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Posted on 8/7/23 at 12:01 pm to Ping Pong
A&M, I fear, has a brief window of opportunity to take that next step forward and it has to be in the next year or two.
Say what you will about the Whorns ability to screw up a wet dream, but once they are in the SEC they'll start gobbling up recruits from Texas who were holding out to play in the SEC. That is going to cut into A&M's big advantage. I'm not saying it is going to turn the Aggies into UTEP over night, but it has started the clock ticking.
Alabama... well they are still pretty scary, but I don't think anyone thinks they are as dangerous as they were in previous years. No insult intended to Saban mind you. Is LSU the real deal or do they have their issues? We know Ole Miss is going to lose some games they should have won. The West is very winnable this year.
If A&M is going to make the SEC Championship game and potentially put their name in the hat for the playoffs they kind of need to do it now. Especially since I'm not sure the Petrino and Jimbo marriage of convenience is going to be a long term deal.
Unfortunately for A&M, they weren't great last year. They were pretty bad actually. Can a team go from a 5-7 year to the CFP? That is a pretty tall order.
Say what you will about the Whorns ability to screw up a wet dream, but once they are in the SEC they'll start gobbling up recruits from Texas who were holding out to play in the SEC. That is going to cut into A&M's big advantage. I'm not saying it is going to turn the Aggies into UTEP over night, but it has started the clock ticking.
Alabama... well they are still pretty scary, but I don't think anyone thinks they are as dangerous as they were in previous years. No insult intended to Saban mind you. Is LSU the real deal or do they have their issues? We know Ole Miss is going to lose some games they should have won. The West is very winnable this year.
If A&M is going to make the SEC Championship game and potentially put their name in the hat for the playoffs they kind of need to do it now. Especially since I'm not sure the Petrino and Jimbo marriage of convenience is going to be a long term deal.
Unfortunately for A&M, they weren't great last year. They were pretty bad actually. Can a team go from a 5-7 year to the CFP? That is a pretty tall order.
Posted on 8/7/23 at 12:05 pm to Pvt Hudson
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There isn’t a single honest Aggie that would argue with that.
Yep, it’s why the fanbase is frustrated as all get out. It would be one thing if we didn’t have tons of donor money pouring in, didn’t have new facilities, tons of money for coaching salaries, recruiting at a pretty high level, etc. there’s absolutely no good reason we haven’t been as competitive as we should be since moving to the SEC. Two good years out of 11 is just wasting resources.
Posted on 8/7/23 at 12:08 pm to Arksulli
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A&M, I fear, has a brief window of opportunity to take that next step forward and it has to be in the next year or two.
Maybe but probably not. . .we seem to have an endless runway for assembling great expectations and then sh$%ting our pants.
Posted on 8/7/23 at 12:12 pm to Arksulli
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Unfortunately for A&M, they weren't great last year. They were pretty bad actually. Can a team go from a 5-7 year to the CFP? That is a pretty tall order.
Yeah . . pretty unlikely but we all did watch that 2012 3-9 Auburn team morph into the the 2013 SEC champs that narrowly lost to FSU in the national title game.
Still amazing how that unfolded. It is not impossible (except for us I am guessing).
Posted on 8/7/23 at 12:16 pm to Arksulli
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A&M, I fear, has a brief window of opportunity to take that next step forward and it has to be in the next year or two. Say what you will about the Whorns ability to screw up a wet dream, but once they are in the SEC they'll start gobbling up recruits from Texas who were holding out to play in the SEC. That is going to cut into A&M's big advantage.
I think people underestimate how many good recruits there are in the state, sure some years may be a bit thin at a certain positions but there’s lots of great athletes in this state, both schools will continue to get “theirs”.
Yes the sec move helped A&M, but we’ve also heavily invested in better facilities and are pouring resources/support into the program at a much greater rate than we ever did in the Big12/SWC.
Timing for A&M will be just like anybody else: putting together the right recruiting classes, having a good coaching staff on hand, catching other teams in the conference on a slight down year, and luck.
Posted on 8/7/23 at 12:33 pm to Pvt Hudson
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There isn’t a single honest Aggie that would argue with that.
Ya'll need a fresh start and retool. The money is there. The recruiting is mostly there. Just missing a HC that can produce.
Posted on 8/7/23 at 12:37 pm to ReversePiggie
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Texas just happy it wasn't them. No matter how many lists or polls, Texas is the queen of disappointment.
I'm definitely happy that you hijacked yet another post talking about us. After all these years we still live rent free in your heads. I think it's hilarious.
Posted on 8/7/23 at 12:46 pm to NotImber
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Texas is #3 big guy.
Ssshhhh
Let him focus on Aggie and not his own team
Posted on 8/7/23 at 1:17 pm to Ping Pong
Espn is owned by disney. Disney loves gays
Posted on 8/7/23 at 1:21 pm to Ping Pong
Yup
Posted on 8/7/23 at 1:21 pm to idlewatcher
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Ya'll need a fresh start and retool. The money is there. The recruiting is mostly there. Just missing a HC that can produce.
This has been the story of our lives since 1940.
Posted on 8/7/23 at 1:30 pm to Pvt Hudson
I remember years of saying Clemson underachieved and UGA underachieved. 
Posted on 8/7/23 at 1:31 pm to Smoke Ring
A&M is not Georgia. Heck, they aren’t even Clemson.
Posted on 8/7/23 at 1:39 pm to Arksulli
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Can a team go from a 5-7 year to the CFP?
Not unless they had some really fantastic recruiting class gel together…
Posted on 8/7/23 at 1:46 pm to Ping Pong
Posted on 8/7/23 at 2:14 pm to Ping Pong
Can’t argue with that point. We should beat teams like LSU on a yearly basis.
Posted on 8/7/23 at 2:16 pm to ForgetTheRest
You think? Really??? Lol
Posted on 8/7/23 at 2:18 pm to Ping Pong
I'll agree with that. We should be waxing all of the teams around us. No excuses
Posted on 8/7/23 at 2:33 pm to ColoradoAg
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We should be waxing all of the teams around us.
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