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agmeister
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It is obvious. His injury was the main reason the Ags didn't make the CFP. He will be a difference maker again next year.
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Groundbreaking
Hill08
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agmeister said:

It is obvious. His injury was the main reason the Ags didn't make the CFP. He will be a difference maker again next year.


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Medaggie
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Ummmmm... That is a big reach but sure its possible
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Four of our 5 losses came directly after his injury.
Hank the Grifter
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agmeister said:

Four of our 5 losses came directly after his injury.


And with the exception of the t.u. game, all were attributable to atrocious defensive play. That's not Moss.
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agmeister said:

It is obvious. His injury was the main reason the Ags didn't make the CFP. He will be a difference maker again next year.


Hard to dispute this. Although I think the defensive tanking had a lot more to do with it. Elko? You listening?
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As soon as he got hit and reacted, I told my family our season was over. I agree that he made up for a lot of our flaws, including bad OC calls or OL blocking. But that's a hell of a leap to CFP.

TBD if he can recover. I certainly hope so.
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Hank the Grifter said:

agmeister said:

Four of our 5 losses came directly after his injury.


And with the exception of the t.u. game, all were attributable to atrocious defensive play. That's not Moss.
Yes you are correct. Defense was the main culprit in our late season losses.

However, having a better ground game could potentially help keep them off the field. Getting another bruising first down or 2 in a game could have made the difference here or there. Against Auburn, we averaged 3.2 yards per carry and our RB dropped the game tying 2 point conversion. I have no doubts in a game like Auburn or USC, Moss could have potentially helped.

I'd say we most likely finish 9-4 with an outside chance at 10-3 if Moss stays healthy.

Not to mention the mental toll of losing our best overall player for a team that had gotten to where they were because of their run game.
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Is he going to be 100% by next season?

And why do the spenders think Owens is hurt again?
beerad12man
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Owens is not hurt again. From what I gathered (not 100% sure, but most likely), he had his final minor surgery removing screws that was expected months ago.

wrong thread.
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Hank the Grifter said:

agmeister said:

Four of our 5 losses came directly after his injury.


And with the exception of the t.u. game, all were attributable to atrocious defensive play. That's not Moss.
100% of our losses can be attributed to not having enough points when the game ends.
Thanks and Gig'em!
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If we have the ability to gain 2 yards when we need it, the tu game becomes a nail biter (at worst). Auburn is a win with Moss and I'm not sure how anyone can be convinced otherwise.

So at a minimum we have a 9-3 record with a close loss to tu, but a case could be made we go 10-2. USCe is a harder one to flip, IMO, because we pulled in front after his injury and then just melted down.
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Was it an ACL injury? Cant find anything saying specifics on the injury.
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Hank the Grifter said:

agmeister said:

Four of our 5 losses came directly after his injury.


And with the exception of the t.u. game, all were attributable to atrocious defensive play. That's not Moss.
I don't agree with this at all.

The South Carolina game was tied at the half. Here is a summary of our drives to start the second half:
- 6 plays, 19 yards, 3:26 long
- 4 plays, 9 yards, 1:39 long (turn over on downs)
- 3 plays, 9 yards, 1:12 long
- 6 plays, 59 yards, 2:29 long (ended in an INT)
- 3 plays, 4 yards, 0:57 long
- 8 plays, 40 yards, 3:32 long
- 1 play, -12 yards, 0:09 long (ended in a fumble)
- 5 plays, 15 yards, 2:22 (ended the game)
0 points in the second half. Three turnovers and four drives that lasted less than four plays.

In the Auburn game, we dug ourselves into a hole early with a missed FG, an interception. While we climbed out of that hole eventually, we still had a three-and-out that led to a touchdown the following drive. We got an INT that positioned us on Auburn's 11-yardline and picked up 0 yards and kicked a FG. Had a four-play drive for four yards that resulted in a turnover on downs. Then on our last possession with 2:53 left and a three-point lead and a shot to kill the clock, we went three-and-out, and killed exactly 22 seconds of clock.

In the USC game, we had four three-and-outs, two interceptions, and a missed field goal.

If we had a healthy Moss or Owens, the offense definitely flows more effectively and any off these games could have turned out differently.
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Auburn and USC for sure. SC, not so much. We spotted them 14 points to start the game.
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agracer said:

Auburn and USC for sure. SC, not so much. We spotted them 14 points to start the game.
But we still went into the locker room tied.
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agracer said:

Auburn and USC for sure. SC, not so much. We spotted them 14 points to start the game.
And Texas becomes a toss up!
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Sure, but we crap the bed every November. So this year it would have been the to have him, but next year it will be something else
4L Aggie
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Defense was awful and forgot how to tackle.
Auburn and South Carolina scored the most points on the Texas A&M defense in SEC play than any other team they played.

That and it cratered vs USC and lost a 17 point late 3rd/4th quarter lead.

Unless there is a defensive overhaul and scheme change, we will not finish better than 6-6 next year.
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4L Aggie said:

Defense was awful and forgot how to tackle.
Auburn and South Carolina scored the most points on the Texas A&M defense in SEC play than any other team they played.

That and it cratered vs USC and lost a 17 point late 3rd/4th quarter lead.

Unless there is a defensive overhaul and scheme change, we will not finish better than 6-6 next year.

Still, you have to account for the prolonged stretches where our offense did nothing.

Like I lined out above, it disappeared in the second half against South Carolina.

Against USC, we had two three-and-outs in a row, the defense followed the second one with an INT that the offense capitalized on by missing a 39-yard field goal after we chose to run the ball on third and five.
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I didn't realize Moss played on defense...
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agmeister said:

It is obvious. His injury was the main reason the Ags didn't make the CFP. He will be a difference maker again next year.


Well that and the fact our defense was terrible.
Medaggie
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There are lots of ifs. If moss. If officiating. If penalties. If the defense didn't get run over game after game. If Reed threw receivers open.

We were not one player away from being a contender

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Medaggie said:

There are lots of ifs. If moss. If officiating. If penalties. If the defense didn't get run over game after game. If Reed threw receivers open.

We were not one player away from being a contender


More like 10-15 players and a few more competent coaches away from contention.
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Hill08 said:

agmeister said:

It is obvious. His injury was the main reason the Ags didn't make the CFP. He will be a difference maker again next year.


Day drinking can be fun!
So is night drinking for that matter!!! But it can cause cancer Biden wants you to know!!!
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JDCAG (NOT Colin) said:

If we have the ability to gain 2 yards when we need it, the tu game becomes a nail biter (at worst). Auburn is a win with Moss and I'm not sure how anyone can be convinced otherwise.

So at a minimum we have a 9-3 record with a close loss to tu, but a case could be made we go 10-2. USCe is a harder one to flip, IMO, because we pulled in front after his injury and then just melted down.
I'm not gonna bite my nails over 1 win.
Thanks and Gig'em!
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The main reason? Wow. People see what they want to see.
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ArkyAg99 said:

Was it an ACL injury? Cant find anything saying specifics on the injury.


bumping this post because i have the same curiousity. have never heard what his actual injury was. did he tear anything ? did he have surgery ?
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JDCAG (NOT Colin) said:

If we have the ability to gain 2 yards when we need it, the tu game becomes a nail biter (at worst). Auburn is a win with Moss and I'm not sure how anyone can be convinced otherwise.

So at a minimum we have a 9-3 record with a close loss to tu, but a case could be made we go 10-2. USCe is a harder one to flip, IMO, because we pulled in front after his injury and then just melted down.

Might have had more momentum going into usc
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We just need a 250+ pound dude who can fall forward for two yards after gaining one yard when tackled.
Muy
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Says a lot about our roster if one RB can make us lose 5 games.
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Muy said:

Says a lot about our roster if one RB can make us lose 5 games.

Only if he also plays defense.
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If Moss is healthy down the stretch there is a good chance that a few of those 4th of 1's that were such a bugaboo for us go the other way and one or two games flip. I don't think there's much to be gleaned from that since there are plenty of other things that need to be fixed, but OP's statement in a vacuum is certainly plausible.
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cupcakesprinkles said:

We just need a 250+ pound dude who can fall forward for two yards after gaining one yard when tackled.
I miss Jorvorski Lane so much. Short yardage you always knew he was good for a first down. And dude had the most nimble feet and soft hands for a guy that big.
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