LB12Diamond said:

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Cannot tell if you are trolling bc you are doing what you say you are not doing.

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Then tell us what gives you optimism we will play at a championship level next year?

Feel like new guys are primarily backups, except Searcy. Can't get excited about it

geoag58 said:

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LB12Diamond said:

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Cannot tell if you are trolling bc you are doing what you say you are not doing.

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Then tell us what gives you optimism we will play at a championship level next year?

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Year 2 in the system with the entire starting OL returning. Secondary should be netter with Chappell and Humphrey. WR is almost guaranteed to be better. Reed should continue to improve and RB should be better with a healthy Owens.

Rod92 said:

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Feel like new guys are primarily backups, except Searcy. Can't get excited about it

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WR, blocking TE, 5 technique, and maybe Humphrey will have a good shot at starting.

QB is the only position that shouldn't have a big impact.

I guess blocking TE won't be the starter but they are very important.

Hey... what do you know. Another off season top 5 ranking in something. Then the fall arrives

I think one important thing to note here is that Aggies only have 9 commits yet are ranked near the top, while these other teams like Tech have 17! So we are getting highly ranked transfers which is positive, hopefully we can get more and move up even higher.

12thMan9 said:

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Do ANY of you realize this has nada to do w/NIL?

Geez........

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lol, it has everything to do with NIL

• Rankings are moot if we don't land any DTs (highest need) and 1 very experienced 'starting' WR
• Rankings are moot until they show up on campus...and then show out.
• Tech's is artificial (based on pure 'numbers'), but Aub, LSU and Ole Miss are stockpiling legit talent (on paper).
• I do not think we'll be top 5 and maybe not even top 10 when this is 'done' (due to numbers).

• Personally, would like 1 bruising, SEC level RB added as we don't know if Owens is really back (guess we'll see in bowl game, but he's not truly a power back) and it will be 'hopeful' that Moss comes back in the same 'form' (one never knows after a serious knee injury; D Green has not been the same since his injury (mental hurdles) and hoping he turns the corner this season as our 'true pass catching TE').

What's encouraging is that we have more players for true top tier programs and several SEC 'players' (i.e., the league won't surprise them due to size and speed) and 2nd tier are Big12 or Big level (think the coaching staff learned a bit from last year....better to get 8-12 from power 5 conferences and even better from SEC vs. chasing 20 from mid-tier to find 1-2 that will really play/contribute).

Don't want to hear 'look at all these guys playing from mid-tier last year' (as it's 'bullcrap' ) as all that represents is lack of talent and depth and staff 'forced' to do some stop gap mass signings with no time on the clock. Not sure if I can stomach watching Ratcliff miss another tackle or get run over due to his lack of size anymore and hope someone steps up with better size and speed (and abilities).

90ags said:

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• Rankings are moot if we don't land any DTs (highest need) and 1 very experienced 'starting' WR
• Rankings are moot until they show up on campus...and then show out.
• Tech's is artificial (based on pure 'numbers'), but Aub, LSU and Ole Miss are stockpiling legit talent (on paper).
• I do not think we'll be top 5 and maybe not even top 10 when this is 'done' (due to numbers).

• Personally, would like 1 bruising, SEC level RB added as we don't know if Owens is really back (guess we'll see in bowl game, but he's not truly a power back) and it will be 'hopeful' that Moss comes back in the same 'form' (one never knows after a serious knee injury; D Green has not been the same since his injury (mental hurdles) and hoping he turns the corner this season as our 'true pass catching TE').

What's encouraging is that we have more players for true top tier programs and several SEC 'players' (i.e., the league won't surprise them due to size and speed) and 2nd tier are Big12 or Big level (think the coaching staff learned a bit from last year....better to get 8-12 from power 5 conferences and even better from SEC vs. chasing 20 from mid-tier to find 1-2 that will really play/contribute).

Don't want to hear 'look at all these guys playing from mid-tier last year' (as it's 'bullcrap' ) as all that represents is lack of talent and depth and staff 'forced' to do some stop gap mass signings with no time on the clock. Not sure if I can stomach watching Ratcliff miss another tackle or get run over due to his lack of size anymore and hope someone steps up with better size and speed (and abilities).

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I hear you on Ratliff, but Cashius Howell is legit

Are portal transfers over?

TAMUallen said:

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LB12Diamond said:

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Cannot tell if you are trolling bc you are doing what you say you are not doing.

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I don't feel sorry about it. I do want better.

tu has outdone us.

It's simple, people don't like us wasting resources. We want and need better.

It's hard to say if we are shaped up better for next year but through the portal we can at least feel that we have done well

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most every school in the country with a respectable amount of $$$ is trying really hard to do the exact same thing....which is win the last game of the year, and take home the only trophy that matters.

it's kinda hard to do, in case you haven't noticed. did t.u. bring themselves back to being contenders again faster? Yeah, they did. But it wasn't like they didn't wander the wilderness and stay mediocre in the BDF with the pack of idiots they'd hired after firing Mack.

Did they have 10+ wins in their first year of the SEC? Yeah, they did.
Fun fact, so did we. Then reality set back in. So let's see how things continue w Sark and the shorthorns.
Similar to what Bama and UGA have endured the past several seasons, they're now about to have the target planted squarely on their backs too.

This time though it looks like they really might have got something right. Sark knew they were moving to the SEC before he took the job, he had 3 years to recruit and ramp up to it, all while still playing in the BDF....and more than anything looks like he really took a lot from the school of Saban for recovering coaches.
Clearly it's working, so far anyway.

Last year they put 10+ players into the NFL Draft. Looks like they'll do it again this year too.
We don't do that for ***** Never really have. Not yet anyway.

Dead period but not over.

Ddp