Watching and hoping and praying since 1956. Not much has changed over the years. Sherril had a few good years andso did Slocum but we are who we are. Some of you will evntually get to be 83 years old and you will wonder how were we so bad all these years.

I tend to agree. But, this is playing in the SEC. All of the teams are salty and nobody can afford to have a bad game. All of the environments are incredibly tough. I'm as frustrated as anyone because it definitely feels like this year (and maybe even this coach) is just "one more time around the merry-go-round." But, all we can do is love our team, love college football, and hope that we get the right players and coach to create some magic. I knew it was going to be a long shot this year once our QB issues really started to manifest.

Been watching since I was 6 yrs old and still hoping for a NC. I just don't feel it will happen in my lifetime. I'm 63.

"Our margins for winning have and will be thin for the next 2-3 years. It will take time to build the foundation and depth"

I don't agree with this in the NIL transfer portal age. There is enough talent and depth on this team to avoid last night.

If you want to win the SEC, you must have a stellar QB and depth on the dline. We have the depth on the dline. They just got outplayed and out coached last night.

If Elko wants to win next year, he needs to find a developed stud QB or figure out how to develop the guys we have.

Can anyone name a QB that has been developed at A&M. Tannihill, maybe? Mond kind of?

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I've been a fan of this team since the early 90s. Through the ups and downs. Through Slocum and Fran and Johnny Foosball.

Class of '99 here.

I'm now 47 years old. If the Lord is willing…I've got maybe 30-35 more years left on this Earth.

And I'm not sure I'll ever see a Texas A&M National Championship.

We seem cursed in some way. I don't know what some old Ag did in the 1960s or whatever to cause this, but man we are fking cursed.

Seems like every other major school has at least had a run of a few years as a dynasty the last several decades.

Why can't we just have a year where everything goes RIGHT instead of something always going WRONG.

Another stupid loss, more excuses, more scotch to ease the pain.

I'll never see a National Championship.

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It's the curse of Coach Dana X. Bible but no one is willing to acknowledge it.

Scaramanga1999 said:

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I've been a fan of this team since the early 90s. Through the ups and downs. Through Slocum and Fran and Johnny Foosball.

Class of '99 here.

I'm now 47 years old. If the Lord is willing…I've got maybe 30-35 more years left on this Earth.

And I'm not sure I'll ever see a Texas A&M National Championship.

We seem cursed in some way. I don't know what some old Ag did in the 1960s or whatever to cause this, but man we are fking cursed.

Seems like every other major school has at least had a run of a few years as a dynasty the last several decades.

Why can't we just have a year where everything goes RIGHT instead of something always going WRONG.

Another stupid loss, more excuses, more scotch to ease the pain.

I'll never see a National Championship.

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You're probably right. Now it's even harder with 12 teams to go through in the playoffs.

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Scaramanga1999 said:

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I've been a fan of this team since the early 90s. Through the ups and downs. Through Slocum and Fran and Johnny Foosball.

Class of '99 here.

I'm now 47 years old. If the Lord is willing…I've got maybe 30-35 more years left on this Earth.

And I'm not sure I'll ever see a Texas A&M National Championship.

We seem cursed in some way. I don't know what some old Ag did in the 1960s or whatever to cause this, but man we are fking cursed.

Seems like every other major school has at least had a run of a few years as a dynasty the last several decades.

Why can't we just have a year where everything goes RIGHT instead of something always going WRONG.

Another stupid loss, more excuses, more scotch to ease the pain.

I'll never see a National Championship.

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You're probably right. Now it's even harder with 12 teams to go through in the playoffs.

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I doubt a three loss team gets in the playoff, so we would need to beat. NMST, AUB, tu and UGA to avoid a third loss. Big ask.

Recommended live animal sacrifices and voodoo but it didn't take.

It's the injury cursed capital of college football. Someone get a voodoo doll, head to Haiti and put the Hex on the Sips to get it off us.

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Watching and hoping and praying since 1956.

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There have to be much more important things to pray about.

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You think you got it bad? Hell, Im class of '70, 76 YOA, Ive been watching this crap for at least almost 70 years. I saw Bear Bryant teams play. It's just in the culture, A&M can't stand it they have to pull an EF up every year. May father saw Nation Championship in '39, I doubt I'll ever see one. IT'S IN THE CULTURE, GET USED TO IT!!!!!

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Class of 75. I feel your pain.

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The reality (which got glossed over by some wins over mediocre teams..as even LSU should have lost to USCe) is that this is a patchwork of transfer portal players (especially on defense) who were signed at the last minute due to massive portal losses after Jimbo Fishers firing.
This is not a team that has tons of depth or talent outside of the D-line. And even the D-line has its issues that got exploited last night.
Elko is trying to put forth the best team he can with what he has to work with right now.
But don't expect them to beat the Longhorns or any other above average team the rest of the year.
This is a project that will take 3-4 years of recruiting, development, getting lucky in the portal and paying massive NIL money to try to keep a roster intact if you do sign some good players.
This was not a 20 million dollar NIL team put together for this season ala Ohio State...who openly brags about it.
Unfortunately..this is the reality. Sucks..but the injuries are a perfect example of a team bereft of quality depth.

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So refreshing to see an intelligent post!

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aeon-ag said:

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You think you got it bad? Hell, Im class of '70, 76 YOA, Ive been watching this crap for at least almost 70 years. I saw Bear Bryant teams play. It's just in the culture, A&M can't stand it they have to pull an EF up every year. May father saw Nation Championship in '39, I doubt I'll ever see one. IT'S IN THE CULTURE, GET USED TO IT!!!!!

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Class of 75. I feel your pain.

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Class of '79. I have my own way of dealing with it. Any time I see a list of national champions, I add us on the list 12 or 15 times with an asterisk.

One of the more interesting things after a loss are all the posters that are just fine with showing how little backbone they have.

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One of the more interesting things after a loss are all the posters that are just fine with showing how little backbone they have.

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One of the more interesting things after a loss are all the posters showing they have absolutely no clue concerning football nor building a program. Fan's are observers, thank God! lol

Moving on, I'm hoping the film review will humble our tackler's. Hoping Elko can use it to teach basic tackling that progresses through NM State & Auburn, so they're playing to their potential against the horns. Weigman has got to let go of whatever is handicapping him, so we can count on both QB's. We have to have a passing game, dialed in, against Texas. Oh yes I'm definitely looking ahead. I'm a fan.

Over the last 60 years, when looking at the AP poll and then the BCS/CFB national champions, there are exactly 20 schools. Three of them are complete outliers--Pitt in 1976, BYU in 1984, and Colorado in 1990. Also, there are two teams that have national championships from long ago that have only won one in the last 60 years--Auburn and Tennessee. Otherwise, the sport has given national titles to these teams for the other 55 years--USC, Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Michigan, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Penn State, Clemson, Georgia, Florida, FSU, Miami, Alabama, and LSU.

That list doesn't include some huge programs like the Ags. Nobody is cursed--its just that the major names in the sport just tend to recycle themselves back to the top. Notre Dame and Penn State haven't been at the top in a long time but having seen Michigan win it all last year makes us know that they can still be a player if things go right for them. Now, maybe they won't, like Nebraska, too. But expecting anyone outside of those names listed above to be a national champion is really bucking history. Look at Oregon or Washington, for example. Both have lost when they are in the playoffs/title game, so they have no titles. Since the CFB playoff got started in 2014, Oregon, TCU, and Washington all played for a title and got beat easily. Instead, the most boring sport that is in dire need of new champions, gave us more Ohio State, Alabama, Clemson, LSU, and Georgia titles, until Michigan got to add another title since theirs from 1997. And my guess is Georgia will just get another title again this year...

Also class of '99 and I thought it was my fault. I've been to Austin two weekends for my kids soccer games this season. Notre Dame and South Carolnia!

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We're not cursed, we just have an overly inflated view of ourselves. We think we're such an elite program, but we're basically the same level as an Ole Miss, Mizzou, or Auburn. We are a contender, we could break through! But so could Virginia Tech or Michigan State etc. When it doesn't happen for them we don't sit here and think they are cursed, we just think CFB is hard and only one team gets to be champs every year.

All of us would love, love, love to see us develop a dynasty level program in our lifetime. But you can't let it ruin your life if that doesn't happen.

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Auburn won a recent National Championship and multiple recent SEC Championships. We are not Auburn.

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enjoy the ride pal, you have seen a national championship - just not from our football team. Maybe you should start folowing womens equestrian more closely.

Also, don't be expecting a national champonship after one good half vs lsu. Fact is our offense has struggled all year....not sure how you got to a natty based on what I have been watching.

with you Buddy ! Class of '73 here and I've been watching Aggie football for 55 years (of our 85 years of mediocrity !)........ give up, we'll never live long enough to see the Aggies win a Natty. Like you said, enjoy your scotch while you watch a game on the couch, and don't let it get to you.

It's a heavy weight brother. Do what you need to do. Your kid is more important than a natty.

Class of '39 here. You new Ags lack patience. We won it in 17, 19, 27, and 39. Heck, we went two straight years without even getting scored on (the class of 19 never let us forget what real defense was).
Last year we were one game from being the national baseball champions and then there's track & field, softball, women's basketball, and I'm not even going to bring up equestrian.

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Class of '39 here. You new Ags lack patience. We won it in 17, 19, 27, and 39. Heck, we went two straight years without even getting scored on (the class of 19 never let us forget what real defense was).
Last year we were one game from being the national baseball champions and then there's track & field, softball, women's basketball, and I'm not even going to bring up equestrian.

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Class of '39. Impressive.