Tell Me About Texas a&m

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5 hours ago, TreatyOak said:

I asked Ai to create a statue dedicated to an Aggie male cheerleader in College Station. I think it did a pretty great job, especially with the beautiful scenery. And yes I added the Gig 'em logo. 

ai sez aggy male cheer are eunuchs that wear tubetops

 

yeah, okay, that actually does make sense

 

the upturned tra-la-la ballcap is a nice accent

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33 minutes ago, Leanderman said:

Has AT and T been hiring gomers recently? Asking for a friend

Did anyone die?

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Just 12.

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I have no idea what my Twitter password is, so I'm going to have to type some of the best.  Essentially, he's asked folks to name a random school.  He then makes some sort of comparison to aggy.  Here are a few.

Texas A&M has more yell leaders than MNCs, Big 12 Championships, and SEC Championships combined.  They have 5 yell leaders.

Abilene Christian has 3 times the number of NCAA championships as aggy.

Since 2000, Notre Dame has played in more conference championship games than aggy AND Notre Dame isn't even in a conference.

Hawaii hasn't been to the CWS Semis in over 40 years, but still has the same amount, all-time, as aggy.

Coastal Carolina has only been to one CWS in school history, but has more CWS wins (6) than aggy (4).

There are a bunch more.  Props to Kyle.

 

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Best one.  Some ag posted the following reply:

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Give Kyle any random fact and he'll find a way to work it into his obsession with Texas A&M.  It's remarkable.

Kyle responded.

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There are more letters in the word "obsession" than there are conference wins in Texas A&M's last two seasons of football.

 

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Fail -- no SEC logo

Sips are in, SEC is now dead to aggy.

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Once upon a time, an aggy found out he had a penis.  Then he noticed a Longhorn had one, too, so aggy cut his dick off to spite the Longhorn.

 

And that, ladies and gents, is how the aggy yell leaders came about.

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17 hours ago, Knoxtnhorn said:

Kyle Umlang is on Twitter fire today.  Lol.

He really was!  Not going to embed all the tweets, but he asked for people to name any random school and he would create an aggy fact for it.  Here are his results:

In the last 25 years, Troy has beaten LSU in Death Valley more times than Texas A&M has

The last time Texas A&M won a conference championship, Louisiana Lafayette was still called University of Southwest Louisiana

Air Force has become bowl eligible before Texas A&M the last 3 seasons. 

Top 4 Finishes | 3 Major Men's Sports (Football, Basketball, Baseball)
21 Florida
3 Texas A&M 

Regular Season Championships 
122 Texas A&M
216 Saint Scholastica

Arkansas State has only beaten five Power 5 teams ever in school history.…one of those five is Texas A&M. (2 of those schools just became P5 in 2023)

Louisiana Lafayette is 1-71 against teams currently in the SEC. That’s a 1.4% win pct. Guess who that one win was against??
Texas A&M!!

Texas A&M followed the best recruiting class in the history of college football (2022) with a losing record and tied for last place in the SEC with Vanderbilt who finished with the 32nd ranked class 

South Carolina men's basketball and baseball have achieved more since 2010 than Texas A&M has in their entire collegiate existence.

Either Arkansas or Texas A&M have finished last in their division the last 6 of the last 7 seasons, so there’s no wonder why they are the only SEC schools in the SEC West without a football Conference Championship.  

Kentucky had more wins on the road against ranked opponents in 2023 than Texas A&M has had since 2015

Since James Madison joined the FBS, they have been ranked in the AP Poll more weeks than Texas A&M

UTEP has more NCAA National Championships than Texas A&M

No team in the history of the AP Poll (1936-present) has ever fallen more spots in one week while staying inside the poll than Texas A&M did in 2022. The Aggies fell 18 spots from #6 to #24 with their loss to Appalachian St.

Ball State won a conference championship and a bowl game in 2020 a feat last accomplished by Texas A&M in 1987.

Texas St. (previously Southwest Texas State Normal School) has 0 Heisman winners, 0 Division 1 CFB natties and 0 consensus All-Americans, but they still have the same amount of weeks ranked #1 in the last 60 years as Texas A&M.

In 2006, Texas A&M claimed their spring game as a win. 

Texas A&M is 3 times closer to Southern Miss in All Time Win % than they are to Texas   

Southwestern reinstated football in 2013 after a 62-year hiatus. It only took 4 seasons for the Southwestern University Pirates to go undefeated in conference play...a feat Texas A&M hasn't accomplished in over 30 years.

Texas Lutheran University has a more recent baseball, football and men's basketball conference championship than Texas A&M.

Ohio State has more 10-win seasons since 2009 than Texas A&M has in school history.

Since 2000, Mike Leach has more wins over Texas A&M than the Aggies have over Alabama, Georgia, LSU and Texas combined.  

Ole Miss has more all-time vacated wins than Texas A&M has all-time wins over SEC East schools

It took UTSA's football program 12 seasons to win back-to-back conference championships.

It took Texas A&M's football program 47 seasons to win back-to-back conference championships.

Texas A&M is closer in All-Time wins to the "real TU" (Tulsa) than they are to the school they call "tu" 

Texas A&M Football has 37 wins against the Longhorns. Texas Football got their 37th win against the Aggies in 1950.

Since 2008, Auburn, Bama, Georgia, Florida, LSU and Texas A&M are the only SEC Football teams to have multiple Top 5 classes in the SEC. 

All have won National Championships except Texas A&M, who hasn't even won their division.

When Baylor made the Final Four in 2021, it had been 71 years since their last appearance. 
That’s a really long time, yes, but it’s only 84.5% of Texas A&M Football’s current National Championship drought.

Texas A&M’s “Gig Em” phrase was popularized at a yell practice before the 1930 TCU football game.

The Aggies got shut out by TCU that game and watched the Horned Frogs win more National Championships in the next 8 years than Texas A&M would win in the next 90.…

Points scored against 1-11 UMass in 2022 | FBS Schools
27 UConn 
20 Texas A&M

Coastal Carolina baseball has only been to one CWS in school history, but they still have more CWS wins (6) than Texas A&M (4)

Since Donald Trump was elected president, he has been impeached more times than Texas A&M has beaten Alabama.

Texas A&M has been in the SEC 12 seasons and they still have not won a division title or made the SEC title game.

Missouri did it in back-to-back seasons...their 2nd and 3rd seasons in the SEC

It's been 25 years since Tennessee's last National Championship.
It's been 25 years since Texas A&M's last Conference Championship.

Slipper Rock football has scored 285% more points at "The Big House" than Texas A&M has.

Boise State football has more Top-10 finishes since 2009 than Texas A&M has since 1995

Lamar has played in a CFB Playoff. Texas A&M hasn't.

Hawaii hasn't been to the CWS Semi-Finals in over 40 years but they still have the same amount all-time as Texas A&M

Since 2000, Notre Dame has played in more Conference Championship games than Texas A& and they aren't even in a conference.

Abilene Christian has more than 3 times the NCAA Championships that Texas A&M has

In the last 70 years, Maryland has been ranked #1 twice as many weeks as Texas A&M

Texas A&M Football has more Yell Leaders than National Championships, Big 12 Championships and SEC Championships combined. 
They have 5 Yell Leaders

Oklahoma A&M changed its name to Oklahoma State in 1957. 
To this day, it's still the most successful Agricultural and Mechanical College in NCAA history by earning 23 NCAA Division 1 Championships before their name change. 
Texas A&M has 17. 
Florida A&M has 1.…

Texas A&M argues that the reason they don't have any recent football National Championships is because they used to be a military school. 
Army has 3 National Championships since Texas A&M's most recent one.

 

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On 2/22/2024 at 10:55 AM, TreatyOak said:

The mystery of what it decides to offer up is always surprising and a little strange. 

You talking AI or aggy?

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1 hour ago, Mittens said:

He really was!  Not going to embed all the tweets, but he asked for people to name any random school and he would create an aggy fact for it.  Here are his results:

In the last 25 years, Troy has beaten LSU in Death Valley more times than Texas A&M has

The last time Texas A&M won a conference championship, Louisiana Lafayette was still called University of Southwest Louisiana

Air Force has become bowl eligible before Texas A&M the last 3 seasons. 

Top 4 Finishes | 3 Major Men's Sports (Football, Basketball, Baseball)
21 Florida
3 Texas A&M 

Regular Season Championships 
122 Texas A&M
216 Saint Scholastica

Arkansas State has only beaten five Power 5 teams ever in school history.…one of those five is Texas A&M. (2 of those schools just became P5 in 2023)

Louisiana Lafayette is 1-71 against teams currently in the SEC. That’s a 1.4% win pct. Guess who that one win was against??
Texas A&M!!

Texas A&M followed the best recruiting class in the history of college football (2022) with a losing record and tied for last place in the SEC with Vanderbilt who finished with the 32nd ranked class 

South Carolina men's basketball and baseball have achieved more since 2010 than Texas A&M has in their entire collegiate existence.

Either Arkansas or Texas A&M have finished last in their division the last 6 of the last 7 seasons, so there’s no wonder why they are the only SEC schools in the SEC West without a football Conference Championship.  

Kentucky had more wins on the road against ranked opponents in 2023 than Texas A&M has had since 2015

Since James Madison joined the FBS, they have been ranked in the AP Poll more weeks than Texas A&M

UTEP has more NCAA National Championships than Texas A&M

No team in the history of the AP Poll (1936-present) has ever fallen more spots in one week while staying inside the poll than Texas A&M did in 2022. The Aggies fell 18 spots from #6 to #24 with their loss to Appalachian St.

Ball State won a conference championship and a bowl game in 2020 a feat last accomplished by Texas A&M in 1987.

Texas St. (previously Southwest Texas State Normal School) has 0 Heisman winners, 0 Division 1 CFB natties and 0 consensus All-Americans, but they still have the same amount of weeks ranked #1 in the last 60 years as Texas A&M.

In 2006, Texas A&M claimed their spring game as a win. 

Texas A&M is 3 times closer to Southern Miss in All Time Win % than they are to Texas   

Southwestern reinstated football in 2013 after a 62-year hiatus. It only took 4 seasons for the Southwestern University Pirates to go undefeated in conference play...a feat Texas A&M hasn't accomplished in over 30 years.

Texas Lutheran University has a more recent baseball, football and men's basketball conference championship than Texas A&M.

Ohio State has more 10-win seasons since 2009 than Texas A&M has in school history.

Since 2000, Mike Leach has more wins over Texas A&M than the Aggies have over Alabama, Georgia, LSU and Texas combined.  

Ole Miss has more all-time vacated wins than Texas A&M has all-time wins over SEC East schools

It took UTSA's football program 12 seasons to win back-to-back conference championships.

It took Texas A&M's football program 47 seasons to win back-to-back conference championships.

Texas A&M is closer in All-Time wins to the "real TU" (Tulsa) than they are to the school they call "tu" 

Texas A&M Football has 37 wins against the Longhorns. Texas Football got their 37th win against the Aggies in 1950.

Since 2008, Auburn, Bama, Georgia, Florida, LSU and Texas A&M are the only SEC Football teams to have multiple Top 5 classes in the SEC. 

All have won National Championships except Texas A&M, who hasn't even won their division.

When Baylor made the Final Four in 2021, it had been 71 years since their last appearance. 
That’s a really long time, yes, but it’s only 84.5% of Texas A&M Football’s current National Championship drought.

Texas A&M’s “Gig Em” phrase was popularized at a yell practice before the 1930 TCU football game.

The Aggies got shut out by TCU that game and watched the Horned Frogs win more National Championships in the next 8 years than Texas A&M would win in the next 90.…

Points scored against 1-11 UMass in 2022 | FBS Schools
27 UConn 
20 Texas A&M

Coastal Carolina baseball has only been to one CWS in school history, but they still have more CWS wins (6) than Texas A&M (4)

Since Donald Trump was elected president, he has been impeached more times than Texas A&M has beaten Alabama.

Texas A&M has been in the SEC 12 seasons and they still have not won a division title or made the SEC title game.

Missouri did it in back-to-back seasons...their 2nd and 3rd seasons in the SEC

It's been 25 years since Tennessee's last National Championship.
It's been 25 years since Texas A&M's last Conference Championship.

Slipper Rock football has scored 285% more points at "The Big House" than Texas A&M has.

Boise State football has more Top-10 finishes since 2009 than Texas A&M has since 1995

Lamar has played in a CFB Playoff. Texas A&M hasn't.

Hawaii hasn't been to the CWS Semi-Finals in over 40 years but they still have the same amount all-time as Texas A&M

Since 2000, Notre Dame has played in more Conference Championship games than Texas A& and they aren't even in a conference.

Abilene Christian has more than 3 times the NCAA Championships that Texas A&M has

In the last 70 years, Maryland has been ranked #1 twice as many weeks as Texas A&M

Texas A&M Football has more Yell Leaders than National Championships, Big 12 Championships and SEC Championships combined. 
They have 5 Yell Leaders

Oklahoma A&M changed its name to Oklahoma State in 1957. 
To this day, it's still the most successful Agricultural and Mechanical College in NCAA history by earning 23 NCAA Division 1 Championships before their name change. 
Texas A&M has 17. 
Florida A&M has 1.…

Texas A&M argues that the reason they don't have any recent football National Championships is because they used to be a military school. 
Army has 3 National Championships since Texas A&M's most recent one.

 

 

hahaha, what a fucking epic dogpile.

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20 hours ago, tbone_ said:

I’ve seen his tweets posted here and always dig them. But who is he?

I believe he is an accountant, but maybe he will chime in. @kyleumlang care to join the discussion ?

Edited February 23 by markstanco

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5 hours ago, DigglerontheHoof said:

 

hahaha, what a fucking epic dogpile.

Liucci may have just had a stroke. 

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I got a couple of his aggy books for christmas. They're fucking hilarious.

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10 hours ago, Nueces River Rat said:

Reminds me of when aggy was in American Pie: Beta House

 

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A day in the life of the band corps turds. L O FUCKING L!

 

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Whipping them into a frenzy to buy tickets for the 24-25 roller coaster.

5 reasons Texas A&M football will far outperform the Longhorns in 2024 (gigemgazette.com)

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5 reasons Texas A&M football will far outperform the Longhorns in 2024

 

Here’s why Texas A&M football will establish dominance over their rivals in their first season in the SEC.

By Graham Harmon | Feb 23, 2024

 

Why Texas A&M football will outshine their in-state rivals in first season with both in SEC
This season is of huge importance for both Texas A&M football and the rival Longhorns. For the latter, 2024 will be a proof-of-concept season after making the College Football Playoff in 2023. 

They stand to show that such a result wasn’t a fluke, and Steve Sarkisian will make a run at establishing himself among the ranks of the elite in college football coaching. All this, and they have to show that all the hemming and hawing about relative conference strength that has taken place over the last 12 years was all for naught.

Texas A&M football also faces a huge challenge—and a huge opportunity. After the failure to reach their ultimate goal during the tenure of Jimbo Fisher, the Ags are hoping to capitalize on the formidable talent still left in the program even after Fisher’s departure. The Maroon and White faithful feel as though they have the man for the job in former DC Mike Elko, who made an instant impact in College Station on defense when he arrived, and an instant impact in Durham as the Duke head coach. 

He has built a talented staff, worked the portal, and filled roster holes ahead of spring ball. This is the easiest Aggie schedule in some time, and they hope to take advantage of all four of their biggest games being within the friendly confines of Kyle Field.

Of course, each program is also facing down the prospect of the renewed rivalry once again playing out on the gridiron. Longhorn fans are hoping to pick up where they left off, with the dominance of the 2010s still fresh in their minds. Texas A&M football fans remember the late 80s through the 90s, when they were able to rack up wins under the last defensive-minded head coach they have had before the current man.

So, who stands to come out on top here? Who will take the first step towards establishing dominance in the rivalry and in the conference, with Bama now looking like they will take a step back? My contention is that it will be the Aggies. Here are five reasons why Texas A&M football will begin to dominate the Longhorns going forward.

 

New Texas A&M football OC Collin Klein will unlock Conner Weigman’s potential
I’ve spoken some about this before, but Klein’s hire is perhaps the most encouraging of the offseason. The former Kansas State quarterback, Heisman finalist, and rapidly-rising coach is one of the most innovative minds in the sport. The way he can mesh different styles, adapt to the way the game is currently going, and confuse defenses is nothing short of special.

Klein has achieved stellar offensive results with decidedly less-than-stellar talent. Manhattan, Kansas has never been a paragon of production when it comes to freak athletes, and that was certainly the case when Klein was scheming up offenses there. Even so, he produced the #2 red zone offense by touchdown percentage this previous year, and the 10th-ranked offense overall per SP+.

One of the more impressive results for Klein this previous year actually came in a game that the Wildcats lost—coincidentally, to Texas. With the Longhorn rush defense effectively stuffing what had been a potent smashmouth running game for KSU, Klein switched tack and began to throw the ball much more often. Even with this left-handed approach, the Wildcats were still able to generate 7.6 YPA (more than the Horns’ average allowed of 7.1) on the day.

That’s versatility and adaptability. And when those are brought to bear on the skill talent that the Aggies have in the pipeline, things will be scary for the rest of the conference. I think even Texas A&M football fans will be shocked at how much the offense was being held back by the schematic approach here previously. This will be a deadly offensive unit in 2024.

 

Texas will struggle with their first SEC schedule
Anytime an SEC team is able to get Vanderbilt as part of their conference slate, you can chalk it up as a lower-half schedule as regards difficulty. The league office was kind enough to offer the Longhorns the Commodores as part of their initial slate. Even so, I still think the Horns will struggle to win consistently in their first season in conference.

Take a look at this past year. Texas found themselves in fourth-quarter dogfights against Wyoming and Houston. When the Horns brought their A-game, they were a decent team, dominating the likes of Baylor and Kansas. But there were far too many times last year—and really over the entirety of Sark’s tenure—where the team just didn’t play up to what they should.

You can squeak by on that when your down games come against the Houston Cougars, of course. But say they have an off day against the Kentucky Wildcats, or at Arkansas, or against Jeff Lebby’s Mississippi State. Will they be so fortunate then?

The grind of the SEC schedule is what teams outside the conference don’t understand about it. It’s winning week in and week out against squads that have enough talent to jump up and bite you—there’s absolutely no room to coast in this league.

I feel confident that, as Texas fans look at their schedule, they feel as though they should win every game outside of maybe Georgia and Michigan. But, I’m warning you now, Horns fans—there will be a game like this for you at some point. You won’t know which ahead of time. Trap games are trap games for a reason. But one of these weeks you will find yourself down 11 in the fourth quarter against a far less talented team and wonder how it got to this point.

 

Texas A&M football begins to play up to their talent across the board
It’s not a secret that the past two years have been flush with underachievement in College Station. The Aggies, despite pulling in the highest-rated recruiting class of all time in 2022, have only 12 wins across two seasons since that point to show for it.

Of course, they’ve been competitive in a lot of games, but that’s not quite good enough when you are supposed to pack the kind of punch that the Aggies’ talent composite would suggest they should. The time is now for the Aggies to begin living up to their talent.

Luckily, Mike Elko has assembled a Texas A&M football staff that should begin to get the absolute most out of their players. That starts with strength and conditioning legend, as well as three-time national champion with LSU, Tommy Moffitt.

Moffitt is building a monster in College Station. With his modern approach to the science of S&C, stellar resume, and connections throughout the industry, all accounts are that he has revolutionized the offseason workouts for A&M.

More than that, this is a staff that has produced players at the highest level, and guys who have gotten more out of less. OL coach Adam Cushing oversaw a high-quality unit for two years in Durham. WR coach Holmon Wiggins coached up some of the top receivers currently in the NFL. Elko himself created a formidable defense with Duke’s talent level.

I have no doubt that the staff in place will start to get more out of this Texas A&M football team. Once they begin to play up to their potential, the rest of the league is on notice.

 

Texas loses too much defensive talent at key positions
The Longhorns boasted some considerable star power along the defensive line this past year. T’Vondre Sweat and Byron Murphy were PFF darlings, and the toast of the town on Texas broadcasts.

Sweat and Murphy are both moving on to the NFL, now. The Texas fanbase, while admitting that they won’t be quite as dominant as if those two were still around, are still confident in the talent that they do have along the defensive line.

The top-line talent is one thing, of course. However, when it comes to a conference like the SEC, it’s not just the starters that determine a team’s quality—it’s the depth. And it is there that the Horns will be found deficient.

The Big 12 offensive lines won’t test the first through third strings of a program with the talent that the Longhorns have. It just doesn’t happen that way: there are only a couple of “body-blow” teams in the entire conference, and even those are composed of much lesser talent than what the SEC averages.

This is not the time to be breaking in new starters in the middle of the defensive line, especially when your second game of the year is a trip to Ann Arbor. Granted, the Wolverines are experiencing massive turnover, so that’s not even a game I would necessarily predict the Horns to lose at this point (too many unknowns), but the point stands. Georgia will impose their will up front. The Aggies have the talent to do so as well.

The back end of the defense is an issue here as well. Similar to Texas A&M football this previous year, the Longhorns could be had through the air when facing dynamic passing attacks. It didn’t happen often, but it was enough to draw concern—and now, they’re losing a fair amount of guys from that back end. Transfer Andrew Mukuba helps, but can he plug all the holes that will be left? They’ll have to figure things out quickly.

 

Transfer players for Texas A&M football fill the talent gaps on the roster
Mike Elko’s robust first transfer portal cycle has done wonders for the morale of the Texas A&M football fanbase. He not only replaced all the outgoing players numbers-wise, but he did so in strategic and effective ways, finding guys who weren’t just warm bodies, but fit the needs of the roster.

The depth in the defensive backfield has long been a question for the Aggies. Elko brought in no fewer than seven quality defensive backs to address that issue. Some star players left along the defensive line. Elko brought in the Big 10 leader in sacks.

At this point, the biggest question for the Aggies is receiver depth. Even so, A&M boasts some top-level talent at the pass-catcher spot in Moose Muhammad, Noah Thomas, and Jahdae Walker. Transfers Cyrus Allen and Jabre Barber will be coming in alongside redshirt freshman Micah Tease to compete for playing time. That’s not to mention freshmen Terry Bussey, Izaiah Williams, and Ashton Bethel-Roman.

Elko identified and addressed the needs on this roster. He has this spring and summer to begin to mold them, getting them to coalesce as a team. I feel confident that he will do so—and that his work will pay huge dividends this fall.

 

 

Edited February 25 by pyrohornIII

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56 minutes ago, pyrohornIII said:

Whipping them into a frenzy to buy tickets for the 24-25 roller coaster.

5 reasons Texas A&M football will far outperform the Longhorns in 2024 (gigemgazette.com)

 

 

 

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Hadn't seen that PSA in a long while, brings back a lot of memories.  

You could do also do a work-up of the kid with the box of weed and the angry dad, but replace the Dad with John Sharp and the kid with a yell leader uniform on.  

"Who taught you how to be this stupid, huh?"  

-You alright!  I learned it by watching you!  

 

I remember growing up in Chicago in a relatively diverse part of town and just having it beat into our heads that marijuana would make you stupid and complacent, like it was some sort of cult.  Then I moved to Texas and met Aggies and was relieved of my childhood fears, "Oh so like, even with no drugs...there's just millions of legit morons roaming free.  cool, cool."  

Edited February 25 by YGIFS

[Beau Vine 54466]

1 hour ago, pyrohornIII said:

You can squeak by on that when your down games come against the Houston Cougars, of course. But say they have an off day against the Kentucky Wildcats, or at Arkansas, or against Jeff Lebby’s Mississippi State. Will they be so fortunate then?

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That's some Looch-level wishcasting.

[C-Man 27285]

Whipping them into a frenzy to buy tickets for the 24-25 roller coaster.
5 reasons Texas A&M football will far outperform the Longhorns in 2024 (gigemgazette.com)

5 reasons Texas A&M football will far outperform the Longhorns in 2024

 

Here’s why Texas A&M football will establish dominance over their rivals in their first season in the SEC.

By Graham Harmon | Feb 23, 2024

 
Why Texas A&M football will outshine their in-state rivals in first season with both in SEC
This season is of huge importance for both Texas A&M football and the rival Longhorns. For the latter, 2024 will be a proof-of-concept season after making the College Football Playoff in 2023. 
They stand to show that such a result wasn’t a fluke, and Steve Sarkisian will make a run at establishing himself among the ranks of the elite in college football coaching. All this, and they have to show that all the hemming and hawing about relative conference strength that has taken place over the last 12 years was all for naught.
Texas A&M football also faces a huge challenge—and a huge opportunity. After the failure to reach their ultimate goal during the tenure of Jimbo Fisher, the Ags are hoping to capitalize on the formidable talent still left in the program even after Fisher’s departure. The Maroon and White faithful feel as though they have the man for the job in former DC Mike Elko, who made an instant impact in College Station on defense when he arrived, and an instant impact in Durham as the Duke head coach. 
He has built a talented staff, worked the portal, and filled roster holes ahead of spring ball. This is the easiest Aggie schedule in some time, and they hope to take advantage of all four of their biggest games being within the friendly confines of Kyle Field.
Of course, each program is also facing down the prospect of the renewed rivalry once again playing out on the gridiron. Longhorn fans are hoping to pick up where they left off, with the dominance of the 2010s still fresh in their minds. Texas A&M football fans remember the late 80s through the 90s, when they were able to rack up wins under the last defensive-minded head coach they have had before the current man.
So, who stands to come out on top here? Who will take the first step towards establishing dominance in the rivalry and in the conference, with Bama now looking like they will take a step back? My contention is that it will be the Aggies. Here are five reasons why Texas A&M football will begin to dominate the Longhorns going forward.
 
New Texas A&M football OC Collin Klein will unlock Conner Weigman’s potential
I’ve spoken some about this before, but Klein’s hire is perhaps the most encouraging of the offseason. The former Kansas State quarterback, Heisman finalist, and rapidly-rising coach is one of the most innovative minds in the sport. The way he can mesh different styles, adapt to the way the game is currently going, and confuse defenses is nothing short of special.
Klein has achieved stellar offensive results with decidedly less-than-stellar talent. Manhattan, Kansas has never been a paragon of production when it comes to freak athletes, and that was certainly the case when Klein was scheming up offenses there. Even so, he produced the #2 red zone offense by touchdown percentage this previous year, and the 10th-ranked offense overall per SP+.
One of the more impressive results for Klein this previous year actually came in a game that the Wildcats lost—coincidentally, to Texas. With the Longhorn rush defense effectively stuffing what had been a potent smashmouth running game for KSU, Klein switched tack and began to throw the ball much more often. Even with this left-handed approach, the Wildcats were still able to generate 7.6 YPA (more than the Horns’ average allowed of 7.1) on the day.
That’s versatility and adaptability. And when those are brought to bear on the skill talent that the Aggies have in the pipeline, things will be scary for the rest of the conference. I think even Texas A&M football fans will be shocked at how much the offense was being held back by the schematic approach here previously. This will be a deadly offensive unit in 2024.
 
Texas will struggle with their first SEC schedule
Anytime an SEC team is able to get Vanderbilt as part of their conference slate, you can chalk it up as a lower-half schedule as regards difficulty. The league office was kind enough to offer the Longhorns the Commodores as part of their initial slate. Even so, I still think the Horns will struggle to win consistently in their first season in conference.
Take a look at this past year. Texas found themselves in fourth-quarter dogfights against Wyoming and Houston. When the Horns brought their A-game, they were a decent team, dominating the likes of Baylor and Kansas. But there were far too many times last year—and really over the entirety of Sark’s tenure—where the team just didn’t play up to what they should.
You can squeak by on that when your down games come against the Houston Cougars, of course. But say they have an off day against the Kentucky Wildcats, or at Arkansas, or against Jeff Lebby’s Mississippi State. Will they be so fortunate then?
The grind of the SEC schedule is what teams outside the conference don’t understand about it. It’s winning week in and week out against squads that have enough talent to jump up and bite you—there’s absolutely no room to coast in this league.
I feel confident that, as Texas fans look at their schedule, they feel as though they should win every game outside of maybe Georgia and Michigan. But, I’m warning you now, Horns fans—there will be a game like this for you at some point. You won’t know which ahead of time. Trap games are trap games for a reason. But one of these weeks you will find yourself down 11 in the fourth quarter against a far less talented team and wonder how it got to this point.
 
Texas A&M football begins to play up to their talent across the board
It’s not a secret that the past two years have been flush with underachievement in College Station. The Aggies, despite pulling in the highest-rated recruiting class of all time in 2022, have only 12 wins across two seasons since that point to show for it.
Of course, they’ve been competitive in a lot of games, but that’s not quite good enough when you are supposed to pack the kind of punch that the Aggies’ talent composite would suggest they should. The time is now for the Aggies to begin living up to their talent.
Luckily, Mike Elko has assembled a Texas A&M football staff that should begin to get the absolute most out of their players. That starts with strength and conditioning legend, as well as three-time national champion with LSU, Tommy Moffitt.
Moffitt is building a monster in College Station. With his modern approach to the science of S&C, stellar resume, and connections throughout the industry, all accounts are that he has revolutionized the offseason workouts for A&M.
More than that, this is a staff that has produced players at the highest level, and guys who have gotten more out of less. OL coach Adam Cushing oversaw a high-quality unit for two years in Durham. WR coach Holmon Wiggins coached up some of the top receivers currently in the NFL. Elko himself created a formidable defense with Duke’s talent level.
I have no doubt that the staff in place will start to get more out of this Texas A&M football team. Once they begin to play up to their potential, the rest of the league is on notice.
 
Texas loses too much defensive talent at key positions
The Longhorns boasted some considerable star power along the defensive line this past year. T’Vondre Sweat and Byron Murphy were PFF darlings, and the toast of the town on Texas broadcasts.
Sweat and Murphy are both moving on to the NFL, now. The Texas fanbase, while admitting that they won’t be quite as dominant as if those two were still around, are still confident in the talent that they do have along the defensive line.
The top-line talent is one thing, of course. However, when it comes to a conference like the SEC, it’s not just the starters that determine a team’s quality—it’s the depth. And it is there that the Horns will be found deficient.
The Big 12 offensive lines won’t test the first through third strings of a program with the talent that the Longhorns have. It just doesn’t happen that way: there are only a couple of “body-blow” teams in the entire conference, and even those are composed of much lesser talent than what the SEC averages.
This is not the time to be breaking in new starters in the middle of the defensive line, especially when your second game of the year is a trip to Ann Arbor. Granted, the Wolverines are experiencing massive turnover, so that’s not even a game I would necessarily predict the Horns to lose at this point (too many unknowns), but the point stands. Georgia will impose their will up front. The Aggies have the talent to do so as well.
The back end of the defense is an issue here as well. Similar to Texas A&M football this previous year, the Longhorns could be had through the air when facing dynamic passing attacks. It didn’t happen often, but it was enough to draw concern—and now, they’re losing a fair amount of guys from that back end. Transfer Andrew Mukuba helps, but can he plug all the holes that will be left? They’ll have to figure things out quickly.
 
Transfer players for Texas A&M football fill the talent gaps on the roster
Mike Elko’s robust first transfer portal cycle has done wonders for the morale of the Texas A&M football fanbase. He not only replaced all the outgoing players numbers-wise, but he did so in strategic and effective ways, finding guys who weren’t just warm bodies, but fit the needs of the roster.
The depth in the defensive backfield has long been a question for the Aggies. Elko brought in no fewer than seven quality defensive backs to address that issue. Some star players left along the defensive line. Elko brought in the Big 10 leader in sacks.
At this point, the biggest question for the Aggies is receiver depth. Even so, A&M boasts some top-level talent at the pass-catcher spot in Moose Muhammad, Noah Thomas, and Jahdae Walker. Transfers Cyrus Allen and Jabre Barber will be coming in alongside redshirt freshman Micah Tease to compete for playing time. That’s not to mention freshmen Terry Bussey, Izaiah Williams, and Ashton Bethel-Roman.
Elko identified and addressed the needs on this roster. He has this spring and summer to begin to mold them, getting them to coalesce as a team. I feel confident that he will do so—and that his work will pay huge dividends this fall.

 
 

Graham Harmon after finishing that “article”:

[66BUFF 2565]

2 hours ago, pyrohornIII said:

Whipping them into a frenzy to buy tickets for the 24-25 roller coaster.

5 reasons Texas A&M football will far outperform the Longhorns in 2024 (gigemgazette.com)

 

 

 

[Armybrat 40920]

Harmon is just trying to mimic Loochie’s bidness model.

Too bad his pre-puberty baby face isn’t capable of sprouting chin pubes yet.

[statsman 5486]

I’ll recap:

Those players and coaches that left TAMU? They were all bums, and their replacements are improvements. 
 
Those players and coaches that left Texas? They were all vital to their success. 
 
A couple of notes- the SEC doesn’t have teams that will jump up an upset you, with a special effort and game plan, as described. That’s actually the B12. What the SEC does have is big lines and every week physical play that grinds on you, and makes you more susceptible to losing to a good team in a competitive matchup. Which is why Collin Klein is a curious choice for an SEC OC. 

[utee94 15868]

3 hours ago, YGIFS said:

Hadn't seen that PSA in a long while, brings back a lot of memories.  

You could do also do a work-up of the kid with the box of weed and the angry dad, but replace the Dad with John Sharp and the kid with a yell leader uniform on.  

"Who taught you how to be this stupid, huh?"  

-You alright!  I learned it by watching you!  

 

I remember growing up in Chicago in a relatively diverse part of town and just having it beat into our heads that marijuana would make you stupid and complacent, like it was some sort of cult.  Then I moved to Texas and met Aggies and was relieved of my childhood fears, "Oh so like, even with no drugs...there's just millions of legit morons roaming free.  cool, cool."  

You didn't have to come to Texas for that realization.  There are millions of morons in Chicago, too.

 

[YGIFS 19452]

Yeah but they had the decency to not form a marching band about it 

Edited February 25 by YGIFS

[msucolt45 4082]

This image needs to stay in a role of its own covering many topics.

Hook’em!!!

[Longboard Horn 40547]

 

[SHOOTER12 8833]

7 hours ago, pyrohornIII said:

Whipping them into a frenzy to buy tickets for the 24-25 roller coaster.

5 reasons Texas A&M football will far outperform the Longhorns in 2024 (gigemgazette.com)

 

 

What in the hell kind of drugs are they doing over in Doggie Station?

[Herpa Derpa 6132]

3 hours ago, YGIFS said:

Yeah but they had the decency to not form a marching band about it 

[YGIFS 19452]

1 hour ago, Longboard Horn said:

 

I guess during all the parodies of this scene used for myriad purposes, I never really noticed the regret on the faces of the mid-level staffers.  Knowing that they followed the wrong path and wish they had it do all over again, but it's too late.  And they try to maintain some semblance of strength and flouting.  It reminds me of this movie I used to request my employees watch before they went to conferences for our firm because.  DeVito is a gem in this scene and at about the 2:37 mark he nails it about regret.  And I see it on the faces of Aggies, and the characters in this Hitler bunker scene, and in current America.  When they see the folly of their ways and wish they could run back the tape.  But it's too late, people in cults never realize it until the very last moment and look back and wish they could do it differently.  When you watch someone break in real time for following the wrong moron or organization, and you get to see them crumble in front of you---it's the most powerful high you'll ever know.  I carry this scene around with me for 20 years and think of everything from Aggies to Nazis to stupid Americans.  And it warms my heart when I get to break people's lives up for a living after they've fucked over one of our portfolio companies or democracy or Buddha.  Aggies are just another shining example of the rush of watching a person being driven to their absolute lowest point.  There is absolutely, categorically, no thrill like it.  watch the whole movie if you can or skip to the 2:37 mark.  He so elegantly describes how people finally come to terms with the error of their ways.  

 

[Deej 76955]

DeVito is so underrated as an actor.

[Horn Under a Bad Sign 20515]

 

 

 

[GreenspointTexas 9684]

5 minutes ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

 

 

 

Here we go

[YGIFS 19452]

Why fuck a sheep when there’s a perfectly good horse to mount?

[Hagbard Celine 10936]

11 hours ago, pyrohornIII said:

Whipping them into a frenzy to buy tickets for the 24-25 roller coaster.

5 reasons Texas A&M football will far outperform the Longhorns in 2024 (gigemgazette.com)

they are going to lose their fucking minds before fall camp opens

we need to prepare some experimental technology to follow them over the event horizon in august when camp opens

 

 

 

[TrashMaster G 17630]

3 hours ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

 

I think she meant "special" 

[Leanderman 2277]

"Yeah but they had the decency to not form a marching band about it "

[Nueces River Rat 5543]

20 hours ago, pyrohornIII said:

Whipping them into a frenzy to buy tickets for the 24-25 roller coaster.

5 reasons Texas A&M football will far outperform the Longhorns in 2024 (gigemgazette.com)

 

 

This is the author 

 

 

[tejas60 3535]

On 2/25/2024 at 12:52 PM, Armybrat said:

Harmon is just trying to mimic Loochie’s bidness model.

Too bad his pre-puberty baby face isn’t capable of sprouting chin pubes yet.

[PvilleStang 2922]

I bet he bitches about the lack of bike lanes on Burnet, too.

[YGIFS 19452]

20 hours ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

 

 

 

Okay, so some of you who seriously lack critical thinking skills are gonna butt-hurt about this.  So go ahead and neg rep me until you finally feel validated in life.  But let's point out two obvious things:

1.  Laura's thumb looks like the exact the shape, size, and curvature of the dick you'd all most like to suck (and her too).  

2.  Elko's thumb looks exactly, down to the coloration, of his own head.  

What the fuck are the odds of that?  

[6th Street 6508]

Mike Gundy approves 

[deft 6887]

Okay, so some of you who seriously lack critical thinking skills are gonna butt-hurt about this.  So go ahead and neg rep me until you finally feel validated in life.  But let's point out two obvious things:
1.  Laura's thumb looks like the exact the shape, size, and curvature of the dick you'd all most like to suck (and her too).  
2.  Elko's thumb looks exactly, down to the coloration, of his own head.  
What the fuck are the odds of that?  

[Armybrat 40920]

2 hours ago, PvilleStang said:

I bet he bitches about the lack of bike lanes on Burnet, too.

He probably rides his 16” bike with training wheels on the sidewalk.

[Jkwellborn 6749]

Why fuck a sheep when there’s a perfectly good horse to mount?

Sheep pussy just like a woman’s. - Actual conversation at work one time.

[Zone Read 299]

So apparently, Micky Mantle is partially responsible for Johnny Manziel's train wreck life .

 

 

https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/johnny-manziel-shannon-sharpe-interview/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Organic Social&utm_campaign=SND&fbclid=IwAR2o_H80GXCmGSnMLGR3Yy29j1C71esHQasD_HBtQbo8AqCeezMAEzo-Xgk

Edited February 26 by Zone Read

[Modessit 5606]

Okay, so some of you who seriously lack critical thinking skills are gonna butt-hurt about this.  So go ahead and neg rep me until you finally feel validated in life.  But let's point out two obvious things:
1.  Laura's thumb looks like the exact the shape, size, and curvature of the dick you'd all most like to suck (and her too).  
2.  Elko's thumb looks exactly, down to the coloration, of his own head.  
What the fuck are the odds of that?  

1. I don't sit around and think about dick shape and how it would be useful in sucking, but you do you. No kink shaming here.

2. You're looking at his thumb instead of asking who the fuck the Texas Aggies are.

3. Who the fuck are Rhonda and Frosty?