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23 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

Given the Elks personal background and despite all the yuk yuks he puts on in front of a camera it wouldn't surprise me if the aggie players weren't sold. In fact, I could see more of John Mackovic sort of reaction/relationship with players. Sure he was the coach but on a pure human level, of the multiple players I knew, all agreed they hated Mackovic as a person. 

Elk seems like a lard ass with no handle on discipline or effort.  I would literally look at this sloppy fat ass and wonder why I have to put in the effort when his muumuu wearing fat ass is standing on the sideline.  And then they overpaid for my mediocre ass to come here, so at least I got paid for a year. 

There are some coaches you look at and you know they're out there with their guys, running, working out, etc.  And then you have Elko, who looks like he spent voluntary workouts eating pints of Ben & Jerry's in his office and watching out the window. 

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45 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

Honestly, for all of the "culture shift" talk from the aggies, those clips do not look good at all. Multiple guys are visibly half-assing their plays and there appears to be no recourse for it. Not great, Bob, if you're an aggie.

Well, that pretty much sums up their existence.

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1 minute ago, Js1 said:

Elk seems like a lard ass with no handle on discipline or effort.  I would literally look at this sloppy fat ass and wonder why I have to put in the effort when his muumuu wearing fat ass is standing on the sideline.  And then they overpaid for my mediocre ass to come here, so at least I got paid for a year. 

There are some coaches you look at and you know they're out there with their guys, running, working out, etc.  And then you have Elko, who looks like he spent voluntary workouts eating pints of Ben & Jerry's in his office and watching out the window. 

Well, with Macovick a big issue with the players was he was the opposite of a player's coach. He was stiff, uppity and better than. Given that Elko went to Penn coached at 2 Catholic Schools and some other sort of elite type schools all while being from Jersey.. the personality gap may also be similar to the Texas player's. Then he's also mowing down Dixie Chicken meals like Beowolf.

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17 hours ago, closetojumping said:

Regarding ATM's schedule:

8/30 6pm - UTSA – Everyone is chalking this match-up in ATM’s favor to the point of it being a blowout. Maybe that happens. That considered, UTSA returns their QB, TB, 2 WRs, TE, 4 OL starters and 8 out of 11 starters on the defense. Traylor’s a good coach, this was a bowl team in 2024, and he might see this as an opportunity to interview for the future ATM job opening. I expect a close game. Like ATM, UTSA is loaded with former highly ranked players who fled their original teams for the portal. There is a pedigree of talent on the UTSA roster.

You think UTSA has a chance in hell in the toughest place to win in college football against the team with the best fans and traditions? Puleeze.

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1 minute ago, TreatyOak said:

You think UTSA has a chance in hell in the toughest place to win in college football against the team with the best fans and traditions? Puleeze.

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That was still the funniest fucking thing that ever happened

I was actually in a room with a bunch of aggys during this game and the room was literally like

This Decade in History: The most popular Survivor gif ever ...

 

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5 minutes ago, TreatyOak said:

You think UTSA has a chance in hell in the toughest place to win in college football against the team with the best fans and traditions? Puleeze.

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3 hours ago, Hookem2147 said:

 

I generally think posting anything vs air is a total waste of time, unless it is shitty. Every P4 Qb should look like a future HOF NFL player vs air. That is a really bad sign. 

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5 minutes ago, Codaxx said:

I generally think posting anything vs air is a total waste of time, unless it is shitty. Every P4 Qb should look like a future HOF NFL player vs air. That is a really bad sign. 

Can you imagine how many threads would be on Tiger Droppings and TexAgs if Arch looked like that against air?  The internet would be broken. 

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18 hours ago, closetojumping said:

Here's an article where Tarp is trying to gently let his readers know that their DTs this year are very likely to blow goats.

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How Texas A&M's defensive tackle rotation is going to have to win in 2025

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    Texas A&M's defensive tackles are going to have to win in a different way in 2025 than what we have seen in past seasons and particularly under former head coach Jimbo Fisher. The group has some size but it's lacking the big, space eating nose tackle that can hold their ground versus double teams. I understand that everyone has some reservations about this approach but that's not how this defensive scheme works. A&M boss Mike Elko really has never had big interior defenders at most of his stops and so he has built the position around people that have certain attributes….guys that can stay on their feet after contact, get up the field, not get washed down, maintain their gap integrity as part of an interconnected approach with the rest of the unit, and redirect plays. A&M also wants to play their interior defenders anywhere at the one, two, or three tech spots and flip them via alignment If necessary.

    Veteran Albert Regis and Iowa State transfer Tyler Onyedim are very much in this mode. For example, Regis is listed at 6 foot 1 and 317 pounds. He doesn't have long arms although he does have a good base. Regis played tight end in high school and so his lateral movement as well as his ability to chase the ball are much better than what you see from most interior guys. Most of all, he has very active hands since he had to catch passes in high school. He uses them to beat blockers with hand placement, hand fighting, and punch. Even if he gets stalemated as a pass rusher, they're quick enough to knock down passes.

    Onyedim is a longer version of Regis to an extent. He is very twitchy and has the length to keep his frame unblocked, taking on blockers and maintaining them at arm's length until he can shed them. He has the athleticism to follow the ball (which starts with good vision play recognition) and a motor that means he won't stop until he gets there. Onyedim can play a bit high, and he isn't someone who sufficiently powerful hands to escape blocks early.

     

    Former five star DJ Hicks has added more mass, but his hand placement, footwork, and lack of bend negates the remainder of his attributes some of the time. He's got the length and explosion to snap blockers back and get up the field but doing it consistently is the key. If Hicks can do those things, he should be the most naturally gifted guy at position and be no worse than a starting caliber player. He is not a natural nose in terms of holding ground, but his long arms should enable him to at least stalemate blockers.

    When I wrote about A&M's defensive rotations right before fall camp started, I noted that the Aggies had a three man rotation at the spot, and I haven't heard anything to change my mind about that. I'm not sure that any of the freshmen can become a fourth player at the position although I think you'll hear more about Landon Rink in fall camp than anyone else. However, the reason for that is because he is far more technically advanced than most of the backups he has or will be facing, is quick, and has a great motor and run down ability. Thus, he is going to more active and evident than most interior defenders. However, things will probably be different facing veteran competition for right now.

    I'm not going to say that he is a prototype for what A&M wants at the position, but he probably comes closer than anyone else because he is like Regis or Onyedim (staying engaged and following the ball) except that his explosion is superior. Those guys play laterally, and Rink plays vertically much like Shemar Turner did.

 

Blowing goats is always a win for aggy. 

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1 hour ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

UTSA returns nearly its entire offense, but lost a good bit from a defense that wasn't really good.

And they've recruited hard on D.  Aggy has zero chance in this game.  

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1 hour ago, Zeus said:

 

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Yeah, even the completions were mostly ducks.  Add a pass rush and a DB to the mix, yikes.

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3 hours ago, Js1 said:

That was still the funniest fucking thing that ever happened

I was actually in a room with a bunch of aggys during this game and the room was literally like

This Decade in History: The most popular Survivor gif ever ...

 

Hahahahah, this may be my favorite college football game of all time. I like it better than any Texas win. Plus, the postgame conference w Jimbo is the icing on the cake.

 

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Spoiler below is everything The Elk had to say after their practice today. It's mostly platitudes, but there are a few interesting notes. 

Highlights:

-He perpetually condescends the journalists with nitpicky eyerolling issues about the way a question was asked. He seems like a pleasure to be around.

-Zuhn is crosstraining at Center and they're examining a scenario with Crownover at LT and Fatheree at RT with Zuhn the starting C. Wait ... what? Maybe they're worried about what @pyrofiend discussed earlier. 

-His word soup on team "identity" is the kind of shit @RomaVicta lampoons on the Negative Screenshot thread in the recruiting forum. I read the paragraph twice and still don't full follow it all. 

-He apparently hasn't been watching Reed throw in drills because he seems to be really high on him. 

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Everything Texas A&M's Mike Elko said in latest media availability

Head coach Mike Elko met with the media on Tuesday afternoon along with his two coordinators Collin Klein and Jay Bateman. Here is everything Elko said during his meeting with the media on Tuesday.

 

Texas A&M head coach Mike Elko met with the media on Tuesday to discuss a variety of topics ahead of the Aggies first scrimmage this upcoming weekend.

Texas A&M has held five practices to this point and are scheduled to hold its sixth one on Wednesday. With just over three weeks to go until the opener against UTSA on Aug. 30, the Aggies still have some key position battles to sort out between now and then. Elko elaborated on a few of those battles during his media availability on Tuesday including sharing Trey Zuhn, who has started at left tackle each of the past two years, is continuing to get reps at center this fall camp as he competes with Mark Nabou and Koli Faaiu for the starting job. 

In addition to Elko speaking, offensive coordinator Collin Klein and defensive coordinator Jay Bateman all meet with reporters for the first time since the spring as well.

Here is everything Elko said on Tuesday.

Opening statement…

"Yeah, I don't know where else on Tuesday, you can get hospitality like you did from Aggieland Hospitality operated by Levy. Quick shout out there. But trying to make sure this thing goes really well for you. The other thing I just want to address before we start is the Dalton Brooks situation. Obviously, that's something that we're aware of. Issues like that are things that we take very serious in our program, and we'll look into it internally. We'll handle it internally. It's not something we're going to talk about how we're going to handle, but it is obviously something that we take very seriously internally inside of our program. We're on it and we're handling it. From there, it's camp. It's five practices in, so you're going to want big statements and let you know how everything is. I don't have any of that for you. Why don't you guys fire away with questions and we'll see where we go."

On Amari Niblack’s early time at A&M, recruiting process…

"From a recruiting standpoint, I think I've addressed this before. I think it was an interesting one just because of his relationship with Coach Wiggins. When he entered the transfer portal, he had been with Coach Wiggins at Alabama, and so he didn't have the best year last year. But I think there was a prior track record of what he was capable of and what his potential was. That's what created it. We were looking for a taller pass catcher at that point in the process, and so that's what made it a connection and a fit. I think what you see from him is just a really tall, long, athletic kid. He's continuing to get comfortable, continuing to develop in the things that we're doing. I think he has a chance to be a weapon for us this year if he can keep going." 

On if staff believes there is a common denominator with QBs that lead teams to playoffs…

"Certainly not statistically and certainly not in terms of package as a quarterback. I think you've seen it a lot of different ways. I think you've seen pocket passers. I think you've seen kids who are dual threats. I think you've seen kids who run better than throw. I think in the last five, six years, you've seen the whole gamut of quarterbacks get into that position. I think the trait that you're looking for is the competitiveness, the ability to lift others around them, the ability to bring a group together and galvanize a group to follow and play hard for each other. I think that's probably more than anything, the trait that is consistent through them all. I think that's what you need. You need a quarterback that can do those types of things. Then you've got to build an offense around what your quarterback does really well. If you can do those two things, you've got a chance." 

On team's injury outlook through five practices…

"Great [laughter]."

On defensive line room’s performance so far…

"Again, I think there's potential there. It's the same names. There's not anything new. I think early in camp, just a couple of names that maybe haven't been on the radar that have flashed a little bit and maybe are trying to get themselves in the mix. Dealyn Evans has had a really strong three days. That's been really good to see from him. We challenged him to step up and try to go get one of those spots in the rotation, and that's been cool to see. I think Marco Jones, with the summer development that he had, I think has elevated himself even a little bit more from where he was in the spring. Those are two guys who maybe we haven't talked a ton about in that group and the rest of the group, I think, is at this point still what we've said. I think there's a lot of pieces in there, a lot of veterans who have played a lot of football. We got to see him put it all together consistently here over the next week and a half when we get full pads on and that stuff." 

On team’s run defense performing well for stretches last season but also surrendering big plays, if staff has identified common problem…

"Yeah, no, certainly it was a good question. I certainly wouldn't say it just happens. I think that was the story of us on defense. We talked about that. We were play in, play out a lot more efficient than we were overall production-wise because of explosives. That was in the run game and the pass game. I think you're dead on in the run game. I think a couple of things that we've really tried to emphasize and point out to them. One is, what is the difference between being 11, 12 in the conference and 2, 3 in the conference and how small those margins are? Those margins usually come down to those plays. A lot of times kids have a tendency to walk off the field thinking about the three plays that they've made. We've tried to maybe like, 'Hey, let's focus on the three that we didn't and how we fix those to continue to try to get those out of the system'. I think when you look at it, like schematically, I think the big runs happen two ways. They happen, one, because of a misfit or somebody being out of a gap, which certainly happened at times, not a ton, but at times where we got in a lot of trouble last year was losing perimeter leverage.

 

Whether that was a run that got through and then got outside or a run that was designed to get outside, we did a really poor job at times of leveraging the football properly. And so what you do is you go out and you put all of them on tape, you show them to the guys consistently. When you get into practice now, like when you point something out in practice and you say, Okay, 'hey, this is the run from South Carolina. This is the play right here. This is the decision you make that costs you the ability to...'There's a little bit more understanding of how it can impact them. Whereas maybe last year in fall camp, you were saying, 'Hey, don't do this'. You get a little bit of, 'Yeah, okay'. But they don't really know the issue with doing that, if that makes any sense. I think when you're talking specifically about, Hey, that's why we gave up a big play at South Carolina. That's why we gave up a big run Notre Dame, it hits home a little bit more and makes those problems a little bit more fixable. So you hope that that just continues to go as we go through camp." 

On Mark Nabou, center competition overall…

"Yeah, I think, obviously, we want competition across the offensive line, and I think we're getting it. I think we have three kids who have a chance to play center for us. Mark and Koli are the obvious two. Then I think Trey Zuhn is another kid who's getting a lot of reps in at that position. I think what we've seen from Mark is a kid who's now, I think, confident in trusting it. In the spring, when you first come back, it's still sore. It doesn't feel exactly like you want it to. There's probably a little bit of a lack of trust in terms of how healthy you really are. But then you come out of it and you're okay and you go back to work in the summer. I think through five practices, I just think he appears to be back to the player that we always thought he could be. That's been good. I think he's taken another step from his competitive nature.

I think he's taken another step from his ability to finish blocks. Again, hopefully that continues as we move forward." 

On Trey Zuhn’s competing at center, thought process behind him working there…

"No, I think we've done that quite a bit. Going all the way back to the spring, I think it's part of the conversation, and we've talked about this before. We move kids around a lot so that we can always ensure the best five kids are out there. There's certainly lineups that have Dametrious Crownover and Rueben Fatheree as part of the best five. Now, whether that's the first five or that's one injury in or two injuries in, I don't know. Competition will determine all of that. But there's certainly the need to have some flexibility with Trey. That's really been a two-year process. I think last year with where we were, it just never got to it. But again, I think the competition is an ongoing process always."

On what he is looking for in Saturday’s scrimmage…

"Yeah, I think it'll probably be treated like past scrimmages. I don't know that you put anything more on them. I think the challenge that we've talked about with our guys is you have two different things. You have a veteran group that's been through it before. What you have to make sure is they check every box along the way to prepare themselves for the season. One of those boxes is preparing yourself for the physicality that it takes to be successful at this level and in this conference. You only really get those things a handful of times in fall camp. We get eight days in full pads. It's important that even though you've been through four fall camps, you've been through a bunch of fall camp scrimmages, you have a feel for what this is all about. There's still a preparation process that goes in for this particular season that you have to go through. We'll be smart about how we use some of the guys who are going into year five and have certainly played a lot of college football, but there's just a part of it that they have to go through this physicality to get ready to go."

On secondary’s performance so far, differences between this year and last at this point…

"Five practices in last year, I wouldn't have told you we would be in the spot we were. But I think what is noticeable is there's a much better comfort level playing together. When you just talk about communication lines, when you're familiar and comfortable playing with the guy next to you, it makes it a lot easier to communicate through the difficult concepts and combinations that get thrown at you. When you talk about Will Lee, Bryce Anderson, Dalton Brooks, Marcus Ratcliffe, Dezz Ricks, that group of kids now has played a lot of football together between fall camp, spring ball, the season. So, you see that. You see certainly an uptick in their familiarity with each other. Then you see the new guys getting comfortable with the system, with the communications, with the schemes. You see that happening at a faster rate because there are guys who are more comfortable with it. When everybody's trying to figure it out together, it's hard. When there are some experienced guys who can talk through things with guys who are less experienced, that speeds up the process. I think you're seeing that happen. Again, we'll to see where it goes as we go through the rest of camp."

On Rueben Owens journey back from injury last season…

"It's the hardest thing. It's the hardest thing for a kid who has high hopes and expectations for what a season is going to be like to get the season taken away from him and to his credit, again, I've said this on multiple occasions, and will continue to, for him to come back the way he did, knowing how skilled and talented he is when he's 100%, knowing he wasn't anywhere near that, but still going out to give us anything he could for the last game of the year, to go out into the bowl game and try to shake some of the rust off and get some competitive reps. That's a real credit to who he is as a kid, how he was raised, and how competitive he is. And I think the other thing that maybe happens, and this is the end process of it all, is then you go through the whole rehab, you get back, you get healthy, you get comfortable, and then you get out there and you realize how much you missed it.

 

And maybe there's a little bit of an elevation of urgency because you don't just expect that everything's going to always be there for you. And maybe you've seen that a little bit from him through five practices that he understands how much he loves this game and he loves getting to do it. And His urgency to do it at a really high level, every rep, has probably stepped up, one because of a year older, but probably one because that's what happens sometimes when it gets taken away from you like it did." 

On defensive struggles in USC loss last season, Tyreek Chappell’s potential impact…

"Yeah, that was a long time ago that we had that. We've addressed that one a bunch. Tyreek Chappell, I'll talk about him. Tyreek Chappell is the best cover guy we have in the secondary that can play in the slot, and that matters. When we lost him last year, it drastically impacted us playing the way we wanted to play. Having him back, having him out there, those things matter. He's got flexibility with where he can play. He's got an ability to be a match-up guy for us, which are always critical in your secondary. It's really good to have him back and healthy."

On what he hopes team’s identity will be this season…

"Listen, I think we want the identity of this team to be a team that pours everything they have into each other, into playing this game together the right way for themselves and for Texas A&M University. I think that's always been the mantra. That shows up in how hard we play, that shows up in how physical we play, that shows up in the consistency of how we do that every single week. That's been the standard we've tried to create within this program from day one. How you instill it is it's what we live every day. It's the things that we talk about in every team meeting. It's the things that we illustrate on film for the positive and the negative. It's the things that we are just constantly trying to pound into the program. I worded it to them this way in the first team meeting. I said, One of the biggest challenges is you're at an age group that across the board see things as challenging and difficult because that's just what teenagers do. The reality is you're in the elite 1% of your age group in the world.

 

There's a certain responsibility that comes with that to put in the work, to take advantage of the blessings and the opportunities that have been put upon you.' I think that's the mindset we want to have in this program. It's a daily process. I think we're making progress. I think we're doing the things we want to do." 

On what Marcel Reed’s development has looked like this offseason…

"I think he's a lot more comfortable going through the progressions. When you talk about passing game, and there's a lot of conversation that gets had about separation and guys getting open. So much of the passing game is timing and rhythm. That's what, as coaches studying it every day, those are the things that you're trying to see is, are the eyes getting to the windows at the same time the routes are getting to the windows? That's a lot of how we're going to improve our passing game. It's just an overall efficiency of timing and operation. I think that is coming. I think you're seeing that get a little bit better every day. There's times where we're getting through progressions better than we did with him at any point last year. Those were the steps that we felt like he needed to take because a lot of times what you see is a bad throw. What we see is the eye is not moving fast enough or the body and the eye is not in rhythm together. So poor mechanics because of that, which sometimes leads to bad throws. I think you're starting to see it click a little bit more for him every day." 

On if he is fairly settled on who starting 22 players will be in opener…

"I'm a poor coach if five practices in my mind, I know who the 22 are going to be. I think that's a poor a reflection of me and how we run a program, in my opinion. I understand what you're asking me. There are certainly guys who you look at a large body of work and assume it would be very challenging for them to get beat out. But it's still, I think, our job as coaches to create an environment where everything is up for grabs every single day and that you allow competition to drive performance to a higher level. In that end, no. In that end, there's 22 open spots. There's the ability every day for someone to come out and elevate themselves, not only into the top 22, but into a higher role, into more reps, into more opportunities. I just think that's what you owe your locker room. Nobody wants to be part of a program where they feel as though the 22 are set regardless of what performance looks like over the course of four weeks. To that end, we want it to be very competitive between now and the opener. Then when the opener comes around, we'll figure out which 22 we're going to put out there."

On Jerome Myles performance so far in camp…

"It's an interesting one. He was not healthy when we got him. He ran track in the spring, but that was straight line. He was not ready to cut, to decelerate, to do the things a football player needed to do on that knee. He's really been rehabbing a lot since we've got him. Now, we can rehab him and still evaluate him. Obviously, there's an athletic skillset that he brings to the table that is really unique. He's tall, he's big, and he can really run. Last night was the first night we were able to really clear him and get him out there and running around and doing some things, and certainly catches the eye with his ability to do that. Now, I've said this to my son who asked me this question every single day, 'How does he look?' There's a long gap between being able to go out there on air and look athletic and being able to go out there and run routes and get open and be where you need to be. We'll see what it looks like over the next 20 days, but there's certainly a skill set there that we're really excited about." 

On Scooby Williams…

"I love Scooby. I think he's really athletic. I think he's really twitchy. I think he has the ability to make a lot of plays that maybe are a little bit outside the scheme with how quick and athletic he is. He's a good blitzer. He's a good cover guy. And so it's good. I think he's still getting back and getting rolling. He missed the spring, and so there's some rust that needs to get knocked off of him, and he knows that. But we're excited about how he's going about it every day to get back to who he's capable of being." 

 

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4 hours ago, BurntEyes said:

Then he's also mowing down Dixie Chicken meals like Beowolf.

Beowulf -- that's a name from the old Austin 360 board (and maybe before -- what was the predecessor?) that I hadn't thought of for a while. He was one of the most prolific of all over there.

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Just now, Hayduke said:

Beowulf -- that's a name from the old Austin 360 board (and maybe before -- what was the predecessor?) that I hadn't thought of for a while. He was one of the most prolific of all over there.

He's a shithead. I'm sure he's still over on IT being as passive aggressive, frat-tastic dipshit. Or maybe he's dead now. Old enough to be, for sure. 

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6 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

He's a shithead. I'm sure he's still over on IT being as passive aggressive, frat-tastic dipshit. Or maybe he's dead now. Old enough to be, for sure. 

Huh. I always got the sense he was already up there and thus not likely alive any more. Frat-tastic sounds about right. Didn't really find him passive-aggressive, but I've always believed that term to be one of the greatest marketing ideas ever for psychiatry. Who's not on that scale?

Of course ... present company excepted. All of Surly.

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1 hour ago, TreatyOak said:

Hahahahah, this may be my favorite college football game of all time. I like it better than any Texas win. Plus, the postgame conference w Jimbo is the icing on the cake.

 

 Better than ANY Texas win??? 

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5 hours ago, closetojumping said:

Honestly, for all of the "culture shift" talk from the aggies, those clips do not look good at all. Multiple guys are visibly half-assing their plays and there appears to be no recourse for it. Not great, Bob, if you're an aggie.

Aggie culture is eternal. They don't half-ass their half-assing.

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With all due respect, @TreatyOak, as you are one of my favorite posters, you are full of hullabaloo caneck-caneck. IMO.

I was living in CS when the bonfire fell and when Major got sick at the hotel. I have had to sit through Aggie Muster when they spent more time bad-mouthing Texas than they praise themselves -- and we know that's a lot. I had to get the A&M athletic department to withdraw another "Heisman-worthy" RB from my class because he never showed up and never did anything. I could go on, but suffice it to say that I was rewording "Lubbock in the rear-view mirror" when I drove a U-Haul out of that place for good.

I love the Appalachian State win, but it will never surpass, for instance, Bubba Jacques' 30-yard fumble return to beat OU in '91. I was in my apartment in Bryan at the time, watching on my brand-new 29-inch color TV, and it was the first time I'd yelled because of a football game in years (because I was still free-lancing some sports at the time, mostly additional coverage of the Aggies for the Statesman -- Bohls was, of course, the main guy). I sat in the press box when Steve McMichael beat the hell out of some Aggie pre-game whenever that was, and my assignment that day was to write about the fight.

Haven't been to a fraction of the games many folks here have been to, but I was at the Cotton Bowl for Robert Brewer's 30-yard run to beat Bama. I was around the 20-yard-line of the south end of DKR-Memorial when Mark Berry tackled Darren Lewis to preserve the 1990 win against A&M. 

I was in the stands in St. Louis and was directly on the 30 when James Brown rolled left. 

Some radio games: Vince hitting a 21-yard TD with 17 seconds left against KU while I'm in the parking lot of a Sam's Club in Topeka. McIvor crushing the Aggies while I'm listening on American Forces Network in Germany, as well as Texas beating Auburn and Bo Jackson.

But mostly I've watched on TV. Vince for the win against USC. Sweed for the win against OSU in my basement with neighbors in Manhattan, KS. I've had a ton of Old Fashioned-fueled old-man primal screams at the TV in the last couple of years -- Bama, Michigan, Texas Tech in our final Big 12 title. 

Those were all truly entertaining games. But I do love me some App State and Dave South.

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41 minutes ago, Hayduke said:

With all due respect, @TreatyOak, as you are one of my favorite posters, you are full of hullabaloo caneck-caneck. IMO.

I was living in CS when the bonfire fell and when Major got sick at the hotel. I have had to sit through Aggie Muster when they spent more time bad-mouthing Texas than they praise themselves -- and we know that's a lot. I had to get the A&M athletic department to withdraw another "Heisman-worthy" RB from my class because he never showed up and never did anything. I could go on, but suffice it to say that I was rewording "Lubbock in the rear-view mirror" when I drove a U-Haul out of that place for good.

I love the Appalachian State win, but it will never surpass, for instance, Bubba Jacques' 30-yard fumble return to beat OU in '91. I was in my apartment in Bryan at the time, watching on my brand-new 29-inch color TV, and it was the first time I'd yelled because of a football game in years (because I was still free-lancing some sports at the time, mostly additional coverage of the Aggies for the Statesman -- Bohls was, of course, the main guy). I sat in the press box when Steve McMichael beat the hell out of some Aggie pre-game whenever that was, and my assignment that day was to write about the fight.

Haven't been to a fraction of the games many folks here have been to, but I was at the Cotton Bowl for Robert Brewer's 30-yard run to beat Bama. I was around the 20-yard-line of the south end of DKR-Memorial when Mark Berry tackled Darren Lewis to preserve the 1990 win against A&M. 

I was in the stands in St. Louis and was directly on the 30 when James Brown rolled left. 

Some radio games: Vince hitting a 21-yard TD with 17 seconds left against KU while I'm in the parking lot of a Sam's Club in Topeka. McIvor crushing the Aggies while I'm listening on American Forces Network in Germany, as well as Texas beating Auburn and Bo Jackson.

But mostly I've watched on TV. Vince for the win against USC. Sweed for the win against OSU in my basement with neighbors in Manhattan, KS. I've had a ton of Old Fashioned-fueled old-man primal screams at the TV in the last couple of years -- Bama, Michigan, Texas Tech in our final Big 12 title. 

Those were all truly entertaining games. But I do love me some App State and Dave South.

Hahah, love it and sorry you had to deal with that $#^#$#$ Aggy running back.

For me to like a win better than the transcendental A&M loss to Appalachian State, it has to be Westlake Chaps win. 

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