Friday Random Thoughts
by Beergut on Jul 30, 2010 12:23 PM CDT
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Print- I will be attending the Dallas A&M Club Coach's Night tonight. Hopefully, I'll be able to get a report up later tonight on any interesting comments Coach Sherman makes.
- I really think the Nebraska media needs to let Bill Callahan go. Even two years into his tenure, they are still trying to compare Coach Sherman to Callahan. Sorry, Barfknecht, but A&M and Sherman have yet to give up 70 points in a game to Texas Tech (2004) or 73 points to Kansas (2007). As bad as our defenses have been the past two seasons, we haven't managed to match the '07 Blackshirts by giving up 455 points in a season (and that was against a Big 12 North schedule, mind you). When we match those dubious accomplishments, then you can begin making comparisons.
- If you want to get an idea of what texas' offense will look like next season, go to this link, and click on every play listing an I-formation. The author of the site, Rob Pongetti, doesn't understand everything he is watching, but he admits to just being a fan who likes watch football on television, and he does a decent job breaking down the film. The video is from the 2007 Nebraska game, where Jamaal Charles went berserk on the 'Husker defense for 290 yards rushing and 3 TDs. Something to note for texas fans is the amount of zone blocking done out of the I; the formation itself doesn't dictate the blocking scheme, and I don't see texas going away from their zone scheme. Simply moving under center won't give texas a "downhill running game", any more than running from the shotgun hurt their offense (plenty of examples of running from the gun in that game, too). If nothing else, the film should show texas fans that it isn't the formation that makes the difference, but the offensive line doing their job, and the guy carrying the ball who makes it happen. Unfortunately for texas, they don't currently have a superior talent like Charles returning at RB.
- I watched a replay of a De La Salle HS - Mater Dei HS football game on Fox College Sports earlier today. Watching De La Salle's split veer option offense makes me wish we still had some college teams running this offense. If you build the offensive line right, I actually think you could combine aspects of this offense with the original WCO passing concepts LaVell Edwards ran at BYU, and have a hell of an offense at the collegiate level.
- Walk-on tryouts for the football team are on Thursday, September 2. Given that it is two days before the home opener against SFA, I am thinking we're not looking for too many players to fill out the 12th Man Kickoff Team.
- Call it sophomoric, call it immature humor, I don't care, I'll miss Marty B television. If Tellus is focusing more on football and working to achieve his amazing potential, I have no problem with him canning his youtube channel, but I enjoyed it while it lasted. There is nothing wrong with being a character; the NFL could use more of them.
- Bowen Loftin's message to the Big 12 that A&M expects the conference to honor their promise regarding revenue is probably the first thing he has done as president that I have approved of. The Big 12 is now saying they will stand by their commitment. I still want to see us in the SEC in 2012, but getting this promise from the Big 12 in writing can't hurt anything.
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Sherman/Callahan
Mike Sherman will need winning seasons each of the next three years to match the lowly Bill Callahan’s total after five Big XII seasons. Mikey is dangerously close to the Dan Hawkins zone in terms of futility.
Sherman follows a much less successful HC than Callahan did though. Nebraska fired Solich after a nine win season, Fran was let go after seven wins. Solich got to a title game, Fran got to the Cotton Bowl once as a result of two Big 12 teams in the BCS, where they were annihilated by a superior Vol squad. Most significantly, Callahan ended the longest bowl streak in the nation, while A&M had missed a bowl in two of Fran’s seasons.
Sherman had a poor season the first year, but there was significant improvement last year and if A&M doesn’t win 9 games this season I’d be greatly surprised.
by HawkeyedFrog on Jul 31, 2010 1:16 AM CDT up reply actions
Sherman/Callahan
Not to make excuses for Sherman, but Callahan had more talent than Sherman did his first two seasons. I do not think Nebraska had to play double digit numbers of freshman either year. Also the North division is closer in talent to the Mountain West than it is to the South. Sherman would be at .500 if A&M was in the North.
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight
because they really beat up on Colorado and Kansas State last year.
Some people will never understand what it means to rebuild a program
by miketag on Jul 30, 2010 10:32 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Rebuild?
I think the proper word is build.
Sports is man's joke on God, You see, God says to man, 'I've created a universe where it seems like everything matters, where you'll have to grapple with life and death and in the end you'll die anyway, and it won't really matter.' So man says to God, 'Oh, yeah? Within your universe we're going to create a sub-universe called sports, one that absolutely doesn't matter, and we'll follow everything that happens in it as if it were life and death.'" - Sam Kellerman
by 2Cor12:9 on Jul 31, 2010 3:38 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'll never understand Aggie Logic
Since A&M upset a Texas Tech team that was clearly a better team than them(9-4 v 6-7), and it was clearly an upset because Tech was favored by 21, it’s probable that A&M will win this year too. Is it probable that Tech will beat OU this year too? Using Aggie logic because you return the same team(that went 6-7 last year) I would expect similar results this year.
What are the probabilities that Tech will start a QB with a concussion, replace him with a freshman and have 5 turnovers again this year?
Can A&M beat Tech in College Station? Yes they can. Are the Aggies taking it as a lock, just like the Raider were last year? Looks like it.
Be smart enough to learn from our mistake last year.
Fair points all around.
Count me as one not optimistic about our chances against Tech, but I never am. Tubbs is a terrific coach and a great hire by the Raiders, although I would argue our offensive weapons are at least as potent, if not more so, as last year.
I will say, as well, that it would very much surprise me if the players or coaches came into the Tech game thinking it was a lock.
by AgAstraPerAspera on Aug 2, 2010 3:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Looking forward to this game.
Should be great all around. Sure hope the defense shows up that day. And the special teams. ugh.
so now your QB was injured with a concussion?
wow, you never run out of excuses
I think we’re going to beat you in College Station b/c we’re at home, and b/c we return the same offensive weapons you couldn’t stop last season. Your problem is you think you lost to A&M because your players were overconfident; I don’t think they were overconfident, I think we just went out there and kicked your asses. Our offense is that much better than your defense, and switching to a scheme you don’t have the personnel to run isn’t going to fix that.
Tech was not a better team than A&M; you don’t lose by over 3 TDs if you’re the better team. Period.
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