A&M has issues for sure and we suck right now but it really isn't one extreme or the other. There are a lot of scenarios that A&M is sitting at 5-0 in the Top 5 right now with a few things breaking their way. Would they deserve it? No, but certainly it would feel differently. By the other extreme A&M isn't suddenly a bottom feeder with no talent and coaching. The reality is somewhere between.

A&M does not have the depth of UGA and Bama in terms of talent but the starters to begin the year looked solid with a few question marks.

The biggest of those by far was QB and King was the answer. It's really hard to overstate how much losing him hurt this team. Not only is he a better QB than Calzada in terms of functional play, he is mobile and a guy that led a state championship team who is used to adversity.

The OL was the other big question mark and losing multiple starters on a line full of newbies was a disaster. That disaster was made much worse by having Calzada who is timid and not very mobile. Thus you had a pocket passer that needs lots of time because he doesn't handle pressure well. Epic fail.

The defense has issues but they are minor compared to the O. LB play has been mediocre and the DB's have had a lot of injuries. Myles Jones who got burned on the long TD against Arky for instance was having foot issues but played anyway, he just posted his pic recovering from surgery as he never should have been on the field.

Does this reflect on Jimbo and the coaches? Absofreakinglutely! Coaches have to find ways to overcome and they need backup plans. They need to get these guys ready to play and overcome. The problem though is more not acquiring enough depth or coaching it up so that we didn't have to rely on Freshman. We are paying a heavy price for those mistakes now. Our only prayer is that Calzada suddenly transforms into something new (extremely unlikely) or when King comes back we improve and can finish out with some hope for next year.

In the meantime this year sucks for Aggy and we deserve the mocking.