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Yeah girl. Listen to the expert girl. Quit showing your immaturely girl.

It's not a rocketship jump. Jimbo has ALWAYS recruited well. Add to that the orange bowl victory for this cycle, plus the fact that the talent coming out of the Houston area this year was the best it has been in over a decade.

I get that he hasn't won a national championship at A&M, but he has always recruited well. Moreover, A&M went 9-1 and won the orange bowl 14 months ago, which for the 2022 recruits was this recruiting cycle. I don't think it's fair or accurate to say he has underachieved for years.

I like the POD setup, and throw in one or two "yearly" cross division games.

Definitely disappointing year as far as field results go, and there are plenty of coaching issues we can and are critical of. The money to Jimbo is not an issue though. It is much more expensive and detrimental to a program to continually be on a four year coaching carousel. Our talent level is increasing year over year. Our defense was incredible. We will lose some experience, but for the first time since the mid-90's, we have depth and pretty much every position will be equal or better to the talent of this years team.

It's rumored Ed O crushed it in the bedroom, too.

There was and is no buyout, so LSU didn't have to pay anything to take Jimbo if he wanted the job. What or who was offered the job will come out over time, but regardless it was well known and reported across a hundred different outlets that Jimbo was the top target. I will say, LSUs last two coaches prove that anyone can win there, and BK is, on paper at least, a major upgrade. I hope he crashes and burns, but I think it was a good hire.

Sick burn!

Undoubtedly Kelly is a bigger name hire, but if Florida believes they got their guy and he checks all the boxes, then they should be happy. Billy Napier has proven he can do more with less, and Brian Kelly has consistently done less with more. Interested to see what BK's ceiling looks like with the advantages in recruiting LSU has built in. Definitely think he has the tools to succeed. I am also curious if Billy Napier will be able to recruit at a high level.

Lol

Absolutely LSU is a great program. The argument wasn't on LSU as a program though, it was on it being justifiable in the media for LSU to pay $10 million to Lane Kiffin, but A&M pays too much for Jimbo. It's blue-blood gatekeeping, and it's old hat at this point.

Are you trying to get someone killed?

The thing that always makes me scratch my head is the infatuation with how much Jimbo makes. LSU doubling Lane Kiffin's $5 million/year gets listed as why he would come and should be considered, but Jimbo's $9 million/year is overpriced.

He is - but he is very entertaining and self-aware. He has admitted he was wrong on Pittman. If you're a podcast guy his unnecessary roughness with Kayce Smith is fantastic.

To be fair - there was nothing stated this summer guaranteeing it would be this year. On a long enough timeline, A&M will beat Alabama with Nick Saban there. I figure Saban will start having some dementia issues by at least the late 2030's...that's our window.

$9 Million is a bargain if you think you have your guy, which we obviously believe. If we do a death spiral into the gutter, it will look silly, but let's run down a list of fired coaches and see what they were paid in total: 1. Willie Taggert had an initial buyout to leave Oregon of $4.4 million, $10 Million in salary paid at FSU, and $18 million buyout - so $16.2 Million per year for his 2 years at FSU. 2. Charlie Strong, from initial buyout through firing buyout earned $9.8 Million for his 3 years at Texas 3. Tom Herman - also ~$9.8 Million per year at Texas (4 seasons) 4. Chad Morris - also ~$9.8 M/y at Arky (2 seasons) 5. Jim McElwain - $8.7 M/y at Florida (3 seasons) 6. Gus Malzahn - $7.7 M/y at Auburn (8 seasons) Obviously if A&M fires Jimbo, his cost/year price will be pretty hefty, but it was pretty noticeable after year 1 that he had the program trending in the right direction in regards toughness/mindset and expectations (from the team itself, not the fanbase). If you have a coach that has proven to win, which factually the Aggies most certainly do, why wouldn't you pay him? This is the world we live in - and the Aggies can afford to pay. If it's a failure, it's at least a failure on a known commodity with a strong head coaching track record, as opposed to paying ~$75 million to hire Sarkisian and hope his head coaching ability has improved.

What percentage of the sales go to the University of Oregon?

Yeah, I'm not sure this counts as something to put Saban on his own level. The guy is literally reading the Alabama Football Wikipedia page. When your argument and on-field results scream "we are the best," you don't have to be super creative to appeal to recruits.

Semantics at this point, but A&M has 2 wins against teams with winning records, Auburn and Florida. The SEC also doesn’t have the benefit of the OOC cupcakes to pad the records that the ACC has this year.

...with a second string QB. Also, it wasn't like they threw a seam. They threw a 12 yard out to a 2nd string TE and he broke a couple tackles. You don't try for the homerun, but you still run your offense and get game experience for your backups.

Absolutely agree - feel like both teams have gotten better each week.

Asking for a friend?

Right! A&M had all the momentum and was finally in the driver's seat after playing from behind all game before their fumble. If A&M had lost because of that, would the narrative be that they had fumbled away the win?

I would note that Wydermyer didn't jump Baylor Cupp in the depth chart, Cupp has had two consecutive season ending injuries in training camp. Regardless, Wydermyer is a beast and was going to play his freshmen season anyways.