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Come on man, what player did A&M beat out Texas for when Texas was rolling. None of the Aggie stars were offered by Texas, not Johnny, not Von, not McNeal. I think maybe Micheal and Joeckel were the only ones that were offered and didn't come. Read up on Chis Daniels flip from OU and why he chose Texas, very similar to comments made a while ago by Clarence McKinney on why Sumlin connected with kids due to being from the South. Even further, the kids A&M was able to get in those classes you're talking about were never able to a conference title in the lowly Big 12. You usually tuck tail and run because you can't win, A&M didn't and they subsequently left. No other way to really look at it, saying it was a better move for monetary reasons is really admitting to not wanting to be in Texas' shadow. If A&M was the brand they think they are then they should've been able to build a cash cow like Texas has, but they couldn't. Now they're stuck in perpetual mediocrity in the SEC. Fact of the matter is A&M isn't going to get better players than the state school in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Tennessee. You can definitely get a better class here or there, but take a look over in Baton Rouge. Les Miles was/is in the same situation as Sumlin and may have just signed his best class ever at LSU going off player averages. All the top prospects A&M wanted went to Ole Miss, including Lodge last year. All that while they ALREADY have better players and coaching than A&M. It's a dim reality. As far as Texas fans being happy, I think it's a given. Watching 59-0 against 'Bama, not being able to move the ball on Auburn, getting steamrolled by LSU backs, playing directional schools all are reality now. The difference in Texas, if you listen to the recruits like Cuffee, is that they all grew up watching Texas dominate and know it can be done again. They've never seen that from A&M, the selling point in College Station is that you get to play in the SEC and we have some nice gadgets. That's over now, kids are back to going where they feel like they have the best shot at winning.

What's interesting is that A&M is placing their faith in two qbs who are no longer at their past Big 12 schools because they couldn't earn a job or were beat out by younger players. I guess Knight and Hubanek weren't Big 12 good but they'll do for the SEC? Yet, of the three highest rated qbs A&M have ever landed, two transfer to the Big 12 and one goes to the AAC after experiencing College Station first hand. That has to be odd considering everyone wants to play in the SEC according to Aggy? What's even more weird is that although everyone wants to play in the SEC, all the top qbs from the state are committed to Big 12 schools. Beuchele and Ehlinger to Texas, Shawn Robinson to TCU and Kellen Mond to Baylor. I've said it many times on here, Kevin Sumlin made A&M a viable option for players that normally wouldn't consider College Station. I don't care if you do get Tom Herman to come coach, him or any other guy won't be able to recruit at the level that Sumlin is. Coaching may be a different story, but if you think running Sumlin out of town is going to get you more wins and better recruits I think you're sadly mistaken. When your own players use words like "gadgets" and "glitz" to describe your program you can almost bet there's no real substance, which I think everybody beside A&M fans saw when they tucked tail and left the Big 12.

I'll put it like this. Your FCS players are usually FBS players that are missing something. Height, weight, speed, grades, etc. I'm not really sure Alec is missing anything, his film just hasn't made the rounds yet. I think he's every bit as good as Collin Wilder or Travis Whillock from Katy who had 22 reported D1 offers between them.

Interesting to see if offer #22 makes Mannie think about A&M more? Maybe the OU one too? Either way it's good times at Crosby, I expect in excess of 50 division one offers between all of our kids by the end of the Spring evaluation period. The two outside receivers should total more than 30 FBS offers themselves.

Dang, Temple must pay pretty well. Hard not to hire Kay coming fresh off a 6A title. I know Kay isn't the AD but I know Aymond was getting paid pretty well, figured with Kay's years of service he would have been pretty close to where Aymond was before he retired. Interesting that the coaches of the last two 6A-D1 champs could both be moving down to 5A to take AD jobs.

Well, I hope he stays around longer than another year or two for Crosby's sake. I don't think Mann's any older than 32 so he have plenty of opportunities going forward. I don't think GCM had enough athletes for him to be successful right away though, like he could be at a place like Humble if West were to leave. Not only is he hustling for the Crosby kids, he's also helping out kids at other schools.

When I watched his film a year and a half ago I said I thought he looked like a left guard but got beat up on here for not knowing what I'm talking about because he was the #2 ranked OT in the country. Kids that are rated that high usually play left tackle and Patrick looks like more of a road-grading run blocker to me. Completely different type of film from Little, Delance and Diesch. I'm sure he doesn't care either way but moving inside is probably a good thing for him, you make less money in the league but probably get 2-3 more prime earning years.

I actually think King has a good chance at being one of the D2 reps from the district. They might be young but the cupboard isn't bare from what I saw playing against them on the lower levels this year, they have another Tray Williams coming(even wears #3) and another Desmond Coleman clone. I saw the freshman qb throw is about 50 yards off his back foot for a TD when we played them. I think CV and Kingwood look like they would be the #3 and #4 teams but CV was heavily depended on hurts and Sewo O. basically carried Kingwood. Now that they're gone I don't think those schools have any advantage at all over King except for the enrollment, which could come into play down the stretch.

I didn't even mention him because I think it's pretty obvious he's going to make it. The only decision with Patrick is if he's going to play guard or tackle. On the film he looks like a right tackle or left guard, could be on the same path as Cam Robinson if he can stay healthy.

Yeah, he really works hard for the kids and gets some of the marginal players opportunities they normally probably wouldn't get. I believe we've signed over 40 players the last four years.

I think there's four of five kids that signed yesterday that have legit shots at playing in the NFL. I think if Whaley stays healthy he's almost a lock to get drafted out of Arky's system, he probably has more natural talent than Collins or Williams. I think Joseph Pickney is a faster version DJ Swearinger, but might have better ball skills at the collegiate level. I see Johnathan Marshall as a little less explosive version of Emmanual Ogbah, might not be as good a pass rusher but will probably be better against the run. Should be able to play DE in both a 4-3 and 3-4 scheme, might get moved inside if he continues to grow though. Two guys I'm not as sure about are Keenan Murphy due to height, but I think he's better than Rex Hadnot at this same stage in his career and Hadnot had a stellar career at UH. The other kid is Innis Gaines from Westbrook. Partly because of the type of player he is and partly because he gets to play for Gary Patterson who has a history of being a great defensive coach. I wouldn't be surprised to see Gaines get some serious run as a true freshman.

Might as well just let PhatMack make it. He's the only Aggy fan on here that isn't delusional and I know it's not the best of days for him. I respect his takes even if we don't agree, now Als-Timer on the other hand . . . . I wonder?

The reason A&M didn't recruit as well isn't because of what's going on, it's because it's A&M. Aggy made their own bed when they went to the SEC to escape Texas and made some headway because of it, mainly due to a player who wished he could've gone to Texas ironically. There's not enough kids that care about A&M's facilities and playing in the SEC to make that constant propaganda line stand up. Kids see A&M getting whipped on a regular basis, the difference when they see Texas lose is that they know there's a chance they can make a difference if they buy in. They also starting to see A&M for what it's always been and will continue to be in the SEC which is a middle of the road program capable of having good years sporadically. Sumlin's pull is wearing off and recruits now see they have to come live in College Station while winning 6-8 games a year. The Mack Brown comment has 0 validity if you follow recruiting. Mack was the king of the early commits which often pushed players ranking without any real substance. Charlie has been ridden two straight years for not getting commits earlier, instead he prefers to put more emphasis on senior year evaluations. For instance, Mack had a kid named Johnny Shaw from Center/WOS committed from early on in his high school career. Anybody who watched his film saw he wasn't at the elite high school safety level, so when Charlie comes in he pulls his offer which infuriated some, he got the "he doesn't know what he's doing" wrap . Turns out the kid was only good enough to go to La. Tech after further evaluations by other recruiters. Would have been a non-contributor at Texas, instead he flips PJ Locke from Oregon at the 11th hour and Locke plays as a true freshman. Mack was a salesman and a southern gentleman, Charlie just a football coach. Like I said a couple of weeks ago, if Aggy can't out-recruit Texas while they're down right now they're the ones that are probably in more trouble than if Texas couldn't out-recruit Aggy. Just think about when Texas starts winning and picking up 25 commitments on 30-something offers like they were doing during the '06 and '09 title game years.

Crosby 2017's so far: Mannie Netherly(WR) - A&M commit, #36 in country, #35 overall in the state Carlos Grace(RB) - UH commit, #65 RB in country, #117 overall in the state Tay'lor Perry(CB) - Big 10 offers, #42 in country, #76 overall in state Jordan Hill(WR) - Offers from Colorado St. and Bowling Green among others, NR Trey Edwards(WR) - Kid that jumped over Dayton defender's head an did 360, No offers yet Alec Lewis(OLB/S) - Should have multiple offers after the Spring evaluation period *Craig Williams(RB) - 2018 247sports 5-star, freshman All-American and currently holds multiple offers Have many other who will get offers but just posted the kids who already have/should get FBS offers

What you saw from North Shore this year was probably the most watered down version of them you'll see for the next five years. They had a linebacker playing qb, still can't catch/throw consistently in the new offense, one of the weaker o-lines they've had in a decade and no elite running back for the first time in a while . . . and STILL won state in the hardest classification of high school football in America. IDK if Klubnik really makes a difference, you still have to get open on their dbs like 5-star LSU commit Eric Monroe and avoid the rush by 4-star freaks like K'Lavon Chaisson. As far as La Vega vs Argyle, it was speed and athleticism versus pure power. Argyle is 0-2 their last two trips to the title game because Navasota and La Vega's athletes trumped Argyle's system. Giving Jon Kay NS' players was a quicker way to a title than giving him Kingwood's money, same thing with coach Tullos and GR's athletes versus maybe having Friendswood's money.

Friendswood is 4-18 against La Marque. They're 5-4 against Dawson which was built up by winning 3 of 4 the first years Dawson had a varsity, they're 2-3 since then against Dawson and barely squeaked by them the past season in OT. It was the first season since the first year Dawson had a varsity that they hadn't at least made the third round regardless of classification. Friendswood beat Manvel the first three years they had a varsity, then proceeded to get smoked like 60-28 and won't play them anymore. I threw La Marque in because with all the money Friendswood has for whatever reason they couldn't beat those boys from the swamp with their poorly run school district and declining enrollment. Sort of like Celina couldn't beat WOS this year, or Westlake beat North Shore or Argyle beat La Vega, etc. You already know how I feel about it though.

Crosby complete 2016 schedule. Looks like BH gets the treatment right out of the box for the 5th straight year to start district play:

Cougar 14.2 juice? You look SAF trying to make a connotation towards me for a post a different member made. I read what he said and chose not to comment on it, but I do understand the inference he's trying to make. The wording probably should've been more tactful(which is weird because I'm totally sure you're against being pc) as not to offend anybody though. Just like I always tell Bronco Pride, it's a heck of a lot easier to find athletes than it is to find money, find a great coach and build a championship type program all at the same time or within a short span of each other. Nobody probably mentioned Friendswood because they're 12-23 against their old district mates like La Marque, Manvel and Dawson who all do it the way Moss was referring to. It's a lot easier to win like the Dayton teams did under Stew than to try to copy Lake Travis' formula. So while Moss' apartment comment was stereotypical and uncouth, I do agree with the gist of what he was saying. All you had to do was look at most of the title games this past season.

Crosby's confirmed non-district schedule Week 1 - Manvel Week 2 - Houston Reagan

I thought PNG was losing a lot to graduation? The only offense they have coming back is McZeal, right? That's a lot of confidence with so many question marks.

BH-1527, La Porte-2329, Westbrook-2495, Channelview-2610, Deer Park-4087

21-5A Enrollment Rankings 1. Caney Creek - 1,976.5 2. Kingwood Park - 1,836 3. Porter - 1,787.5 4. Humble - 1,719.5 5. New Caney - 1,706.5 6. Crosby - 1,668 7. Barbers Hill - 1,527 8. Dayton - 1,494 9. Splendora - 1,107

Just saw region three picked up an East Texas and Central Texas district. The last two 5A-D2 champs, Cedar Park and Ennis, are both in region three now. Sucks that Cedar Park with 1,949 kids will almost certainly be playing 5A-D2 again for the next two years. Same for Texas City with 1,920 kids due to being in a district with Manvel(2012) and Elkins(2114.5). Foster and Angleton have been moved into region 4. Region three was probably already the deepest of all the 5A classes, after realignment there's no "probably" to it.

Seems like they could have still thrown Westbrook in there with 21-6A. Going to be some very long rides during the week for the Bruins.

BH is still probably a couple of years away judging from what they had coming through the system, you can always get a transfer though. The teams that could surprise people are Porter and KP in my opinion. KP is big with some good skill players coming through the program and KP's old coach just took over at Porter, which has the same type of athletes as he had at KP with at similar enrollment.