A team of motivated 3 stars will beat a team of 4 and 5 stars who are entitled and act like premadonnas. NIL backfired on us, while teams like Tennessee are winning with a bunch of 3 stars. It's about coaching and motivation, not stars.

Al the 5* players got kicked out for smoking weed so we are good with our 3* players.

Natty, here we come.

I'd caveat that with more senior players. Alabama makes it work bc they are never young and replace talent with RS sophomore and juniors. Not RS freshman and true freshman.

Bunk Moreland said:

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Tennessee has 2 5 stars and about 30 4 stars on their roster

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Get out of here with your facts and data! We have opinions man!

KackAg87 said:

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How do you think they would do against App State, Miss State and South Carolina?

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Are you suggesting they'll be competitive should they win out and get a playoff spot? Or, are you just taking a shot at the Ags?

gotsand said:

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KackAg87 said:

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How do you think they would do against App State, Miss State and South Carolina?

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Are you suggesting they'll be competitive should they win out and get a playoff spot? Or, are you just taking a shot at the Ags?

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I'm not saying or doing either of those things. My first comment about TCU was in response to OP's comment about a team of motivated 3 stars. I just think TCU is a good example of that. My second comment was in response to Oknows saying TCU would get throttled by the upper half of the SEC. Lately, we have been getting throttled by the bottom half of the SEC. I am not pro TCU. I am pro Aggie. I just think TCU seems to have a pretty good team of lesser rated players who seem to be highly motivated.

I wouldn't be so sure.

Not if the coach has a well run program. We went from decent recruiting to Al of the sudden A list of 5 stars. Fisher not the team has the leadership in place to put the team before me attitude.

HJack20 said:

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A team of motivated 3 stars will beat a team of 4 and 5 stars who are entitled and act like premadonnas. NIL backfired on us, while teams like Tennessee are winning with a bunch of 3 stars. It's about coaching and motivation, not stars.

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quarterback play theirs is up for the heisman

a great qb can cover lots of mistakes. we don't currently have a heisman qb playing for us. u put hooker on our team and i bet we have a few more wins.

The only teams that might have a higher average star rating on offense than Tennessee are Alabama, Georgia, and Ohio State. They are absolutely loaded. They are also almost entirely juniors and seniors. This 3 star narrative is false, as usual.

Inspired 3 stars were enough for our 2000 Oklahoma team.

Bunk Moreland said:

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Tennessee has 2 5 stars and about 30 4 stars on their roster

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They have a coach that understands play calling

QB: 24 year old Super Senior
RT: Senior
RG: Junior
C: Junior
LG: Senior
LT: Soph

That helps too.

You might want to take another look at that roster, unless you're joking... specifically the defense.

HJack20 said:

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A team of motivated 3 stars will beat a team of 4 and 5 stars who are entitled and act like premadonnas. NIL backfired on us, while teams like Tennessee are winning with a bunch of 3 stars. It's about coaching and motivation, not stars.

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An o-line composed of 4 or 5th year seniors who are grown men with several years of experience can be very helpful to the rest of the offense.

A team can have moderate success with a team of 2 or 3 stars if they run a gimmicky offense (perennial 7-8 win seasons; a rare 10 win season; never a conference or national title; See Mike Leach's entire career).

jdls13 said:

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Alabama makes it work with 5 stars idk

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We would literally be undefeated with Weigman having started at QB all season. Even with Jimbo's pathetic schemes and playcalling.

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jdls13 said:

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Alabama makes it work with 5 stars idk

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We would literally be undefeated with Weigman having started at QB all season. Even with Jimbo's pathetic schemes and playcalling.

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Wait for it, he'll be here soon in glowing support.

HJack20 said:

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A team of motivated 3 stars will beat a team of 4 and 5 stars who are entitled and act like premadonnas. NIL backfired on us, while teams like Tennessee are winning with a bunch of 3 stars. It's about coaching and motivation, not stars.

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Teams of 3 stars with good coaching don't win championships. Look at leach, gundy, Baylor etc. You need good coaching AND elite talent

Bunk Moreland said:

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QB: 24 year old Super Senior
RT: Senior
RG: Junior
C: Junior
LG: Senior
LT: Soph

That helps too.

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Hendon Hooker is older than Justin Herbert. That he's playing is kind of a mockery of college football. Imagine Justin Herbert playing for us this year; we'd win the national title too. But whatever, that's the game we're playing now. Jimbo should be better in the portal. I will never believe in high school QB again. Let someone else do the development for you.

HJack20 said:

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A team of motivated 3 stars will beat a team of 4 and 5 stars who are entitled and act like premadonnas. NIL backfired on us, while teams like Tennessee are winning with a bunch of 3 stars. It's about coaching and motivation, not stars.

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No, they won't

Coaching and motivation has a hell of a lot to do with it - but do does athletic ability. I can have all the heart in the world, but even with that and a massive amount of coaching and motivation, I'm not beating a 5 star guy even if they aren't putting out 100%.

Cedarian Lamb Chops said:

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Inspired 3 stars were enough for our 2000 Oklahoma team.

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You mean the team that lost to Oklahoma?

Also lost to Colorado, tu and Notre Dame in the regular season. Finished it up with another loss to a ho-hum Miss State team in the Independence bowl.

Great example.

HJack20 said:

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A team of motivated 3 stars will beat a team of 4 and 5 stars who are entitled and act like premadonnas. NIL backfired on us, while teams like Tennessee are winning with a bunch of 3 stars. It's about coaching and motivation, not stars.

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5 star prima donnas will never have buy-in or want to stick around when you idiots bash their head coach week in and week out. Who would want to play for someone that matches the description of what is posted here thousands of times a week?

Entitled 18 and 19 year olds isn't the problem. Expecting those entitled kids to be excited to play for Texas A&M even after they read you armchair quarterbacks bashing their coach is the problem.

Our biggest problem is we have the most entitled and whiney fanbase. and it's hurting our team. Firing our coach and moneywhipping another exciting coaching hire will not fix our problems.

HJack20 said:

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It's about coaching and motivation, not stars.

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Not player ability?

If you look back at the SWC and Big 12, generally speaking, when we were winning and ranked Texas was not and vice versa.

That's all about recruiting and stars.

And both of our fanbases know it, which is a significant reason why, despite having not played on the field for over a decade, we maintain fierce rivalry.

Although NIL and the transfer portal have disrupted the traditional recruitment cycle.

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HJack20 said:

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It's about coaching and motivation, not stars.

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Not player ability?

If you look back at the SWC...

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Kevin Murray would have been a great NFL QB. Broken ankle stopped everything. Bad broken ankle.

Cedarian Lamb Chops said:

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Inspired 3 stars were enough for our 2000 Oklahoma team.

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Inspired "3-star" NFL players on the 2000 Oklahoma team, most of which who played during the championship year. The best Big Red Motors could buy.

Rocky Calmus
Josh Heupel
JT Thatcher
Torrance Marshall
Quentin Griffin
Andre Woolfolk
Nate Hybl
Jimmy Wilkerson
Brandon Moore
Teddy Lehman
Derrick Strait
Roy Williams
Trent Smith
Dan Cody
Josh Norman
Wes Sims
Antonio Perkins
Mark Clayton

Granted, Heupel doesn't really count but he obviously has a brain for football which might have helped as a college QB.

Fire Fisher ASAP. Get any half-way decent coach on the cheap.

Aim to have the lowest paid coach and staff in the SEC for the next 25 years or so and be happy with whatever results with 2-3 star, non-NIL players and maybe, just maybe, stumble upon a great coach. No expectations of winning anything. Don't even try and compete with the big-boy programs anymore - it's futile. The SEC checks will still come in anyways. In 25 years or so the college game may not exist anymore anyways.