Spencer Tillman comes to Tim Brando's defense following 'overrated' Texas A&M prediction
Texas A&M’s loss to Appalachian State marked a huge upset in Week 2 of the college football season.
The Aggies’ entered the game ranked 6th in the AP Top 25 and as a team that many thought had College Football Playoff upside.
One analyst who did not see it that way, however, was Tim Brando.
In fact, the Fox Sports analyst had been quite outspoken in his belief that Texas A&M was massively overrated heading into the 2022 campaign.
On Sunday, fellow college football analyst Spencer Tillman took to Twitter to give Brando some credit and make a personal statement about human nature.
Funny how quick people are to pile on when you miss. @TimBrando nailed A&M’s overrated status and twittersverase is quiet as church mice! But that’s human nature. If we’re weak and frail in our daily lives we feel stronger when we THINNK we’re making others feel low.
— Spencer Tillman (@SpenceTillman) September 11, 2022
Was Saturday just a blip for the Aggies or will 2022 prove to be a big disappointment in College Station?
More answers to those questions will be gleaned next Saturday when the Aggies play host to No. 13 Miami.
Jimbo is an awful coach. I just don’t get how intelligent people in College Station can’t see they’re being hoodwinked?
I never liked the 10 year contract. Thought it was to long from beginning and we are definitely stuck. Wish he would bring in someone to run the offense, bc clearly he having issues with the O.
I think the initial 10 year contract was livable. The problem was the extension he signed last year to bring the contract back to 10 years. That was just dumb.
I tape the Paul Finebaum (since I’m at work) show but only listen to some guests and callers. I can get through this four hour show in less than an hour. I look forward to hearing what Matt from San Antonio (huge Aggie fan) has to say. I’m betting he’s a no show for awhile.
Was this done just after they got all those 5 star recruits or before?
The article about the extension is dated 9-1-21. Contract runs through the 2031 season.
What was even dumber is the LSU AD offering Jimbo $15.25 million a year for 8 years to come coach at LSU.
When did that happen? How is that working out for you Aggies. You hold the dumb card. He’s yours.
Just give him a few years..
Lots of folks here had fun at Brando’s expense. Who’s arguing with him now?
I’m one of ’em but I don’t recall saying he’s wrong about everything he says. He’s just a long-time LSU homer from Shreveport who often has irrational negative takes on things Alabama.
Sorry he ain’t Pauuuuul. A UT grad Bama homer
The problem is this: …… this is the 2nd game of the season!!!!! Who is overrated, underrated, appropriately rated, not rated at all, rated in the wrong sport ( a joke), etc is immaterial until we get further in the season. Wait until week 7 or 8 to make comparisons – which is all that polls and ratings are. It’s far more productive to analyze talent, plays, coaching decisions, etc at this point than team-to team comparisons.
Honestly…. I like Brando, always have. Never really understood why or how Finebaum became so popular, and Brando didn’t…. wait, I do actually, it’s because Pauuuuul based his entire program, in the early days, around insane, drunk or high, Bama and Auburn fans.
The thing that always makes me a little uneasy about hyping a team is when it’s done with a brand new QB at the helm, or before you see good solid QB stats to lean on. If you bet on A&M in this game, you made the smart bet. But that isn’t 100%. Clearly there are offensive issues when UNC can drop 63 on this team you can’t do better than 14. And I don’t think Appy learned how to play D to this level in one week.
I think the real question is why does any major conference team schedule App St. They are nothing but trouble
This^
The same reason you didn’t schedule UCF..LOL This is the fall out when your a top 10 team and you lose to a team outside the power five or an FBS school. But even Michigan didn’t have these awful stats straight down the card in their loss to Appy state those years ago. If you straight coached to lose a game intentionally, you could not have done a better job than in this game.
You don’t even understand the difference in FBS and FCS schools. An example of a school outside the P5 with the FBS designation would be TN or UGA.
The fact is that Brando misses a lot. So he got one right finally.