You are right about Baylor and TCU being anomalies. They do not have the resources to sustain long-term. A&M does, which is why only A&M or Texas can ever run this state. Therefore, as I said:
Better record - Texas A&M
Better conference - Texas A&M
Better recruiting - Texas A&M
Better facilities - Texas A&M
#WRTS
As for the rest of your "arguments":
Originally posted by Longhornfan1024
As to recruiting, we may have signed 4 more recruits than you, but they are still part of the class. I've never seen you argue quality vs. quantity when you claim #wrts based in part on a 2013 class where you signed 20 more recruits than we did and yet you only placed 8 spots in front of us. Those 4 extra recruits were 3* kids, not elite talent. On the other hand, we signed 2 more 5* kids than you did. Lets look at average player rankings, which nullifies the bump from signing extra scrubs:
A&M - 9th
sips - 13th
There is no doubt your class is pretty good, but you whiffed at the most critical position.
Originally posted by Longhornfan1024
You can call Kyler Murray the greatest QB in Texas High School Football History, but you fail to mention that he played for a powerhouse program that had only 1 loss in each of the three prior seasons (and two in the season before) with one state championship (it helps when you're one of the biggest high schools in Texas and you recruit kids to come play football). You also fail to mention that he's barely 5'10", 170 lbs, if that, and he will likely not even play a down of football for A&M since he has a 1st round baseball draft grade. In contrast, our QB is 6'3", 190 lbs, a 4 star QB, and also the son of a QB and Offensive Coordinator. He has the size, the ability, and comes with a high football IQ. We signed the number one QB in the country for the 2nd straight season. Y'all signed "the son of a QB and Offensive Coordinator" who was only being recruited to other major schools as a WR. Spin it however you want. If Kyler is too small, blah blah blah, then why did texas screw themselves over when they thought they had a shot at him, losing Gentry in the process? If Kyler has signed with texas, you would be crowing loudly, but since he shunned you as expected, he was only undefeated, won 3 straight Texas 6A state titles, and back to back national player of the year because his team was good.
Originally posted by Longhornfan1024
What your class doesn't have is any defense whatsoever outside of Daylon Mack. You struck out on your DB recruiting with Texas and Bama taking the recruits you wanted. And your LB class is a total joke. I'm sure Chavis will do really well there working for a coach with a horrible defensive record and no talent on that side of the ball. I'm sure he'll use his genius to come up with a brand new two-man defense to run with Garret and Mack. We'll call it the 2-0-0. I'm sure it will look better than the crap you've put on the field the prior three seasons. DLs A&M - 1 5* and 2 4*
tu - 0 4 or 5*
LBsA&M - 0 4 or 5*
tu - 1 5* and 2 4*
DBs A&M - 3 4*
tu - 3 4*
It looks like our defensive recruiting was even, with us having the advantage on the DL and you having the advantage at LB. This is with you having a salty defense and us having hot garbage the past 3 seasons on defense and firing our DC at the early signing period, which is the only reason you have Malik Jefferson to begin with. Let's compare offense now, where we have been good, and y'all have sucked:
OL A&M - 3 4*
tu - 1 4*
WR/TE A&M - 1 5* 2 4*
tu - 4 4*
RB/FB A&M - 1 4*
tu - 1 4*
QB A&M - 1 5*
tu - 1 "4*" (listed as athlete, not QB)
Basically where your offense is most deficient, OL and QB, you whiffed while we dominated there. Also, overall you have 3-4 grade risks that probably won't even make it in to school, so all of these numbers are inflated on your end anyway.
Originally posted by Longhornfan1024
You also tout head to head recruiting battles without any type of context. The majority of the recruits that Texas and aggie went head-to-head for were aggie commits or leans before Strong was even coach at Texas. Since Strong actually started recruiting in this class, Texas is 7-1 versus aggie for recruits who weren't already committed to A&M. Even if you include Kyler Murray, Strong is 7-2 vs. Sumlin. I am pretty sure Strong started recruiting this class when he got the job. When Sumlin got hired, it was December of 2011. By signing day in February, he got us a sold recruiting class (average player ranking 90.47 compared to 90.03 for sips). You can't set the bar for recruiting wins based on when "Strong started recruiting in this class." We won 15-7 head to head:
A&MBradford
Davis
Dunning
Elam
Elbert
Evans
Keke
Kirk
Lanfear
Lockhart
Mack
Murray
Pryor
Siverand
Sutherland
tuBoyd
Elliott
Hill
Jefferson
McNeal
Warren
Wheeler
Originally posted by Longhornfan1024
In the end, your #wrts recruiting talk is nothing more than smoke and mirrors. aggie had a better recruiting class than Texas for two years, and in one of those years you only placed 8 spots in front of us despite having 20 more recruits and the other coincided with a coaching change. As I've said before, it was a flash in the pan and nothing more.
As for my list, the only thing it has to do with is 1) who runs this state. And aggie has no claim there. There is absolutely no claim aggie can make that they run this state. As with most things aggie, they are all hat and no cattle. Everything I listed shows #WRTS. Please refute my arguments with facts instead of saying "lolol pooooor agggsies, nuh uh, we are better."
