re: Texas A+M's offense

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has sumlin had time to install his whole playbook?

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Sumlin has admitted to only having a few plays to call for JFF. The rest is just, oh go out there and run around til you find an open man or an open running lane. Worked against Bama and several other teams so he'll probably keep doing it next year til it bites him.

Next season you'll be predicting that "In year 3, the SEC defenses will put a stop to Manziel and the Aggies."

Yawn.

In regard to Cam and Tebow.

Cam played 1 year, so defenses didn't get a 2nd crack at him.

Tebow
1st year: Mainly a running QB to convert short yardage plays. Chris Leak was the starter.

2nd year: Monster year, won Heisman. Team lost 4 games.

3rd year: Stats weren't as good as his 2nd year, but the rest of the team was better. Had Percy Harvin. Florida had a great defense. National champs.

Last year: Stats were even worse, offense played worse. Florida had a great defense. 1 lost kept the out of the title game.

So, Tebow's first year starting was his best year statistically. His last 2 years Florida was better because the players around him were better.

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A+M has a offense SEC teams don't often see. They go at a speed that isn't easy to stimulate at practice. Most of the teams they played need a quarter or half to adjust to it. The better defensive teams played beter against them in the 2nd half. Florida gave up no points in the 2nd half, LSU gave up 7, Bama gave up 9. Next year the other SEC teams will have this year game to look back on and make adjustments.

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You are assuming that A&M's offense won't be any better next year than it is in Sumlin's first year. That kind of runs against the prevailing wisdom that it takes at least a year for a coaching staff to fully install a new offensive system, and also discounts the fact that we're playing a QB in his first year of college action. So, you think the defenses are going to get better, but the offense is going to stay the same? Go ahead and tell yourself that if it helps you sleep at night.

A+M won't regress that much. But with the talent A+M will lose this year, 7-8 wins next year is my guess.

interesting topic that cannot be answered before the final results of next season.

It will come down to who progresses faster, SEC defenses or A&M's offense. Who learns how to out scheme and out execute the other? Honestly I have no clue who I would give the edge to, both sides have incredible talents. Maybe its my maroon colored glasses, but I believe that A&M's running game will improve faster and will get a higher percentage of calls next year due to some dynamic talents in Williams, Williams, and Carson. The receiving corps might regress with the loss of key seniors, but the influx of recruits might minimize that regression. In the perfect Texas Aggie world, the three headed monster of a balanced running/passing/JFF'ing offense would be too dynamic and unpredictable for a solid SEC defense. But like I said, everything I just mentioned could be countered with a solid argument based of the talent of players and coaches in the SEC.

and fwiw, this topic will get beat to death during the off season.

whelp it won't be all on Johnny Next year we have even better RBs coming up.

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In fact, the Aggies don't even own a playbook. "It's something for someone to pick up and put on the Internet," Sumlin said of why not.

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Holy shite, hadn't seen that quote.

They basically are just out there backyard footballing everybody

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Will their O-line be as good? Answer that and you have your answer.

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First off, we don't know if Joeckel or Matthews, or both, will return.

Second, if we lose them, there are some studs in the pipeline, so the question isn't necessarily will it be as good, but will it be good enough?

We won't know until we see them play.