re: Portal Comings and Goings

In the moment things aren't looking awesome, but I think we need to have a little patience here. Some guys could pull their name out and we'll surely be getting our share of incoming transfers. I will wait until we're done before I jump off any bridges just yet.

Buddy said maybe he's checking NIL before entering the draft.

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Damn Bryce Anderson is a shock

Updated he was hacked!

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He's not ruling it out though. Either he's leaving or just trying to shake some cash from the NIL Tree.

These are the guys that went 5-7 and 7-5. Let them leave.

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Acting like the pieces are in place and we are a coaching change step away from excellence is delusional

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I mean, that is kinda what most Aggie fans think. We have (had?) a top 5 roster based on 24/7 composite talent, new facilities, large assistant salary pool, etc. pretty much everything you could think of. We should be winning more games, that’s why the athletic department just ate a 77 million dollar buyout because Jimbo was given every tool he needed and went 8-4, 5-7, and 7-5. The head coach was what was holding us back, not the roster.

Im not saying every single player in the recent classes is a hit, but if you don’t think there’s a lot of talent already on campus, I’d say you’re the delusional one. Would rather have us “retool” the roster vs rebuild…

Fair - but I think heart and culture are in need of a fix as much as the coach. I do think HS “Star” ratings are overblown - a look at the top 25 any given year will show you that. 5 stars often think they’ve achieved all they need by getting that 5th star in HS and never get better in college. Give me 3 stars with a chip on their shoulder.

I’m tired of fearing being labeled a 2%er for saying A&M football provides unacceptable returns on the support of the fans, university and BMAs. A program with the resources of Texas A&M should be top 25 every year.

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There is a reason why the teams with the most stars win the most games, generally

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Yeah, isn’t it something like every national champion the last decade plus has had a top 7 roster when you average their previous 4 years or recruiting classes? That’s why it was so weird to see TCU there and I think their record this year (5-7) showed last year was a huge abnormality/fluke.

But it’s still frustrating that we haven’t managed a way to at least “fluke” our way into a title game since 1939….

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I’m tired of fearing being labeled a 2%er for saying A&M football provides unacceptable returns on the support of the fans, university and BMAs. A program with the resources of Texas A&M should be top 25 every year.

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I’d love to see who’s calling you a 2%er, because A&Ms return on athletic expenditures in the big 3 sports has been abysmal for decades. We absolutely should have more success with our resources, expecting better results than what we’ve gotten isn’t unreasonable at all.

Too many old Ags happy with mediocrity and that a 2-10 football season was successful if we beat the longhorns as one of our two wins. I’m hoping with the gap we’ve had since playing them, some of that mentality will be gone.

I’d say we need to stop the NC talk until we can get into a conference championship game. We haven’t even done that in 25 years.

The NC talk is just as its simply a goal for us, like it is everybody. I dont think any rational fans think we are close. We have a lot of the resources necessary to make it happen, but have a lot of work to do.