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2 minutes ago, coachherman'sgrill said:

My boy Graham with some wonder wordsmithing. What I think he's saying is that W-L don't matter when you look through the team's season based on SOS, conference play, conference champs. You know, the stuff that don't matter:

Texas A&M football fans are well familiar with just how difficult the grind of an SEC schedule can be on a team over the course of an entire season. The Aggies have too often seen their squad trip up against a team that, while talented, is still in the lower level of the conference as far as win total.

That in mind, it makes sense that the Aggies are often nearer to the top of advanced statistical profiles than they are in the polls, as the temptation towards an erroneously egalitarian view between the conferences is clear in pollsters' voting habits. However, when strength of record is calculated— the difficulty of achieving a given team's win-loss record against their schedule— A&M is nearly always shown to be better off than many teams ahead of them.

The funniest part of Graham's verbal diarrhea is aspiring to finish 9-3. 

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Posted
2 minutes ago, DFW Horn said:

The funniest part of Graham's verbal diarrhea is aspiring to finish 9-3. 

9-3 is pretty elite when you’re used to 8-4 or 8-5

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3 minutes ago, DFW Horn said:

The funniest part of Graham's verbal diarrhea is aspiring to finish 9-3. 

He's more inline of thinking 10-2:

Of course, a 10-2 year should put A&M squarely in the field without question, and some have predicted as much. But this 9-3 scenario seems a lot more likely at this point if you follow the metrics. Could this addition of SOR consideration lift A&M into the playoff field? We'll just have to wait and see.

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5 hours ago, nnm said:

I actually feel sorry for Reed.  They do this every year.  

 

1 hour ago, Ghost of NMAS said:

Of course aggy would call Reed a “dark” horse

Just an FYI - the CFBHome account was being sarcastic.  They clown aggy all the time.  Also:

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9 minutes ago, Mittens said:

 

Just an FYI - the CFBHome account was being sarcastic.  They clown aggy all the time.  Also:

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7 hours ago, nnm said:

 

Should an elite athlete who’s not a long distance runner have forearms that are bigger than his upper arms?

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10 hours ago, nnm said:

 

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I actually feel sorry for Reed.  They do this every year.  

What "new" offense? Did they secretly fire Klein and bring in someone... better? Am I missing something? Do aggies just not even follow their own team?

 

Edit: I see now that they were clowning the aggies. In my defense, it's pretty hard to separate satire from actual aggy beliefs

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Texas A&M fans should know well at this point that there's a good reason they refer to the offseason as "silly season"— and even by those standards, we've reached a low point.

You'd think such a nadir would occur much closer to the midpoint of the time without college football, when the wait is longest until there's actual games being played. However, for Aggie fans, the peak of silly season has apparently come here with less than ten days to go before toe meets leather for Texas A&M against the UTSA Roadrunners.


What is this peak of silly season, you ask? Simple enough: the pattern that has so recently developed of hot take artists looking to fire off opinions who have apparently decided that the Aggies' chances against those aforementioned Roadrunners are what should be next in their sights. We've already covered one guy mentioning it on X, which A&M fans roundly scorned, but now it's spread to other places. It's time it get stomped out.

No, Texas A&M's game against UTSA is not "primed" for App State repeat, and here's why
Tom Williams, writing for Mike Farrell Sports, opines that the Aggies are "primed" for being upset against the UTSA Roadrunners. This is very obviously silly, but let's break down exactly why that's the case for the uninitiated.


First of all, painful as it may be for the Aggie fans reading here, we need to go over just why the Aggies failed to get a win against the Mountaineers in 2022. There are several reasons, some in-game and some off-the field, but a quick survey should do.

The most obvious change is that the coaching staff has entirely turned over since that point, as has the culture. Things had gone downhill in the locker room under Jimbo, as has been well-covered, and that's no longer the case under Mike Elko— the program has turned over a new leaf.

What is less well-analyzed is the anatomy of that exact upset. App State held the ball for 40 minutes of game time, picking up roughly 3.5 yards per carry on a shocking 52 attempts. That is an extreme outlier for success running the ball!


The other extreme outlier is that the Mountaineers ran 82 plays to the Aggies' 38. Part of that had to do with the fact that Devon Achane returned a kickoff for a touchdown in the game, giving the ball right back to App, but that's still a really surprising disparity.

Then, you have the turnovers. The Aggies were subject to a nearly 25% havoc rate up front by the App State defense, thanks to an extremely green and poorly-coached offensive line, and accordingly turned the ball over twice— not to mention they had at least one that they should have procured for themselves get overturned thanks to a penalty.

In other words, it was the perfect storm— one that heralded the then-still-long-off end of the Fisher era. But are the ingredients there for such an upset again?


Well, UTSA has a very senior offense, but other than that, this game bears very little resemblance. For one thing, Elko wasn't present in any capacity for the previous upset, which matters quite a bit here, to my mind.

The two biggest factors here were the Aggies' inability to hold onto the ball for any extended stretch and their inability to stop App State's drives. With an extremely experienced offensive line— two of which were playing in their second year in that very App State game, if that gives you any perspective for how long they've been in the program— that seems like far less of a pressing issue.

There's some question about A&M's ability to stop the run with the turnover along the defensive interior and some less-than-ideal safety play in the rush game last year, but under Elko— as this defense now is as of this year— the Aggies were always very gap-sound in their assignments.


So could UTSA go over the Aggies' heads over and over during this game? There's little you can do to stop a perfectly-placed ball, but I don't think the Roadrunners have the athletes to run the 2019 LSU offense against A&M all evening.

In short, there's no real parallel between these two games. The Aggie program is in a far different place than they were beforehand, and this UTSA team, while experienced offensively, does not stand a chance to beat them in the way that App State d

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On 8/20/2025 at 12:32 PM, Lou_Sassle said:

You say that... but you know he's going to end up 29 - 30 with a long of 60 this year at Miami. 

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Alright, who wants to guess what someone with a handle like "EmilyOfEastTexas" looks like? Just how Box is that Face?

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Oof. And thats with heavy makeup and a filter. That's a woman who's been rode hard and put away and road hard and never been put away. 

In related news, I didn't know Jack Elam had a daughter...because why would I?
 
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Just how Box is that face? The answer is none, none more Box.
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Texas A&M fans should know well at this point that there's a good reason they refer to the offseason as "silly season"— and even by those standards, we've reached a low point.
You'd think such a nadir would occur much closer to the midpoint of the time without college football, when the wait is longest until there's actual games being played. However, for Aggie fans, the peak of silly season has apparently come here with less than ten days to go before toe meets leather for Texas A&M against the UTSA Roadrunners.

What is this peak of silly season, you ask? Simple enough: the pattern that has so recently developed of hot take artists looking to fire off opinions who have apparently decided that the Aggies' chances against those aforementioned Roadrunners are what should be next in their sights. We've already covered one guy mentioning it on X, which A&M fans roundly scorned, but now it's spread to other places. It's time it get stomped out.
No, Texas A&M's game against UTSA is not "primed" for App State repeat, and here's why
Tom Williams, writing for Mike Farrell Sports, opines that the Aggies are "primed" for being upset against the UTSA Roadrunners. This is very obviously silly, but let's break down exactly why that's the case for the uninitiated.

First of all, painful as it may be for the Aggie fans reading here, we need to go over just why the Aggies failed to get a win against the Mountaineers in 2022. There are several reasons, some in-game and some off-the field, but a quick survey should do.
The most obvious change is that the coaching staff has entirely turned over since that point, as has the culture. Things had gone downhill in the locker room under Jimbo, as has been well-covered, and that's no longer the case under Mike Elko— the program has turned over a new leaf.
What is less well-analyzed is the anatomy of that exact upset. App State held the ball for 40 minutes of game time, picking up roughly 3.5 yards per carry on a shocking 52 attempts. That is an extreme outlier for success running the ball!

The other extreme outlier is that the Mountaineers ran 82 plays to the Aggies' 38. Part of that had to do with the fact that Devon Achane returned a kickoff for a touchdown in the game, giving the ball right back to App, but that's still a really surprising disparity.
Then, you have the turnovers. The Aggies were subject to a nearly 25% havoc rate up front by the App State defense, thanks to an extremely green and poorly-coached offensive line, and accordingly turned the ball over twice— not to mention they had at least one that they should have procured for themselves get overturned thanks to a penalty.
In other words, it was the perfect storm— one that heralded the then-still-long-off end of the Fisher era. But are the ingredients there for such an upset again?

Well, UTSA has a very senior offense, but other than that, this game bears very little resemblance. For one thing, Elko wasn't present in any capacity for the previous upset, which matters quite a bit here, to my mind.
The two biggest factors here were the Aggies' inability to hold onto the ball for any extended stretch and their inability to stop App State's drives. With an extremely experienced offensive line— two of which were playing in their second year in that very App State game, if that gives you any perspective for how long they've been in the program— that seems like far less of a pressing issue.
There's some question about A&M's ability to stop the run with the turnover along the defensive interior and some less-than-ideal safety play in the rush game last year, but under Elko— as this defense now is as of this year— the Aggies were always very gap-sound in their assignments.

So could UTSA go over the Aggies' heads over and over during this game? There's little you can do to stop a perfectly-placed ball, but I don't think the Roadrunners have the athletes to run the 2019 LSU offense against A&M all evening.
In short, there's no real parallel between these two games. The Aggie program is in a far different place than they were beforehand, and this UTSA team, while experienced offensively, does not stand a chance to beat them in the way that App State d
[bV Editorial note: You want to see a prediction that was really way off base?
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It’s a Lord of the Rings-length story about why A&M’s history of sucking ass is about to change because feelings.

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40 minutes ago, TheRealRonWeaver? said:

It’s a Lord of the Rings-length story about why A&M’s history of sucking ass is about to change because feelings.

If that one doesn't convince everyone that it's AI, I don't know what to say.

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3 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

However, for Aggie fans, the peak of silly season has apparently come here with less than ten days to go before toe meets leather for Texas A&M against the UTSA Roadrunners. 

So far. It's not October yet. 

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This is outstanding. Graham is at the point of hoping for a 9-win season and arguing why aggy won’t lose one of its cupcake nonconference games.

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This is the worst "i never thought this would happen to me" story ever, but I had a disagreement at a hotel bar last night with a Gator aged about 35-40 and an Aggie about 30ish. Can't say it was an argument because I didn't let it get that far. 

2 dudes sitting next to me at the bar were talking about Arch. One guy saying he's really good, and another saying he's not any good. I weigh in that if nothing else he is way more athletic than Quinn and I think that will help because much of the OL last year got drafted. Just trying to keep it high level.

We exchange pleasantries, and 1 guy is a Florida alum (guy singing Arch praises) and one is Aggy (Arch sucks). About 3 minutes later these dudes have shifted the conversation to the SEC has negotiated a 9 game schedule. I say "9 game conference schedule, and I don't think that is finalized". Aggy and Gator are quite sure it's 9 games total, and they start googling. I'm laughing, and Gator asks me "why are you so sure you're right?".  I answer "I'm not really sure how to respond. I follow college football. They aren't shrinking the season from 12 regular season games to 9. Too much money at stake." 

It went back and forth from there with the Aggy reading me an article that was clearly talking about conference games, but they both interpreted as total games. I laughed as they told me I was clearly wrong, and I told them "Cool. Enjoy the reduction in football revenue while everyone else makes more money." 

They got up and left, and the last thing I hear is "go gata!".

Fucking idiots.

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