[Vertigo 20290]

On 8/25/2023 at 9:27 PM, BurntOrange&White said:

At least she got clout on TexAgs

[billfromlaketravis 11494]

What were Foster’s Olympics chances as a senior at Taylor? I agree with the posters above, UCLA and Oregon would have been much better than aggy if he wanted to be a T&F first athlete. His mother was never going to let him go to Texas. 

[UnhappilyMarried 816]

7 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

What were Foster’s Olympics chances as a senior at Taylor? I agree with the posters above, UCLA and Oregon would have been much better than aggy if he wanted to be a T&F first athlete. His mother was never going to let him go to Texas. 

Looks like he was just about as good as Crouser in HS. Difference is Crouser added 10ish ft in college and Foster hasn't even added 1 ft

[cafe society 2871]

1 hour ago, UnhappilyMarried said:

Looks like he was just about as good as Crouser in HS. Difference is Crouser added 10ish ft in college and Foster hasn't even added 1 ft

She chose poorly gif

[Longhornfrenzy 5721]

[Longhornfrenzy 5721]

[Rickylovesweed 14352]

On 8/27/2023 at 12:04 PM, billfromlaketravis said:

What were Foster’s Olympics chances as a senior at Taylor? I agree with the posters above, UCLA and Oregon would have been much better than aggy if he wanted to be a T&F first athlete. His mother was never going to let him go to Texas. 

Foster should have come to Texas if he wanted to focus on track and field. 

Zeb Sion is arguably the best throws coach in the country. Tripp Piperi won a few national titles at Texas in the shot put with Sion as his coach. He also coaches Valarie Allman who won a gold medal at the '20 Olympics. 

Allman is also a volunteer assistant in throws which is a big plus. Needless to say, Fosters mom is a moron for not picking Texas. 

Edited August 28, 2023 by Rickylovesweed

[closetojumping 62740]

20 minutes ago, Longhornfrenzy said:

ATM is getting desperate in a few spots. CB is one of them. They'll always try to go apeshit at DT, no matter how many they have. They're selling a really big year to guys and begging them to hold off on commitments and watch them take off this season. It's a gamble. They're willing to go above and beyond reasonable, but there is a deep amount of skepticism about them with recruits. They're no longer an "it" team, meaning, they're no longer one of ten schools playing the bag game and offering 3x market to get guys beyond the other baggers. 

The other thing they're doing is selling Sarkisian as a born failure who can't win 10 games. Going hard in on the "what happens when he starts going on benders? have you guys seen what happened at USC?" They have to, because that's the best they have. They're selling "Venables can't win, Kelly can't win the big one, and Saban will be retired in 2 years" positions as well. They have to, because they're under attack from all sides and they don't want to talk about 5-7. 

[RollingPresidential 633]

24 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

ATM is getting desperate in a few spots. CB is one of them. They'll always try to go apeshit at DT, no matter how many they have. They're selling a really big year to guys and begging them to hold off on commitments and watch them take off this season. It's a gamble. They're willing to go above and beyond reasonable, but there is a deep amount of skepticism about them with recruits. They're no longer an "it" team, meaning, they're no longer one of ten schools playing the bag game and offering 3x market to get guys beyond the other baggers. 

The other thing they're doing is selling Sarkisian as a born failure who can't win 10 games. Going hard in on the "what happens when he starts going on benders? have you guys seen what happened at USC?" They have to, because that's the best they have. They're selling "Venables can't win, Kelly can't win the big one, and Saban will be retired in 2 years" positions as well. They have to, because they're under attack from all sides and they don't want to talk about 5-7. 

Edited August 28, 2023 by RollingPresidential

[KeysPhoneWallet 807]

Perfect, now when I hear people on this board selling sark as a born loser that can’t win 10+ games I’ll know just how very aggy they are.

[NoName 16353]

21 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

The other thing they're doing is selling Sarkisian as a born failure who can't win 10 games. Going hard in on the "what happens when he starts going on benders? have you guys seen what happened at USC?" They have to, because that's the best they have. They're selling "Venables can't win, Kelly can't win the big one, and Saban will be retired in 2 years" positions as well. They have to, because they're under attack from all sides and they don't want to talk about 5-7. 

to be fair, i think we all agree that Venables isn't the guy, Kelly can't win the big one and Saban will be retired in 2 years.

their problem is that the negative recruiting is going to only get louder when Venables wins 10 with their soft ass schedule (which is going to make OU crow even louder), Kelly and LSU beat A&M, and Dallas Turner Ewers Weigman. Sark wins the B12, Ewers is a hesiman finalist, Texas is in the CFP while their collection of assholes (Durkin, Petrino, Addazio) self combusts in a comical way and Craig runs some dudes off and their WRs start negative recruiting their own program. hopefully at some point the THSCA starts asking why they are recruiting so many out of state players and the John King Effect© starts working against him.

and the absolute best part of it is that they can't afford to fire Jimbo, buy out the staff, buy out the new coach, pay the new coach, pay the new staff.

...then again maybe everything will break their way...Weigman plays every game and wins the Heisman while setting every Texas A&M record. Petrino gets along with anyone. Bryce Foster decides he only cares about football. the Black Unicorn becomes the best pass pro RB in football. Durkin doesn't kill another kid and they play the rare 8-0-3 defensive alignment and that works out perfectly. Saban gets struck by lightning and dies at midfield. Kirby Smart decides to join the Korn Ferry Tour to try and earn his PGA card. John King wins the lottery and moves to Tahiti in Week 4. Evan Stewart beefs up to spin down to TE and loves pass blocking. everyone negatively recruiting their program suddenly starts telling all the croots how good of a human John James Fisher Jr is. College Station somehow becomes cool. Elon Musk donates $100 billion to destroy all of the 1980s Moscow buildings and replace them with beautiful Art Deco historical buildings brought over piece by piece from around the world. Aggie Maroon is named the Pantone Color of the Year.

 

[Redneck Mutha 7986]

10 minutes ago, NoName said:

Elon Musk donates $100 billion to destroy all of the 1980s Moscow buildings and replace them with beautiful Art Deco historical buildings brought over piece by piece from around the world. 

Eh, I think Elon's tastes are more Kroger than Chrysler Building:

[Napoleon 8682]

2 hours ago, Redneck Mutha said:

Eh, I think Elon's tastes are more Kroger than Chrysler Building: