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  1. 3 minutes ago, Vertigo said:

    It will be King or Johnson to start the season. Either way, Jimbo is going to have to figure out a way to score a lot more next season and neither of those guys are it. 

    last season max johnson completed 60% of his passes, threw for almost 3,000 yards and had a 27:6 td/int ratio in the middle of a dumpster fire of an offense. i think at worst he's a middle of the road p5 qb, which is far ahead of what we threw out there last year. 

    there's a hell of a lot more potential in that qb room than there was a year ago. still needs to be way more efficient. 

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  2. 1 hour ago, closetojumping said:

    I remember our enthusiasm on the boards when Texas signed the #1 classes in 1999 and 2002. Obviously both of them panned out pretty damned well, but the expectations for immediate production from numerous guys out of both classes wound up proving to be laughable. I know transfer now add some salt to the recruiting classes, but I still find it comical that people are going to be higher on ATM in 2022 than the past two years. I don't even vaguely see it. I doubt Vegas will either.

    over / under last year was 9.5. could see that falling to 8.5 next year. 

  3. 1 hour ago, closetojumping said:

    Oh, just shut the fuck up. Either you're too far in the tank to understand the level of nouveau riche silliness your alumni base can often stoop to, or you're actively playing stupid on this board because equivocating seems like some sort of dandy strategy to avoid just being honest and admitting your school is dirtier than a pig in shit. Whichever it is, it's tedious and pathetic. Sell stupid somewhere else. Take deceptiveness and shove it up your fat ass.

    i'm starting to worry about you. maybe form another s corp. 

    and i have no idea if it's going to translate to more than 8 or 9 wins, but that's the fun part. 

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  4. 9 minutes ago, speed817 said:

    you left out marshall malchow

    no, i mentioned on and off field. he was part of a pretty great operation, and we need to replace him with someone of a similar caliber. 

    on the out of state kids, elijah robinson is a badass and james coley has a ton of connections in georgia. but if you prefer to believe we're giving each kid a car dealership to visit, that probably doesn't hurt the narrative moving forward. 

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  5. 19 minutes ago, Tree Fidy said:

    I would be interested to hear in your words how this historic class was achieved with details of the messaging/methods used.

    in order, i would say:

    1. jimbo fisher: the guy has been known as one of the best recruiters in college football his entire career and i think finished top 3-5 every year at florida state. he learned good lessons from saban and bowden here. he's also assembled a staff of pretty great recruiters both on and off field. 

    2. the weird region: ou's coach left. lsu's coach left. texas stumbled through season one of a new staff on the field. that's a historically bizarre anomaly that allowed a&m to take advantage of:

    3. the absurd amount of talent in state: this class just happened to be one of those cycles that had a ton of talent, and a lot of it happened to be in houston where there was a bit of a domino effect. 

    4. we're paying: but really no more than anyone else, as much as the websites want to give us credit for directing strategic oil reserves to various churches. 

    should be entertaining. 

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  6. 22 hours ago, closetojumping said:

    We have done the research. We have talked to aggies involved. Some of us have actually formed legitimate LLCs. Reported to the IRS. Formed C-corps. Sold them, shut them down, raised money for them, built them, built boards, blah blah fucking blah. Anyone making any of the work that's happened over the last 6 months on this stuff sound easy is either a liar or completely misinformed. 

    the fanfic on this is reaching some truly awesome levels. the reality is we paid every single member of the signing class $25-$30 million each - and that was just to visit. 

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  7. feels like a weird year for records as the music industry continues to splinter into a million tiny pieces, but i really loved the albums from:

    arlo parks

    big red machine

    hiss golden messenger

    wild pink

    the weather station

    i really wanted to love the war on drugs but the damn thing just insists on itself. where the fuck is nomaaa.

  8. 4 hours ago, closetojumping said:

    So for the roster dorks, what does this incoming class do across the board to the ATM roster? 

    I was talking with friends of mine that are really involved nationally with CFB and they said they expect high attrition from the ATM roster ahead of next season and that Fisher is loading the roster with guys who might be dudes, but who also are not good characters. Normally the same folks are glowing about Fisher’s recruiting so hearing them get real about it for once got me curious. 

    i'm worried we won't be able to field a team because everyone will be in prison :(

  9. 6 hours ago, Viper said:

    you hear anything about Bo Nix @bizzle?  Gerry Hamilton said Nix to a&m is what he's hearing

    i'd be surprised. i think jimbo is trying to sneak max johnson and his brother in without alienating donovan green. who knows, i've heard more posturing this week than i have probably the last 5 years combined, nil + sec moves + all the rest has turned this entire process into a shit show.

    it's pretty great. 

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  10. On 12/11/2021 at 12:00 AM, Tree Fidy said:


    @bizzle disagrees. Fight him!

    it's always worked! just don't get sucked into an m&a deal with international tax implications where one of the companies is in the middle of suing a global accounting practice. 

    also, didn't think elko would take that job, but guess it was his time. here's to anyone but charles kelly. 

  11. 23 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

    So it looks like Elko is gone. Everyone join Bizzle in absolute surprise. 

    i would think he could do better, but maybe not - that's a really tough job.

    and i think elko is really solid, but don't worry about jimbo's ability to replace him. if it's charles kelly, then we got some issues.  

  12. 35 minutes ago, Enchubben said:

    Is it really the scheme? or that aggy has had a really good group of DL for years now, and safeties trying to play cornerback?

    why not both dot gif

    and he's obsessed with playing guys like leal at 5 tech to set the edge which tends to result in a strong run d to the detriment of the pass rush. and the lack of pure cover guys has definitely not helped, along with his reticence to blitz until later in the game. thankfully, he finally seems to be moving to some quicker cover guys across the back.

  13. On 12/8/2021 at 5:22 PM, Huckleberry said:

    Yeah that's pretty concrete evidence that they're hearing Elko may be gone. 

    to be fair, tarp has been annoyed by elko for several years. i think he's a very solid dc, but his schemes are definitely stronger against the run than the pass. 

    and i would think jimbo would call pruitt way before kelly.

  14. 3 minutes ago, texasstrong12 said:

    Elko has been actively trying to get the Duke job per their 9.95ers. He’s interviewed multiple times. 

    If Elko doesn’t end up at Duke it won’t be because he “doesn’t want it.” This is sitting on the platter for Elko so if he doesn’t get it he has some skeletons in the closet or is terrible at the interviewing process. 

    i'm not relying on the duke 9.95ers here. i understand he has interviewed for the job and i also would be surprised if he took it. can't rule it out. 

  15. 42 minutes ago, texasstrong12 said:

    It sounds like Virginia is going after Tony Elliott which would make Elko to Duke very likely. 

    If aggy loses Elko and Robinson with no impact on recruiting we know they’re dropping just insane bags. 

    i would be surprised if elko takes that job. and will laugh my ass off if jason garrett gets it.

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  16. 23 hours ago, closetojumping said:

    I'll be in NYC next weekend and MLK weekend in January. We should meet up if you're up there then. I can show you how to tap into universal wifi, and you can equivocate with the criminal's creed of how everyone is getting theirs, so the aggies have to go out and get theirs too. Then we could race each other in the 40 and I could throw you into the East River as a reward for being victorious. 

    Also, your QB getting hurt wasn't the problem with predicting 10-2. Not having a QB worth a fuck and not having a QB room with more than two guys in it were the problems. Jimbo Fisher, Midget Ace Recruiter Extraordinaire, doesn't own that monumental fuck-up, does he? I'm sure QB won't be an excuse in 2022 when ATM's 8-5 again after beating titans such as UMass, Sam Houston, and South Carolina to get them bowl eligible.

    i feel like there should be a meme of a small domino labeled 'me whiffing on our long our oline would take to come together' and ending with a large one of 'closetojumping asking me to grab a drink at bemelmans'. we can work on this. 

  17. 17 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

    I've posted a couple of my takes from the time. It's a weird bug on this site that you can actually go back and find shit people wrote and then review it with them down the line. We don't have to speculate. So, yeah, I was way more fucking accurate about ATM this year than you were. Just own your bullshit, dude. We don't need to hear all of the excuses for why 10-2 didn't happen and why next year is, again, the year. 

    Your pre-season post presented Wydermeyer as a god, but now you won't even miss him. Won't skip a beat with the portal. 

    Cooper is amazing for a backup, as are the safeties. The guys ahead of them were played by Elko out of kindness, I suppose. Cool.

    Here you see me calling and staying consistent with ATM doing whatever it takes to land a top 3 class in this cycle. I didn't go back this far, but at some point you mocked me for referencing that Fisher was installing a bag game to rival Kirby Smart. I guess you believe that Evan Stewart and Denver Harris are coming to ATM all of the sudden because they really like the cut of Jimbo's jib.

    This post was from July, but yeah, I was way off on the schedule issues and the class efforts and this cycle being different.

    Here you are, huffing your own farts and poo-pooing concerns about safety, OL, and QB.

    Here was my response, referencing that ATM and Texas had similar question marks coming into the season, not claiming the rosters were similar. And telling you that ATM looked like they were heading to 8-5 due only to a soft schedule, otherwise it would be worse. Why? Because QB, OL, and speed on defense and offense, and Fisher sucking as an OC. 

    Good shit. Feel free to rebut, but I'm guessing your about to hop on a flight without wifi to Vancouver, where we know they won't have the Internet for the next 8 months.

    yeah, it's bizarre the guy known as an incredible recruiter that landed top 5 classes year after year has continued to . . . do the exact same thing history would suggest. and your continued harping on the bag man boogyman scheme remains hilarious - everybody is playing the same game and has for over a decade - you still have to close kids, which clearly some coaches and staffs are better at than others. 

    as to the team this year, we lost our qb in game 2, and i was definitely wrong about how quick it would take the oline to gel. it happens. i'll be in new york for a few weeks in january, but otherwise around to be entertained by your maundering.

  18. On 11/29/2021 at 10:27 AM, closetojumping said:

    I'm sorry, but arguing that ATM will be better, even the vague possibility of it, next year is absurd. They're not going to replace 6+ draft picks with better players, playing better immediately. Get a grip on that. They'll be legitimately weaker at TE, TB and the front 7. If Ainias Smith goes pro, they'll be far weaker at WR too. Maybe Evan Stewart fills that void quickly, but maybe not.

    They lose every starter on the DL when Leal goes pro. They have talent behind them and coming in, but Leal is a 1st round pick and the rest have a shit ton of experience. They won't be upgrading that in 2022 even if the talent level is higher.

    Hansford is a damned good LB. Gone. Backups don't present as well.

    O'Neal is a buffoon and a liability, but if they had someone better than him, he'd undoubtedly be playing by now. Demani Richardson is likely going pro. That's 2 safeties, gone. 

    They lose two OL if Green goes pro. There's speculation that he won't, but his dad is a moneygrubbing pimp, so I'm guessing he gets the push to get what he can, while he can. 

    There is no exciting replacement for Wydermeyer. Sternberger was a stud and Wydermeyer was a great replacement. The Fisher passing game revolves around the TE. This is a big hole going into 2022. 

    Calzada may suck, but he enters 2022 as the presumptive starter. If they slide King right back in, Calzada is gone. They're going to try to tiptoe that situation all spring and summer and the prospects of them pulling off keeping both are tenuous. King is an injury waiting to happen. He WAS injured his senior year with a shoulder problem. He is fragile and that isn't fixable. Weigman starting as a true freshman seems ... unlikely. If he is, then you probably lost both upperclassmen. No one even really knows if Weigman is going to play, much less be ready. 

    And all of this presumes that Elko sticks around and Robinson sticks with him. I'm guessing if Elko gets a gig somewhere, Robinson is the first guy he's asking to come with him. 

    ATM also accidentally picked the wrong cupcakes to open the season. Sam Houston State is a power in FCS and will not just lay down for ATM to open the year. Then these idiots host Appalachian State, who is pretty fucking far from a pushover these days (they're 10-2 this season and playing for their conference championship this weekend). Then they host Miami, go to Dallas for Arkansas, then at Mississippi State and at Alabama before an offweek. Those fucking idiots have a higher likelihood of being 2-4 than 4-2 in that first half of a season. 

    No, ATM will not be better in 2022. 

    i believe your take at the beginning of the year was that you didn't see much difference in the a&m and texas rosters, so i'll take all the rest with a few grains of salt. 

    overall, my prediction of 10-2 was founded on what i thought would be a very good defense paired with a functional offense, albeit with a lack of speed in a few areas that would lead to defeat against bama and ole miss. the speed definitely bit us against ole miss, however it also reared its head vs lsu, and the functional offense never really came around, primarily because the oline took a while to get together and the qb injury (insert 'jimbos offense sucks and would have been the same with haynes king' here to the degree you think appropriate).

    on your above points:

    dl will take a step back for sure. we've got a ton of talent, but it will take a bit to come together. mckinley jackson will be playing for a draft grade and he simply has to be more impactful.

    lb will be better, you're overrating hansford and cooper should be in line for an all-sec season. at safety, o neal actually turned into an incredible team leader, which is why he never got removed for jardin gilbert. we were playing two 4.6-4.7 guys all year at deep safety, hence the end of the lsu game, mississippi st completing 90% of their passes, etc - i think this gets better next year with gilbert / antonio johnson rotating in more. don't see any way demani richardson goes pro, he seems undraftable at this point. 

    on offense, wydemeyer sucked all year, not sure what happened to him, either the hand issue or looking forward to the next level. we should be able to replace his production with better blocking. calzada enters the spring at 3rd string. nice kid, tried hard, simply not capable of processing at this level of football. it's on jimbo he didn't have a better option ready, however king decidedly beat him out last year and i imagine he does so again with weigman waiting in the wings. wouldn't be surprised to see calzada transfer in the spring, and i hope he never buys another beer again. 

    the schedule does present some challenges on the front end, however we'll see pretty quickly if i'm correct about the ceiling on this team next year. i think a more productive qb and speed upgrade on the perimeter on both sides of the ball raises the bar a bit, as always i'll be here to have shit thrown at me.

     

  19. 3 hours ago, closetojumping said:

    I'm sorry, but arguing that ATM will be better, even the vague possibility of it, next year is absurd. They're not going to replace 6+ draft picks with better players, playing better immediately. Get a grip on that. They'll be legitimately weaker at TE, TB and the front 7. If Ainias Smith goes pro, they'll be far weaker at WR too. Maybe Evan Stewart fills that void quickly, but maybe not.

    They lose every starter on the DL when Leal goes pro. They have talent behind them and coming in, but Leal is a 1st round pick and the rest have a shit ton of experience. They won't be upgrading that in 2022 even if the talent level is higher.

    Hansford is a damned good LB. Gone. Backups don't present as well.

    O'Neal is a buffoon and a liability, but if they had someone better than him, he'd undoubtedly be playing by now. Demani Richardson is likely going pro. That's 2 safeties, gone. 

    They lose two OL if Green goes pro. There's speculation that he won't, but his dad is a moneygrubbing pimp, so I'm guessing he gets the push to get what he can, while he can. 

    There is no exciting replacement for Wydermeyer. Sternberger was a stud and Wydermeyer was a great replacement. The Fisher passing game revolves around the TE. This is a big hole going into 2022. 

    Calzada may suck, but he enters 2022 as the presumptive starter. If they slide King right back in, Calzada is gone. They're going to try to tiptoe that situation all spring and summer and the prospects of them pulling off keeping both are tenuous. King is an injury waiting to happen. He WAS injured his senior year with a shoulder problem. He is fragile and that isn't fixable. Weigman starting as a true freshman seems ... unlikely. If he is, then you probably lost both upperclassmen. No one even really knows if Weigman is going to play, much less be ready. 

    And all of this presumes that Elko sticks around and Robinson sticks with him. I'm guessing if Elko gets a gig somewhere, Robinson is the first guy he's asking to come with him. 

    ATM also accidentally picked the wrong cupcakes to open the season. Sam Houston State is a power in FCS and will not just lay down for ATM to open the year. Then these idiots host Appalachian State, who is pretty fucking far from a pushover these days (they're 10-2 this season and playing for their conference championship this weekend). Then they host Miami, go to Dallas for Arkansas, then at Mississippi State and at Alabama before an offweek. Those fucking idiots have a higher likelihood of being 2-4 than 4-2 in that first half of a season. 

    No, ATM will not be better in 2022. 

    it's possible for 2 things to be simultaneously true:

    1. i was off in my 10-2 pick for this year, i apologize and will be better.

    2. your post is terrible and wrong, you should also be better. i will break it down later when not drinking at lunch. 

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