I was talking to a friend of mine who recently had an hour-long conversation with a high ranking official in the Texas A&M Athletic Department. They were discussing issues in the football program, particularly in the past season. The AD official mentioned that the cupboard was basically left bare after Fran left (I know, shock, shock, shock), but that wasn't on of the worst things he did. My friend asked him to name one of them, and their conversation went something like this:

ADO = Athletic Department Official    MF = My Friend

ADO: "You know who Robert Griffin is?"

MF: "Yes, the quarterback at Baylor?"

ADO: "Right. Well, he wanted to come to A&M, badly. We were recruiting him, and he was ready to come here, and then Fran got wrapped up in something else he felt was more important, and put him on the back burner. Griffin waited around, and then he committed to Houston, eventually following Art Briles to Baylor."

MF: "Wow."

We could have had Robert Griffin on our roster. Instead of looking at three more years of this kid being at Waco and pissed as us for not taking him seriously, we could have had him on our team. I am at a loss to understand how a coach could watch tape of this kid, and just so easily take him for granted. Looking past Fran, I bet Pat Henry was pissed off, because he missed out on having a world-class hurdler on his squad.

Way to go, Fran.