Texas A&M Recruiting 2025: The Land of Melk & No Money

[SimkinsMan 4,358]

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 People in Austin are crowing about a tough Kentucky team. 

I'm sorry, what? We are? 

[kevwun 15,680]

Next week this time they will talking about a "clearly down Georgia". 

[utee94 15,747]

24 minutes ago, SimkinsMan said:

I'm sorry, what? We are? 

Yeah that one made me laugh, too.

Everyone in Austin is talking about how average or dogshit the SEC is, outside of a top team or two.  Which is nothing new and the exact same thing we've been saying in Austin for two decades now.

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“Georgia didn’t want to be there”.

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1 hour ago, Longhornfrenzy said:

In 12 years in the SEC, Texas A&M is about .500 against Mississippi State

5-6 vs Mississippi State.

"About 500" 

How about "not even 500", Looch?

[Pato del Muerto 52,384]

39 minutes ago, SimkinsMan said:

I'm sorry, what? We are? 

lol it was them what was taking about how Kentucky would give us a game, after they almost beat Georgia. Now Georgia looks pedestrian and Kentucky is 3-3, and somehow its is that we’re talking up Kentucky. 

[tejas60 3,531]

Georgia? Kentucky? I fear aggy so bad after reading that. I'm also stoned.

[Armybrat 40,759]

35 minutes ago, tejas60 said:

Georgia? Kentucky? I fear aggy so bad after reading that. I'm also stoned.

“Burnt Ends” checks out.

[billfromlaketravis 11,377]

4 hours ago, Longhornfrenzy said:

Liucci 

Segment 1 (00:00:00 - 16:56:05)

• I don't know what losing the first game has to do with the SEC since Notre Dame is not in it. You would not include Notre Dame when talking about an easy schedule, considering that they will probably be in the playoffs. I never once said that Texas A&M did not get a great schedule. I said Texas has an easy schedule by SEC standards. The league gifted them a great situation in years one and two.
   
• Oklahoma and Brent Venables will have difficulty recovering from their first two years in the league. I believe they will ultimately undergo a coaching change. A lot of that is because they let Dillon Gabriel go, and the schedule is nearly unmanageable. The same thing can be said for Billy Napier. Those two schedules will result in two firings. It is not a coincidence.
   
• A&M has an easy schedule by SEC standards, and so does Texas. Both can be true. So does Ole Miss, and they are struggling. South Carolina is a better team than their record says. People in Austin are crowing about a tough Kentucky team. Have you checked who beat Kentucky 31-6? South Carolina would have beaten LSU by two scores if LaNorris Sellers did not get hurt. They almost beat Alabama.
   
• Nothing is easy in the SEC. Texas is going to learn that. I don't think anyone out of Austin can say that A&M has the easiest schedule in the SEC. LSU is sitting in the top ten. Missouri is ranked. Notre Dame is knocking on the door of the top ten. The schedule makers did Texas and A&M a favor.
   
• The biggest difference between Texas' and A&M's schedules are the road games. Texas has to come to Kyle Field, and they have to go to Fayetteville. Arkansas is twice as good at home. Texas A&M has to go to South Carolina, Starkville, Auburn and "The Swamp." That is night and day different.
   
• I would enjoy a Big Ten-SEC non-conference challenge. Football fans would enjoy that. I am sure plenty of people disagree. Coaches in both leagues would say their schedules are tough enough. I am all for it. I am all for A&M-Oregon or Texas-Ohio State. Imagine Kalen DeBoer traveling back to Washington. Sign me up for all of those types of games. It would be better than bowl games now.
   
• It is like Texas fans going to Ann Arbor this year and Michigan fans going to Austin in 2027. A&M fans get to plan a trip to South Bend. The Irish were looking forward to this one.
   
• The coaches aren't going to like opening a season with a power conference opponent. If A&M played Wake Forest to begin the year, they would be 6-0 and possibly ranked in the top five. It is a guaranteed win at home. As a coach, you don't want to play more of those games. You don't need it in the SEC.
   
• In 12 years in the SEC, Texas A&M is about .500 against Mississippi State. We like to think that it is way lower than A&M's rightful place and that we should never lose to them. That is not true based on what Texas has been on the field. Do I want A&M to win 75 percent of them moving forward? Absolutely, because .500 is way too low. That is why you have had two coaches fired. Losses against Ole Miss and Mississippi State played very big roles in Kevin Sumlin and Jimbo Fisher not making it. These are pivotal games.
   
• It is no secret that A&M has had some costly losses to Mississippi State. The most costly one was when A&M went up there ranked No. 4. Trevor Knight got hurt, but they were getting outplayed to that point. There is no telling if A&M would have won that game with a healthy Knight. The offense was struggling mightily. Outside of that year, Mississippi State has been on a fairly even level as Texas A&M and winning at home.
   
• When Mississippi State beat an undefeated and top-10 A&M team, they were clearly the better team. They beat A&M, LSU, and Auburn all in a row. They ascended to No. 1.
   
• Starkville is a tough place to play. I think you better take this game very seriously. The two times Texas A&M went into Starkville and won are the two best years in the league. If you go in there and win, it is fair to start wondering if this could be one of those kind of seasons.

Segment 2 (16:56:06 - 23:56:13)

• Based on everything you just said about their history in Starkville, improvements from Mississippi State and what we've seen in the SEC this year, I would say signs that A&M has turned a corner would be winning the football game. If it's a 60-minute game that's close, I think they have just as much chance of coming back the next week and beating a top-10 LSU.
   
• I'm looking at Georgia now and saying, "What are they?" We're going to find out this weekend. Even if Georgia loses, it's a 60-minute game. They could still win out and be 10-2. If they're not very good, you have a Georgia team that doesn't make the playoffs. It's tough to judge everyone right now, and I think you need to judge based on wins and losses.
   
• If A&M beats Mississippi State handily, they will be 4-0 in the conference with a massive home game coming up. If they beat them comfortably, that will be three out of the four games in the SEC. Before people start talking, we don't know how good Missouri is, but they beat Vanderbilt, which is something that Kentucky and Alabama couldn't do.
   
• If they win the game against Mississippi State, it's good for the program. If they win comfortably, you have to start saying, "Is A&M playing as good of football as we're seeing in the SEC other than the school in Austin?" Texas has played no one. Is Michigan even ranked now? Oklahoma is unranked now. They have played no one. A&M has played Notre Dame and lost. They played Missouri and won, and I think Arkansas is better than people think.

Segment 3 (23:56:14 - 31:30:29)

• Conner Weigman played fine against McNeese. It was a quarter and a half. All the criticism was based on Notre Dame. The reality was, yes, you should have been concerned and critical of that performance. Where it went wrong was assuming that it was the end of this quarterback who had a body of work that said it was an outlier. It wasn't guaranteed, but it was a "we have to see it." You expected it to go back to what it was coming into the season because we saw it enough prior. It would be significant for Weigman to stack really good games, including a road win this week. I don't believe he has had a road win. I think he'll go out and get it, just like A&M got one against Florida.
   
• It would be significant for A&M to win a third game away from Kyle Field. That would be significant because you have to win at Auburn and South Carolina.
   
• If Weigman, the offense and the passing game go out and play well and look like an efficient unit for two weeks in a row, you could keep saying that's what you expect to take the field every week. Still, there will be ups and downs. South Carolina has a better defense than Missouri and Mississippi State. Texas is a better defense than everybody else on the schedule. It might not always be up, but if he plays like he did against Mizzou, it will be good for him and his confidence. It would represent another step for an offense that keeps going on an upward trajectory.
   
• Cade Klubnik is a big reason why Clemson is one of the biggest surprise teams of the season. I said that Clemson would be, but I also said the same thing about Oklahoma.
   
• I had said for the last two years that Oklahoma was moving in the wrong direction, and I also said Steve Sarkisian was doing a better job of building an SEC football team than Venables was. That was a real assessment, and now, the Sooner fans are recognizing it. Their fans don't think they'll win seven games. They have Maine, and who else? Where are the other two wins? They have South Carolina this week, and that's a must-win for Oklahoma. Their defense got exposed.
   
• Look up Payton Thorne's passing yards vs. Oklahoma. I think he threw for like 350 vs. that defense. People who went to the game on Saturday are saying Texas is bigger, faster and stronger. People are starting to believe it. That's going to be the case for a lot of teams in this league. They'll be bigger, faster and stronger than the Sooners, and it's a failure by Venables. The schedule next year is no easier for him. The defense has been exposed for the last couple of weeks.

Segment 4 ( 31:30:30 - 37:41:27)

• Texas still has a path to navigate as well to get there. Florida is a good team, and Georgia is as well. I'm still not buying Vanderbilt or Kentucky being capable of beating Texas. There is one caveat if I'm a Texas fan. Converting a lot of third-and-2s to third-and-4s and keeping that explosive offense off the field for a long period of time. I don't know if this is the Iowa State or Kansas method, but Texas is too overwhelmingly talented for Vandy. Maybe not for Kentucky with the way that Kentucky plays.
   
• For A&M, if the Aggies lose the game this weekend, then it's alarming and concerning. If they were to lose to LSU, South Carolina or Auburn, everyone would be off the ship. If they go 3-1 in these four starting this weekend, in year one under Mike Elko, you will still be playing in your final game of the regular season for an SEC title berth.
   
• You are first in the conference for the first time since you joined 13 years ago. You are first in any conference since 1998. You'd be playing for that in your final game of the regular season. A&M has never played in game 12 to where they would be in the title game if they won. I think it would almost be a certainty if you were 6-1 with the chance to get 7-1 in the league. In your last game, and with a new head coach. That would be a hell of a first season for Mike Elko. If they look good or win in Starkville and if they just figure out a way to beat LSU.
   
• Look at the upcoming games. One that should be a toss-up, and the other where you're frankly just a better football team. That's when I'll start taking a realistic look at the things other teams are talking about. I got to see a little more. I need to see A&M beat two top-10 teams in the country at home with not only Missouri but LSU, too. I need to see them win another road game, and I need to see that path shrink. I don't think this team will be good enough to survive an off or a down week. The challenge for Elko and the Aggies is exactly what he said yesterday. They know it's going to be a tough environment, and they know they have to play their asses off in Starkville

Looch has gone pure stream of consciousness on TexAgs Tadio appearances. Fat Brauny and Nino don’t even bother to ask him questions or interact with him. Looch just goes until it’s time for a commercial break. 

[Deej 76,627]

4 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Looch has gone pure stream of consciousness on TexAgs Tadio appearances. Fat Brauny and Nino don’t even bother to ask him questions or interact with him. Looch just goes until it’s time for a commercial break. 

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44 minutes ago, tejas60 said:

Georgia? Kentucky? I fear aggy so bad after reading that. I'm also stoned.

I just took 2 gummies lol 

[bizzle 1,139]

5 hours ago, kevwun said:

Next week this time they will talking about a "clearly down Georgia". 

kirby has said this is his thinnest team depth-wise since being there. makes you wonder are they really ready for the game. 

[Doc Daneeka 6,769]

1 hour ago, bizzle said:

kirby has said this is his thinnest team depth-wise since being there. makes you wonder are they really ready for the game. 

No one is ready for the Longhorn Inqusi… never mind. 
 

 

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1 hour ago, bizzle said:

kirby has said this is his thinnest team depth-wise since being there. makes you wonder are they really ready for the game. 

 

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6 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

lol it was them what was taking about how Kentucky would give us a game, after they almost beat Georgia. Now Georgia looks pedestrian and Kentucky is 3-3, and somehow its is that we’re talking up Kentucky. 

The sec circle jerk we all hated now serves in our favor. 

[HtownHorn 14,574]

2 hours ago, bizzle said:

kirby has said this is his thinnest team depth-wise since being there. makes you wonder are they really ready for the game. 

This is what happens when you recruit a bunch of red flags and the end up being idoits.

[billfromlaketravis 11,377]

2 hours ago, Deej said:

I get it. He’s a coke head. But he reminds me more of SNL’s Drunk Uncle. Only Seth Meyers works for Drunk Uncle at TexAgs and he’s terrified of interrupting him. 

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4 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Looch has gone pure stream of consciousness on TexAgs Tadio appearances. Fat Brauny and Nino don’t even bother to ask him questions or interact with him. Looch just goes until it’s time for a commercial break. 

Is anyone surprised to learn that @billfromlaketravis not only frequently hangs out on Texags, but also listens to enough of Looch on the radio to discern nuances in his speaking habits over time?

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 People in Austin are crowing about a tough Kentucky team. 

I'm sorry, what? We are? 

[billfromlaketravis 11,377]

27 minutes ago, Hornlover said:

Is anyone surprised to learn that @billfromlaketravis not only frequently hangs out on Texags, but also listens to enough of Looch on the radio to discern nuances in his speaking habits over time?

Plenty of people on surly spend endless of hours on TexAgs on screen grabs and breaking down delusional posts. I just tune in for the laughs. 

[WBT 20,483]

10 hours ago, Longhornfrenzy said:

Liucci 

Segment 1 (00:00:00 - 16:56:05)

• I don't know what losing the first game has to do with the SEC since Notre Dame is not in it. You would not include Notre Dame when talking about an easy schedule, considering that they will probably be in the playoffs. I never once said that Texas A&M did not get a great schedule. I said Texas has an easy schedule by SEC standards. The league gifted them a great situation in years one and two.
   
• Oklahoma and Brent Venables will have difficulty recovering from their first two years in the league. I believe they will ultimately undergo a coaching change. A lot of that is because they let Dillon Gabriel go, and the schedule is nearly unmanageable. The same thing can be said for Billy Napier. Those two schedules will result in two firings. It is not a coincidence.
   
• A&M has an easy schedule by SEC standards, and so does Texas. Both can be true. So does Ole Miss, and they are struggling. South Carolina is a better team than their record says. People in Austin are crowing about a tough Kentucky team. Have you checked who beat Kentucky 31-6? South Carolina would have beaten LSU by two scores if LaNorris Sellers did not get hurt. They almost beat Alabama.
   
• Nothing is easy in the SEC. Texas is going to learn that. I don't think anyone out of Austin can say that A&M has the easiest schedule in the SEC. LSU is sitting in the top ten. Missouri is ranked. Notre Dame is knocking on the door of the top ten. The schedule makers did Texas and A&M a favor.
   
• The biggest difference between Texas' and A&M's schedules are the road games. Texas has to come to Kyle Field, and they have to go to Fayetteville. Arkansas is twice as good at home. Texas A&M has to go to South Carolina, Starkville, Auburn and "The Swamp." That is night and day different.
   
• I would enjoy a Big Ten-SEC non-conference challenge. Football fans would enjoy that. I am sure plenty of people disagree. Coaches in both leagues would say their schedules are tough enough. I am all for it. I am all for A&M-Oregon or Texas-Ohio State. Imagine Kalen DeBoer traveling back to Washington. Sign me up for all of those types of games. It would be better than bowl games now.
   
• It is like Texas fans going to Ann Arbor this year and Michigan fans going to Austin in 2027. A&M fans get to plan a trip to South Bend. The Irish were looking forward to this one.
   
• The coaches aren't going to like opening a season with a power conference opponent. If A&M played Wake Forest to begin the year, they would be 6-0 and possibly ranked in the top five. It is a guaranteed win at home. As a coach, you don't want to play more of those games. You don't need it in the SEC.
   
• In 12 years in the SEC, Texas A&M is about .500 against Mississippi State. We like to think that it is way lower than A&M's rightful place and that we should never lose to them. That is not true based on what Texas has been on the field. Do I want A&M to win 75 percent of them moving forward? Absolutely, because .500 is way too low. That is why you have had two coaches fired. Losses against Ole Miss and Mississippi State played very big roles in Kevin Sumlin and Jimbo Fisher not making it. These are pivotal games.
   
• It is no secret that A&M has had some costly losses to Mississippi State. The most costly one was when A&M went up there ranked No. 4. Trevor Knight got hurt, but they were getting outplayed to that point. There is no telling if A&M would have won that game with a healthy Knight. The offense was struggling mightily. Outside of that year, Mississippi State has been on a fairly even level as Texas A&M and winning at home.
   
• When Mississippi State beat an undefeated and top-10 A&M team, they were clearly the better team. They beat A&M, LSU, and Auburn all in a row. They ascended to No. 1.
   
• Starkville is a tough place to play. I think you better take this game very seriously. The two times Texas A&M went into Starkville and won are the two best years in the league. If you go in there and win, it is fair to start wondering if this could be one of those kind of seasons.

Segment 2 (16:56:06 - 23:56:13)

• Based on everything you just said about their history in Starkville, improvements from Mississippi State and what we've seen in the SEC this year, I would say signs that A&M has turned a corner would be winning the football game. If it's a 60-minute game that's close, I think they have just as much chance of coming back the next week and beating a top-10 LSU.
   
• I'm looking at Georgia now and saying, "What are they?" We're going to find out this weekend. Even if Georgia loses, it's a 60-minute game. They could still win out and be 10-2. If they're not very good, you have a Georgia team that doesn't make the playoffs. It's tough to judge everyone right now, and I think you need to judge based on wins and losses.
   
• If A&M beats Mississippi State handily, they will be 4-0 in the conference with a massive home game coming up. If they beat them comfortably, that will be three out of the four games in the SEC. Before people start talking, we don't know how good Missouri is, but they beat Vanderbilt, which is something that Kentucky and Alabama couldn't do.
   
• If they win the game against Mississippi State, it's good for the program. If they win comfortably, you have to start saying, "Is A&M playing as good of football as we're seeing in the SEC other than the school in Austin?" Texas has played no one. Is Michigan even ranked now? Oklahoma is unranked now. They have played no one. A&M has played Notre Dame and lost. They played Missouri and won, and I think Arkansas is better than people think.

Segment 3 (23:56:14 - 31:30:29)

• Conner Weigman played fine against McNeese. It was a quarter and a half. All the criticism was based on Notre Dame. The reality was, yes, you should have been concerned and critical of that performance. Where it went wrong was assuming that it was the end of this quarterback who had a body of work that said it was an outlier. It wasn't guaranteed, but it was a "we have to see it." You expected it to go back to what it was coming into the season because we saw it enough prior. It would be significant for Weigman to stack really good games, including a road win this week. I don't believe he has had a road win. I think he'll go out and get it, just like A&M got one against Florida.
   
• It would be significant for A&M to win a third game away from Kyle Field. That would be significant because you have to win at Auburn and South Carolina.
   
• If Weigman, the offense and the passing game go out and play well and look like an efficient unit for two weeks in a row, you could keep saying that's what you expect to take the field every week. Still, there will be ups and downs. South Carolina has a better defense than Missouri and Mississippi State. Texas is a better defense than everybody else on the schedule. It might not always be up, but if he plays like he did against Mizzou, it will be good for him and his confidence. It would represent another step for an offense that keeps going on an upward trajectory.
   
• Cade Klubnik is a big reason why Clemson is one of the biggest surprise teams of the season. I said that Clemson would be, but I also said the same thing about Oklahoma.
   
• I had said for the last two years that Oklahoma was moving in the wrong direction, and I also said Steve Sarkisian was doing a better job of building an SEC football team than Venables was. That was a real assessment, and now, the Sooner fans are recognizing it. Their fans don't think they'll win seven games. They have Maine, and who else? Where are the other two wins? They have South Carolina this week, and that's a must-win for Oklahoma. Their defense got exposed.
   
• Look up Payton Thorne's passing yards vs. Oklahoma. I think he threw for like 350 vs. that defense. People who went to the game on Saturday are saying Texas is bigger, faster and stronger. People are starting to believe it. That's going to be the case for a lot of teams in this league. They'll be bigger, faster and stronger than the Sooners, and it's a failure by Venables. The schedule next year is no easier for him. The defense has been exposed for the last couple of weeks.

Segment 4 ( 31:30:30 - 37:41:27)

• Texas still has a path to navigate as well to get there. Florida is a good team, and Georgia is as well. I'm still not buying Vanderbilt or Kentucky being capable of beating Texas. There is one caveat if I'm a Texas fan. Converting a lot of third-and-2s to third-and-4s and keeping that explosive offense off the field for a long period of time. I don't know if this is the Iowa State or Kansas method, but Texas is too overwhelmingly talented for Vandy. Maybe not for Kentucky with the way that Kentucky plays.
   
• For A&M, if the Aggies lose the game this weekend, then it's alarming and concerning. If they were to lose to LSU, South Carolina or Auburn, everyone would be off the ship. If they go 3-1 in these four starting this weekend, in year one under Mike Elko, you will still be playing in your final game of the regular season for an SEC title berth.
   
• You are first in the conference for the first time since you joined 13 years ago. You are first in any conference since 1998. You'd be playing for that in your final game of the regular season. A&M has never played in game 12 to where they would be in the title game if they won. I think it would almost be a certainty if you were 6-1 with the chance to get 7-1 in the league. In your last game, and with a new head coach. That would be a hell of a first season for Mike Elko. If they look good or win in Starkville and if they just figure out a way to beat LSU.
   
• Look at the upcoming games. One that should be a toss-up, and the other where you're frankly just a better football team. That's when I'll start taking a realistic look at the things other teams are talking about. I got to see a little more. I need to see A&M beat two top-10 teams in the country at home with not only Missouri but LSU, too. I need to see them win another road game, and I need to see that path shrink. I don't think this team will be good enough to survive an off or a down week. The challenge for Elko and the Aggies is exactly what he said yesterday. They know it's going to be a tough environment, and they know they have to play their asses off in Starkville

There's been so much talk from them about an all Texas CCG.  I'd put the o/u at 3.5 losses for aggy going into t+2.

[Pimphand 5,648]

It's really a shame that mental gymnastics is not a collegiate sport to go along with meat judging.  Between the meat pimp and looch they would never lose.
 

 

[Ravishing Rick 1,128]

Looch is “little brother” defined. Our $9.95ers don’t give A&M a second thought, yet Texas dominates Looch’s commentary. 
 

yes, we have a couple A&M threads on here, but that’s purely to laugh at them, rather than to discuss their team. 

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On 10/15/2024 at 1:13 PM, Doc Daneeka said:

 

He seems like a fucking idiot. 

Seems like?

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On 10/15/2024 at 8:05 PM, Doc Daneeka said:

No one is ready for the Longhorn Inqusi… never mind. 
 

 

But is it expected?

[bizzle 1,139]

for those that care deeply - most of you - this has been an interesting month as the things i hoped for most under elko: some discipline, the raising of the collective floor, guys improving over the course of the season, adam cushing being a golden god, etc., have all largely taken place. we're not world beaters, but the team is playing well, the higher-end talent is being put in position to succeed and by and large guys are playing really fucking hard.

unfortunately lsu is just a shit matchup against a secondary that still is struggling. the lack of tyreek chappel is going to hurt as there's just not another nickel on the roster, bryce anderson has to be hurt for as terrible as he has been playing and the rest of the guys are either just not good enough or not quite ready. defensive line will have to play out of its mind against a great lsu front and hope nussmeier makes a mistake or two. i think we'll manufacture 24-27 points but not sure that will be enough. should be entertaining.

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2 hours ago, bizzle said:

for those that care deeply - most of you - this has been an interesting month as the things i hoped for most under elko: some discipline, the raising of the collective floor, guys improving over the course of the season, adam cushing being a golden god, etc., have all largely taken place. we're not world beaters, but the team is playing well, the higher-end talent is being put in position to succeed and by and large guys are playing really fucking hard.

unfortunately lsu is just a shit matchup against a secondary that still is struggling. the lack of tyreek chappel is going to hurt as there's just not another nickel on the roster, bryce anderson has to be hurt for as terrible as he has been playing and the rest of the guys are either just not good enough or not quite ready. defensive line will have to play out of its mind against a great lsu front and hope nussmeier makes a mistake or two. i think we'll manufacture 24-27 points but not sure that will be enough. should be entertaining.

Going to be an entertaining game for sure.

[Vertigo 20,274]

2 hours ago, bizzle said:

for those that care deeply - most of you - this has been an interesting month as the things i hoped for most under elko: some discipline, the raising of the collective floor, guys improving over the course of the season, adam cushing being a golden god, etc., have all largely taken place. we're not world beaters, but the team is playing well, the higher-end talent is being put in position to succeed and by and large guys are playing really fucking hard.

unfortunately lsu is just a shit matchup against a secondary that still is struggling. the lack of tyreek chappel is going to hurt as there's just not another nickel on the roster, bryce anderson has to be hurt for as terrible as he has been playing and the rest of the guys are either just not good enough or not quite ready. defensive line will have to play out of its mind against a great lsu front and hope nussmeier makes a mistake or two. i think we'll manufacture 24-27 points but not sure that will be enough. should be entertaining.

Kelly seems like he sucks, but then you look up in the fourth quarter and they are 4 points ahead with 2 minutes left. 

[Mitch Cumsteen 18,526]

2 hours ago, bizzle said:

for those that care deeply - most of you - this has been an interesting month as the things i hoped for most under elko: some discipline, the raising of the collective floor, guys improving over the course of the season, adam cushing being a golden god, etc., have all largely taken place. we're not world beaters, but the team is playing well, the higher-end talent is being put in position to succeed and by and large guys are playing really fucking hard.

unfortunately lsu is just a shit matchup against a secondary that still is struggling. the lack of tyreek chappel is going to hurt as there's just not another nickel on the roster, bryce anderson has to be hurt for as terrible as he has been playing and the rest of the guys are either just not good enough or not quite ready. defensive line will have to play out of its mind against a great lsu front and hope nussmeier makes a mistake or two. i think we'll manufacture 24-27 points but not sure that will be enough. should be entertaining.

I, for one, don't appreciate this reverse jinxing shit. Please revise accordingly.

[utee94 15,747]

A&M is definitely improving, which shows us just how badly Jimbo was mailing it in.   At this point they're over-achieving for the talent level that remains on the team after some brutal portal cycles.

But they also haven't played a single team yet that I would consider "good."  That's just the way the schedule worked out for the ags this year, similar to how it worked out for Texas.  When Texas finally faced a good team, things got a lot harder, obviously. And unlike Texas, the ags have actually struggled against some bad teams, while Texas put all of its mediocre-to-bad teams completely away.

LSU isn't as good as Georgia, really not even close, but they'll be the first good team the ags will play.  I don't think A&M has enough in the tank to beat the Geaux Tigers, but I do think it'll be an entertaining game that lasts through the 3rd quarter.

But if I'm wrong and the ags do win on Saturday, then I'll freely admit they've finally beaten a good team.

[Ricky's one-hitter 9,084]

1 hour ago, utee94 said:

A&M is definitely improving, which shows us just how badly Jimbo was mailing it in.   At this point they're over-achieving for the talent level that remains on the team after some brutal portal cycles.

But they also haven't played a single team yet that I would consider "good."  That's just the way the schedule worked out for the ags this year, similar to how it worked out for Texas.  When Texas finally faced a good team, things got a lot harder, obviously. And unlike Texas, the ags have actually struggled against some bad teams, while Texas put all of its mediocre-to-bad teams completely away.

LSU isn't as good as Georgia, really not even close, but they'll be the first good team the ags will play.  I don't think A&M has enough in the tank to beat the Geaux Tigers, but I do think it'll be an entertaining game that lasts through the 3rd quarter.

But if I'm wrong and the ags do win on Saturday, then I'll freely admit they've finally beaten a good team.

LSU has played two ranked teams so far - a close one in week 1 to SC on the road, then beat a streaky Ole Miss by 3 at home. They handled Arkansas, but the only other notable win is another squeaker against South Carolina. 

LSU hasn't played a "good" team either. SC has 4 losses and Ole Miss' best win is at the South Carolina team that LSU beat. Love me some JQJ, but beating Arkansas wins you nothing. 

I think this game will look a lot like old B12 games - high scoring where edge rushers, QBs, and WRs are the difference. LSU wins two of those, so give me the Tigers who then go on to lose 2 of their last 4. 

[SimkinsMan 4,358]

LSU has approximately the 10th most difficult schedule in the country, and is 6-1. Although they don't play as well on the road, they're still a good to very good team. If Aggy wins, it's definitely a quality win. Should be a fun game. 

[Funk Doctor Spock 12,107]

Yeah, as weird as it sounds, I can't wait to check it out. If aggy wins, I'll give them all the credit, but I just don't see it, especially with LSU's o-line dominating an above average front 4. Aggy secondary is abysmal. But so is LSU's defense, so who knows? I still think LSU wins, but it won't be a blowout. 

[RomaVicta 29,836]

The Aggies are good. They're in the mix of teams that could beat just about anybody in this parity year of CFB.

Our defense is something they will not have faced all year. Our D's scoring stats are skewed by two teams requiring less than 200 yards of offense to score five touchdowns.

I don't know how the Greg Davis offense will be when we roll into College Station.

[Atticus 3,933]

Not the thread for this convo, but their OL is coming together. Reed isn't as good as LSU made him look, but he's probably better than Weigman. The DL is very very good.

[linux 1,659]

36 minutes ago, Atticus said:

Not the thread for this convo, but their OL is coming together. Reed isn't as good as LSU made him look, but he's probably better than Weigman. The DL is very very good.

The amount of injuries and defections on that OL has been something else that they are still really good at run blocking means that they do have something up their sleeve. That said Reed has already played other teams like BGSU and Arkansas to mediocre perfomance expecting him to be half as good as Pavia is them wishcasting, A&M has coasted on their QB room chaos freaking opponents out, once they finally settle on Reed it will be easier.

[billfromlaketravis 11,377]

1 hour ago, RomaVicta said:

The Aggies are good. They're in the mix of teams that could beat just about anybody in this parity year of CFB.

Our defense is something they will not have faced all year. Our D's scoring stats are skewed by two teams requiring less than 200 yards of offense to score five touchdowns.

I don't know how the Greg Davis offense will be when we roll into College Station.

aggy could be playing for pride when we roll into town. They could clinch a spot in Atlanta if they beat South Carolina and Auburn.

I think this what the SEC wanted, new teams in the championship game. The formula they used handed aggy an extremely easy schedule this year and next. It what it is. We both benefited. 

[destroya 367]

37 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

 

I think this what the SEC wanted, new teams in the championship game. The formula they used handed aggy an extremely easy schedule this year and next. It what it is. We both benefited. 

This is some texags-esque bullshit conspiracy thinking right here. 

Edited October 27 by destroya

[RomaVicta 29,836]

The whole SEC is a grind, man. A grind. Line of scrimmage league. Wear you down. Any given Saturday. 

It just means more. 

The Longhorn deaths should be piling up pretty soon now as our players are reduced to hamburger.

Easy schedule? Pshaw.

[SarksJuggs 1,106]

Has Texas A&M completely abandoned the 2025 class lol?

[bizzle 1,139]

On 10/27/2024 at 9:43 AM, Atticus said:

Not the thread for this convo, but their OL is coming together. 

oh this is very much the thread for this particular conversation. 

[Bevo 13,534]

I can't believe their scrub guard is playing so well as a freshman.

[Longhornfrenzy 5,620]

[RomaVicta 29,836]

Dreamy Brauny should sit at Howell's feet to learn rudimentary English prose.

[RomaVicta 29,836]

Interesting Thread on Texags with just a whiff of pathology from Seven Costanza:

There was an example about Ole Miss then this guy opens the Toxic Texas file for the vintage stuff:

Ebil. We ebil.

[LonghornLurker 65]

53 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

Interesting Thread on Texags with just a whiff of pathology from Seven Costanza:

There was an example about Ole Miss then this guy opens the Toxic Texas file for the vintage stuff:

Ebil. We ebil.

Imagine spending your fleeting seconds on this earth willingly reading TexAgs…

[RomaVicta 29,836]

7 minutes ago, LonghornLurker said:

Imagine spending your fleeting seconds on this earth willingly reading TexAgs…

And being mocked by someone who merely lurks. 

[BurntOrange&White 39,817]

3 hours ago, Longhornfrenzy said:

Gerry mentioned that talks are really heating up between fasusi and Texas 

[Ricky Butler 2,666]

1 hour ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Gerry mentioned that talks are really heating up between fasusi and Texas 

That’s exciting because heat is hot and leads to fire. 

[CHEF RIBS W/ THE HAMM YALL 1,254]

43 minutes ago, Ricky Butler said:

That’s exciting because heat is hot and leads to fire. 

But where there is fire there is smoke. And where there is smoke, usually UGA players are involved