Texas A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin appears to have become a victim of his own early success down in College Station.

Whether you want to point to the success of his first campaign, Sumlin won 11 games in his first season with the Aggies, or his early season successes, A&M has posted stellar 5-0 starts each of the last three seasons, Texas A&M has fallen short time and again to capitalize on the momentum its coach was able to build.

After being rewarded with a contract paying him $5 million dollars a year, the second-richest deal in the SEC, some are being very vocal in questioning if the Texas A&M head coach is worth his lofty paycheck. His 3-9 combined record against Power 5 teams post November the last three seasons and his consecutive 8-5 records have not gone unnoticed.

Here’s just a sample of some of the feedback Sumlin received following A&M’s loss to Kansas State in the Texas Bowl:

With starting quarterback Trevor Knight now no longer with the program after his one-year stint in College Station, Sumlin and offensive coordinator Noel Mazzone will be forced to go back to the drawing board to figure out the team’s quarterback position after being bailed out by Knight’s decision to transfer in as a graduate of Oklahoma.

With Texas landing the “it” coach of the season after luring Tom Herman away from Houston, the pressure will rise considerably on Sumlin if the Longhorns gain serious momentum heading into signing day and turn that into a big 2017 season. Can Sumlin survive another 8-5 campaign?

Considering a new quarterback has to be worked in and the Aggies open the season at UCLA and travel to Florida next season, in addition to playing the annual SEC West slate, 8-5 may be tough to reach, even for a coach so adept at achieving that record.