re: Taylor Hamm & Billy Liucci make SWEET LOVE in 2019 + Football Recruiting Thread

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@imadeit21
Replying to @jcarter2133
Shut up, what has atm accomplished in the last 20 years? Get out of here you criminal

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Jeffery Carter
@jcarter2133
Crazy how grown folks have twitter fingers but can’t come to me with it..

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- We've held off on talking about it too much, but now that the Aggies have earned commits from Bobby Wolfe, Erick Youngand Scooby Carter, it's time to talk about where Texas A&M's five-man haul in the defensive backfield ranks, both nationally in 2019 and in school history. As far as what the Aggies have in the three corners plus safeties Demani Richardson of Waxahachie and Brian Williams of Bishop Dunne, we're talking about a five star and four 4* defensive backs, all five of whom could have played virtually anywhere they wanted. It's a little more difficult to find some of the older A&M recruiting classes, but I can confidently say that the Ags current secondary haul is better than anything (at this stage of game, meaning coming out of high school) I've seen here in the past quarter century. I really don't think that's up for debate. As far as where the Aggie DB haul will rank nationally, it's going to be a top five group at worst and could end up being as good or better than anyone secondary class in the country.


- Carter's eventual final five included the Aggies, OU, Alabama, Texas and Oregon so outlasting the Sooners, Horns and Tide made this particular recruiting battle a pretty significant one in terms of momentum and sending a message to a trio of recruiting rivals. Though Bama tried frantically to rip Jeffery out of his home state a couple of weeks ago, the group that might be hearing things loud and clear these days resides in Norman. After an impressive commitment spree by Kirby Smart's Georgia Bulldogs over the weekend, the Aggies and Sooners currently sit 3-4 in the national recruiting rankings. While both sides have backed off a couple of guys they've lost to the other late in the process, the simple truth is that the Ags are currently doing a much better job in their home state than OU is south of the Red River. Granted, the Sooners are casting a national net under Lincoln Riley but the fact of the matter is that the Ags have added a pair of former Oklahoma pledges over the past two weeks in Carter and Isaiah Spiller and - regardless of what they say after the fact - recent commit Erick Young had a spot in Norman had he decided he had 'OUDNA' (whatever that means). Yes, there's a real rivalry brewing between the (only) Big 12 power and their former conference rival on the recruiting front and I have a funny feeling we'll see the two sides meet in a high-profile bowl game soon enough as Jimbo Fisher and Lincoln Riley continue to stockpile elite-level classes. Heck, the Sooners' four-man 2019 haul at WR/TE (all Texans, mind you) versus the Maroon Five in the secondary alone should be worth the price of admission.

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- Can we say enough about the job Maurice Linguist has done when it comes to recruiting his position? He was a complete unknown to most A&M fans when Jimbo Fisher tabbed him to lead the Aggie secondary six months ago but all the former Minnesota assistant and Mesquite is help lead the charge as the Ags have put together an incredible five-man haul on the back end. Show me a young assistant coach having as good a first year at his current school as Linguist, who has quickly established himself as quite the closer. Enjoy a big glass of coffee, Mo.

- So the Aggies added Jeffery Carter and Texas went out and got a lineman that the Aggies pursued for a quite a while before things went south seemingly overnight (as a couple of head-scratching recruitments against Texas have). With one landing in College Station and one landing in Austin, let's re-visit this year's head-to-head count. Yep. Still pretty one-sided, with Jimbo Fisher and the Ags still doubling up Herman's Horns to the tune of 10-5 when it comes to in-state commits offered by both programs. 'Ssssshhhhhhh' is right, isn't it Spinsters? This, my friends, is why I left Texas out of my tweet yesterday when I called Oklahoma and Alabama A&M's primary recruiting rivals. I'm not sure the Sooners and Tide haven't replaced the Longhorns and LSU at the top of the list.

- Carter's commit left everyone wondering when the next domino would fall and where it would come from. I'd say keep your eye fixated on Baton Rouge now that Christian Harris has returned from his weekend visit to Tuscaloosa and the feedback we're getting is that the Aggies still lead. As a side note, I heard this weekend that the 240-plus pound (yes, you read that correctly even though most list him around 230) linebacker set his school power clean record with a jaw-dropping lift of 365 pounds. That's Quentin Coryatt-type stuff right there, folks, and it's coming from a young man who is athletic enough to line up at receiver and even corner at north of 240. Harris is a guy I believe the Ags simply must grab at linebacker this year. A tremendous prospect at a need position and a guy who is built, can run and plays like an SEC linebacker should.

- Just one more note on a pair of guys who were in town this weekend: The Ags knocked it out of the park with both Seven Lakes DE David Ugwoegbu and Dickinson TE Jalen Wydermyer. I've noticed a lot of posters seem to think these two are 'commit now and lose your spot' types but that's simply not the case. Both are considered top priority guys by the A&M staff at need positions and were treated as such this past weekend. Sometimes, I think some who follow this stuff are blinded by the star ranking. Look past the three-star ranking here and believe me when I say Jimbo Fisher and Co. would love nothing more than to add the two Greater Houston studs to Class of 2019, whenever that may be. It's also noting that if the Ags were to ink these two plus Adrian Medley, they'd have a trio of 'three stars' on the commit list holding a combined offer list that includes A&M, Alabama, Florida and Ole Miss all x 3, Miami, Auburn, Tennessee and LSU x2 plus Georgia, Michigan Ohio State, Oregon for Wydermyer, OU, TCU and Texas for Ugwoegbu and Florida State and Clemson for Medley. Three stars my arse.

Though I'm a little leery of a potential Ugwoegbu visit to Norman this weekend because the Sooners are one of a small handful of teams who are as hot as the Aggies are on the recruiting trail this summer, I'd say Texas A&M is sitting in as good a spot as they have at any point in the process with he, Wydermyer, Mayde Creek DL Marcus Stripling and West Mesquite WR Dylan Wright.

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