Who should play? Who should sit?

How much playing time should key players get?
Who should we sit and let rest this week?

If you were the coaching staff, how much valuable time this week would you spend prepping for Samford (1-10 in FCS) vs how much time prepping for Texas next week?

We learned last week to never underestimate an opponent but at the same time, a win vs Texas secures an SEC Championship Game birth. I'm curious how you'd handle this week if you were Elko?

Starters play unless banged up. Hopefully sitting by the second half or at least early third quarter.

vander54 said:

---

Starters play unless banged up. Hopefully sitting by the second half or at least early third quarter.

---

Someone asked the question and the first person replied with the correct answer.

Start the starters...get up by 3 TD's, sit em.

Trap game!!!!!

I imagine any starter or significant contributor recovering from any type of injury regardless of the severity sits this week. Starters probably get three or four series at most. Clear the bench after that.

Anything more than 4 series for the starters is too much.

They are ranked 240 out of 265 by Sagarin. They were 25 point dogs to Austin peay

I don't any SEC team has played the worse team this year.

Use this game to serve a purpose or we shouldn't play these.

To me the most valuable thing is to out some stuff on tape to make Texas spend time on it, or set us up for something.

I'd love for L Moss to get snaps in this game.

Since this is Samford, and it's the last game in Maroon and White for quite a few players, I would start only Seniors (unless we just don't have any at key positions). Amari Daniels at RB, for example. And I'd make sure that every senior on the squad, even if they're just walk-ons who never get into a game, see at least some playing time. Regular starters can take over after a couple series. We should still win easily.


Then again, that's probably why no one has ever threatened to give me even a nickle to coach college football.

Seems like the right place for Moss unless plan is just heal him up for postseason.

My guess is Mike will take the same approach as he has with any other team. Play the starters and expect them to play 110%. Then put in backups if we get up by 28 - 35 points.

If Texags doesn't know who you are, you should be playing in the 3rd.

I'd love to see all the seniors play the 4th quarter

The score of this game isn't going to be as bad as we would expect. Think something like 35/45 to 10/14, or there abouts. Elko has said and shown multiple times he isn't going to humiliate an opponent.

On another note, I did a project on Samford. It's a beautiful and unique campus.

#Mke said:

---

Who should play? Who should sit?

How much playing time should key players get?
Who should we sit and let rest this week?

---

There have now been six threads that I've seen started asking this. Im gonna set the over at 11.5 total threads asking this before the game starts.

Starters until we are up 28. Under no circumstance, does Reed run. Amari Daniels and EJ get the majority of carries.

I would want to score at least 32 points before putting in second team. Comebacks happen.

No defensive starter/ 2 deep contributor should be out there in the 2nd half for a needless targeting call.

Look… I'm gonna say it: I am SO SICK of these warm-up cupcake games.

Samford?? SAMFORD?? This is the football equivalent of stretching before a fistfight with a grizzly bear. It's useless, it's annoying, and it does NOTHING except give me a blood pressure spike watching us pretend this is "preparation."

Like, what are we supposed to learn here? How to run up the score on a team whose stadium probably doubles as a high school graduation venue? How to not trip over our own cleats before we face the single most insufferable fanbase in American history next week??

I don't want a tune-up game. I don't want a confidence boost. I don't want a "chance to evaluate the depth chart."

I want AGGRESSION. I want MOMENTUM. I want the team running out of the tunnel against Samford like it's the last checkpoint before we go to WAR with Texas.

Because I swear if we stroll into this game playing soft, going half-speed, treating it like a polite scrimmage, I'm gonna melt into a puddle of maroon rage. This isn't the time to be cute. This is the time to use Samford like a crash-test dummy and get every ounce of chaos and violence warmed up BEFORE we walk into Austin and try to erase 14 years of frustration.

I want us firing on all cylinders.
I want us angry.
I want us mean.
I want Samford to walk off the field wondering why they got caught in the crossfire of a rivalry older than their school's electricity.

Samford is not the goal.
Samford is fuel.
Now light the match and LET'S GO.
BEAT THE HELL OUTTA
(checks schedule)
…Samford.
Then TEXAS.

I would love to see Brady Hart get some reps. Lamont Rogers and other OL reserves need some reps since we will lose a lot of OL next year. Definitely want to see Landon Rink and the other freshman DT's as we will need them in the 2 deep next year.

I hope we get ahead quickly so others get to play. All 105 players on the roster came to A&M to play ball.

rootube said:

---

vander54 said:

---

Starters play unless banged up. Hopefully sitting by the second half or at least early third quarter.

---

Someone asked the question and the first person replied with the correct answer.

---

I found that quite unbelievable, and slightly intolerable. I mean, what kind of outfit are we running here anymore?!?!

Texas 8&4 said:

---

On another note, I did a project on Samford. It's a beautiful and unique campus.

---

I drove thru campus about 5 years ago when I was n Birmingham

TheDraw said:

---

Like, what are we supposed to learn here? How to run up the score on a team whose stadium probably doubles as a high school graduation venue?

---

To be fair, their stadium is much smaller than a lot of high school stadiums.