re: Bob Stoops Butthurt

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Do you truly believe that A&M was that much better simply because they had an SEC patch on their uniform? After just one offseason of being in the conference? Really? Not because of Sumlin or Johnny Football?

And hell yeah we paid athletes back then, but here's the kicker: EVERYONE ELSE DID TOO. To suggest that we were paying players and everyone else were "amateurs" is laughable. Wasn't MSU one of the bidders on Cam Newton?

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I don't think Johnny Football and Kevin Sumlin were playing defense. I think playing in the SEC made us well suited to stop Belldozer, something no one you faced came close to doing. I think playing in the SEC made us come in to our own, and made us battle tested by the time we got to y'all. Had we played in the Big 12, I don't know if Johnny would have developed as fast as he did either. Iron sharpens iron. The A&M team that suited up against the Gators was not on the same level as the one that played the Sooners. I think there is something to be said for the toughness of the SEC schedule. I truly do. Sure, Arkansas and Auburn weren't great, but LSU, Alabama, Florida, hell even Ole Miss were all tough games. But that Oklahoma defense is one of the worst I've seen in a very long time, and I watched quite a few OU games(I always do they are my second most watched team bar none, too many Sooner ties not to.) So maybe it simply was Johnny. Although we did hold y'all to 13 points, and despite what some people think, Manziel didn't play safety.

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Not because of Sumlin or Johnny Football?

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We'll never know, but the mere fact that A&M was coming into the SEC could well have played a big role in Sumlin taking the job.