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Texas A&M Recruiting 2025: The Land of Melk & No Money
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Liucci Segment 1 (00:00:00 - 13:56:12) *Liucci walks in, jamming to “King of Wishful Thinking” by Go West and “Dirty Diana” by Michael Jackson* Texas' schedule is easy as hell. They have remarkably easy schedules in year one and year two of the SEC. Whereas, Oklahoma got hammered by the schedule. Florida got hammered by the schedule. Georgia has it rough. Texas has it easy. They hear me say that, and then they run to Twitter. They don't hear me say that Texas A&M got gifted a nice schedule for this year. Next year, it gets harder. It's mostly because of the flip between road and home. Next year at home, Texas A&M plays Florida, Auburn, Mississippi State and South Carolina. The way Florida and Auburn are going, you think that you should win all of those games. On the road, though, Texas A&M plays LSU in Death Valley, Texas in Austin, Missouri in Columbia, Arkansas in Fayetteville and Notre Dame in South Bend. I don't take offense if someone says that Texas A&M drew an easy schedule by SEC standards. It is still tougher than Texas' schedule. I normally visit friends at halftime or talk to some people in the stands. I just stayed down there. I was stressed. I told one of the news guys on our football staff that that is how the Arkansas game always goes. It is also how every Saturday in the SEC goes. Look at Georgia. Look how great Georgia is and how their last couple of games have gone. They have had to stress it out against Kentucky. They walked away feeling lucky to get a win. They come in this week and look up, and they're down 28-0. Georgia's last two weeks have been holy hell. I heard Kirby Smart say at one point in the game that they were down that big against Texas A&M at Kyle Field. I guess he was talking about 2013 when Alabama was down 14-0 and 21-7. It was never 28-0 or 30-7. Maybe it felt like that to Kirby Smart because no one scored on them back then. Texas is No. 2. They are no worse than one of the five best teams in the country, if not No. 1 or No. 2. Time will tell. They played a team that has looked like the worst team in the SEC, with a backup quarterback, at home and had a letdown. I still think Texas would have won, but it may have been a fourth-quarter game. That is the difference. You saw what Kentucky did to Ole Miss. Imagine if you had to go to Kroger Field this week. It gets really tough in this league. I wonder how many times Nick Saban had to win a game in the last five minutes in the past two years. Unless you are one of those top three to four teams in the SEC, every game is going to be like what A&M dealt with on Saturday. Even then, look at Ole Miss and Kentucky. If you can get two out of your eight SEC games to look like the Florida game, then you are either lucky or one of the top three to four teams in the league. Segment 2 (13:56:13 - 18:08:04) In 2012, we were up 20-0 against Alabama. The next year, we were up 14-0. An endzone pick on a fade that the receiver should have at least jumped up and broken up happened. I don't know if A&M would've gone up 28-7 or 21-0, but they were up 14-0 to start that game, and still, to this day, I think that was the loudest I've ever seen Kyle Field. When Johnny Manziel just fades to Mike Evans left and right. This was all built up as Nick Saban's revenge, and they ended up winning that ball game the next year. One of you, either David or Olin, said that Notre Dame was one of the worst quarterback showings that we had in a big game. I think you guys were going back to that Conner Weigman game against Notre Dame. Kyle Allen against Alabama in 2015. Three pick-sixes against Alabama in a game. Then Kyler Murray came in and threw a pick. People now make fun of it like it's not a bad thing because he didn't want to play because of the way they were moving quarterbacks, but that's not funny to me. That is the sign of a loser. That you don't want to go in and compete against Alabama and you threw a pick that half the guys on the team thought was intentional. That's not cool. I don't care if you don't like your coach. You don't want to play against Alabama? Segment 3 (18:08:05 - 20:07:24) The 2022 Alabama game was a fun game. Texas A&M went in there not expecting to win and came down to the final play. It is crazy what one play can do for a season or coaching tenure. You think of Jimbo Fisher, that play on the goal line, and the chance to beat Alabama again. You think about Kevin Sumlin, and if Deshawn Capers-Smith intercepts that ball, maybe you won't lose that first game to UCLA. It was not his fault. I picked one play out of thirty that I could have picked. I'll give you one play from Saturday. The Aggies are about to go for it near midfield early in the second quarter. Texas A&M gets a penalty, backs up five yards and punts. If they don't get the penalty and don't convert on fourth down, Arkansas gets a short field. Who knows if A&M would have gone down 21-7 or 17-7? Instead, you punt it and pin Arkansas deep. Shemar Stewart blew up a play, you recover the fumble, and then it's a tie game. You never know when these plays are going to win or lose a game or alter a season or coaching tenure. Segment 4 (20:07:25 - 44:41:24) I don’t think the goal is to trend along all year like that because, as we also saw throughout the Jimbo era, it certainly keeps you in the danger zone longer. If they can be playing the level of defense that they are playing now, which isn't perfect yet, but it is good, solid SEC defense without question. If they can keep doing that and if they were to get more explosive on offense, they would be a really dangerous football team. As it stands now, this team on that schedule can win every game they play. Until they get more big play explosive, you're going to be in the danger zone every week. That is most of the league for different reasons. LSU is explosive as hell but they're going to give up a lot of plays. Every team is trying to get out of that. LSU is trying to get better on defense, and A&M is trying to be more explosive on offense. I think they're getting closer. It’s hard to see. The running game is getting better, even though they struggled throughout that game. First of all, Marcel Reed was sacked three times and two of them were by Landon Jackson. I still think they did a good job of giving him time to throw and protecting him. The running game is hard to do when you're outnumbered. Le’Veon Moss started running like a man possessed. On Saturday, you had the 58-yard touchdown to Noah Thomas. If Marcel connects with Noah, you might've had a 75-yard touchdown. That was the closest we've seen to this offense opening it up, attacking down the field, making the opponent respect and back off. There is a ways to go before we say that this is an explosive, lethal, dangerous passing group. I am looking to see this week against Missouri, the following game after a bye week against Ole Miss. Can you make enough plays to win that one? Then when LSU comes in here, can you do that? I think it's moving in the right direction. I think people are underestimating that you had a quarterback that won the job, hands down. You have a very inexperienced quarterback who played four quarters of a low-quality ball game, and now he made his third career start on Saturday. He has shown so much as far as checking boxes, but he is very much still a developing quarterback and passer. When A&M's winning these games, you either get a much better Reed week-to-week or you get Conner back. As long as Marcel is progressing, I don't think you change it. This week will be interesting because it's three weeks in. They went neutral against Arkansas in a four-quarter game. They had an unexpected test with Bowling Green in a B-game, maybe even a C-game, but they won on an off day. If you had asked me where they would have been this week, I would have said 4-1, and they are 4-1. Maybe, I would have had them 5-0. But I think if they can beat Missouri this week, they really have a chance to get this thing going in the right direction. Arkansas probably won't be going to a bowl game, and Florida probably won't be going to a bowl game. I think they both needed to beat A&M to go to a bowl game this year. Most people don't know much about A&M this year except that we have a young quarterback and Mike Elko. I don't know why beating Arkansas close or beating Bowling Green close should catch anyone's attention. You win on Saturday, and you catch everyone's attention. Not only because you beat a top-10 team at home, but because you would be 3-0 in the SEC, you would be 5-0 on a winning streak. Then people start going, "You were actually close to beating Notre Dame." I'm looking at A&M's schedule and don't call it easy because it never is, but realize you could have been dealt a lot worse hand than you were. This schedule in year one for Mike Elko could have been a lot more tough. Jimbo's second year coaching here, you had No. 1 Alabama, No. 1 Clemson, No. 1 LSU and a Georgia team that was No. 1 earlier in the year. You had Bo Nix and Derrick Brown at a top-10 Auburn team. Like, let me get my footing. They've set it up so that once they get better, the Aggies can get their footing. Segment 5 (44:41:25 - 48:55:24) I think pass breakups, interceptions, and tipped passes intercepted for pick-sixes are flashy. How many pass breakups did Will Lee III have on Saturday? He had four. That is pretty special. He set the single-game record in the Southwest Classic. That secondary has been good. I said before the game that Arkansas was more of a test than we had seen. Not because Arkansas has a great passing game, but because of Taylen Green's elusiveness and mobility and their receiving corps. Green's passing ability is probably driving Bobby Petrino nuts. I think that the Arkansas receiving corps, Andrew Armstrong, Isaiah Sategna, Isaac TeSlaa and Tyrone Broden, is the best that A&M has faced so far this year. They don't have a guy to consistently get them the ball in rhythm. They are not like Alabama or LSU. There is no Malik Nabers, Justin Jefferson, Ja'Marr Chase, or Brian Thomas Jr. The secondary gave up some yards, but it was mostly the one big play. It was a busted play. Green should have never had that much time. He made a great move. Three Aggies had a shot at him. He did a great job of getting through that and finding a guy over the top for a touchdown. Other than that, I thought the secondary did a great job. It was nice to see Dezz Ricks get an interception. Mike Elko is still figuring things out in the secondary. Dalton Brooks has missed almost two full games from targeting penalties. He looked great on Saturday. Bryce Anderson only played 17 snaps because he is banged up, so you saw more Marcus Ratcliffe and Trey Jones III. You lost Tyreek Chappell, who you loved at nickel. You saw a mix of Jaydon Hill, who did some nice things in the box. You saw more BJ Mayes. They started Dezz Ricks over Jayvon Thomas, who still played and was impactful. They are still figuring out what the best look is. They fool good about what they have in the secondary. There will come a time when there is a defined four, nickel and dime unit. One guy that you know will be a part of that is Will Lee III because he has been really good. Segment 6 (48:55:25 - 57:53:11) Noah Thomas had six catches. He had five other catches outside of the 58-yarder, so he had five catches for 50 yards outside the big play. He had some important catches. I remember he caught one of them on a first down in a key moment to get ahead of the chains. Mike Elko and Collin Klein really believe Noah Thomas can be a big factor in the passing game. There was a quarterback change. I don't know what it looks like if Conner Weigman doesn't get hurt. I'm sure Thomas would have been a favorite target of his. He is capable of these types of games everytime he takes the field. He did it against Ole Miss last year. He is a big-play wide receiver who has gotten better in the possession-receiving game as well. He can do this more consistently. He can have 100 yards and a touchdown in any given week. He needs to make sure it happens by playing well, but he should be a five or six catches and a 45 to 70 yard-guy every Saturday. It would be amazing to see him stack performances like that. When was the last time we saw a receiver stack performance like that? Jahdae Walker did last year against Ole Miss and LSU. Before that, I don't know how long it has been. I would assume it would be Ainias Smith. They need that in this offense. Noah Thomas needs to emerge. Le'Veon Moss is forty yards off the SEC rushing lead. Ja'Quinden Jackson had about 200 yards against Arkansas Pine Bluff, so that is a little misleading. Segment 7 (57:53:12 - 1:01:00:13) The touchdowns for our tight ends will go up as they continue to show that they can make plays. I have liked Tre Watson since he got here in the spring. Theo Melin Öhrström has been a great find in the passing game, and I think he's getting much better as a blocker. I think that position is becoming a quality position. The credit for that goes to the coaches working with that group and credit to Collin Klein for getting them involved. It's so hard to get those yards in the red zone. Collin Klein at Kansas State was lethal in the red zone, and to get two plays from five yards out against any SEC defense that is especially that easy, just lob it out to your tight end. Those are the touchdowns you pray for. That is outstanding playcalling. I continue to be impressed with the tight end position. Hopefully, we'll see more of them. I think Marcel can find the tight end more as an outlet if he starts to go through the progressions as he continues to develop -
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Snapshot of A&M's 2025 class 10 weeks away from early signing period By Ryan Brauninger Did everyone know that the early signing period has changed? We'd been calling for an alteration or complete elimination of the typically late December date for a couple of years now, and it appears the NCAA got the message. This year, the class of 2025's first opportunity to sign with the school of their choice will be Dec. 4-6. Now, that's actually not a horrible decision as those dates are sandwiched between the regular season and the College Football Playoff, but a majority of conference championship games do fall on that weekend. There's also the interesting case of schools who will be firing coaches. If you're planning on having new management for your football program (*cough, Florida, cough*), you better have an air-tight plan for how that transition is going to happen because you basically have no time to waste between the season and the signing period. The change in date means there are essentially 10 weeks remaining in this recruiting cycle. Sure, there's still the February signing day remaining, but the days of that being the recruiting Super Bowl as it once was are long gone. As I've written before, time in recruiting can be as fluid and evasive as the practice itself. As such, 70ish days in this arena can be an eternity. It can also be a flash. Either way, I think the fact that we are more than three-quarters of the way through this cycle will be surprising to a lot of folks, considering how much football is still left to be played. Therefore, let's take a quick snapshot by position of where things stand today for the Aggies as they get ready to navigate the hall of mirrors that the home stretch of recruiting calendars can often be. Quarterback The Aggies have Husan Longstreet committed, and up to this point, he has remained solid. He has also been in College Station quite a bit for a California kid. They're done here unless Longstreet starts getting cold feet. Things would get interesting if that happens, but as it stands, he's the guy. Running Back Trooper Taylor nabbed his top in-state target in Deondrae Riden last offseason. The current depth chart looks like the Aggies may need more than one player at the position though. If I had to say today, I think this will be a spot used in the portal, but they have been keeping an eye on a few kids in state. They brought in Jayden Jackson from Franklin last weekend. Tight End While we list Kiotti Armstrong as an athlete, it's highly likely that he's going to start his college career at tight end, and he has started to play like an elite one for Jasper this season. The Aggies will be fighting off suitors up until signing day for him, but they've been up to the task so far. The staff is also still in pursuit of Vander Ploog, the 6-foot-6, 230-pounder out of California, who is committed to Washington. Offensive Line You'd think OL recruiting would be put on the back burner for a bit with five guys already committed at the position, but Adam Cushing isn't looking at it that way. A new offer out to Nelson McGuire last week, as well as their continued chase of Lamont Rogers, makes it seem to me that they're still keen on adding one or two more if they can. I really like the way they've attacked the position this cycle. Wide Receiver Here's the big one that folks are going to keep an eye on. I'll say this, I do not anticipate this coaching and recruiting staff adding a body here just because they need numbers. If they're going after a high school prospect (like Daylan McCutcheon or Jerome Myles), it's because they believe he's a championship-caliber player. I'm sure there will be a name or two more that pops up between now and December, but I expect the Aggies to be very active at receiver in the transfer portal. They're also having to hold off Texas for commit Kelshaun Johnson as the Longhorns have upped their efforts on that front. Defensive Line Right now, I think the only remaining targets for Texas A&M would be Javion Hilson and Tobi Haastrup. The former was committed to Florida State until earlier this month, while the latter is still under heavy evaluation by the Aggies (Sean Spencer went to see him play on Friday) and just about everyone else in the region. However, this is another position where Texas could be a thorn in the Aggies’ side as they'll host Chace Sims on an official visit next week, or at least that’s what has been reported. We are keeping an eye on that though because there are some murmurs about the validity of the visit in the last few days. Regardless, Sims has gone on record and said he's going to keep looking at everything up until signing day. After hearing that, it certainly wouldn't surprise me if A&M starts to look at other interior defensive linemen as an insurance policy. Linebacker I don't anticipate anything new here as long as Noah Mikhail and Kelvion Riggins stay locked in to their verbal pledges. I believe the staff is happy with what they've got there. However, if one of the big-time names in the state or region wanted to give the Aggies a second look, I do not think Jay Bateman would turn down the opportunity. I would also have to believe that the coaches would take inventory of what they think of the youngsters on the current roster and make decisions on the future of the position with that in mind. Defensive Back There are five commitments here currently — three corners, one nickel and one safety. The goal seems to be keeping what they've got in the fold and then adding another safety if they can. 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