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Posted on 7/26/20 at 1:23 pm to Tigerpride18
How come this website's the only place I've ever seen the term "jumped the shark " written. Lol it's kinda funny for some reason
Posted on 7/26/20 at 1:37 pm to Jb1994
We went 4-7 in 2005 then the first game of 2006 we lost to USC 50-14 (granted with several players injured). We then won 10 games in a row and won the West. Not sure many saw that coming.
2015 was weird too because we started off the season 1-3 with losses to Toledo and Texas Tech but then went 5-3 in the SEC and finished 3rd in the West. Those two losses kept us from going 10-3 that year.
2015 was weird too because we started off the season 1-3 with losses to Toledo and Texas Tech but then went 5-3 in the SEC and finished 3rd in the West. Those two losses kept us from going 10-3 that year.
Posted on 7/26/20 at 1:54 pm to Jb1994
Last season. We were 2-3, lost both our quarterbacks and our third stringer had multiple surgeries on his shoulder where he could only throw the ball about 15-20 yards and had never played a down. We were looking at maybe one more win. So Mr. Lynn Bowden Jr. and the coaching staff run a 1970's era offense into an 8-5 record with a bowl win over Virginia Tech. Yeah, that was real surprising.
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Posted on 7/26/20 at 2:08 pm to Windy City
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We also drop a game against a mediocre Longhorn squad.
Surprise surprise. Isn't the series record like 80-20 in favor of Texas?
Oh yeah, "mediocre Longhorn squad" finished with a better record than A&M. Again, surprise surprise.
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Posted on 7/26/20 at 5:37 pm to Jb1994
2012. Everyone predicted that A&M would be lucky to be bowl-eligible.
Posted on 7/26/20 at 5:39 pm to GentleJackJones
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Oh yeah, "mediocre Longhorn squad" finished with a better record than A&M. Again, surprise surprise
That game was the first time A&M lost at Kyle Field in 6 years.
Posted on 7/26/20 at 5:44 pm to Jb1994
2008. John Parker Wilson looked like a completely different QB.
Still to this day my favorite Saban game was the Blackout vs UGA. I enjoyed seeing 90K people dressed in black sitting on their hands. That was priceless
Still to this day my favorite Saban game was the Blackout vs UGA. I enjoyed seeing 90K people dressed in black sitting on their hands. That was priceless
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Posted on 7/26/20 at 5:45 pm to Jb1994
2008. That should have been a division winner, at the bare minimum. The offensive playcalling that season was just bizarre and Stafford was too much of a gunslinger.
Posted on 7/26/20 at 5:47 pm to GentleJackJones
quote:holy shite, I had know idea it was that bad out of whack. That is a Bama - Miss School record. No wonder UTx is not vested in renewing it. But, if its such a gimmee, an SEC West win could go a long way for a little 12 strength of record
Isn't the series record like 80-20 in favor of Texas?
Posted on 7/26/20 at 7:41 pm to VADawg
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2008. That should have been a division winner, at the bare minimum. The offensive playcalling that season was just bizarre and Stafford was too much of a gunslinger.
You were in the same division with national champ.
Posted on 7/26/20 at 8:56 pm to GentleJackJones
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Surprise surprise. Isn't the series record like 80-20 in favor of Texas?
Oh yeah, "mediocre Longhorn squad" finished with a better record than A&M. Again, surprise surprise.
Come on now . . .I would think Vol fans - out of any fanbase - would understand how certain groups that once experienced success can transition to prolonged periods of extreme failure with no hope of ever recovering.
As Lobo said though, Texas was very down at that time. A&M had a pretty dominant streak going and we were favored in that game.
And yes ....the series is pretty lopsided mostly because we started playing in the early 1890s and A&M had very little resemblance to the school it is today. A&M football had its heydays here and there but it was a very underfunded and small school until the 70s and 80s.
Both programs were streaky but for the last 40 years the rivarly has been a .500 affair.
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Posted on 7/26/20 at 11:25 pm to Jb1994
Lots to choose from for AU fans. Here’s a couple no one else have mentioned thus far.
Bad surprise: 1975. Coming off a rare 10-win season and #8 AP finish in ‘74. Ranked #8 again to start the year, with the added emotional boost of Shug announcing it would be his last season as HC. Lost the opener at home to Memphis fricking State, and it went downhill from there. Finished 3-6-2 with a 28-0 shutout in the IB. Then promoted Doug Barfield.
Good surprise: 1993. We had just finished two consecutive 5-win seasons, Dye had resigned in disgrace, had been humiliated by a former player for illegal benefits, we were on probation (if memory serves we were the last P5 program to receive a TV ban) and had hired an upstart HC from Division 1-AA Sanford (whom we had beaten 50-0 for one of our few wins the year before), based only on his last name. We managed to scrape by Ole Miss in the opener, beat LSU, Vandy & MSU (none of whom would finish above .500) before shocking #4 Florida in a huge upset. Ended with an improbable come from behind win in the IB over defending NC Bama and finished 11-0 and #5 in the AP.
Bad surprise: 1975. Coming off a rare 10-win season and #8 AP finish in ‘74. Ranked #8 again to start the year, with the added emotional boost of Shug announcing it would be his last season as HC. Lost the opener at home to Memphis fricking State, and it went downhill from there. Finished 3-6-2 with a 28-0 shutout in the IB. Then promoted Doug Barfield.
Good surprise: 1993. We had just finished two consecutive 5-win seasons, Dye had resigned in disgrace, had been humiliated by a former player for illegal benefits, we were on probation (if memory serves we were the last P5 program to receive a TV ban) and had hired an upstart HC from Division 1-AA Sanford (whom we had beaten 50-0 for one of our few wins the year before), based only on his last name. We managed to scrape by Ole Miss in the opener, beat LSU, Vandy & MSU (none of whom would finish above .500) before shocking #4 Florida in a huge upset. Ended with an improbable come from behind win in the IB over defending NC Bama and finished 11-0 and #5 in the AP.
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Posted on 7/26/20 at 11:34 pm to Jb1994
Hell, last year was pretty wild.
Started out 1-4 with losses to Georgia State and BYU. Finished 8-5 on a 6 game win streak.
I'd also nominate 1989 (I wasn't alive, though). They went 11-1 that year following that disaster of a season in 1988 where they started 0-6.
Started out 1-4 with losses to Georgia State and BYU. Finished 8-5 on a 6 game win streak.
I'd also nominate 1989 (I wasn't alive, though). They went 11-1 that year following that disaster of a season in 1988 where they started 0-6.
Posted on 7/27/20 at 12:05 am to Pisco
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2008. John Parker Wilson looked like a completely different QB.
It helped that he went from 35.5 attempts per game in 2007 to 23.0 attempts per game in 2008. I don't know what Applewhite was thinking with his play calling in 2007. Five games with 40 or more attempts in 2007, most attempts in a game in 2008 was 31.
Posted on 7/27/20 at 7:20 am to SpotCheckBilly
I never thought I'd see an Auburn team just flat out quit, but they sure did in 2012. That Texas A&M game was a mind blower. Nobody wanted to be in that stadium that day. Chizik had to go at that point.
Posted on 7/27/20 at 7:22 am to Jb1994
2013
Posted on 7/27/20 at 11:28 am to Jb1994
2005 Alabama
Posted on 7/27/20 at 2:46 pm to Jb1994
For LSU 2018 and even 2017 surpassed expectations. So did 2019 but that was expected to be a solid team. Final top 10 type.
A lot of dominoes fell right but winning the SECCG game In 2001 was way above expectations. Biggest surprise for me. Heck it looked almost impossible heading into the last month of that same season.
A lot of dominoes fell right but winning the SECCG game In 2001 was way above expectations. Biggest surprise for me. Heck it looked almost impossible heading into the last month of that same season.
Posted on 7/27/20 at 5:17 pm to r2d2
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A lot of dominoes fell right but winning the SECCG game In 2001 was way above expectations. Biggest surprise for me. Heck it looked almost impossible heading into the last month of that same season.
Agreed. The West wasn't that strong, but after the Ole Miss loss, the idea of getting to Atlanta was laughable, much less actually winning.
Hell, even when we were in Atlanta, and feeling confident about having a puncher's chance to pull the upset, Rohan got hurt. Still crazy to me how that game and season unfolded.
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