I actually like that idea.

that was Leach's idea

a player declares as a scholarship player or paid/pro player

Sad about it, but, ...Concepcion

Johnsy3 said:

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Wtf

Texas A&M standout wide receiver Noah Thomas has entered the transfer portal, @chris_hummer and I have learned for @cbssports/@247Sports.

The 6-6, 200-pound Thomas led A&M this year with 574 receiving yards and eight receiving touchdowns.https://t.co/10Sz3YxlzO pic.twitter.com/DONuGAcUjF

— Matt Zenitz (@mzenitz) January 1, 2025

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Noah Thomas is not a standout WR. So far, he has been borderline average and that may be giving him too much credit.

AWP 97 said:

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Johnsy3 said:

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Wtf

Texas A&M standout wide receiver Noah Thomas has entered the transfer portal, @chris_hummer and I have learned for @cbssports/@247Sports.

The 6-6, 200-pound Thomas led A&M this year with 574 receiving yards and eight receiving touchdowns.https://t.co/10Sz3YxlzO pic.twitter.com/DONuGAcUjF

— Matt Zenitz (@mzenitz) January 1, 2025

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Noah Thomas is not a standout WR. So far, he has been borderline average and that may be giving him too much credit.

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He's the only guy that stood out for us. He's still a decent receiver who can help a team not relying on him to be their #1 (and basically only dependable wr). He had more yards on the year than any receiver we have coming in next year. He was better than Conception. It would be nice to have some upperclassmen at the position.

Barber seemed to be a more consistent receiver

He's not half the contributor that Concepcion is. No hate just sayin.

Ian Neff said:

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He's not half the contributor that Concepcion is. No hate just sayin.

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Based on what exactly?

Heineken-Ashi said:

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NomadicAggie said:

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THESE KIDS DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL!!!

The only thing that matters is getting paid. Period. This is the pros now.

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It has been for awhile.

When was the last time you saw football players in a classroom, or anywhere on campus? They all just go to tudors now and hardly go to class or participate in anything on campus.

NCAA football has been a professional sport in all but name for the last 20+ years.

I remember football players coming out to cut and carrying logs at the cut site and at bonfire in the late 80's, early 90's. I doubt any of them would be there today if bonfire was still on campus.

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With NIL, scholarships should be banned from being offered by schools. The players have to pay out of their own rich pockets. If you don't, you're ineligible. You either get a scholarship, or you get NIL. Choose wisely.

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I like this idea!

AWP 97 said:

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Johnsy3 said:

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Noah Thomas is not a standout WR. So far, he has been borderline average and that may be giving him too much credit.

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Exactly.

We have recruited over him. He knew he would barely see the field with us, so he is going to a lesser program.

agdaddy04 said:

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Barber seemed to be a more consistent receiver

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Lol, Barber had almost half the yardage of Thomas and no games over 100 yards receiving. All his stats are worse then Barber. Cmon, you're just making stuff up now....

Reportedly going to Miami, Georgia or Texas

UltimateSuperGenius said:

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AWP 97 said:

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Johnsy3 said:

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Noah Thomas is not a standout WR. So far, he has been borderline average and that may be giving him too much credit.

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Exactly.

We have recruited over him. He knew he would barely see the field with us, so he is going to a lesser program.

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I hope so, but all we have now is alot of unproven young talent. It would have been nice to have Thomas for his Sr year to help lead our young and unproven staff. BTW, his list per ON3 is Miami, tu, and Georgia. Not exactly 'lesser' programs.

Well bye.

gigem1223 said:

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Reportedly going to Miami, Georgia or Texas

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No. Early interest is those schools but a lot of it is guess work by On3

He was good for us.

Would like for him to stay and erase the last memory I have of him in an A&M uniform which was not catching that TD pass against USC. If he catches that TD, I think we definitely would have won the game.

But having said that. he was our best receiver this year.

I imagine the 3 straight runs and 0 targets to our tallest receiver had to have had an affect on him. He should have been a consistent target for us in the red zone

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gigem1223 said:

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Reportedly going to Miami, Georgia or Texas

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No. Early interest is those schools but a lot of it is guess work by On3

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Guesswork? Peter Nakos with on3 reported those 3 are interested. That's not 'guesswork'. It doesn't mean he will end up at one of those but it does mean that big programs are pursuing Thomas.

And some texas mods have said they haven't heard anything.

There's a lot of different things.

I remember on3 saying A&M was pursuing a guy when texags was adamant they weren't. Sometimes it's agents feeding information, too.

gigem1223 said:

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Reportedly going to Miami, Georgia or Texas

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Can he get any more playing time or money at any of these schools? He's a solid receiver but I think he would get buried in the depth chart at either.

Now Texas buying him just to **** us seems plausible.

beerad12man said:

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And some texas mods have said they haven't heard anything.

There's a lot of different things.

I remember on3 saying A&M was pursuing a guy when texags was adamant they weren't. Sometimes it's agents feeding information, too.

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t.u.'s insider sources

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vander54 said:

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gigem1223 said:

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Reportedly going to Miami, Georgia or Texas

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No. Early interest is those schools but a lot of it is guess work by On3

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Guesswork? Peter Nakos with on3 reported those 3 are interested. That's not 'guesswork'. It doesn't mean he will end up at one of those but it does mean that big programs are pursuing Thomas.

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They are constantly wrong on these early interest posts. They either leave schools off or are just wrong.

rsf0626 said:

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Losing our most experienced receiver. Ouch

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Playbook takes about 17 minutes to learn…. We're good!

oldschool87 said:

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rsf0626 said:

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Losing our most experienced receiver. Ouch

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Playbook takes about 17 minutes to learn…. We're good!

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I see what you did here

BigRedAg2031 said:

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Seeing reports that he entered. Is there any truth to this?

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Devastating loss. Im sure we will magically figure out how to pass the ball next year though.

gigem1223 said:

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Reportedly going to Miami, Georgia or Texas

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Unsure he'd make the 2-deep at Sips. If he did get to play, I don't doubt he could be schemed open.

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BigRedAg2031 said:

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Seeing reports that he entered. Is there any truth to this?

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Devastating loss. Im sure we will magically figure out how to pass the ball next year though.

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QB is a nice kid!

Yet another example of someone leaving that we "didn't want/wasn't any good/wasn't going to get much playing time" and the second string guy we signed Pecker Tech with 11 receptions for 106 yards was the guy we wanted all along

TOETAP_Ag095 said:

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Yet another example of someone leaving that we "didn't want/wasn't any good/wasn't going to get much playing time" and the second string guy we signed Pecker Tech with 11 receptions for 106 yards was the guy we wanted all along

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Yes, rinse and repeat. Maybe we'll see next year whether Thomas' production was limited by his talent or being under utilized. For two years I've heard he was a freakish talent. Now we'll see what other programs think about that.

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TOETAP_Ag095 said:

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Yet another example of someone leaving that we "didn't want/wasn't any good/wasn't going to get much playing time" and the second string guy we signed Pecker Tech with 11 receptions for 106 yards was the guy we wanted all along

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Yes, rinse and repeat. Maybe we'll see next year whether Thomas' production was limited by his talent or being under utilized. For two years I've heard he was a freakish talent. Now we'll see what other programs think about that.

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Not sure how hard it would be to look good against the majority of our DBs in practice

TOETAP_Ag095 said:

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Yet another example of someone leaving that we "didn't want/wasn't any good/wasn't going to get much playing time" and the second string guy we signed Pecker Tech with 11 receptions for 106 yards was the guy we wanted all along

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Please don't be reverse-delusional, rather please be like all the football savvy texags.com posters who have already won multiple national championships on paper with crayons over the last 10 years. Didn't you see his highlights where he played "lights out" against VMI (virginia military institute) and Marshall and Virginia and all the wonderful teams in that superior conference?

Just Shhhhh....just stay quiet about it, maybe we can dominate the transfer portal by getting a couple of freshmen transfers from The Alaska Bible College (great academics and a 7:1 student to faculty ratio) or maybe if Elko plays his cards right, multiple graduate transfers from Cottey College or Sweet Briar College!
We don't need any 6' 6" receivers we need 5' receivers because height is a nice to have.
Of all the transfers I'm most happy that former Westlake star TJ Shanahan decided to leave the team because he really sucked in high school and if you compare him to anyone on our line he really wasn't good and compared to the Alaska Bible College offensive tackles, he wasn't going to see much playing time because our offensive line has been the best in the country for years, not like Georgia, Alabama, LSU, or t.u.

Can't wait till the mighty KC gets to the weak SEC as down as it always is, even the weakest teams like Auburn......errrr uhhhmmm well...... as all these posters (except Maroon Dawn) who didn't want a senior returning starter who led the team in catches this past season, even with QBs who couldn't play pin the tail on the donkey.

Next year with these transfers is definitely our year. Then if necessary, wait until the next year!



ps. the use of the exclamation mark "!" for the wait until next year statement above is actually the math function Factorial which means you multiply each year by n-1 for each positive integer every year each year through infinity. Just don't tell the fan base of loyal Aggies until they convert season ticket prices into bitcoin.