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The clock is ticking for A&M

Posted on 9/8/21 at 7:08 pm
Posted by Stidham8
Member since Aug 2018
7102 posts
Posted on 9/8/21 at 7:08 pm
If they’re ever going to be an elite program, they’ve got to establish themselves as a championship team before Texas/Oklahoma join and starts picking off the elite recruits in Texas.

This year looks like they’re best shot with getting Alabama at home with the CBS night game. They’ve got to take advantage or they’re going to get left in the dust.
Posted by Hugh McElroy
Member since Sep 2013
17709 posts
Posted on 9/8/21 at 7:11 pm to
quote:

They’ve got to take advantage or they’re going to get left in the dust.



Are you saying that if we don't don't go 12-0 this year, we're going to get "left in the dust?"

Posted by ColoradoAg
Colorado
Member since Sep 2011
22459 posts
Posted on 9/8/21 at 7:11 pm to
Not much of a worry, thanks
Posted by Crimsonite94
Member since Jul 2021
3564 posts
Posted on 9/8/21 at 7:13 pm to
Ehh, beating Bama isnt the lone factor. Ole Miss beat us back to back and they didn’t win shite. South Carolina beat us and they didn’t win shite. Auburn has beaten us and not won shite. Beating Bama will help, but the voters gotta do the right thing and put them in if their only loss is to Bama.
Posted by Mr Sausage
Cat Spring, Texas
Member since Oct 2011
12935 posts
Posted on 9/8/21 at 7:18 pm to
Obviously you missed the Jimbo extension. We’re going to thump both of the newbies when they finally drag their asses here.
Posted by AustinAggie
Behind Enemy Lines
Member since Jul 2021
1466 posts
Posted on 9/8/21 at 7:28 pm to
I actually somewhat agree.

Don’t think we’ll be left behind at all because we’ll have substantial NIL sway but expectations wise - failure to make it to Atlanta within the next 2-3 years would be a major problem and piss a lot of people off.
This post was edited on 9/8/21 at 7:29 pm
Posted by TrNabs
Austin
Member since Oct 2019
740 posts
Posted on 9/8/21 at 7:32 pm to
aggy isn't winning anything EVER, they have this bizarre confidence at the beginning of the season and then the wheels fall off mid-season.
Posted by Old Sarge
Dean of Admissions, LSU
Member since Jan 2012
55670 posts
Posted on 9/8/21 at 7:32 pm to
Not really a true statement
Posted by KingofTexas
Member since Jun 2021
1740 posts
Posted on 9/8/21 at 7:47 pm to
quote:

If they’re ever going to be an elite program, they’ve got to establish themselves as a championship team before Texas/Oklahoma join and starts picking off the elite recruits in Texas.


Excellent observation. You can sense the urgency from A&M to get it done this year. Which puts extreme pressure on Jimbo which was forced on him rather sudden like when it became known UT/OU were coming. Thus the reason for the extension he received. Added to the drama is the uncertainty of when the two shows up. It could happen as early as next season. Jimbo has got to get this done now.
Posted by CavalryAg07
ChiTown
Member since Jul 2009
2772 posts
Posted on 9/8/21 at 8:04 pm to
we are recruiting well and our coaching staff is sound. support is sound. NIL is sound.

doubtful we drop off much if at all when Texas and OU join, it's like everyone expects that to happen and not the complete reverse with OU and Texas, especially OU.

Posted by truth22
Member since May 2021
1259 posts
Posted on 9/8/21 at 8:17 pm to
I agree the clock is ticking. It’s ticking for the rest of the SEC.

Funny that you view this in a now-or-never light, while A&M is viewing this as a blossoming program just starting to hit its stride.

Look, 98% of the ‘sips move to the SEC was because A&M COMPLETELY surpassed them as a program and they continued declining.

They may find their footing, but it wont be at the expense of Texas A&M.

If anything, some of you Alabama programs might find it more difficult to recruit Texas.

This post was edited on 9/8/21 at 8:18 pm
Posted by Wellborn
Cypress, TX
Member since Oct 2014
1646 posts
Posted on 9/8/21 at 8:25 pm to
If Sumlin was still our coach, I might agree.

And btw, the sips on this site are like a freaking moth to a flame
This post was edited on 9/8/21 at 8:33 pm
Posted by aggressor
Austin, TX
Member since Sep 2011
8716 posts
Posted on 9/8/21 at 8:25 pm to
Appreciate your concern but as long as A&M has the resources we have we will be fine. It is clear you are scared though.
Posted by Wildcat1996
Lexington, KY
Member since Jul 2020
6223 posts
Posted on 9/8/21 at 9:34 pm to
The obsession with A&M continues.

Bleh.

Posted by Pimphand
Member since Sep 2021
712 posts
Posted on 9/8/21 at 10:26 pm to
Posted by Bobbum Man
Texas
Member since Jul 2021
943 posts
Posted on 9/8/21 at 10:29 pm to
It's nearly impossible for programs with A&M's wallet to get "left in the dust", at least permanently as you seem to be suggesting. You could could underperform for years but there's always going to be a nearly limitless money cannon aimed at the program until something sticks. Not bragging bout it at all, just the way it is.

But sure, if you say so.
This post was edited on 9/8/21 at 10:31 pm
Posted by cramps
Member since Oct 2012
2144 posts
Posted on 9/8/21 at 10:42 pm to
quote:

they’re going to get left in the dust.


So many here are making silly assumptions about A&M's demise once the coattail riders finally join. Understandable to an extent, but it's more wishful thinking than anything else.
Posted by TeLeFaWx
Dallas, TX
Member since Aug 2011
29190 posts
Posted on 9/8/21 at 10:44 pm to
We'll be fine.
Posted by Jster15
Member since Aug 2019
2221 posts
Posted on 9/9/21 at 9:25 am to
A&M will continue to improve . The SEC’s largest student body. Great facilities, good coaching. It’s the rest of the SEC that is going to suffer at the expense of adding Texas and OU. You can’t match the money.
Posted by bamameister
Right here, right now
Member since May 2016
14584 posts
Posted on 9/9/21 at 9:28 am to
You can mark it down, every team in the West division is getting one mulligan. Any SEC team coming out of the West this season with only one loss is getting into the playoff, based on what I saw in week one.

The fact that TAMU was left out last season instead of Ohio State was criminal.
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