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Sumlin's best year ended in a Cotton Bowl victory over OU. Even with 6th year record setting qb Case Keenum he couldn't beat Southern Miss to win C-USA. Once the film was in A&M started losing more and more, kind of like Muschamp at Florida. Even a lot of his coordinator success was due to the guys like Art Briles and Dana Holgerson who he was on staffs with. Sumlin is a great recruiter which is where a lot of his success comes from.

Strong on the other hand, is a guy that after winning titles with Urban Meyer branched out and became even more successful. Tough first year at Louisville but a couple of years later he was beating his old team, Florida, in the Sugar Bowl. After that he follows it up with another 1 loss campaign and destroys Miami at the end of the season. Sumlin jumped out strong, wins two less games than his initial season, gets a raise them loses even more games. But hey, I know to Aggie fans finishing in 8th in the SEC is better than finishing runner-up in the Big 12 any day.

Question is how long will recruits see it that way?

I wish they would switch national signing day to the Monday after the Super Bowl so I could kil two birds with one stone when I burn a vacation day.

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They should make NSD the day after the Super Bowl so I can kill 2 birds with one stone and only burn 1 vacation day.

I just saw they confirmed it on Burnt Orange Nation. Closer to home and better defensive coaching. He's part of what's now probably the best class of Dbs any Texas school has ever signed. Texas is now also in the running for 4 star DB Marcus Lewis. Charlie is ridiculous coming off a 6-7 season, had he signed Mack the NCAA might have been in town, lol.

I know is Whaley is considered to be one of the heaviest A&M leans in the 2016 class but I wonder if that puts Texas in play for him also now?

Lol, alright man. I guess "blowing smoke" is what you call it when facts are relayed? Sage is a baller, but he wasn't running over anybody in the third quarter guy, especially the 2nd best 5A defense in the region. Maybe if you make 10 more post you'll have some facts to go with your opinions, lol.

You do know that the top teams in your mighty SEC west all lost in their bowl games with most being dominated right? You did see the 42-3 beating TCU handed out to Ole Miss right? For the second straight year Bama was beat down by either OU or Ohio State. Miss St. got it handed it to them by a bunch of 3 star kids running the triple option. I think the SEC gave up about 40 per game this bowl season.

Recruits will realize that all A&M will be is what they've always been which is a middle of the road program that has a good year every now and then. You can pitch a the SEC stuff you want but when recruits see you get beat down 59-0 on national tv then the smart ones will realize it's a lot easier to win at other places in the state. Three good recruiting classes and the record has still slipped each year. You can keep saying how tough the SEC is but all the kids see is the record getting worse each year.

You just have to let Ag run with it. If it doesn't smell like fertilizer they don't know much about it. Texas tries to hire a 3 time state champion coach and there's a conspiracy, yet Chad Morris wins three or four titles in a row at Lake Travis and him taking a Tulsa job is seen as an upgrade, not some backhanded way to get Garrett Gilbert to sign. Better yet Briles leave the Stephenville job for UH and nobody has a problem when Kendall transfers from Texas. Corby Meekins and Claude Mathis leave two of the premier talent producing programs in Texas to go coach in the American Athletic Conference and they're viewed as great hires around the state. Heck, even Gus Malzhan was coaching high school less than a decade ago but I guess since he's in the SEC it doesn't matter.

Charlie is doing what any good coach would do, he's trying to get the best fit/recruiter he could for his staff. Why not grab a guy much like Mathis who knows the ins and outs of DFW recruiting? Oh yeah, in the process they're going to triple his salary also. Ag doesn't see it like that though, they think Texas is buying recruits now. Ag might be the next Hail State when they tried to recruit Cam Newton. They tried to tell on Auburn for buying Cam, when the NCAA asked how they knew they basically said ". . . Because we tried to pay him first". Pretty sad, Ag leaves the Big 12 for the SEC and the IQ goes up in both conferences. Smh.

You do know that the top teams in your mighty SEC west all lost in their bowl games with most being dominated right? You did see the 42-3 beating TCU handed out to Ole Miss right? For the second straight year Bama was beat down by either OU or Ohio State. Miss St. got it handed it to them by a bunch of 3 star kids running the triple option. I think the SEC gave up about 40 per game this bowl season.

Recruits will realize that all A&M will be is what they've always been which is a middle of the road program that has a good year every now and then. You can pitch a the SEC stuff you want but when recruits see you get beat down 59-0 on national tv then the smart ones will realize it's a lot easier to win at other places in the state. Three good recruiting classes and the record has still slipped each year. You can keep saying how tough the SEC is but all the kids see is the record getting worse each year.

Having big numbers would be a product of the volume of passes PNG throws. It's like Georgetown was a few years ago with their pair of 1k yard receivers, nowhere close to the best core in the state but Hubanek threw it so much they caught a lot of passes and had good numbers. A better example is if you were to throw one of those guys on the other side of Rose who put up big numbers. It would be a solid core but the number of targets they would get would inflate their numbers. Rose probably had 20 targets to get about a dozen catches but only had like 130 receiving which is why he didn't get the FBS offer people in PNG thought he should. Singleton had less than half the catches that same year but had like 12 or 13 FBS offers because of his playmaking ability. There's a difference between "pass catchers" and "playmakers" which the best cores would have multiple of. PNG schemes guys open, the best receivers just flat out beat the coverage.

You took the words right out of my mouth... Bottom line is you are what your record says you are. At this time we are a 1rst round team... Period. Im not a booster/tailgate/Mondaynight meeting guy.  Im a realist.. BF is a good Offensive guy. What he lacks is on the other side.  We have proved video game numbers get you much of nothing. We will always be small, and undersized defensively. We make up for that with hard work, dedication, determination, and tenacity... Simply put, HEART.. I do think we are average to above average at QB, and WR. McZeal shows flashes, as well as Giblin. OL and DL IMO is below average. We will have 1 good linebacker and 1 good Safety returning. These guys have valuable experience from last year.  After watching the championship games on TV, I thought, man we can play with the WOS and Gilmers of the world.. Once the 5A games came on i realized we are nowhere close to being able to play with these guys.. My hats off to Crosby. Didnt watch them last year, but they must have been impressive to play with those folks. At Rb I think we will be average at best. Cropper has not shown the ability to stay on the field at all due to injuries. Thats due to his size... Runnells has great break away speed, IMO he is a poor mans Caleb Harmon, with the skills to improve through the season. Would like to see Girourd get involved possibly as a slot guy. We are to predictable with the deep ball.  As we know you cant always outjump the corner to make a play. The good defenses shut that down quickly. Hopefully the lineman get bigger and stronger over the season and a few more emerge. All that being said I do feel we are a playoff team, with the possibility of getting out of the 1rst round if we play to our abilitys. I also get tired of hearing about QB records, but to BFs credit, with a small line, rolling out and throwing is sometimes your best option.  Shore up these few areas and show a little balance and quite possibly we can play with the big boys.. First line of work should be to beat Nederland..... Do that and everything else will take care of itself...

Hey Coog02, from the buzz about football in January in this town I can see where the jealousy lies. Haters gonna hate but when the haters do not have a recent winning program to back, then it just makes their efforts and arguments look petty. SMDH...

The difference is Dayton can actually beat Crosby on Friday nights too, Nederland can't. Ned needs those wins in the younger levels, otherwise they couldn't be like BH every year and talk about what they have coming through the program that can actually beat one of the teams off 90. Don't worry though, my little cub will be a freshman next and I'm sure they'll put it on Nederland for you.

That's a question you should be asking Westbrook's coaching staff. If you want accurate stats then dedicate an assistant coach to take them like all other teams who care about them do. I know our stats that go in to the UIL are kept by the staff and entered into Maxpreps. Maybe SETX doesn't have the funds to have enough assistants for such tasks, which is another can of worms? People who really care about stats know how to find them and where to get the most accurate ones from.

That's a question you should be asking Westbrook's coaching staff. If you want accurate stats then dedicate an assistant coach to take them like all other teams who care about them do. I know our stats that go in to the UIL are kept by the staff and entered into Maxpreps. Maybe SETX doesn't have the funds to have enough assistants for such tasks, which is another can of worms? People who really care about stats know how to find them and where to get the most accurate ones from.

I wonder why they would do that when there's so many more qualified candidates in Houston who already coach and have had success of that level? There's a big difference beating up on the teams in the Triangle vs trying to beat teams in a district where all 4 squads went at least three deep with two making it to the semis or further. The coaching in Spring ISD, Cy-Fair ISD, Klein ISD and Katy ISD is just flat out better than what the Triangle can produce right now.

Crosby freshman running back was recently named to and played with the Adidas freshman All-American team. He rushed for 888 yards on 112 attempts with 11 tds, also had 18 receptions for 333 yards and 3 more tds. As a freshman he's already being recruited by TCU, Tech, and Kentucky. Awesome season for a kid I used to watch in 8th grade last year.

I believe Williams with the sophomore Grace who rushed for 968 yards and 15 tds will give Crosby one of the most formidable backfields in the state for the next couple of years. If these kids stay healthy I think they could eclipse what PAM's backfield has done the last couple of years. Good times in Crosby, good times . . .

I wonder why they would do that when there's so many more qualified candidates in Houston who already coach and have had success of that level? There's a big difference beating up on the teams in the Triangle vs trying to beat teams in a district where all 4 squads went at least three deep with two making it to the semis or further. The coaching in Spring ISD, Cy-Fair ISD, Klein ISD and Katy ISD is just flat out better than what the Triangle can produce right now.

NE Texas has better everything than SE Texas. The list is so long it's hard to find a starting point. The gap between the two is getting wider too.

Not taking up for Crosby......but...............
 
 
They were better than alllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll of us this past season.

The enrollment may slowly rise but the community's growth rate is almost 5 times less than the Texas average. As the enrollment caps go up with the growth of the state PNG as well as some other schools in that area will be caught unless there's an influx of residents that move in and raise the rate.

Nah, they're headed in the right direction though. If only they could recruit half as good as da Bulldogs, then maybe they'd be better.

If you were just watching the game and didn't know anything about the players I would have to say Blake Lynch was the best player on the field with Demarco Boyd being second. DT is more sought after than those guys because of how he projects at the next level. They want the long Dbs to cover the big receivers now days and if he can tighten up a couple things at 'Bama I think he'll be able to play on Sundays.

The best 4A player in the state this year was either Stidham at Stephenville or Mack at Gladewater but DT may have been the best overall athlete in 4A this year. I think at this point DT is more Dre Kirkpatrick than Eric Reid but only time will tell. Either way though, he got the shaft in the all-state team, but that's the AP for you.

If you were just watching the game and didn't know anything about the players I would have to say Blake Lynch was the best player on the field with Demarco Boyd being second. DT is more sought after than those guys because of how he projects at the next level. They want the long Dbs to cover the big receivers now days and if he can tighten up a couple things at 'Bama I think he'll be able to play on Sundays.

The best 4A player in the state this year was either Stidham at Stephenville or Mack at Gladewater but DT may have been the best overall athlete in 4A this year. I think at this point DT is more Dre Kirkpatrick than Eric Reid but only time will tell. Either way though, he got the shaft in the all-state team, but that's the AP for you.

How is Cedar Park gonna be, cause after the first week of playoffs, you'll be back on their bandwagons!

I know this does not matter but people were saying the same thing to Dayton in 08 because Tivy beat Steele and how they were just to tough for Dyaton to handle . So Coogs yall have nothing to lose play Cougar ball with the heart and stamina yall have been playing with and send them chumps home . Remember play every game like yall are playing Dayton. YALL GOT THIS