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Jackie Sherrill discusses Bonfire, A&M's matchup with LSU

November 25, 2015
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Key quotes from Jackie Sherrill interview

"Well (Bonfire) is one place that I realized a lot about A&M. Most people used to think, years ago, if the outhouse fell before 12:00, we would lose against TU and if it did not fall then we would win. Well, that's a myth. The hours and dedication it took, to me, was the stuff that bonds people for life. The fact that a student gave his time, his effort, and his energy to do a lot of things that other people in the country one, couldn’t probably do, and two, wouldn't want to do. But, it was the bonding of Aggies that brought out the Aggie spirit and what it truly means to be a part of A&M.”

"The biggest thing (about this LSU game) is you get nine wins, and a possibility of going to a bowl and getting ten. Any double digit win season is big. That's kind of the standard across the country, getting a double digit winning season. From there, you’re trying to play in the championship and win it. But, with all the things happening at LSU right now and all the outside distractions, they could play one of two ways. They could play very emotional, or they could come out and play a game way above their emotions. A team that has talent and that can use their emotions is very hard to beat. When you break these teams down, or this game down, there's an awful lot of similarities, but the biggest difference, or advantage that A&M has is in the kick off return and punt return. I don't know what LSU is used to using down the line players but they're not giving full effort in punt coverage or kick return coverage. So, I think that's the biggest advantage. Now, the biggest advantage that LSU has, they're averages 246 yards a game on the ground and six yards a carry. A&M is giving up 203 yards a game, that's an advantage for LSU. The game is really going to come down to, can we slow down or stop their running game. Can we get them into any 3rd and longs where they are forced to throw. Then you take advantage of the return game.”

"I think we have to keep Leonard Fournette under 125 yards. That's going to be hard, because if we let him get to 150+, that means that he is averaging at 6 yards a carry, unless he breaks a couple of big ones. When you look at the game and the history, the team with the most explosive plays usually wins the game. If you go back to 2012 when Johnny started, how many big plays did he have with Evans? How many big plays did he, himself make and I'm talking over 20 yards. So the big thing is they're going to run the ball, but you're trying to not let them get big plays, explosive plays. Now, I don't think they're very settled in the throwing game and it shows, because they're only averaging 182 yards through the air.”

"(Chavis’ history with LSU) helps, but it helps both sides, because they know what he does. They know when he lines up certain people defensively, what defensive calls he's going to be in. You know what I found out, over my years, it doesn't matter. We think, as coaches, that we control this game. Our job is just to put the players in the right position and get the hell out of the way and let them play, because I haven't ever seen a coach intercept a pass and score a touchdown. But coaches screw up more games than we win because we don't put the players in the right position or we call the wrong play at the wrong time. If coaches would spend more time not trying to out-formation, or out guess people, and spend more time on fundamentals and techniques and put the players in position, they’d be better off.”

“Well, Chavis puts them in the right position. What I've seen with John is during a game he'll adjust. Early in the season when they started sliding the line and they started to block Myles Garrett, they started chipping on them inside, which made it tougher for that offensive guard. He also uses three strong safeties in different ways to help slow the running game. Now, against LSU, he's going to move the two safeties around, or even play three safeties, and move them up and say, ‘Okay, we're going to stop the run.’ You want to beat us, you got to beat us, and run the football."


"Well I think there's no question Kyle Allen was raised right. I've always said a quarterback was good until he knows better and the ones that are really good can handle the bad plays in a game. You go back and look at all the great ones, all the way up to Marino or Elway or even at A&M with Kevin and Bucky. You can go down the line and look at the great players at that position. They got to the point where nothing really bothered them." 
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Jackie Sherrill discusses Bonfire, A&M's matchup with LSU

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Jackie Sherrill discusses Bonfire, A&M's matchup with LSU
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May God Bless Jackie.

And may those duplcitous sips that pulled the political power play to force his resination as our head coach, rot in Hell, forever.
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quote:
If coaches would spend more time not trying to out-formation, or out guess people, and spend more time on fundamentals and techniques and put the players in position, they'd be better off."
Amen. And amen.

Too much "cute". Not enough "execute".
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