Pichael Thompson said:

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Discussing Aggie football critically is not whining


The people crying are the pumpers that fight back tears with every post bc they can't handle rational discussion

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Youre blind if you don't see the whining. It's pretty much everywhere.

annie88 said:

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I posted this on another thread here, but I'm gonna give it its own. And all of you can come at me with whatever you have. I really don't give a flipping floop. Of course everyone's entitled to their opinion, So sick of the whining and self-pity.

I don't get the obsession with the national championship. I mean yes ONE team a year gets to reach that point and it would be lovely if we did, but I watch Aggie football for so many more reasons than just a national championship and I don't define my life around it even though we've had season tickets for 40 years.

People are so hyper-focused on it these days. It's like nothing else matters. How about enjoying football and college football for the sake of it in addition to wanting to win. Of course it's the goal same with any sport, but it isn't all or nothing.

To each their own, but your lives would be a lot less miserable if you just enjoyed supporting your team and football and if we win one again someday that would be awesome. Honestly, the hunt for it to me is almost just as exciting. We never know a week a week which teams will play well which teams will play badly.

Why do you think you guys keep coming back every year? Because of the hope that we may get there in addition to supporting our Aggies.

Some of you may just need to quit watching the Aggies. Just go do something else with your life because it's short enough as it is it's not worth getting this upset over. Take it from me, I've lost several loved ones in my life recently. All y'all do is come on here and whine and ***** and moan about something that is not going to change your life at all.

That said I was extremely disappointed yesterday. It was not a good performance. They are not mutually exclusive.

And I know here come all the posts about it's mediocrity and we demand better and you don't understand and it's this attitude that has us where we are blah blah blah enough already ****ing enough.

A sport such as football, especially college football should not make you this miserable. Enjoy it for what it is as well.

12 teams get into the CFP. We were one of them.
11 of them will not win the championship.

I will always support my Aggies. For those of you that don't want to, fine, see ya.

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My attitude always has been and always will be is that the measure of a university is not the football team. There are more important things!

Of course. But there is no denying the touch point for most after graduation is football.

Cromagnum said:

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Some of us would like the team not to show its ass every single time the lights get bright.

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I am 100% ok with our team showing their asses when the lights get bright. We just need to make sure our team is made up of 105 smoking hot babes instead of a bunch of dudes. I think this is an improvement we can make going forward.

Some of us just want to see us win something, especially when we are the favored team.

I am still in shock that we dismantled the baseball team when we were innings not games away from a mens national title in a sport that counted. Just so we could pump more money into football.

It is rather frustrating to see Baylor with a basketball title, TCU in a national title football game, Texas Tech out perform us in both basketball and football, UH just about win a national title in basketball and we have what?

Maybe just getting to one of these would be nice. I am not greedy.

Agryan00 said:

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Some of us just want to see us win something, especially when we are the favored team.

I am still in shock that we dismantled the baseball team when we were innings not games away from a mens national title in a sport that counted. Just so we could pump more money into football.

It is rather frustrating to see Baylor with a basketball title, TCU in a national title football game, Texas Tech out perform us in both basketball and football, UH just about win a national title in basketball and we have what?

Maybe just getting to one of these would be nice. I am not greedy.

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The women tend to be tougher.

You can turn on ABC literally right now and watch the Aggies compete for a national championship after toppling two number 1 seeds.

I always look back on the 2018 A&M vs Clemson game at home. Jimbo's 1st year. We took #2 Clemson, with their NFL defense, down to the wire and had a chance to win the game. We were competitive. We scored. There was promise. (His playbook was ancient, but his teams at least scored)

Last 2 years, we have crapped the bed and not scored 1 Offensive TD in our final 2 Home Games. You have over 100k fans, and you dont sniff the endzone. Not a road game. At. Home.

People pay a lot of money to fill that stadium. The field between coaches, players- millionaires everywhere. Yet we cant score 1 td.

If it happens in year 3, what then?

Cromagnum said:

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Some of us would like the team not to show its ass every single time the lights get bright.

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Gotta agree with this one. I am looking forward to next year though. If Taurean is right and we're building up from here then I expect them to learn from this and not make the same mistakes next year.

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Texas Tech out perform us.... in football,

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You should reconsider this conclusion. It's objectively false.

Maybe you're looking to the year after next - I'm looking forward to next year. Bring on the tough schedule - line em up and let's play ball. I doubt anyone on the team is scared-

But hey, you do you….

It's not that we lost, it's how we lost.

When you play a good game and lose to a better team, you tip your hat and move on.

But our team stood on the field and crapped down both legs. They choked mentally, and played about as bad as you could possibly play in the biggest games.

Immediately after we gave the head coach a raise and an extension…

And that doesn't sit well.

rondis23 said:

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I always look back on the 2018 A&M vs Clemson game at home. Jimbo's 1st year. We took #2 Clemson, with their NFL defense, down to the wire and had a chance to win the game. We were competitive. We scored. There was promise. (His playbook was ancient, but his teams at least scored)

Last 2 years, we have crapped the bed and not scored 1 Offensive TD in our final 2 Home Games. You have over 100k fans, and you dont sniff the endzone. Not a road game. At. Home.

People pay a lot of money to fill that stadium. The field between coaches, players- millionaires everywhere. Yet we cant score 1 td.

If it happens in year 3, what then?

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Jimbo and Kellen Mond had 3 years of the most boring, uncreative, uninspired offense I've ever seen. A halfway decent offense would have done some real damage in college football. Instead, we had a mentally lacking guy slow at reading defenses, yet trying to process deep mathematical equations to solve a rubiks cube just to complete a 5yd comeback route. And he did it with marginal success at best.

That's about the best summary I've ever seen of the Mond experiment. Well done!

Everything you said just makes it worse. Jimbo still put up points with all that, especially at Home.

This offense and its players are immensely better, and only got to the 1 and 5 yard line offensively in back to back years.

Heineken-Ashi said:

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rondis23 said:

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I always look back on the 2018 A&M vs Clemson game at home. Jimbo's 1st year. We took #2 Clemson, with their NFL defense, down to the wire and had a chance to win the game. We were competitive. We scored. There was promise. (His playbook was ancient, but his teams at least scored)

Last 2 years, we have crapped the bed and not scored 1 Offensive TD in our final 2 Home Games. You have over 100k fans, and you dont sniff the endzone. Not a road game. At. Home.

People pay a lot of money to fill that stadium. The field between coaches, players- millionaires everywhere. Yet we cant score 1 td.

If it happens in year 3, what then?

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Jimbo and Kellen Mond had 3 years of the most boring, uncreative, uninspired offense I've ever seen. A halfway decent offense would have done some real damage in college football. Instead, we had a mentally lacking guy slow at reading defenses, yet trying to process deep mathematical equations to solve a rubiks cube just to complete a 5yd comeback route. And he did it with marginal success at best.

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And that offense wins by 17 yesterday…

rondis23 said:

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Everything you said just makes it worse. Jimbo still put up points with all that, especially at Home.

This offense and its players are immensely better, and only got to the 1 and 5 yard line offensively in back to back years.

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We had a bad end to the season. But go look up the points jimbo put up in these glory years you are fond of and compare to us this year.

How many points did Jimbo score against Alabama in his historic year 2020? Do you even remember how God awful Mond was in that game? How he peed down his legs every time he faced a quality defense? His most impactful play was being so bad that a review ruled him down which extended a game.

You forgot to add, twice

100% in agreement. I learned a long time ago to enjoy the wins and not get too bothered about the losses. I call it "cheating". I'm there to support my team, they're not there to support me.

Get 1 thing straight, I was not fond of Jimbo or his offense. It was bad. But his Bad teams still scored points.

To answer your question- 24. Thats how many points they scored against Bama in 2020 on the road.

Elko/Klein- last 2 home games, 1 yard line and 5 yard line. With far better Everything. With Electric Home Crowds. Zero TDs.

Yea, eleven teams won't make the national championship but at least four of them have been there MANY times before. And do we compare to JMU and Tulane when it comes to facilities, donors, athletes, and fan support. Hell yes, I want a national championship. It's only been 86 years.

rondis23 said:

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Get 1 thing straight, I was not fond of Jimbo or his offense. It was bad. But his Bad teams still scored points.

To answer your question- 24. Thats how many points they scored against Bama in 2020 on the road.

Elko/Klein- last 2 home games, 1 yard line and 5 yard line. With far better Everything. With Electric Home Crowds. Zero TDs.

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Yes, Klein laid a huge egg. Glad he's gone. REALLY glad I never have to see a Jimbo offense with deer in the headlights Mond ever again.

Heineken-Ashi said:

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rondis23 said:

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Get 1 thing straight, I was not fond of Jimbo or his offense. It was bad. But his Bad teams still scored points.

To answer your question- 24. Thats how many points they scored against Bama in 2020 on the road.

Elko/Klein- last 2 home games, 1 yard line and 5 yard line. With far better Everything. With Electric Home Crowds. Zero TDs.

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Yes, Klein laid a huge egg. Glad he's gone. REALLY glad I never have to see a Jimbo offense with deer in the headlights Mond ever again.

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Agree.
Agree.

I don't watch and enjoy College Football anymore for the saem reason I do not watch and enjopy the NFL, it is not fun watching a bunch of paid putzes play a game when I know tht I am goig to have to go back to the meat grinder to pay my bills, and all they have to do is show up. Back in the day rivalry games meant something, conference standings and championships meant something, bowl games were still viewed as rewards for hard work and the loyalty of the players, coaches, and fans was to the school and each other. None of that exists anymore, the transfer portal, the NIL, the monetization of everything has ruined what was once an open and inviting and uniting experience for a campus. No one can say wait until next year anymore, becuse who knows what next year will bring, a different set of mercenaries is about it. Everyone from the coach on down to the players plays for noothing more than the name on the back of the shirt and the number of digits on the bills in their wallet, has nothign to do with what is on the front aymore, has nothing to do with an opportunity to truly be a part of something special anymore. You watch there will be exits left and right from this team in the portal seeking the higher paycheck.
Look at the Women's Volleyball team, most of those ladies have been around their entire career and they play for something truly special today, the track team look at their success the last few years again not much money there to interfere, women's soccer same thing, those are the teams to support. These are the teams that stillhave heart, still have loyalty to the school, and still reflect what it means to be an Aggie.
Football, baseball, even basketball, nothing but pros anymore, they do not need my support, they are getting paid to do their thing. That is why I did not bother to watch a single game, nor will watch a single game all the way through for those sports again. DOn't watch any pro sports either for that matter. They don't need my support, theya re getting paid. I may not have stuck around long enough to graduate, but between the corps and the rugby team and bonfire cuts, stacks, and yes a near fall of the stack my last year on it, Silver Taps, "Pick it UP" when someone dropped a tray, frisbee on the drill field across from the MSC, midnight movies in the Grove, the people and the attitude of the school in those days, my time at TAMU was valuable and meaningful to me and that is what I will support. I paid my way for those experiences. The players, the coaches, they get paid to enjoy those experiences and yet give nothing in return to enhance those experiences. So in the grand scheme of things **** EM.

Good for you, or
I'm sorry.

Not reading that

Well said Annie. Our university is a great place and like no other. When I attended my four years we really did didly on the football field only one year….and what the football team did those years made no difference in my future life or career. I like to be the winner as much as anyone, but at the end of the day, our football record is never looked at on a resume. During my years we won only half the games we played but we all had fun attending games and those memories are some of the best in my life to this day. College ball has changed. No longer is it a team thing……it's become an individual thing now due to NIL and there really is little loyalty to the school in reality. I don't blame the kids for that….its our world we live in.
I'd like to see a natty in my lifetime for sure… I'm old enough to realize I may not…..and in the end it's not going to change anything when God calls me home and I take my last breath.
I'm still damn proud to wear that Aggie ring of gold and for what our university stands for and that won't change for me.

Annie has been my spirit animal for a long time and she's dead ass right. Sure, it didn't feel good today at all, but the over the top moaning and complaining is just crazy from grown ass men.

How about letting people have their own experience. Just a thought

No conf title since 1998 no national title since 1939 cant spin that.

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Or we can wallow in self-pity - but I think we're better than that.

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I'm not.

Volleyball showed what is possible.

didn't it take the coach 3 yrs to build it?

jimmo said:

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didn't it take the coach 3 yrs to build it?

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Im fine with Elko winning an NC next year!

Well written, and understood. I follow Texas A&M in anything I can. Great job to the women's vball NCAA Champ yesterday, loved watching the LadyAgs in softball last year. and the baseball and basketball runs of late. My neice and I are the only Ags in my family, couple of Cougars, Boilermakers, one Mav, a few Buffaloes. And then my wife's family who did not attend, but root for the horns & buckeyes every year they are winning..but I digress.

Watching college football has definitely changed. I love my Aggies, but this season really hurt, knowing the whole time our eventual dismal finish would occur, Just would like to have beaten t.u

I accept that Texas Aggie football is important, but it should not be the only important thing. It really has affected my view on "why not us, why cant we, what else do we have to do, where is our respect?" Saturday was not rough, tough, real stuff for me. I miss the Dan Campbell, Leelannd McElroy, Rodney Thomas, Detron SMith, Sam Adams, Corey Pullig days of old,, and Swope of course!

Sunday was full of rest and relaxation! Every day I get further from Saturday, I feel a wee bit better My wife has a way to make me understand that it is "just a game" and they did great this year. She's right.

Tom Moore
Fighting Texas Aggie Class of 1996

The OP was covered in a commercial.

The OP's a casual!

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College ball has changed. No longer is it a team thing……it's become an individual thing now due to NIL and there really is little loyalty to the school in reality. I don't blame the kids for that….its our world we live in.

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Sadly, I agree.

I'm still keeping my 40+ year season tickets, but it is completely different.

Eddie Money was right, you can't go back.