Tell Me About Texas a&m

[thunderlounge 7809]

8 hours ago, texasdago said:

 As for aggy... Is this all they've thought about all season? Like seriously, non-stop obsession. 

Damn I forgot how annoying they were.

They’ve been dreaming of this moment since the summer of ‘21. 

[EuroHorn 3236]

 

[hookemATL 11675]

58 minutes ago, rage-a-holic said:

If we get bad Ewers and 4 turnovers, I don't see how we win

Ground breaking analysis. 

yes, typically a team turning the ball over 4 times leads to a loss. Jfc it’s like yall have to hedge your bets in your mind emotionally just to survive the slight possibility it might happen.  

[Classic Rock 263]

This is starting to remind me of the lead up to the 2010 Nebraska game. Corn spent a whole year plotting revenge and talking shit only to get beat by Garrett Gilbert.

[Dennis Taylor 18799]

10 minutes ago, EuroHorn said:

 

Do you really think this hasn't been posted already?

[texasdago 7555]

1 hour ago, thunderlounge said:

They’ve been dreaming of this moment since the summer of ‘21. 

That's what I'm saying. I see a lot of people talking about whether the team is prepared, but my reference is more to the fact thad those of us who are fans are looking forward to it, but kind of don't give two shits about it either. That is, yes, it's important but my life does not revolve around it where they literally have talked about it all season long.  My desire is winning to get to the SEC Championship game and for them to wallow in their misery. But damn my identity is not based on this game and we are getting a reminder of what it was like having them in the same conference.

[Beau Vine 54194]

37 minutes ago, EuroHorn said:

 

Thanks, Zeus.

[Tex Pete 20295]

33 minutes ago, Classic Rock said:

This is starting to remind me of the lead up to the 2010 Nebraska game. Corn spent a whole year plotting revenge and talking shit only to get beat by Garrett Gilbert.

I was there. Texas fans were quiet and Nebraska fans were all talking because nobody thought Texas could beat them. Except we own them. They didn’t like it. 

[jimmyjazz 45851]

2 minutes ago, Tex Pete said:

I was there. Texas fans were quiet and Nebraska fans were all talking because nobody thought Texas could beat them. Except we own them. They didn’t like it. 

That 9-1 run against Nebraska once we joined the Big 12 was hilariously embarassing for the Cornhuskers.  I think we broke them.

[Guadaloopy 10946]

I feel like the thread needs this gif.

[Hagbard Celine 10841]

1 hour ago, mininghorn88 said:

I was at UT the same time that you were.  One of my good buddies from high school went to aggy and joined the Corps.  After they beat us my freshman year we met up right after the game.  He was over the top with his obnoxiousness and would not shut up.  I simply walked away.  I may have spoken to him twice in the last 40 years.  What a shame.

christmas 84 was a nightmare of cornholio aggy

they were on the attack at the mall, at parties, anywhere you ran in to them, eyes bulging, foaming at the mouth

fear

and loathing

[tbone_ 14091]

That 9-1 run against Nebraska once we joined the Big 12 was hilariously embarassing for the Cornhuskers.  I think we broke them.

Yes and the precise moment was Jamaal Charles’ two TDs and something like 200 yards in the 4th quarter.

[campcrunk 2422]

14 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

Yes and the precise moment was Jamaal Charles’ two TDs and something like 200 yards in the 4th quarter.

One of my favorite Longhorn performances ever

 

[Steel Shank 9421]

 

Cold blooded

[jimmyjazz 45851]

Man, we had some beasts in the aughts.  217 yards in one quarter, LMAO.

[EuroHorn 3236]

1 hour ago, Dennis Taylor said:

Do you really think this hasn't been posted already?

Sorry.  I had interns searching the board  all morning to see if this had been posted.  I’ll have a talk with them. 

[TOR 5522]

59 minutes ago, campcrunk said:

One of my favorite Longhorn performances ever

 

Dockery with the false start trying to ice the game.  😠

[DFWTexEx 276]

1 hour ago, Hagbard Celine said:

christmas 84 was a nightmare of cornholio aggy

they were on the attack at the mall, at parties, anywhere you ran in to them, eyes bulging, foaming at the mouth

fear

and loathing

That was my freshman year.   It was only the beginning of a very dark time.

[Beau Vine 54194]

Graham is very worried.  Not about losing to Auburn.  Not about losing to Texas.   But Graham is very worried.

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Texas A&M football stays put at 15, raising an uncomfortable question: Could committee hold an SEC championship loss over Aggies' heads?

Texas A&M football has stayed put in this week's college football playoff rankings after their win over New Mexico State. It wasn't the opponent this week that had Aggie fans thinking they could move up, but the losses that occurred higher up in the rankings opening up spots.

However, both of those losing teams failed to tumble as far as Aggie fans had hoped. Tennessee dropped four spots down to 11, and BYU dropped eight spots down to 14, only one ahead of the Ags.

This means the Aggies are currently the lowest-ranked of the four two-loss SEC teams. It's not super close, either, despite some comparable resumes in certain respects.

Alabama is ranked higher due to their win over Georgia, despite the fact that one of their losses is to an unranked Vandy. Ole Miss is ranked higher due to their win over Georgia, despite the fact that both of their losses are to unranked teams—Kentucky and LSU. Tennessee is ranked higher due to their win over Alabama, despite the fact that they lost to a very unranked Arkansas.

I have no gripe with the Bulldogs' placement, though. Georgia being ranked higher makes sense, given that they have the highest-ranked win and both of their losses are to top-10 teams.

Both of A&M's losses are to ranked teams (no. 6 Notre Dame and no. 18 South Carolina), but their best win is the lowest-ranked out of these in no. 23 Missouri (who's barely hanging on down there).

This raises some uncomfortable questions. The Aggies get Auburn this week, over whom a win would not be particularly moving to the committee (unless the Aggies win by, like, 50). 5 Indiana and 2 Ohio State play each other, and 6 Notre Dame will play 19 Army, but there's not too much chance of any other ranked teams ahead of the Aggies tumbling (unless Texas sustains a loss to Kentucky, I mean).

I still don't think the loser of Indiana and Ohio State will fall below the Aggies—if BYU didn't, Indiana won't, and if Georgia didn't, Ohio State won't. That means that, going into rivalry weekend, if the Aggies take down Auburn, they will probably still be at 15, barring upsets.

So, then, it will be either 3rd-or-2nd-ranked Texas coming into Kyle Field to play 15th-ranked Texas A&M on rivalry weekend. If the Aggies win, though, the committee has a conundrum.

Texas will obviously slide, as they will have no good wins. A&M, who just beat them, will move above them. But when you compare the resume of the Aggies to Georgia at that point, they both have the same best win, and Georgia's two losses (again, 7 Alabama and 9 Ole Miss) are better than the Aggies' two losses.

If that logic is sound, then the Aggies are no higher than 9 at that point, going into conference championship weekend—Georgia would be at 8, given that one of Ohio State and IU would have slid, as would have Texas. If that's the case, the Aggies are in a dangerous spot.

That would pit 5 Alabama against 9 Texas A&M in the SEC championship. The Big 10 championship would be between top-4 Oregon and Indiana/Ohio State. Penn State, Notre Dame, Ole Miss, and Georgia would all be idle, since none would be playing in a conference championship.

This opens the door to a possible doomsday scenario: the Aggies make the SEC championship as part of the 12-team field, but lose in that game to drop out of that field.

This is currently more realistic than most A&M fans would like to admit. If the chalk plays out (which is a big if, in this sport), then A&M is in a perilous position here. It's hard to see the committee not moving A&M down if a loss occurred, and then there's the risk that other teams would jump them from below.

In all likelihood, the ACC championship would be between Miami and SMU, with the Canes still ranked higher than A&M. If both A&M and Miami lose, the Canes will probably not go lower than the Aggies, while the Ponies might move above them. BYU and Colorado (again, most likely) will be playing for the Big 12 championship, and the winner there could move ahead of A&M, as they would have (at most) two losses compared to A&M's three.

Again, this is a worst-case scenario. Some other upsets are likely to happen to aid the Aggies' chances. But if this comes to pass, Aggie fans will be white-knuckling it on Selection Sunday—not a position you want to be in.

 

[tbone_ 14091]

One of my favorite Longhorn performances ever
 

Of course my pessimistic view also remembers that even with the beasts we had, our genius leadership on offense managed 3 field goals in the first three quarters of that game against one of the worst defenses in CFB with a coach about to be fired until their D tired out.

I know. Too soon.

[Tex Pete 20295]

9 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

Graham is very worried.  Not about losing to Auburn.  Not about losing to Texas.   But Graham is very worried.

 

 

They're just not worried enough to stop playing Prairie View and Lamar and Sam Houston.

What a shitty program.