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Still, if A&M had stayed in the Big 12 for the 2012 season, I'm convinced they run the table undefeated and play Bama (who they beat on the road that year) for the national title. No way I see Johnny losing that game.

You clearly don't understand why Mike Sherman was fired.

The primary reason that Mike Sherman was fired was not losing to Texas, blowing 6 multiple-score 2nd half leads (and losing 5 of those), or taking a preseason top 10 team and going 6-6.

The reason Mike Sherman was fired was that he not only publicly disagreed with the move to the SEC, but he ACTIVELY SPOKE OUT AGAINST IT AFTER IT HAD ALREADY BEEN MADE...the same reason that Bill Byrne was fired.

A person wearing a tinfoil hat could almost make the argument that Sherman deliberately had his teams fold in the second half almost DARING the administration to fire him.

Mike Sherman and his coordinators almost made it a point to choose seniority over ability when it came to players. Examples:

Waiting until his job was in jeopardy to replace Jerrod Johnson with Ryan Tannehill in 2010.

Waiting until Evan Eike was hurt to start Jake Matthews.

Sticking with Trent Hunter at safety

Starting Caleb Russell over Damontre Moore (really? WTF)

Sticking with senior Garrick Williams at Inside Linebacker until Arkansas exposed him so badly he had no choice but to replace him.