I still find it interesting that 7 of the top 25 and 17 of the top 94 players in the country decided to go to A&M. I can see this with Bama as you are pretty much guaranteed a National championship. You can add in programs like Ohio State, Georgia, or even Clemson that could pull a ton of top players based on recent championships but what is it that A&M actually offers (assuming we believe Jimbo and they aren't paying players). Is it the championship pedigree? Their last football title was closer to the Civil War than this year. Is it the upward trajectory of the program? They lost 4 games last year just like Jimbo's first year. Is it the great coaches? These kids committed and/or stayed committed when they didn't even have a D coordinator or O line coach. What if we look outside of football reasons? Academics of the university? uh-huh. Beauty of the campus and city where it resides? uh-huh.
This whole thing reminds me of an old Simpsons episode (Camp Krusty) where Bart changes his grades from a D to an A+ and Homer tells him, "a D turns into a B+ so easily, you just got greedy". They could have cheated and got a number one class with say, 3 5 star players but they just got greedy. Maybe they will get away with it but it's offensive to hear Jimbo and their alumni acting all high and mighty and not willing to admit the truth. If Jimbo would come out and say, "damn right we cheated and you aren't going to do a damn thing about it", I would at least have some respect for him versus lying to our faces.