I just saw Tom Lemming's Top 100 list and A&M is the only school with 2 Top 100 recruits, with Jason Jack and Ta Ta Thompson. Of course I do realize that it's still early on and they have awhile to change their monds, but this is a great sign. I think the new "Football Complex" is a big reason for A&M's success. I got a poster about it Thursday, which states these interestonmg facts about the building: 25000 sq. ft, reading lab., writing, lab., computer lab., 12 study areas, 35 tutor areas for 85 players , full-time "learning specialist" "life coordinator" and "career counselor", and a "placement director". It also has locker rooms, meeting rooms, a team auditorium, athlete lounge, equipment room, and rehab center. It costs a cool $25 million, all paid for by the Championship Vision capital campaign
Yes! Yes! Yes! oh wait.... damnit, I'll be gone by then. As for another matter, I can't believe I have been at CC.Net for so long and not ever checked out this "other" forum. And lo and behold there is a thread about Aggie Football, something that I really don't care about, but know way way way too much about. As many of y'all who have been here for a while would know, I really think the A&M and UT hating is stupid on both sides. When I chilled in Austin a lot, I had fun hangin with the Texas ballers, smokin weed with Cedric etc. (And yes, Cedric does smoke weed. I'm not stating this as an opinion or making a judgement. The laws are wrong. And I think I have enough cred here to be able to state this as fact. If any admin has a prob with me stating this fact, I'll understand and remove it) But I digress... Back to Aggie Football. I hope they do well this year. The better they do, the more $ I make scalping tickets. Also, Reggie McNeal will be red shirted. Farris will be the starter. A lot of the guys do not like Farris. Jason Carter should be the QB. He is in tremendous shape and should be ready to take the position after a year of learning on the scout team. Umm, as for the recievers: they are all super athletes. Jamaar is healthy and is bulk big time. So is TT (damn, i haven't talk to that dude in a while...he's very good guy). TMurph is supposedly going to do well again. Bethel Johnson is supposedly awesome, but I personally cannot stand his loudass mouth and am damn happy that this cockyass muthafukka will be gone after this year. Hopefully he forgets how to play football and John can move up. John Roberson has been working his ass off ever since he came to school; just working hard and learning plays. He is a happy dude and good guy. Deserves to play and wants to badly. I was going to go into an analysis but realized I am tired of writing and more importantly, I really dont know jack about football. I have a hard time waking up in time for the games. But I do know who is doing what and who plays what and who is going to play what and who hates which coach and who is going to leave and who is staying etc. So if any of y'all ever want to know stuff like how does so and so feel about so and so's progress or whatever, just tell me and I'll go ask. I use to be able to do the same with UT, but I don't chill in that circle any more. Gigem Aggies, I guess. I hope they do well this year. I like my friends to do well, but other than that, I really don't give a rat's ass about this deep rooted crazy football mental fans crap here. But at least it's not the stupid ignorance and arrogance that happens too much in Austin (not all of y'all, but a lot). Basketball is the only sport rooted deep in my heart.
That's funny. On Wednesday, I was hanging in the SID's office and I overheard that Bethel Johnson was in the hospital because he got sick and has to be closely monitored due to his spleen. The guys that worked in his office think we'll start 3 WRs this year, probably Bethel, TMurph, and Jamaar. As for he QB situation, Farris obviously is different from the rest of is teammates, which hurts team chemistry. On one hand, Reggie is a superb athlete with tons of heart that would fit in perfectly as for as team chemistry is concerned. On the other hand, Drew Tate is the most accurate passing QB I've ever seen in Texas high school football and Reggie could certainly play a different position with his speed. Just look at Drew's stats from last year: 37 TDs and 3 INTs
Aggie Football will always be good, but never elite. You Aggies should convert to Longhorn fans. It's much easier to cheer your team on. You don't have to sing a fight song about your rival school against non-rival opponents at the University of Texas. There's one reason, ya'll can probably think of some more on your own. Oh wait....
Esource: RC is converting HIM to WR b/c we already have Farris as starter right now with McNeal backing him up and probably the best high school QB in the nation right now in Drew Tate coming in during the spring semester. HIM = Chad Schroeder from Austin Westlake If you recall, Young couldn't even lead his team (Madison) to the title game. They got beat by Austin Westlake in the Semi's and then McNeal put on a show in the finals.
I sure hope that you actually spent time on the UT campus and are not a bandwagoner. But if you really believe this then you know nothing about football in the state of Texas, not to mention pride.
That's why I love RC and the Aggies, McNeal was/is being touted as the BEST QB in the nation last year BUT rather than groom him behind Farris, "let's switch him to WR instead". And the delusion goes on: "Drew Tate is the best QB in the nation"? BUT you guys keep thinking that way. Nothing like seeing the Aggies stumble around for several more years........
ESorce, if you follow my logic, I don't think RC is converting McNeal to WR, he is converting Chad Schroeder to WR. Schroeder was the QB for the team that knocked Young out of the State playoffs. By the way, from what I hear, Tate is on pace to become the career passing yardage leader in the state.
Got ya! But as for Drew Tate, you can't seriously believe he's the "best high school QB" in the nation just becuz he's passed for so many yards, do you? There's a kid from Cali, Kyle Wright or something like that, who's being touted as the best. I don't even think Tate is mentioned on the national level. Definitely on the state level BUT not the national level.....
Yeah, I just kinda threw that "best high school QB in the nation" part just for effect. I'll be honest, I haven't had a chance to scout many teams (actually any) from around the nation. I just go with what I hear from people around these parts (more than likely with and Aggie bias).
http://studentsports.theinsiders.com/2/54269.html A&M was given the #1 ranking in the nation, with UT right on their heels at #2.
You would think that some of these high school athletes would eventually realize that their chances of playing for the Aggies is a lot better than their chances of playing for the Longhorns. I mean, year after year the Longhorns are either the best or near the best in recruiting. How are they going to be able to get all of these top prospects on the field? It seems like that would be the most enticing thing that RC could use to recruit players. He could say something like, "if you go to UT you're going to have to wait until your senior year, after the three all-american prospects in front of you graduate, before you get any playing time. If you come to A&M you could very well be starting your sophmore year." Maybe that's not the way it works, but it seems like the overflow of talent on the longhorns squad should eventually become a factor in how the recruiting goes. Anyways, if the Ags turn McNeal into anything else besides a QB, that's going to be the last straw. Actually, the last straw was already reached long ago, but you get the picture. The Aggies finally recruit a player who could come in and change the Aggies offensive scheme (and I use the term <i>scheme</i> very loosely), and they're going to turn him into a defensive player? I'm pretty sure the Aggies don't need any help on defense. Their defense it always top-notch, it's their offense that's the problem. They've been needing a makeover for ten years. The funny thing is, I don't know one Aggie that thinks RC should remain the coach. When a team doesn't seem to be making any progress for a number of years, isn't a coaching change in order?
The problem is that the older alums can still remember the days when A&M rarely scored, much less posted a victory. RC runs a clean program and we win more than we lose. I hate that mentality. I have been saying we need a new coach for 8 years. Great analysis...you are a genius. I have been watching A&M football for a long time now and it seem that RC is trying to go away from the dance of an offense he's always run. You know the dance...up the middle, up the middle, up the middle, KICK. I miss the early to mid 1990s when A&M trashed Texas annually. BEAT THE HELL OUTTA t.u.!!!!!!!
Let me tell you how bad most of us hate RC. I was driving my car down Wellborn Rd. in College Station. While stopped at a light, RC crossed the street. My buddy punched me in the stomach for not hitting the gas.
