Aggy 2024: Still waiting on the Looch 44

[Burt Macklin 19,038]

4 hours 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. 

“We would’ve been 4-8 last year if Kelly knew how to win big games.” 
 

/Jimbo negative recruiting 

[texifornia 57,080]

[Boss Hogg 808]

20 hours ago, Longhornfrenzy said:

This is encouraging. They almost always lose recruitments that they go toe to toe for, or trade blows over. They’re setting up the moral victory. 
 

 

Edited August 29, 2023 by Boss Hogg

[BurntOrange&White 39,981]

Just now, Boss Hogg said:

This is encouraging. They almost always lose recruitments that go toe to toe for, or trade blows over. They’re setting up the moral victory. 
 

 

Key will be watching picks over the next few days.

[Tex Pete 20,443]

21 hours 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. 

This is Texas A&M in a nutshell. The most underachieving, repugnant, fucking weird fanbase and school in America, yet everyone else is a loser and crazy. Now shut up and take a sip of Kool-Aid.

"From the outisde looking in..." TURDITION!

[Elmer_Fudd 22,314]

Looking at the aggy 247 board, looks like Taurean York is starting at LB.

Edited August 31, 2023 by Elmer_Fudd

[texifornia 57,080]

4 minutes ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

Looking at the aggy 247 board, looks like Taurean York is starting at LB.

He might be inexperienced, but at least he's not very athletic. 

[Lou_Sassle 2,887]

4 minutes ago, texifornia said:

He might be inexperienced, but at least he's not very athletic. 

You say that, but if was 4 inches taller... and 20lbs heavier... and ran half a second faster 40, he would have been a 5*... stupid sip

[Chuckie Finster 22,727]

Looking at the aggy 247 board, looks like Taurean York is starting at LB.

Remember when we all found out that 3 star true freshman Jason Hall was going to start? “Oh shit! Our coaches must have found a diamond in the rough! This is incredible!”

And then we saw him play, and all realized what it meant that a 3 star true freshman was our best option.

Gonna be a fun season!

[bizzle 1,153]

On 8/22/2023 at 5:24 PM, tejas60 said:

wait, you were sober when you did the others?

absolutely not, and i don't intend to break my streak now.

caveat: i have never been more disconnected from collegiate football than i am currently, so things like my stellar predictions of last year may not be as accurate. 

those that remember, and quote me on it from time to time, might recall my trumpeting of steve addazio as the key to last year's team. well, in many ways i was correct as offensive line play was the canary in a coal mine that exploded inside denver harris' vape pen as he tokyo drifted through the wreckage that was the a&m 2022 season. spoiler: the ol will play a large role again, and i have no idea what the fuck to expect.

tldr: a lot of really talented football players plus jimbo fisher, steve addazio, bobby petrino and dj durkin. lol. lmao.

offense: it will be better, because it can't be worse, and bobby petrino is actually a really gifted playcaller. will jimbo let him take over? i actually think he might, and my hope is petrino's ego remains large enough that he 1. tells jimbo to shut the fuck up when he interferes, and 2. that he wants one last head coaching gig and is hell bent on proving he knows what he's doing. 

qb: weigman was a 5-star recruit with an average arm, great hs playmaking ability that was absolutely squashed by jimbo last year, and appeared decent in his few starts. will he be good enough to win a game or two on his own? feels a year away, but maybe. max johnson is as solid a backup as you can hope for in the transfer era, and marcel reed might actually have a little something.

rb: amari daniels is better than people give him credit for, but laveon moss and rueben owens are just at another level athletically. curious how much run david bailey gets as the guy has been productive at this level and bobby likes him some larger backs. this should be a solid B+ room.

te: sucks to lose green as he was primed for a really good year, but max wright will play some ceremonial snaps before giving way to jake johnson and a swede. if johnson stays healthy he has a chance to be good, swede might or might not be a real football player. jaden platt is going to be damn good at some point.

ol: the fulcrum built out of torn acls, various knee surgeries, duct tape and prayer, this will play the biggest role in the season. on the plus side: year 2 of this blocking scheme, supposedly trey zuhn is healthy and looked good during the fall, kam dewberry looked great during the fall, bryce foster can really move people and both layden robinson and ruben fatheree are potentially playing for nfl dollars after looking great in 2021. on the other hand, zuhn was awful last year, supposedly dewberry is dinged and in and out of the doghouse, bryce foster might not actually be on the roster, layden robinson played on one leg last year and ruben fatheree regressed more than any other player i've ever seen in my life. also steve's son louie seems to be the one coaching the line and handing out offers, probably not anything to be worried about. a couple of guards that are capable backups, supposedly bisontis is the real deal, also there are no other tackles.

wr: this should actually be a really productive room, even if it is coached by dameyune craig. evan stewart is a next level athlete and actually appears to have his head on straight, noah thomas is going to be a tough matchup across from him, moose muhammad is set to have a great year and even if he's overrated because he's stuck around so long, anias smith is a strong 4th wideout. supposedly the transfer jahdae walker has something, i'll believe it when i see it.

defense: can we stop the run? do we have enough corners? what if you devoted all of your nil to one position group, would that be bad?

de: should be some guys that can turn the corner for the first time in a while. most pass rushers take time to mature, and between malick sylla, enai white and fadil diggs there should be a weakside guy capable of getting home. if we play them. the other de is whatever 5 star you want between shemar turner, shemar stewart, lt overton or dj hicks. will be disappointing if this group doesn't take a massive step forward and main question is who gets the snaps and where.

dt: mckinley jackson is apparently healthy and playing for a 2nd day pick if he gets his shit together. walter nolan lost a shit-ton of weight (why?) but should still provide a great change of pace at 3-tech, sde. isaiah raikes and albert regis are both quietly more productive so far than the higher ranked guys and will both play a lot. like d-end, should be a huge step forward in production and if elijah robinson can't get this group rolling i don't know what the fuck we're doing. 

lb: edgerrin cooper is overrated, but solid. true freshman taurean york has apparently passed everyone else and will start next to him. (shoutout dave aranda evaluations). probably says something about both york and the rest of the room.  chris russell looks great and doesn't make plays, martrell harris is a year away and the rest are jags. really needed another transfer and can't get hurt here. 

cb: along with ol, probably the biggest delta in terms of potential outcomes - tyreek chappel is solid, but certainly not a shut down guy, and tony grimes, josh deberry and sam mccall are average at best right now. greatest hope for a pure cover guy is jayvon thomas, who may be forced into action early and needs to be good quick. schedule doens't appear to be a murderers row of qb's / scheme here so may get lucky. (take tennessee and the points)

s: should be really good, demani richardson doesn't need to be left deep but is great in the box, jardin gilbert looks set to have a great year, bryce anderson is going to be a stud and very quickly, jacoby matthews and jared kerr are quality depth and hopefully some stellar safety play helps the cbs. 

st: sure. 

don't ask me how, but i somehow think we end up 9-3 - there's enough high-end talent scattered throughout the roster that the floor should be higher, and the majority of the issues that plagued last year's roster (jimbo's playcalling, the amount of true freshmen playing, chris marshall's presence, etc.) have changed. i don't think we win less than 7 or more than 10, and i've literally never been wrong. let's fucking go.

 

 

 

[Napoleon 8,698]

1 hour ago, texifornia said:

[Taurean York] might be inexperienced, but at least he's not very athletic. 

[Scholz 11,956]

1 hour ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

Looking at the aggy 247 board, looks like Taurean York is starting at LB.

From Hill Street Blues?

[Butch Had Not 2,992]

25 minutes ago, Napoleon said:

Nyckoles Harbor starter pack obviously. 

[Sejjr 3,246]

On 8/28/2023 at 1:50 PM, NoName said:

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.

 

This is fantastic. But pure bullshit…Pantone could never afford the royalties for Aggie Maroon. 

[NoName 16,386]

11 hours ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

Looking at the aggy 247 board, looks like Taurean York is starting at LB.

simply incredible. remember how much they used this guy as an example of bad Texas would be in the SEC because he was undersized and slow

vs

to top it off he is calling their defense?!

https://www.si.com/college/tamu/football/texas-am-aggies-taurean-york-freshman-linebacker-jimbo-fisher-well-rounded

 

[HenryJames 66,164]

[Bill Lumbergh 7,180]

11 hours ago, bizzle said:

offensive line play was the canary in a coal mine that exploded inside denver harris' vape pen as he tokyo drifted through the wreckage that was the a&m 2022 season

[closetojumping 62,791]

12 hours ago, bizzle said:

absolutely not, and i don't intend to break my streak now.

caveat: i have never been more disconnected from collegiate football than i am currently, so things like my stellar predictions of last year may not be as accurate. 

those that remember, and quote me on it from time to time, might recall my trumpeting of steve addazio as the key to last year's team. well, in many ways i was correct as offensive line play was the canary in a coal mine that exploded inside denver harris' vape pen as he tokyo drifted through the wreckage that was the a&m 2022 season. spoiler: the ol will play a large role again, and i have no idea what the fuck to expect.

tldr: a lot of really talented football players plus jimbo fisher, steve addazio, bobby petrino and dj durkin. lol. lmao.

offense: it will be better, because it can't be worse, and bobby petrino is actually a really gifted playcaller. will jimbo let him take over? i actually think he might, and my hope is petrino's ego remains large enough that he 1. tells jimbo to shut the fuck up when he interferes, and 2. that he wants one last head coaching gig and is hell bent on proving he knows what he's doing. 

qb: weigman was a 5-star recruit with an average arm, great hs playmaking ability that was absolutely squashed by jimbo last year, and appeared decent in his few starts. will he be good enough to win a game or two on his own? feels a year away, but maybe. max johnson is as solid a backup as you can hope for in the transfer era, and marcel reed might actually have a little something.

rb: amari daniels is better than people give him credit for, but laveon moss and rueben owens are just at another level athletically. curious how much run david bailey gets as the guy has been productive at this level and bobby likes him some larger backs. this should be a solid B+ room.

te: sucks to lose green as he was primed for a really good year, but max wright will play some ceremonial snaps before giving way to jake johnson and a swede. if johnson stays healthy he has a chance to be good, swede might or might not be a real football player. jaden platt is going to be damn good at some point.

ol: the fulcrum built out of torn acls, various knee surgeries, duct tape and prayer, this will play the biggest role in the season. on the plus side: year 2 of this blocking scheme, supposedly trey zuhn is healthy and looked good during the fall, kam dewberry looked great during the fall, bryce foster can really move people and both layden robinson and ruben fatheree are potentially playing for nfl dollars after looking great in 2021. on the other hand, zuhn was awful last year, supposedly dewberry is dinged and in and out of the doghouse, bryce foster might not actually be on the roster, layden robinson played on one leg last year and ruben fatheree regressed more than any other player i've ever seen in my life. also steve's son louie seems to be the one coaching the line and handing out offers, probably not anything to be worried about. a couple of guards that are capable backups, supposedly bisontis is the real deal, also there are no other tackles.

wr: this should actually be a really productive room, even if it is coached by dameyune craig. evan stewart is a next level athlete and actually appears to have his head on straight, noah thomas is going to be a tough matchup across from him, moose muhammad is set to have a great year and even if he's overrated because he's stuck around so long, anias smith is a strong 4th wideout. supposedly the transfer jahdae walker has something, i'll believe it when i see it.

defense: can we stop the run? do we have enough corners? what if you devoted all of your nil to one position group, would that be bad?

de: should be some guys that can turn the corner for the first time in a while. most pass rushers take time to mature, and between malick sylla, enai white and fadil diggs there should be a weakside guy capable of getting home. if we play them. the other de is whatever 5 star you want between shemar turner, shemar stewart, lt overton or dj hicks. will be disappointing if this group doesn't take a massive step forward and main question is who gets the snaps and where.

dt: mckinley jackson is apparently healthy and playing for a 2nd day pick if he gets his shit together. walter nolan lost a shit-ton of weight (why?) but should still provide a great change of pace at 3-tech, sde. isaiah raikes and albert regis are both quietly more productive so far than the higher ranked guys and will both play a lot. like d-end, should be a huge step forward in production and if elijah robinson can't get this group rolling i don't know what the fuck we're doing. 

lb: edgerrin cooper is overrated, but solid. true freshman taurean york has apparently passed everyone else and will start next to him. (shoutout dave aranda evaluations). probably says something about both york and the rest of the room.  chris russell looks great and doesn't make plays, martrell harris is a year away and the rest are jags. really needed another transfer and can't get hurt here. 

cb: along with ol, probably the biggest delta in terms of potential outcomes - tyreek chappel is solid, but certainly not a shut down guy, and tony grimes, josh deberry and sam mccall are average at best right now. greatest hope for a pure cover guy is jayvon thomas, who may be forced into action early and needs to be good quick. schedule doens't appear to be a murderers row of qb's / scheme here so may get lucky. (take tennessee and the points)

s: should be really good, demani richardson doesn't need to be left deep but is great in the box, jardin gilbert looks set to have a great year, bryce anderson is going to be a stud and very quickly, jacoby matthews and jared kerr are quality depth and hopefully some stellar safety play helps the cbs. 

st: sure. 

don't ask me how, but i somehow think we end up 9-3 - there's enough high-end talent scattered throughout the roster that the floor should be higher, and the majority of the issues that plagued last year's roster (jimbo's playcalling, the amount of true freshmen playing, chris marshall's presence, etc.) have changed. i don't think we win less than 7 or more than 10, and i've literally never been wrong. let's fucking go.

 

 

 

We always enjoy your breakdowns of the oncoming season for the aggies. 

You never really go into the schedule as part of your analysis, but it varies so much from year to year that it plays a big role. The opener should be a cakewalk, but that was presumed about SHSU last season. I actually think it will be somewhat telling. If it's a blowout for 40+ points, the floor should be considered higher for the season. If it's another 30-0 kind of snoozer, that wouldn't make me feel good if I was a fan.

Then @ Miami, and who knows what happens with either team heading into that one? Down the line a stretch of Auburn (who Freeze is telling recruits is going to suck this season, so, yeah), neutral Arkansas, Bama, @Tennessee over a 4 week stretch seems tough. It is that string of games which should test ATM's depth. If they navigate it without a slew of injuries and go 2-2 or better record during those games, ATM will probably have a good season.

Depth seems like it is easily the biggest risk on the season. Stay healthy and good things happen. Get hurt at WR, OL, LB, or CB and you're in trouble. Then there's the whole team culture and staff culture thing, which could be a problem.

[Tex Pete 20,443]

6 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

Depth seems like it is easily the biggest risk on the season. Stay healthy and good things happen. Get hurt at WR, OL, LB, or CB and you're in trouble. Then there's the whole team culture and staff culture thing, which could be a problem.

Thankfully for them, their QB has such a hard head with no history of concussion issues.

[nnm 36,591]

24 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

Then there's the whole team culture and staff culture thing, which could be a problem.

We’ve been assured by the corch in Boulder that team culture doesn’t matter. 

17 minutes ago, Tex Pete said:

Thankfully for them, their QB has such a hard head with no history of concussion issues.

And an OL that has proven to keep the QB upright. With a Swede as TE and a true frosh 5* RB that has never blocked anyone for extra protection.

[texifornia 57,080]

[SydneyCarton 48,155]

12 minutes ago, texifornia said:

"Reasons being sited." Jesus fucking christ, my eyes. 

[bizzle 1,153]

3 hours ago, closetojumping said:

We always enjoy your breakdowns of the oncoming season for the aggies. 

You never really go into the schedule as part of your analysis, but it varies so much from year to year that it plays a big role. The opener should be a cakewalk, but that was presumed about SHSU last season. I actually think it will be somewhat telling. If it's a blowout for 40+ points, the floor should be considered higher for the season. If it's another 30-0 kind of snoozer, that wouldn't make me feel good if I was a fan.

Then @ Miami, and who knows what happens with either team heading into that one? Down the line a stretch of Auburn (who Freeze is telling recruits is going to suck this season, so, yeah), neutral Arkansas, Bama, @Tennessee over a 4 week stretch seems tough. It is that string of games which should test ATM's depth. If they navigate it without a slew of injuries and go 2-2 or better record during those games, ATM will probably have a good season.

Depth seems like it is easily the biggest risk on the season. Stay healthy and good things happen. Get hurt at WR, OL, LB, or CB and you're in trouble. Then there's the whole team culture and staff culture thing, which could be a problem.

honestly, i can barely keep up with our roster in the transfer era, much less what others are doing. agreed that the opener will be interesting, especially as new mexico will throw a ton of shit at a relatively questionable oline. auburn will be interesting but if we can't beat hugh freeze in year one . . . well, there are bigger issues at play. 

don't see any possible issues with culture, should be great there.

[TexMexBuddha 988]

"Reasons being sited." Jesus fucking christ, my eyes. 

Just shoot your eyes out so you won't be cited.

[Vertigo 20,324]

16 hours ago, bizzle said:

absolutely not, and i don't intend to break my streak now.

caveat: i have never been more disconnected from collegiate football than i am currently, so things like my stellar predictions of last year may not be as accurate. 

those that remember, and quote me on it from time to time, might recall my trumpeting of steve addazio as the key to last year's team. well, in many ways i was correct as offensive line play was the canary in a coal mine that exploded inside denver harris' vape pen as he tokyo drifted through the wreckage that was the a&m 2022 season. spoiler: the ol will play a large role again, and i have no idea what the fuck to expect.

tldr: a lot of really talented football players plus jimbo fisher, steve addazio, bobby petrino and dj durkin. lol. lmao.

offense: it will be better, because it can't be worse, and bobby petrino is actually a really gifted playcaller. will jimbo let him take over? i actually think he might, and my hope is petrino's ego remains large enough that he 1. tells jimbo to shut the fuck up when he interferes, and 2. that he wants one last head coaching gig and is hell bent on proving he knows what he's doing. 

qb: weigman was a 5-star recruit with an average arm, great hs playmaking ability that was absolutely squashed by jimbo last year, and appeared decent in his few starts. will he be good enough to win a game or two on his own? feels a year away, but maybe. max johnson is as solid a backup as you can hope for in the transfer era, and marcel reed might actually have a little something.

rb: amari daniels is better than people give him credit for, but laveon moss and rueben owens are just at another level athletically. curious how much run david bailey gets as the guy has been productive at this level and bobby likes him some larger backs. this should be a solid B+ room.

te: sucks to lose green as he was primed for a really good year, but max wright will play some ceremonial snaps before giving way to jake johnson and a swede. if johnson stays healthy he has a chance to be good, swede might or might not be a real football player. jaden platt is going to be damn good at some point.

ol: the fulcrum built out of torn acls, various knee surgeries, duct tape and prayer, this will play the biggest role in the season. on the plus side: year 2 of this blocking scheme, supposedly trey zuhn is healthy and looked good during the fall, kam dewberry looked great during the fall, bryce foster can really move people and both layden robinson and ruben fatheree are potentially playing for nfl dollars after looking great in 2021. on the other hand, zuhn was awful last year, supposedly dewberry is dinged and in and out of the doghouse, bryce foster might not actually be on the roster, layden robinson played on one leg last year and ruben fatheree regressed more than any other player i've ever seen in my life. also steve's son louie seems to be the one coaching the line and handing out offers, probably not anything to be worried about. a couple of guards that are capable backups, supposedly bisontis is the real deal, also there are no other tackles.

wr: this should actually be a really productive room, even if it is coached by dameyune craig. evan stewart is a next level athlete and actually appears to have his head on straight, noah thomas is going to be a tough matchup across from him, moose muhammad is set to have a great year and even if he's overrated because he's stuck around so long, anias smith is a strong 4th wideout. supposedly the transfer jahdae walker has something, i'll believe it when i see it.

defense: can we stop the run? do we have enough corners? what if you devoted all of your nil to one position group, would that be bad?

de: should be some guys that can turn the corner for the first time in a while. most pass rushers take time to mature, and between malick sylla, enai white and fadil diggs there should be a weakside guy capable of getting home. if we play them. the other de is whatever 5 star you want between shemar turner, shemar stewart, lt overton or dj hicks. will be disappointing if this group doesn't take a massive step forward and main question is who gets the snaps and where.

dt: mckinley jackson is apparently healthy and playing for a 2nd day pick if he gets his shit together. walter nolan lost a shit-ton of weight (why?) but should still provide a great change of pace at 3-tech, sde. isaiah raikes and albert regis are both quietly more productive so far than the higher ranked guys and will both play a lot. like d-end, should be a huge step forward in production and if elijah robinson can't get this group rolling i don't know what the fuck we're doing. 

lb: edgerrin cooper is overrated, but solid. true freshman taurean york has apparently passed everyone else and will start next to him. (shoutout dave aranda evaluations). probably says something about both york and the rest of the room.  chris russell looks great and doesn't make plays, martrell harris is a year away and the rest are jags. really needed another transfer and can't get hurt here. 

cb: along with ol, probably the biggest delta in terms of potential outcomes - tyreek chappel is solid, but certainly not a shut down guy, and tony grimes, josh deberry and sam mccall are average at best right now. greatest hope for a pure cover guy is jayvon thomas, who may be forced into action early and needs to be good quick. schedule doens't appear to be a murderers row of qb's / scheme here so may get lucky. (take tennessee and the points)

s: should be really good, demani richardson doesn't need to be left deep but is great in the box, jardin gilbert looks set to have a great year, bryce anderson is going to be a stud and very quickly, jacoby matthews and jared kerr are quality depth and hopefully some stellar safety play helps the cbs. 

st: sure. 

don't ask me how, but i somehow think we end up 9-3 - there's enough high-end talent scattered throughout the roster that the floor should be higher, and the majority of the issues that plagued last year's roster (jimbo's playcalling, the amount of true freshmen playing, chris marshall's presence, etc.) have changed. i don't think we win less than 7 or more than 10, and i've literally never been wrong. let's fucking go.

 

 

 

I have come to love Bizzle's pre season predictions. What is funny is that, as a disconnected casual fan, his takes are better than the 9.95ers and yet still hilariously wrong in places. 

[FWD 297]

Aggy has starting units full of elite players and Petrino's play-calling should help as well. I see them getting off to a hot start, including beating Miami, before run-of-the-mill injuries combined with a complete lack of depth, lockerroom culture issues, and infighting among the coaching staff cause the season to completely collapse until all that is left of the team is a pile of smoldering ashes. 6-6 followed by a lopsided loss to Kansas in the Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl. All the top recruits decommit and the AD has no choice but to express his continued support for Jimbo as the head coach for at least another year.

[Mitch Cumsteen 18,561]

16 hours ago, bizzle said:

ol: the fulcrum built out of torn acls, various knee surgeries, duct tape and prayer, this will play the biggest role in the season. on the plus side: year 2 of this blocking scheme, supposedly trey zuhn is healthy and looked good during the fall, kam dewberry looked great during the fall, bryce foster can really move people and both layden robinson and ruben fatheree are potentially playing for nfl dollars after looking great in 2021. on the other hand, zuhn was awful last year, supposedly dewberry is dinged and in and out of the doghouse, bryce foster might not actually be on the roster, layden robinson played on one leg last year and ruben fatheree regressed more than any other player i've ever seen in my life. also steve's son louie seems to be the one coaching the line and handing out offers, probably not anything to be worried about. a couple of guards that are capable backups, supposedly bisontis is the real deal, also there are no other tackles.

Offensive line is going to be fine. Jimbo says they have four really good guys at tackle right now. Nothing to worry about, at all:

https://www.si.com/college/tamu/football/tamu-aggies-offensive-line-chase-bisontis-trey-zuhn-jimbo-fisher-conner-weigman

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One key position to monitor heading into game week is offensive tackle. With both Trey Zuhn and Reuben "Deuce" Fatheree missing time throughout spring and fall camp, the door opened for true freshman Chase Bisontis to see reps with the first-team offense. 

Fisher said Monday that as of this time, Zuhn and Bisontis are currently holding down the tackle slots. Zuhn saw action in 11 games last fall at left tackle, meaning Bisontis likely would replace Fatheree against the Lobos on the right side of the line. 

When asked about Fatheree's status, Fisher said he would "be in the mix" as he continues to recover from a lower-body injury suffered this spring. 

“He’s getting himself back into shape from the injury and practicing and getting back to where he can go,” Fisher said. “We have four really good guys right there right now.” 

Fatheree, the second-most experienced offensive lineman behind All-SEC guard Layden Robinson, started 12 games last season at right tackle. In 2022, he started nine games in 2021, mixing in across the offensive line with Kenyon Green and Jahmir Johnson.

 

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5 minutes ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:

Fatheree, the second-most experienced offensive lineman behind All-SEC guard Layden Robinson, started 12 games last season at right tackle. In 2022, he started nine games in 2021, mixing in across the offensive line with Kenyon Green and Jahmir Johnson.

Does this person know what year it is?

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So Fatheree is not even going to start because of a slow injury recovery? I mean, he was really bad at times last year, but he at least has some experience. Bisontis is a TF and in no fucking universe is he on par with the likes of Kelvin Banks at this stage. If Foster isn't out there crushing New Mexico DL as well, my head might explode from laughter. How can they be having OL problems already?

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[NoName 16,386]

6 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

How can they be having OL problems already?

and

 

 

Edited August 31, 2023 by NoName

[Enchubben 5,510]

I always question the idea that somehow adding the motorcycle bandit to the offensive staff would fix their offense. Sure, Jimbo’s conservative and unoriginal play-calling was a problem. But it was not the only problem.  
 

It doesn’t matter who selects and calls the play from Jimbo’s 50 lb Lisa Frank binder, it’s still coming from the same shitty offense. And I’m still not convinced Petrino is ultimately calling the plays anyhow.
 

[DanTheHorn 4,961]

2 hours ago, FWD said:

Aggy has starting units full of elite players and Petrino's play-calling should help as well. I see them getting off to a hot start, including beating Miami, before run-of-the-mill injuries combined with a complete lack of depth, lockerroom culture issues, and infighting among the coaching staff cause the season to completely collapse until all that is left of the team is a pile of smoldering ashes. 6-6 followed by a lopsided loss to Kansas in the Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl. All the top recruits decommit and the AD has no choice but to express his continued support for Jimbo as the head coach for at least another year.

I read this and it looks like a certain pattern is expected.

[Rickylovesweed 14,539]

Fisher's comments scream "We know Fatheree sucks so we're just trying other options at tackle." 

[Butch Had Not 2,992]

What channel is this game on? SEC3+?

[msucolt45 4,067]

Y’all better MFG “buckle up” as aggy can’t stand us being superior to them in year one of the SEC!

Hook’em!!!

[Deej 76,902]

2 hours ago, Enchubben said:

I always question the idea that somehow adding the motorcycle bandit to the offensive staff would fix their offense. Sure, Jimbo’s conservative and unoriginal play-calling was a problem. But it was not the only problem.  
 

It doesn’t matter who selects and calls the play from Jimbo’s 50 lb Lisa Frank binder, it’s still coming from the same shitty offense. And I’m still not convinced Petrino is ultimately calling the plays anyhow.
 

Petrino is like most of their players...just there to collect a check. 

Edited August 31, 2023 by Deej

[TotallyLegit 3,053]

2 hours ago, NoName said:

and

 

 

is photo B wearing photo A's suit?

[Cairn Horn88 8,283]

2 hours ago, Enchubben said:

It doesn’t matter who selects and calls the play from Jimbo’s 50 lb Lisa Frank binder, it’s still coming from the same shitty offense. And I’m still not convinced Petrino is ultimately calling the plays anyhow.

This….but….as soon as it gets late in a close game, we will find out who is calling the plays…

[Mr. Mojo Risin' 2,205]

1 hour ago, Butch Had Not said:

What channel is this game on? SEC3+?

The aggy game? It's on the mothership

[RomaVicta 29,999]

47 minutes ago, Mr. Mojo Risin' said:

The aggy game? It's on the mothership

That's fascinating to me. Does this mean they expect a good game and want to continue the story of A&M's collapse should they lose?

Does it reflect the national interest in the shit fire at A&M?

Could it be a resurrection story with Bobby coming down from the clouds to lift Jimbo from the sulphur and brimstone? A&M is back, baby! Look for 8 of 9 wins and 4 losses!

I guess it could be a big story if A&M loses or wins big. If A&M wins in lackluster fashion, then you have a boring game and a reminder why nobody outside of the cult should ever expect anything from these losers.

I'll be watching!

[TheAuditor 1,040]

Disney needs big SEC win after FLA gets boat raced in SLC

[956 Worldwide 34,748]

Bizzle may have the brand recognition but I’ll throw my hat in the ring for this year’s exclusive Aggie season preview. Unit by unit: 

 

QB: Weigman starts his second year with heavy expectations on his 5* shoulders. We saw him make plays in big games last year, but does he beat the sophomore slump and stay healthy? Max Johnson is as proven a backup as you’ll find in FBS, but has his known health issues and simply isn’t a difference maker. Marcel Reed is just a practice rumor. So the only fair prediction here is some cautious optimism around Connor staying healthy. 

 

RB: How do you replace a Devon Achane and his production. We will turn to RB by committee. The biggest question here is whether 5* talent Owens can learn to pass block and be able to get on the field in any scenario. Around Moss and Daniels, it’s time to prove the camp talk on game day. The words of the day here? We will say optimistic caution. 

 

WR: No doing that a WR room with Stewart, Thomas, Muhammad, and Ainas Smith would be welcome on any campus. The question is if Petrino can get past the dual threat of Fisher’s desire to playcall and Weigman’s health to get the ball. What’s the forecast: Warily hopeful.

 

TE: Green was a big loss so we are staking all hopes on a Swede with crazy measurables, Johnson’s unproven talent, and Max to get the ball rolling in the early season. Here I can’t be more than hopefully wary. 

 

OL: The unit every fan is watching. Kam Dewberry is really the only non-question. Other than that we stake hopes on Fatheree’s cartilage, Zuhn’s alleged mean streak, Foster’s general head space a converted TE passing the eyeball test, and a bunch of guys we never saw including a true freshmen. This unit can’t get a higher assessment than bullishly heedful. 

 

DL: Pick your five star big bodies and the interior should be fine with McKinley Jackson an all-conference type player. The two Shemars manning the strong side. We’ve had weak pass rush and it’s concerning that no one can pass up Fadil Diggs.  Honestly the biggest obstacle here is Durkin and his obsession with playing three down when this is the deepest group. As a result I am heedfully bullish on this group. 

 

LB: Cooper is only seen a star because the rest of the unit is so week. What’s the story on York? Could be a good sign that he was woefully underrated or it could be a bad sign that he won the job in the middle. Here let’s give the outlook circumspect but positive. 

 

CB: Chappell is fine but then there’s a lot unproven. However, that unproven material could turn out to be good. Thomas has a lot of promise as a true freshmen but we need some of the transfers to be more than just guys in the early going.  My take: I’ll be positive while circumspect about this unit. 

 

S: Richardson brings experience and run support, and Bryce Anderson, Jardin Gilbert, and Kerr make this a quietly deep group. But do they help the CBs or does CB concern leave them playing catch-up. That’s the big question so let’s be sanguinely guarded here. 

 

PK: Will be either better or worse or the same. So I am guardedly sanguine.

 

P: Will be fine, we are Punter U.

 

Outlook: I’ll be straight and not try to sunshine pump or potbang. If some key players stay healthy and the coaches work out an understanding and a few guys step up- this team could win a lot more ball games than they lose and be in the thick of things in the conference. At the same time, if the injury bug bites and folks start casting blame and we catch some bad breaks, we could lose more than we win and finish as just another afterthought in the league. Or we could also win and lose the same number of games, we have to acknowledge that as a possibility. 

 

Thanks for reading, ordinarily I’d want $9.95 for this kind of deep fearles insight but I’ll take tree-fiddy.

[RomaVicta 29,999]

Your review has a Texas in the mid-teens feel. Also Texas in the latter part of the 80s. I've been there thinking that if everything goes right and the reports from summer camp are accurate, we may just have a pretty damn good team.

Poor to awful O-lines were a constant in those years. We'd play like the best case scenario team for a bit and get down inside the ten. Then a false start. Then a touchdown called because of holding. Then a sack as an all out rush on a passing down cannot be stopped. Sets up a long field goal.

The other version is that the headcoach decides to play real football and just charge the middle three times in a row when close to the goal line. You either get a short field goal attempt, or you turn the ball over on downs because the coach just can't believe we'll be stopped four times in a row.

Maybe you can convert a couple of the 5-star d-linemen to guards and tackles on O. Otherwise, you've got a nightmare situation because O-lines arent usually solved in a single season. 

I'll feel bad for people like you and Bizzle and friends who are 2%ers thus normal. But that won't outweigh my delight at seeing chaos reign over the anti-UT jihadists.

Thanks for the write up!

Edited September 1, 2023 by RomaVicta

[NoName 16,386]

12 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

OL: The unit every fan is watching. Kam Dewberry is really the only non-question. Other than that we stake hopes on Fatheree’s cartilage, Zuhn’s alleged mean streak, Foster’s general head space a converted TE passing the eyeball test, and a bunch of guys we never saw including a true freshmen. This unit can’t get a higher assessment than bullishly heedful. 

LB: Cooper is only seen a star because the rest of the unit is so week. What’s the story on York? Could be a good sign that he was woefully underrated or it could be a bad sign that he won the job in the middle. Here let’s give the outlook circumspect but positive. 

CB: Chappell is fine but then there’s a lot unproven. However, that unproven material could turn out to be good. Thomas has a lot of promise as a true freshmen but we need some of the transfers to be more than just guys in the early going.  My take: I’ll be positive while circumspect about this unit.

we know this from experience but when you have a bunch of questions at OL, are starting true freshmen who are undersized and slow at LB and requiring true freshman CB steps...you are potentially in for a long season with injuries to any 1 of those key dudes.

i actually think an exact version of this exists for the 2015 Texas team somewhere on the internet

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OL: The unit every fan is watching. Kent Perkins is really the only non-question. Other than that we stake hopes on Taylor Doyle's cartilage, Elijah Rodriguez alleged mean streak, Patrick Vahe’s general head space, and a bunch of guys we never saw including a true freshmen. This unit can’t get a higher assessment than bullishly heedful.

LB: Peter Jinkens is only seen a star because the rest of the unit is so week. What’s the story on Edwin Freeman? Could be a good sign that he was woefully underrated or it could be a bad sign that he won the job in the middle. Here let’s give the outlook circumspect but positive.

CB: Sheroid Evans is fine but then there’s a lot unproven. However, that unproven material could turn out to be good. Kris Boyd has a lot of promise as a true freshmen but we need some of the true freshmen to be more than just guys in the early going.  My take: I’ll be positive while circumspect about this unit.

 

[Teamdirtyleg 1,060]

11 minutes ago, NoName said:

OL: The unit every fan is watching. Kent Perkins is really the only non-question. Other than that we stake hopes on Taylor Doyle's cartilage, Elijah Rodriguez alleged mean streak, Patrick Vahe’s general head space, and a bunch of guys we never saw including a true freshmen. This unit can’t get a higher assessment than bullishly heedful.

LB: Peter Jinkens is only seen a star because the rest of the unit is so week. What’s the story on Edwin Freeman? Could be a good sign that he was woefully underrated or it could be a bad sign that he won the job in the middle. Here let’s give the outlook circumspect but positive.

CB: Sheroid Evans is fine but then there’s a lot unproven. However, that unproven material could turn out to be good. Kris Boyd has a lot of promise as a true freshmen but we need some of the true freshmen to be more than just guys in the early going.  My take: I’ll be positive while circumspect about this unit.

 

[Getafix 28,789]

 

Some callouts from the Aggie depth chart for the first game.

 

Falling down is never good for a CB.

 

 

O Fatheree, Where Art Thou?

 

 

aaand ... 

 

 

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3 hours ago, NoName said:

we know this from experience but when you have a bunch of questions at OL, are starting true freshmen who are undersized and slow at LB and requiring true freshman CB steps...you are potentially in for a long season with injuries to any 1 of those key dudes.

i actually think an exact version of this exists for the 2015 Texas team somewhere on the internet

 

I hope it’s clear that I don’t know anything except the names of some guys on the team and synonyms for “cautiously optimistic” and this was just an exercise to see if that’s enough to produce content that may be 9.95 worthy. It may actually be worth more than typical 9.95, I used google thesaurus. 

[NoName 16,386]

27 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

I hope it’s clear that I don’t know anything except the names of some guys on the team and synonyms for “cautiously optimistic” and this was just an exercise to see if that’s enough to produce content that may be 9.95 worthy. It may actually be worth more than typical 9.95, I used google thesaurus. 

sorry if it came across like i was shitting on you, i wasn't. just was thinking about a bunch of prior Texas teams and things like that written about them

[Armybrat 40,887]

On 8/31/2023 at 7:53 AM, HenryJames said:

I had a pretty good movement this morning without applying any science to achieve it.

Edited September 1, 2023 by Armybrat

[texifornia 57,080]

The 8-0-2 lives!