Gyles Marrett said:

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Credible Source said:

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I have a feeling we do not win. I ignored all the media narratives until, the Texas loss, that was a 2X4 to the forehead.

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We played about as bad as we could possibly play in all 3 phases of the game...and only lost by 10 to our rival on the road...who was playing their superbowl with nothing else to play for except that game this season.

If that was really a 2x4 to your forehead you're being irrational.

The game was essentially lost by a piss poor defensive game plan. Let's sit back and see if Arch can beat us with all day to throw. The only concerning part of that game to me moving forward is why Elko thought that was a good idea that second half.

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If Arch were a half decent QB, we'd have lost by 20+. He made some terrible throws in that game and missed wide open receivers.

HoustonAg2106 said:

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Gaius Rufus said:

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90ags said:

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We had another Nov swan song…not as bad as last yr, but it happened (a top 5 team doesn't allow USCe to own a 1st half and lose all 3 phases vs ur rival knowing the significance of the game).

Elko is ahead of sched, but issue of winning 11 games means he reset expectations and told everyone to jettison the past of BAS.

Unfortunately tu performance proved the team not quite there mentally for the next steps and hard to just turn that switch on.

UM is better than tu IMO (DL, DBs, OL, RBs and a real passing QB) and not sure we really know how to be ready yet (but hope Elko somehow wills it into them via play and not all the cheap talk that we seem to be doing on many levels).

Bain will go out of his way to try and make a stmt this game due to pre talk (many forget he's projected as possible top 10 pick on some services).

We shall see how well prepared physically and mentally they are. BTHO miami!

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A November Swan song…

The Aggies dominated Mizzou on the road. Had the largest comeback in school history and went 3-1. Ignoring the 2020 COVID season, the last time the Ags went 3-1 in November was 7 years ago.

UM lost to SMU and Louisville and has an SOR of 14 and an SOS of 45. The hardest road game they played this season was against SMU, #20 according to Sagarin.

If you are going to go out of your way to discount the Aggies season based on 2 games they went 1-1 in, make sure you do the exact same for Miami who has 2 losses.

I get it's super easy to be scared and fearful and whiney, but come on. The direction this board is trending for this home playoff game is embarrassing.

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Miami has dominated and blown out their last 4 opponents. It's easy to see that Miami is the hot trendy team to pick and A&M hasn't played a complete game since Missouri which was over a month ago now.

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Last 4 Miami opponents with records and sagarin rankings:

Syracuse: 3-9/16th in ACC/103rd
NC State: 7-5/7th in ACC/86th
V Tech: 3-9/13th in ACC/75th
Pitt: 8-4/2nd ACC/30th

Last 4 A&M opponents with records and sagarin rankings:

Mizzou: 8-4/8th SEC/19th
SC: 4-8/13th SEC/29th
Samford: 1-11/8th Southern/237th
Texas: 9-3/5th SEC/12th

The Ags played 3 top 30 team.

Miami played 3 teams ranked 75th or worse.

If the narrative is that A&M has played a weak schedule, what are we saying about Miamis schedule?

Edit: just for comparison, here are the other 2 OOC teams the Ags played with their Sagarin rankings:

USU: 87
UTSA: 71

So even OOC, the Ags played 1 team better than 3 of the teams Miami played in November and a second team on par with NC State.

MSST was the lowest ranked conference opponent that the Ags played at 56th.

To be clear, I'm not saying Miami is a bad team. I'm not saying that A&M is going to blow them out of the water. All I'm saying is that Miami's wins might not be that shiny when you look at who they've played.

The BAS pot bangin griefers are getting their "pound of flesh" during this dead time.

We only thought we're "whined out" after tu game but they are now latching onto any reason that we loose to The U.

Gyles Marrett said:

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Credible Source said:

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I have a feeling we do not win. I ignored all the media narratives until, the Texas loss, that was a 2X4 to the forehead.

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We played about as bad as we could possibly play in all 3 phases of the game...and only lost by 10 to our rival on the road...who was playing their superbowl with nothing else to play for except that game this season.

If that was really a 2x4 to your forehead you're being irrational.

The game was essentially lost by a piss poor defensive game plan. Let's sit back and see if Arch can beat us with all day to throw. The only concerning part of that game to me moving forward is why Elko thought that was a good idea that second half.

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Our head coach is supposed to be in full control of the defense. So yeah, if we came unprepared to win that's on the head guy.

We are two years into this defense and still have linebackers, safeties, and ends lost on their run support responsibilities. We basically cannot play zone defense, which is a big reason why we give up so many explosive plays and QB runs.

I don't know how this gets fixed, but it's a huge flaw that has been exploited in every loss over the last two years.

We need to win this game in a way that shows marked improvement mentally, on offense (especially Marcel) and defense (particularly York and the safeties and their run fits).

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A first round exit would validate all the media narratives surrounding this team since the Texas loss. "A&M was a product of their schedule", "A&M was fraud; as soon as they play a team with a pulse, they fold", "Elko can't win when the pressure is on", etc. While most of it is inflated media talking points, it would damage our reputation and morale. I can't imagine the meltdown if we lose.

Win next week and we prove that we belong.

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In fairness....we proved that already by crapping the bed against tessus

ElephantRider said:

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My gut says there's no way we win this game. The stars are aligned for a letdown

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Gas station chicken salad. Bold move. BTHO Miami...

AeroAg2012 said:

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Gyles Marrett said:

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Credible Source said:

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I have a feeling we do not win. I ignored all the media narratives until, the Texas loss, that was a 2X4 to the forehead.

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We played about as bad as we could possibly play in all 3 phases of the game...and only lost by 10 to our rival on the road...who was playing their superbowl with nothing else to play for except that game this season.

If that was really a 2x4 to your forehead you're being irrational.

The game was essentially lost by a piss poor defensive game plan. Let's sit back and see if Arch can beat us with all day to throw. The only concerning part of that game to me moving forward is why Elko thought that was a good idea that second half.

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Our head coach is supposed to be in full control of the defense. So yeah, if we came unprepared to win that's on the head guy.

We are two years into this defense and still have linebackers, safeties, and ends lost on their run support responsibilities. We basically cannot play zone defense, which is a big reason why we give up so many explosive plays and QB runs.

I don't know how this gets fixed, but it's a huge flaw that has been exploited in every loss over the last two years.

We need to win this game in a way that shows marked improvement mentally, on offense (especially Marcel) and defense (particularly York and the safeties and their run fits).

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The one loss this season?

That's written like we went 8-4 for two consecutive seasons.

What a mush...

After a playoff berth was clinched?!?

Good night! You try hards are putting in OT.

Pichael Thompson said:

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Honestly I can handle a first round loss if we show up ready to fight & Miami is just the better team


But if we show up like dumb****s the way we did against sip.... Getting clowned in all phases by a subpar unit, then all the criticism will be more than deserved

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You can handle going 11-0 and finishing 11-2?

The Aggie mindset perfectly encapsulated in a single post.

It seems like there has been a downward trend in performance since South Carolina. We need coaches and players to scheme and play smart. If we lose to Miami this won't be considered a good season by most sports media or Ags. Even at 11-2, with a loss to Cheez-it Tu, no conference championship appearance, and a first round playoff loss at home it just isn't.

NoahAg said:

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I agree with OP. If we don't beat Miami I'll have serious concerns about winning the national championship this season.

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Very serious concerns lol

ElephantRider said:

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My gut says there's no way we win this game. The stars are aligned for a letdown

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Sadly I think I am starting to feel the same way. This team has been trending down the last few games and if Moss and Scooby are not back and if Reed continues to throw picks we will lose.

Actually you can overstate it and you have done so.

This is no different than a bowl game that we want to win. If we get outscored there is no narrative other than one top 10/12 team lost to another one.

The Banned said:

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Elko is still trying to coach the end of season slump out of this team. It's happening later this year, and not as dramatically, but this team still doesn't seem to know how to close out a season. The reason this win is a big deal is to give the team the confidence the expectation that they can finish strong

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We lost one game. Not being able to close out means you HAVE to go undefeated?

Hank the Grifter said:

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Logos Stick said:

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I thought the ND win away did that this year?!

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Did you miss the last month of the season?
The nay sayers and doubters were out en masse.

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They still are. And they are still morons.

90ags said:

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We had another Nov swan song…not as bad as last yr, but it happened (a top 5 team doesn't allow USCe to own a 1st half and lose all 3 phases vs ur rival knowing the significance of the game).

Elko is ahead of sched, but issue of winning 11 games means he reset expectations and told everyone to jettison the past of BAS.

Unfortunately tu performance proved the team not quite there mentally for the next steps and hard to just turn that switch on.

UM is better than tu IMO (DL, DBs, OL, RBs and a real passing QB) and not sure we really know how to be ready yet (but hope Elko somehow wills it into them via play and not all the cheap talk that we seem to be doing on many levels).

Bain will go out of his way to try and make a stmt this game due to pre talk (many forget he's projected as possible top 10 pick on some services).

We shall see how well prepared physically and mentally they are. BTHO miami!

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Indiana did to Penn State. They then played cupcakes until their 13th game, and second actual challenge of the year, where they proved themselves and won.

Ahhh. Playoff season - one last chance for all the thin-blooded fans and trolls to wring their hands and show their asses. One last chance to hope for a loss so they can be right.

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Pichael Thompson said:

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Honestly I can handle a first round loss if we show up ready to fight & Miami is just the better team


But if we show up like dumb****s the way we did against sip.... Getting clowned in all phases by a subpar unit, then all the criticism will be more than deserved

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You can handle going 11-0 and finishing 11-2?

The Aggie mindset perfectly encapsulated in a single post.

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I can handle an 11-2 season from the perspective of it being a massive improvement. I can't handle it from the perspective of we started 11-0 and would have missed Atlanta, not won a playoff game, and lost to our rival

Credible Source said:

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I have a feeling we do not win. I ignored all the media narratives until the Texas loss, that was a 2X4 to the forehead.

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Gagree

The goal posts always move regarding A&M & probably always will.

Solution: JUST WIN BABY !

Pichael Thompson said:

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Honestly I can handle a first round loss if we show up ready to fight & Miami is just the better team


But if we show up like dumb****s the way we did against sip.... Getting clowned in all phases by a subpar unit, then all the criticism will be more than deserved

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Prepare thyself…

MaroonStain said:

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The BAS pot bangin griefers are getting their "pound of flesh" during this dead time.

We only thought we're "whined out" after tu game but they are now latching onto any reason that we loose to The U.

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Many on here would complain about being hung with a new rope!

Seems like it would be harder to fit runs with playing only 2 LB.

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They'll just come up with something else, even if the Ags win.

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Who is they? We were ranked #3 for most of the season before laying an egg in Austin. We didn't play any of the top teams in the SEC and our best win was way back at the beginning of the season

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Nobody would have believed we'd be sitting at 11-1 and in the playoff before the season started. Do we deserve to be a higher seed? Absolutely. Did we get hosed with the hardest path to the championship? Yep.

If any of us were offered 11-1 in the playoff as a 7 seed with a home game first round, we would have taken it in an instant pre-season.

Let's also not forget this is only year 2 of Elko and it's the best season we've had in over 30 years. We're recruiting very well, making solid use of the portal, and the culture certainly seems to be moving in the right direction. This is the kind of juice that can warm up those BMA checkbooks.

I think a lot of people are looking at this as some sort of once in a lifetime Cinderella season, I think we're at the beginning of a new era of A&M football. The sleeping giant may have awoken.

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Completely agree.

I think those who are viewing it as a Cinderella type season are doing so because we lose our oline a d some other key pieces that were instrumental
In getting us here this season

I do think we take a step back next season to where we are fighting for a playoff spot. I Could see us at 9-2 or 8-3 heading into the sip game

Gaius Rufus said:

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We had another Nov swan song…not as bad as last yr, but it happened (a top 5 team doesn't allow USCe to own a 1st half and lose all 3 phases vs ur rival knowing the significance of the game).

Elko is ahead of sched, but issue of winning 11 games means he reset expectations and told everyone to jettison the past of BAS.

Unfortunately tu performance proved the team not quite there mentally for the next steps and hard to just turn that switch on.

UM is better than tu IMO (DL, DBs, OL, RBs and a real passing QB) and not sure we really know how to be ready yet (but hope Elko somehow wills it into them via play and not all the cheap talk that we seem to be doing on many levels).

Bain will go out of his way to try and make a stmt this game due to pre talk (many forget he's projected as possible top 10 pick on some services).

We shall see how well prepared physically and mentally they are. BTHO miami!

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A November Swan song…

The Aggies dominated Mizzou on the road. Had the largest comeback in school history and went 3-1. Ignoring the 2020 COVID season, the last time the Ags went 3-1 in November was 7 years ago.

UM lost to SMU and Louisville and has an SOR of 14 and an SOS of 45. The hardest road game they played this season was against SMU, #20 according to Sagarin.

If you are going to go out of your way to discount the Aggies season based on 2 games they went 1-1 in, make sure you do the exact same for Miami who has 2 losses.

I get it's super easy to be scared and fearful and whiney, but come on. The direction this board is trending for this home playoff game is embarrassing.

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Yep

Completely embarrassing

A loss to sip has brought the negative termites out of the woodwork

soleta27 said:

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Media will say Miami wasn't good and didn't deserve to be in the playoff

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Who cares what the media says, if we win??? Stop caring about what people think of the team and just go out and beat the crap outta of the other team

There's not enough vagisil to meet all the needs of TexAgs BAS sufferers.

If we can't win a home playoff game in front of 108-110K then move on to the 2026 season. Let's see what Elko can manage. No Bateman is already a win

Nm

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Gaius Rufus said:

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We had another Nov swan song…not as bad as last yr, but it happened (a top 5 team doesn't allow USCe to own a 1st half and lose all 3 phases vs ur rival knowing the significance of the game).

Elko is ahead of sched, but issue of winning 11 games means he reset expectations and told everyone to jettison the past of BAS.

Unfortunately tu performance proved the team not quite there mentally for the next steps and hard to just turn that switch on.

UM is better than tu IMO (DL, DBs, OL, RBs and a real passing QB) and not sure we really know how to be ready yet (but hope Elko somehow wills it into them via play and not all the cheap talk that we seem to be doing on many levels).

Bain will go out of his way to try and make a stmt this game due to pre talk (many forget he's projected as possible top 10 pick on some services).

We shall see how well prepared physically and mentally they are. BTHO miami!

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A November Swan song…

The Aggies dominated Mizzou on the road. Had the largest comeback in school history and went 3-1. Ignoring the 2020 COVID season, the last time the Ags went 3-1 in November was 7 years ago.

UM lost to SMU and Louisville and has an SOR of 14 and an SOS of 45. The hardest road game they played this season was against SMU, #20 according to Sagarin.

If you are going to go out of your way to discount the Aggies season based on 2 games they went 1-1 in, make sure you do the exact same for Miami who has 2 losses.

I get it's super easy to be scared and fearful and whiney, but come on. The direction this board is trending for this home playoff game is embarrassing.

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Yep

Completely embarrassing

A loss to sip has brought the negative termites out of the woodwork

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because it showed exactly what lots of people were thinking.

And to have that point driven home by a rival is just icing on a sheetcake

So 2 quarters against a team that hadn't lost at home all year overshadows everything else the team has done this season...

That's your analysis?

Edit: Against a team ESPN gave a 51% chance to win.

If A&M wins, the story will be that Miami didn't belong in the playoffs and ND was robbed

Tex117 said:

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NyAggie said:

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Gaius Rufus said:

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90ags said:

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We had another Nov swan song…not as bad as last yr, but it happened (a top 5 team doesn't allow USCe to own a 1st half and lose all 3 phases vs ur rival knowing the significance of the game).

Elko is ahead of sched, but issue of winning 11 games means he reset expectations and told everyone to jettison the past of BAS.

Unfortunately tu performance proved the team not quite there mentally for the next steps and hard to just turn that switch on.

UM is better than tu IMO (DL, DBs, OL, RBs and a real passing QB) and not sure we really know how to be ready yet (but hope Elko somehow wills it into them via play and not all the cheap talk that we seem to be doing on many levels).

Bain will go out of his way to try and make a stmt this game due to pre talk (many forget he's projected as possible top 10 pick on some services).

We shall see how well prepared physically and mentally they are. BTHO miami!

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A November Swan song…

The Aggies dominated Mizzou on the road. Had the largest comeback in school history and went 3-1. Ignoring the 2020 COVID season, the last time the Ags went 3-1 in November was 7 years ago.

UM lost to SMU and Louisville and has an SOR of 14 and an SOS of 45. The hardest road game they played this season was against SMU, #20 according to Sagarin.

If you are going to go out of your way to discount the Aggies season based on 2 games they went 1-1 in, make sure you do the exact same for Miami who has 2 losses.

I get it's super easy to be scared and fearful and whiney, but come on. The direction this board is trending for this home playoff game is embarrassing.

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Yep

Completely embarrassing

A loss to sip has brought the negative termites out of the woodwork

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because it showed exactly what lots of people were thinking.

And to have that point driven home by a rival is just icing on a sheetcake

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The way I see it there's two choices:

Sack up or crawl back into the wood.

Given NIL, portals, money etc. who g..a..s?