Texas A&M Football
Aggie Flashback with former wide receiver Chad Schroeder
Key quotes from Chad Schroeder interview
"I’ve actually had some people get mad at me for the Baylor catch. They thought they could have gotten rid of Coach Franchione earlier. It was all in good fun."
"There were a few situations where we wanted Fran to go for it. Our senior season we had a couple games that were close and gave them a pretty good run."
"It was always about football when I was young but my dad did a good job, I learned a lot from him in the sense of compartmentalizing home and work. That’s something I struggle with now, not bringing things home. Football was always around, we were always engulfed in it, but his deal was always family then football."
"We still laugh now that a few kids from Austin spoiled the first meeting between Vince Young and Reggie McNeal."
"I was leaning towards A&M from the beginning. I had come up for a few camps and my sister was an Aggie at the time. They called her into R.C. Slocum's office and basically asked her what they needed to do to get me. She told them, 'I think all you need to do is call him.'"
"The biggest impression Coach Sumlin made on me was how he commands a room, all the players in the room respect him. At the same time he creates a loose environment where guys just want to play. Plays don’t always work out like they do on paper and sometimes you have to be able to make a play and if you have a tight environment guy’s tense up. People are seeing now, when you’re loose you make plays."
"Now on the alumni side, you see the commitment all Aggies have made to facilities and the stadium. Sumlin had a vision and now it is happening. There used to be a stigma over it as a stiff place and with the facilities now, it is really good to see that success."
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