re: Is Texas A&M a perennial top 10 team?

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If South Carolina can do it, Texas A&M can do it

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South Carolina has benefited enormously from the decline of the SEC East. I am not sure that situation is going to last much longer either.

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South Carolina has benefited enormously from the decline of the SEC East. I am not sure that situation is going to last much longer either.

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And A&M has tremendous built in advantages South Carolina will NEVER come close to having.

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A&M has finished in the top 10 a total of 12 times out of 78 years the AP poll has existed.

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Lol. So being a small all-male military academy for over half that time doesn't change the dynamic? Not at all?

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Well it's even worse lately.

A&M's top 10 finish in 2012 was the first since 1994.

So that is once in the last 18 years.

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If strong has a good season at UT, then aTm will take a big hit.

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Maybe so maybe not. Most of the 2015 class in Texas will commit before the next season. They have no recruiting momentum, so we are leading for most of the talent.

It is far more important we win then they lose, as its harder to flip guys than keep them.

With that said, I [bias alert] don't think Charlie Strong is going to do what the great Saban couldn't- stop Big 12 offenses every week[/bias alert].

nm

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Going forward, we will have as good of a chance as anyone in the west

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aTm will compete each year for a spot in the top 10. Before I would ever say yes, I need to see them stop the run and be able to pound the ball consistently against the LSU, Bama, Auburn and everyone else in the SEC.
They are setting their selves up to be in that position though.

Hbt pls

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There aren't very many perennial top 10 teams.

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Truth. Very few. Even the ones that sometimes reach that height, usually fall back to earth and wouldn't be considered perennial top 10 anymore.

I guess it depends on what you mean by "perennial."

Are you basically just asking who the top 10 teams will be over the next few years? That's kind of a different question.

But there aren't 10 teams that are "perennially" in the top 10.

Alabama has 6 top 10s in a row. I don't think perennial means every year like that, but I would think probably averaging 2 out of every 3 years for a period of time or something along those lines would fit the definition.

If A&M was still in the Big 12 id agree. Hell theyd be in the playoff every year. I don't even see them going 2-4 against AU,UA,OM,and LSU for the next few years. Gonna take more than 2 recruiting classes to fix that D.

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I think most people are going to be surprised by how good well be in 2015

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I think you guys will be more competitive in 15 than next year. The west is going to be extremely tough in the following years even with the loses at QB at various schools. I think next year will be a tough one for A&M though.