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re: The real news out of A&M's win over Bama
Posted on 11/14/12 at 7:38 am to aggressor
Posted on 11/14/12 at 7:38 am to aggressor
Too bad it won't help JFF next year......the OLine is the key and he's losing some good ones.
Sustaining the success is key to flipping the really good recruits. Not to mention actually having a decent Defense.
Remains to be seen if A&M will ever be great on Defense.
Sustaining the success is key to flipping the really good recruits. Not to mention actually having a decent Defense.
Remains to be seen if A&M will ever be great on Defense.
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Posted on 11/14/12 at 8:52 am to lsusteve1
I don't know where this "A&M is losing their OLine" crap is coming from. There is 1 Sr on the OLine and he already has a stud to replace him. Joekel certainly may go to the NFL (though his bro is still on the team and he has said he plans on staying and getting his degree) but A&M has a lot of depth there. Matthews is a virtual lock to stay as he is more of a mid first rounder with a chance to play next year alongside his bro (the guy who will be replacing Lewis at C) and he certainly doesn't need the money considering who his Dad is. Lots more talent on the way on the OLine so unless both OT's leave there really should be no dropoff.
I agree defense is the larger concern area. We have less depth there though the incoming talent is better than what we have currently. It will take another year or two though to have LSU/Bama depth but it's happening. The classes A&M is setting up for '13 are loaded with SEC type defensive talent with speed and size and attitude.
The point of this thread is also the future and not the past. A&M won't win the West or the SEC this year and still hasn't really done anything. That's what is scary. Even without a trophy A&M is finishing out a great 2013 class with elite talent and 2014 looks like it is going to be incredible. I agree with those who say "So what? So does LSU, UF, UGA, and Bama". That's actually the point though. A&M is doing what it is doing with Top 20ish recruiting classes. What do you think happens when it is Top 5? We are setting up to be a long term SEC power to keep up every year. That is the point.
It's also foolish to talk about historical programs and how they always recruit. The past has little to do with the future to a 17 year old kid. What they care about is what they think will happen while they were in school. One lesson from the past though. From the mid '80s to the mid '90s A&M dominated Texas recruiting and also cherry picked a lot of talent outside the state. I remember when Mack Brown came in and won some early recruiting battles with his new facilities at the time over A&M and thinking "Woah! We lost THAT guy to Texas? WTF?" Mack came in along with Bob Stoops and kicked A&M's arse and stole our lunch money and became dominant for a decade because of it. So much so that a lot of folks seem to have forgotten what happened before then when it was a lock that A&M was going to have a Top 10 recruiting class, we never lost at home, and we very rarely lost a conference game. The SEC move started that pendulum to swing but the Bama win was the statement A&M needed to kick things into high gear.
Once again, this isn't about A&M owning the SEC. That is virtually impossible to do for more than a brief period anyway. What this is about is A&M is about to truly compete with the big boys not just for a big upset but long term. We got a great coach. Our facilities and fan support are there as is the money. We are in the middle of the most fertile recruiting ground in the country. The last thing was really being able to lock down the best recruits out of that area and that is what is now happening.
That's why the real news is the recruiting shift. A&M just destroyed the biggest negative recruiting pitch against us in terms of showing that it isn't just potential to win it is very real. All anyone is talking about in Texas is A&M. The sleeping giant is awake and is going to be a force to be reckoned with for a long time.
I agree defense is the larger concern area. We have less depth there though the incoming talent is better than what we have currently. It will take another year or two though to have LSU/Bama depth but it's happening. The classes A&M is setting up for '13 are loaded with SEC type defensive talent with speed and size and attitude.
The point of this thread is also the future and not the past. A&M won't win the West or the SEC this year and still hasn't really done anything. That's what is scary. Even without a trophy A&M is finishing out a great 2013 class with elite talent and 2014 looks like it is going to be incredible. I agree with those who say "So what? So does LSU, UF, UGA, and Bama". That's actually the point though. A&M is doing what it is doing with Top 20ish recruiting classes. What do you think happens when it is Top 5? We are setting up to be a long term SEC power to keep up every year. That is the point.
It's also foolish to talk about historical programs and how they always recruit. The past has little to do with the future to a 17 year old kid. What they care about is what they think will happen while they were in school. One lesson from the past though. From the mid '80s to the mid '90s A&M dominated Texas recruiting and also cherry picked a lot of talent outside the state. I remember when Mack Brown came in and won some early recruiting battles with his new facilities at the time over A&M and thinking "Woah! We lost THAT guy to Texas? WTF?" Mack came in along with Bob Stoops and kicked A&M's arse and stole our lunch money and became dominant for a decade because of it. So much so that a lot of folks seem to have forgotten what happened before then when it was a lock that A&M was going to have a Top 10 recruiting class, we never lost at home, and we very rarely lost a conference game. The SEC move started that pendulum to swing but the Bama win was the statement A&M needed to kick things into high gear.
Once again, this isn't about A&M owning the SEC. That is virtually impossible to do for more than a brief period anyway. What this is about is A&M is about to truly compete with the big boys not just for a big upset but long term. We got a great coach. Our facilities and fan support are there as is the money. We are in the middle of the most fertile recruiting ground in the country. The last thing was really being able to lock down the best recruits out of that area and that is what is now happening.
That's why the real news is the recruiting shift. A&M just destroyed the biggest negative recruiting pitch against us in terms of showing that it isn't just potential to win it is very real. All anyone is talking about in Texas is A&M. The sleeping giant is awake and is going to be a force to be reckoned with for a long time.
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