Warrior General Games

Originally posted by Yahoo
I don’t know who you would label as a national championship contender out of the Big 12, which is why no team from that conference is featured above. Neither Andy Staples at SI or Mark Schlabach at ESPN had a Big 12 team in their way-too-early top 10s, and other than Phil Steele’s love of Texas, no analyst has really thrown their support behind any of the teams from the league as a top five unit.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/championship-contenders-easiest-hardest-schedules-144719881.html

Originally posted by SI
Phil puts a lot of stock into recruiting rankings and NFL draft potential. In other words, he places a lot of weight on raw talent. It's no coincidence, then, that he seems to have a soft spot for the sport's bluebloods: He ranks Florida State No. 3 (current preseason consensus No. 13), Texas No. 4 (consensus No. 14) and, most astonishingly, USC No. 6 (consensus No. 21).

Conversely, he's a bit lower than most on the likes of No. 11 Stanford (consensus No. 4), No. 13 Texas A&M (consensus No. 6) and No. 14 South Carolina (consensus No. 7).

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-football/news/20130703/texas-longhorns-surprise-teams-mailbag/?sct=hp_wr_a3&eref=sihp

Originally posted by Phil Steele
14. Texas A&M Aggies
Ben Malena (PS No. 31), the Aggies' leading returning rusher (808 yards) behind QB Johnny Manziel, might actually be their third-best running back coming into this season. Brandon Williams (PS No. 5) is an Oklahoma transfer who benefited from a redshirt season, and Trey Williams (PS No. 4) had 1,104 all-purpose yards as a true freshman. Also added to the mix is Oregon transfer Tra Carson (PS No. 64), a good short-yardage back.

http://insider.espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/9376354/georgia-bulldogs-top-ranking-nation-15-best-running-back-units-college-football

We have the 4th and 5th rated backs according to Phil Steele, yet he ranks the team as 14th in Running Backs and the sips 3rd It seems all Steele does is look at how they were rated coming out of high school and how long they have been starting in college. He contends that the sips will do well because their O-Line has played together for 2 years and has a starting QB with 2 years under his belt. He lists this as a strength despite the fact that they have both been HORRIBLE for those two years. Are they miraculously going to see the light and improve dramatically this season? Doubtful. Phil Steele used to be good, but I think he has lost credibility with insight like that over the past few years.

Originally posted by Primate
I agree, but it has to suck to be #1 in the nation, but #2 in your home state.

Looking around I am seeing a lot less burnt orange and a whole lot more maroon in the general public. All of the kids want to come to A&M over texas because of our recent success, the sips decline, playing in the SEC instead of the Big XII, and because Sumlin > Mack. The worm has turned, much like it did when Stoops and Mack were hired and started offering HS Juniors while Slocum would not adapt, and y'all got the jump on new facilities while we were myopic thinking our success over the previous decade would be enough to keep the recruits coming.

The sips are taking on water. Mack was a hell of a recruiter in the 2000s, and that allowed him to be successful and to compensate for his mediocre coaching. He is not getting the 4* and 5* guys anymore, and whoever comes in behind him in 2014 or 2015 is going to have a mess on their hands. Look at their 2014 recruiting:

http://sports.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/teamrank/2014/all/all

Only 6/21 sip recruits are 4 stars or higher. They have filled up on the leftovers because they realize they don't have a shot at the elite talent they used to get.

8/14 Ag recruits are 4 stars or higher, and we are in the running for some of the top recruits in the country, which is why we aren't having to fill up early on the lesser talent like in the past. Just another example of how quickly things have turned around, but keep on with that mentality, it plays well to the typical sip fan delusion.

Originally posted by RayRay99
Looking around I am seeing a lot less burnt orange and a whole lot more maroon in the general public. All of the kids want to come to A&M over texas because of our recent success, the sips decline, playing in the SEC instead of the Big XII, and because Sumlin > Mack. The worm has turned, much like it did when Stoops and Mack were hired and started offering HS Juniors while Slocum would not adapt, and y'all got the jump on new facilities while we were myopic thinking our success over the previous decade would be enough to keep the recruits coming.

The sips are taking on water. Mack was a hell of a recruiter in the 2000s, and that allowed him to be successful and to compensate for his mediocre coaching. He is not getting the 4* and 5* guys anymore, and whoever comes in behind him in 2014 or 2015 is going to have a mess on their hands. Look at their 2014 recruiting:

http://sports.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/teamrank/2014/all/all

Only 6/21 sip recruits are 4 stars or higher. They have filled up on the leftovers because they realize they don't have a shot at the elite talent they used to get.

8/14 Ag recruits are 4 stars or higher, and we are in the running for some of the top recruits in the country, which is why we aren't having to fill up early on the lesser talent like in the past. Just another example of how quickly things have turned around, but keep on with that mentality, it plays well to the typical sip fan delusion.


I'm not a UT fan, or a D1 fan at all. I just know what I see when I visit or do business in Texas.

wtf does "sip" mean? Stop using annoying homer/hater terms.

Originally posted by TrevJo
wtf does "sip" mean? Stop using annoying homer/hater terms.

Short for t-sip, which is the nickname we have for their students, like they call us Aggy. It is an old term that refers to the fact their students in the early days came from a more privileged background while Aggies were typically from a blue-collar background, and the impression was that Aggies did the real work while Longhorns sat around and sipped tea.

Originally posted by Primate

I'm not a UT fan, or a D1 fan at all. I just know what I see when I visit or do business in Texas.


I live here, trust me it is changing quick. If you visited or traveled here in the 90s you would have had the same impression of A&M because we were on top and Texas was struggling. It has tended to be cyclical between the two schools since the 70s, where it has been rare for both to be up or down at the same time.

Originally posted by RayRay99
Blah, blah, blah...like they call us Aggy.
You are Aggies

Originally posted by King of Bling

You are Aggies


Aggies, not Aggys. I don't understand the pervasiveness of this through their fanbase or what it means.

Originally posted by RayRay99
aggies, not Aggys. I don't understand the pervasiveness of this through their fanbase or what it means.

fify

We're not sure about a lot of the things that are pervasive in your fanbase.... one of those is the farmer yell leaders.....

Keep it classy Texas...
http://www.burntorangenation.com/2013/7/27/4563148/johnny-manziel-stops-by-west-campus-is-politely-asked-to-leave

Throwing beer is asking politely...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNDfGoFTA8c&feature=player_embedded

Texas is the new Ohio State?
the best pic is from earlier in the day with the tebow jets jersey:
https://twitter.com/sdavy23/status/361239517270781952/photo/1

Originally posted by Night Dragon
Keep it classy Texas...
http://www.burntorangenation.com/2013/7/27/4563148/johnny-manziel-stops-by-west-campus-is-politely-asked-to-leave

Throwing beer is asking politely...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNDfGoFTA8c&feature=player_embedded

Of course many sources are playing it as though Johnny was in the wrong, go figure.

Originally posted by RayRay99
Of course many sources are playing it as though Johnny was in the wrong, go figure.
i completely agree however keep your idiot on your side of the brazos

Originally posted by RayRay99
Of course many sources are playing it as though Johnny was in the wrong, go figure.

How about he goes 5 mins without chasing tail or getting drunk. That might help.

And everybody says that Sabin is a great coach. He just has better accountants then the rest of the $EC.

http://collegespun.com/sec/alabama-sec/alabama-freshman-dee-liner-posts-instagram-photo-of-himself-with-wads-of-cash#
http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/l525/NDPhilly/86f10a3de53df6993b98a4bb12a66d64.jpg - The better picture. Roll Ca$h.