As AGRyan said, with those running backs, any of our QB's would be the winningest QB in Aggie History.

Pullig was an average QB with more weapons in the back field than any of our other QB's have had the luxury of having. He was there at the right time.

I remember several games if we would have had Kevin or Bucky, we would have won, especially with those running back.

I got to meet Corey Pullig at a tailgate party maybe 7 years ago. Class young man, humble, and friendly. Few guys would accept the challenge of being a Marine AFTER playing big time college football. He has my respect and eternal gratitude for leading A&M to a whole bunch of victories on the field. Made me a happy boy many, many times.

I anguished over the '95 t.u. game that night like everyone else. So sad that after all the games he helped win that he would be forever dogged by that loss. Losing that game was much more about a defense that for some silly reason would/could not blitz a QB with a sprained ankle than our offensive miscues. Adversity makes you overcome, perservere, and eventually lift you up IF you take the right lessons from it.

Corey Pullig ranks right up there with Dookie Pugh, Edd Hargett, Kevin Murray, and Bucky Richardson as guys who, over long stretches of time, led A&M football teams to success. Of course there are other good QBs who had their moments or couple of games - Don Ellis, Charlie Milstead, Joe Mac King, David Walker, Gary Kubiak, Craig Stump, Lance Pavlas, Brandon Stewart, Randy McCown - but the first group were the best. Corey is with them.

Thanks.

"Recall.....Step off on Hullabaloo..."

Have to agree. If Pullig had a receiving corp that was as talented as what we've had over the past 3 - 4 years, I think he would've been remembered much better.

I never saw the '95 Colorado game, just listened to it on the radio, but my understanding was that Pullig was pretty much on target all day, but the receivers kept dropping well thrown balls leading to the loss.

Can anyone who actually saw the game tell me if that was correct?

Just look at the '94 Cotton Bowl (93 season) vs ND to see what Corey could have done with a decent Offensive Coord.

Toledo really opened it up, and Corey was great in that game.

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All I remember about the '95 CU game was being in Tacoma, WA to visit a friend that weekend and going to a bar to watch the game. There were also some CU fans there.

When Coy Detmer sprained his knee some of the Aggies there actually cheered becasue they thought it improved our chance to win. That may have been an all-time embarassing moment for me as an Aggie. I think CU's win was karma for that.

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Pullig was an average QB with more weapons in the back field than any of our other QB's have had the luxury of having. He was there at the right time.

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I would agree. Pullig got worse from his freshman year to his senior year. He has the records that he does only because he started almost his entire career at A&M. Any QB we would have had would have the same record during that time period. Pullig and RC were both alike in that they could not get it done in the BIG games. He was good but, IMO, he should not be listed with the all-time greats here at A&M.

I don't know how to sleep, I only know how to pass out.

Pullig was a good guy on a great team. Won a lot of games in the old SWC. Never seemed to come up big in big games. That may have been more a product of our conservative offense in than his abilities in those days

While we're on the topic of blaming other people for the '95 loss to tech, let's go ahead and blame the officials in that one too. The game SHOULD HAVE BEEN 21-7 at the time of the int and thus Pullig would have taken a knee and the game would have been over. The QB sack and fumble was a blown call and then the blocked field goal returned for a TD was also a blown call. Refs said a forward lateral occurred which on the replay it did not look like a forward toss. That game still kills me to think about especially living out here in West Texas.

As for the Colorado game that year, no Pullig was not on target the entire game. Colorado knew the strategy to stop the Aggie offense was to stop McElroy. If they did that, and they did, they would win. Of those 21 points, 7 were scored by the defense, the second TD was aided greatly by penalties. Colorado must have been flagged for close to 50 yards on that one drive. The last TD was one of Pullig's better passes of the year in which he threw one on what looked to be a post route to Connell. Nowhere near an impressive offensive performance. Even the announcers said that the Aggie offense was very average without McElroy.

Not sure why people blamed the defense for the losses that year. It's not like they sucked liked they do this year. That squad finished I believe #3 in the nation that year. Granted they gave up over 150 yards to Ricky but only surrendered 2TDs and a FG. The offense had close to 500 yards of total O but only 2 FGs to show for it, not to mention their 6 turnovers in the game.

i was a freshman in '94.
remember the HEAT Pullig got in the Batt EVERYDAY, throughout his time there.
you would have thought he was the worst QB ever.
Brandon was supposed to save us!
you don't know what you got until its gone, eh?

Played with Pulig his senior yr. - He was Dam% good-

SOmeone said it correctly earlier - RC won with def. and ran an offense that wouldn't jeopordize the field position. Not sure but I think Pulig won 40 games or maybe 41- look it up if think Im wrong- yea he definately won over 40-

and for those clowns that have something neg to say about one of Pulig's plays- yea he had a couple of bad ones but for a 4 year starter he was pretty dang efficient.

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Except for Bucky, which highly regarded qb from the late 80's until now didn't look worse at the end of his career than he did at the beginning?

How many highly recruited quarterbacks ended up looking like "a doe in the headlights" by their senior seasons? Think of Pavlas, Granger, Pullig, Stewart, McCown, Farris, Long , and McNeal. (And yeah, I know Long didn't finish his career at A&M).

The current and prior coaching staffs don't have anything to brag about when it comes to coaching quarterbacks and having those kids realize their potential. The only reason Bucky didn't seem to look worse by his senior season is that he was an unconventional, primarily option quarterback.

Solid QB, he didnt develop like he should have. I blame RC for that one. RC had a reputation for ruining good QBs.

But you cant blame the 95 season on Pullig. McElroy got hurt at some point. Poor offensive play calls. Also we were lucky to win the Alamo bowl that year. Had the Michigan OC figured out that Toomer was about a foot taller than Mickens before the last 5 min of the game it could have been a different story.

i always thought tony harrisson, chris sanders, and schorp were great targets. guess i was wrong.

i think pullig was awfully talented though...watch the '92 UT game and the kid had a gun and the skills to be a great QB.

This reminiscing seems like 500 years from where we are today...sad...

It wasn't that tough to hand the ball off to the likes of Greg Hill, etc and get out of the way. He was a serviceable QB with a great defense and running game behind him. He was certainly not a guy who was going to put the team on his back and carry them. But then again he didn't really have to be that guy either. He did what was required, and was a good leader.

thank you fedelao. i cant believe some Ags STILL blame Pullig for that Texas Tech loss. i have never seen a worse officiated game in my life. thts also when i learned that Tech fans will throw beer at 13 year olds. i have hated them ever since.

The guy was our Major Applewhite - all he did was win and many hated him because he wasn't the fashionable pick like the guy on the bench behind him.

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Except for one glory year in 1998, it's been downhill since that Texas loss. Hard to believe that was a decade ago. Makes me realize how much I miss watching great Aggie football.

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Pullig was a fighter and tough player and that speaks volumes in terms of leadership. I would have to agree with many of the posters that claim he had poor recieves. Hell, it took me until about the 2004 season to actually not be amazed when an Aggie reciever caught the ball. How soon so many forget all the dropped passes. That lead to and or somewhat contributed to the conservative play calling, not that I am defending it or anything but at least I understand it.

During the late 80's and 90's A&M was real hard pressed to sign big time recievers, for a long strech I think Percy Waddle was about the biggest that A&M signed. There was a ton of negative recruiting against the Ag's in terms of recievers. No doubt Pullig would have been better with better recievers.

Man, that 95' t.u. game was heartbreaking. It just felt like all the dominance and momentum went away that night. The worm will turn again I just wish it was sooner rather than later.

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I went to law school with him.

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When was this? I ask as when I was working in Houston, he was in sales and applied for a job where I worked. Glad to see he went a little further with his careeer.

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I remember the 1994 SMU game, right after the TCU tie in the Alamo Dome - he and Albert Connell won the game on a 2 minute drill...

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CU@Kyle??

Good God people.



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Corey was licensed to practice law in 2004 and is currently in the USMC practicing overseas.

He is a great Ag and has his thumbprint on some of the best times involving Aggie football. We need more Aggies and players like Corey.



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I was at the his law school graduation because a friend of mine graduated in the same group. There was also someone graduating named Tan My Tran Tang. Yikes.

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One of the worst QB's to ever grace an Aggie uniform. Just horrible.

I'm looking for a blog entry I made about this game (yeah, I know...geek to have had a blog back then)...will post it if I find it in all the crap on my machine.

He had an unparalleled record as a starting QB for the Ags. Not much was asked of him as we ran the ball as much as possible back then. He was a 4 year starter, if memory serves. Quiet leader. Underappreciated because he wasn't Bucky or Murray or Kubiak.

Best Aggie QB since Reggie, hands down.

Yes, he threw a pick against Tech that cost us a game. But every Aggie QB, every QB period has a similar moment. Some choose to remember it differently because Pullig was never asked to win many games with his arm.

Pullig is Trent Dilfer.

Worst Aggie QB?

GOT to be Lex James. Look it up. The guy was a bizarro off the field, too.

"Recall.....Step off on Hullabaloo..."

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found that article...I put it here:
http://www.texags.com/main/forum.reply.asp?topic_id=523003&forum_id=5

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oh wow...even had this with it.

BTW, I was not bashing Pullig when I referenced how Rodney Thomas saved the SMU game. I was trying to credit Thomas, who had a storm of a game.

Pullig was a solid college QB. He was a leader and he has done alot after he graduated from A&M.