Worst Case? 0-12
Best Case? 12-0 (and a playoff run)
Most likely? Somewhere in between (probably 8-4...again)

Hope this helps!

6-6 maybe 7-5 if we get lucky. We suck on the road and we will lose a game along the way that we shouldn't. I think our DL will be a liability this year and it will hurt our LB play as well.

7-5/8-4. Like this is even a question.

We literally average 8 wins and 4 losses in the regular season the last 25 years. It's who we are.

jturner181 said:

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Iraq2xVeteran said:

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UTSA - win by 25+ points
Utah State - win by 30+ points
@ ND - lose by 7 points or fewer
Auburn - win by 10+ points
Mississippi State - win by 17+ points
Florida - win by 7 points or fewer
Arkansas - win by 7 points or fewer
@LSU - lose by 10+ points
@Missouri: win by 7 points or fewer
South Carolina - win by 7 points or fewer
Samford - Win by 40+ points
@Texas - lose by 10+ points

I am sticking with 9-3 with losses to Notre Dame, LSU, and Texas.

Auburn: We won our last two home games against Auburn by 17+ points each. Also, we will be coming off a bye week, and Auburn will be coming off a tough road game at Oklahoma.

Florida: We have home field and scheduling dynamics advantages over Florida. Florida is 4-13 (3-11 SEC) in true road games against Power 4 teams since 2021, 0-4 (0-4 SEC) in Dan Mullen's final season in 2021 and 4-9 (3-7 SEC) under Billy Napier. Billy Napier is good for exactly one SEC road win each year; 5-7 (2-6 SEC) Texas A&M in 2022, 5-7 (3-5 SEC) South Carolina in 2023, and 2-10 (0-8 SEC) Mississippi State in 2024. His only other road win came against 2-10 (1-7 ACC) Florida State in 2024. None of those 4 teams finished better than 5-7.

We will be playing our 3rd straight home game and should be coming off an easy win over Mississippi State. In contrast, Florida will be coming off a tough home game against Texas and playing the last game of a brutal 4-game stretch against LSU (away), Miami (away), bye week, Texas (home), and Texas A&M (away) in a span of 5 weeks. There can't be a better scheduling dynamics advantage than that.

South Carolina: I think this will be our toughest home game. South Carolina went 4-1 in road games last year with wins over Kentucky, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt, and Clemson and a loss to Alabama. We will be coming off a tough road game at Missouri, and South Carolina will be coming off a bye week. However, we are 5-0 in home games against South Carolina, including the last 3 home wins by 13+ points each.

I am predicting the Aggies and Longhorns will both be 9-2, and the Lone Star Showdown will be a play-in game. We will have 2 losses to Notre Dame and LSU, and the Longhorns will have 2 losses to Ohio State and Georgia. Unfortunately, I think Texas will win the play-in game.

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I'll take that bet - $500 a game?

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I am not going to bet on any of our games. I was just explaining why I think we will win the Auburn, Florida, and South Carolina games. My best friend and I will be going to these three games.

Sgt. Schultz said:

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UTSA - Win
Utah State - Win
@ Notre Dame - Loss
Auburn - Win
Miss State - Win
Florida - Win
@ Arky - Loss
@ LSU - Loss
@ Mizzou - Loss
USCe - Win
Samford - Win
@ sips - Loss

7-5

I think Arky and Mizzou are "should be wins" but we seem to find ways to blow it on the road so.....

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I agree with your prediction of going 7-0 in home games, but I disagree with your prediction of going 0-5 in road games. If that happens, we will go winless in road games for the 3rd time in 4 years (0-4 in 2022, 0-4 in 2023, and 0-5 in 2025) and lose 17 of 19 road games dating back to a 29-19 loss at Ole Miss on 11/13/2021. I think Arkansas and Missouri are our most winnable road games. I am predicting a 2-3 road record with wins over Arkansas and Missouri and losses to Notre Dame, LSU, and Texas.

I understand that we seem to blow winnable road games, but we started last year with road wins over Florida and Mississippi State before losing our last 2 road games at South Carolina and Auburn. As a result, we have lost 7 consecutive November or later road games since a 34-13 win at Tennessee on 12/19/2020. A win at Missouri would go a long way toward proving we can win late season road games. Losses to both Missouri and Texas would extend our November road losing streak to 9 games and stretch into 2026.

vander54 said:

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Lol. 5-7 is as close to 0% chance of happening as possible

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5-7 is a lot more likely than the 9-3 predictions being thrown around.

I'm sticking with 6-6 as my final prediction.

UTSA - Win
Utah State - Win
@ ND - Loss
Auburn - Win
Ms State - Win
Florida - Loss
Arkie - Loss
@LSU - Loss
@Missou - Loss
SC - Win
Samford - Win
@tu - Loss

Iraq2xVeteran said:

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Sgt. Schultz said:

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UTSA - Win
Utah State - Win
@ Notre Dame - Loss
Auburn - Win
Miss State - Win
Florida - Win
@ Arky - Loss
@ LSU - Loss
@ Mizzou - Loss
USCe - Win
Samford - Win
@ sips - Loss

7-5

I think Arky and Mizzou are "should be wins" but we seem to find ways to blow it on the road so.....

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I agree with you prediction of going 7-0 in home games, but I disagree with your prediction of going 0-5 in road games. If that happens, we will go winless in road games for the 3rd time in 4 years (0-4 in 2022, 0-4 in 2023, and 0-5 in 2025) and lose 17 of 19 road games dating back to a 29-19 loss at Ole Miss on 11/13/2021. I think Arkansas and Missouri are our most winnable road games. I am predicting a 2-3 road record with wins over Arkansas and Missouri and losses to Notre Dame, LSU, and Texas.

We started last year with road wins over Florida and Mississippi State to start the season, but we lost our last 2 road games at South Carolina and Auburn. As a result, we have lost 7 consecutive November or later road games since a 34-13 win at Tennessee on 12/19/2020. We will need to beat Missouri to prove we can win a late season road game. Losses to both Missouri and Texas would extend our November road losing streak to 9 games and stretch into 2026.

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Fair enough

We just seem to find a way to crap the bed. As I said, I think Arky and Mizzou are "should be wins." We seem to struggle on the road and for example, had no business losing to Auburn last year but somehow we did. If the Arky game is at night, its going to be hard to pull off a victory. We seem to be their super bowl year-end, year out and the game is at Fayettenam. Mizzou is going to be decent and again, until we prove we can win on the road, its hard to be bullish on a W.

The ceiling for me is 10-2 if we somehow beat Notre Dame, but thats going to require everyone to be healthy and we need to get a few breaks.

Sgt. Schultz said:

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Iraq2xVeteran said:

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Sgt. Schultz said:

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UTSA - Win
Utah State - Win
@ Notre Dame - Loss
Auburn - Win
Miss State - Win
Florida - Win
@ Arky - Loss
@ LSU - Loss
@ Mizzou - Loss
USCe - Win
Samford - Win
@ sips - Loss

7-5

I think Arky and Mizzou are "should be wins" but we seem to find ways to blow it on the road so.....

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I agree with you prediction of going 7-0 in home games, but I disagree with your prediction of going 0-5 in road games. If that happens, we will go winless in road games for the 3rd time in 4 years (0-4 in 2022, 0-4 in 2023, and 0-5 in 2025) and lose 17 of 19 road games dating back to a 29-19 loss at Ole Miss on 11/13/2021. I think Arkansas and Missouri are our most winnable road games. I am predicting a 2-3 road record with wins over Arkansas and Missouri and losses to Notre Dame, LSU, and Texas.

We started last year with road wins over Florida and Mississippi State to start the season, but we lost our last 2 road games at South Carolina and Auburn. As a result, we have lost 7 consecutive November or later road games since a 34-13 win at Tennessee on 12/19/2020. We will need to beat Missouri to prove we can win a late season road game. Losses to both Missouri and Texas would extend our November road losing streak to 9 games and stretch into 2026.

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Fair enough

We just seem to find a way to crap the bed. As I said, I think Arky and Mizzou are "should be wins." We seem to struggle on the road and for example, had no business losing to Auburn last year but somehow we did. If the Arky game is at night, its going to be hard to pull off a victory. We seem to be their super bowl year-end, year out and the game is at Fayettenam. Mizzou is going to be decent and again, until we prove we can win on the road, its hard to be bullish on a W.

The ceiling for me is 10-2 if we somehow beat Notre Dame, but thats going to require everyone to be healthy and we need to get a few breaks.

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Yes, the loss at 5-7 (2-6 SEC) Auburn was inexcusable. We were one of only two Power 4 teams to lose to Auburn, and the only Power 4 team to lose at Jordan Hare Stadium. 6-7 (2-6 ACC) Cal, 7-6 (3-5 SEC) Arkansas, 6-7 (2-6 SEC) Oklahoma, and 7-6 (3-5 SEC) Vanderbilt all walked away with road wins over Auburn, but we didn't.

I think Arkansas is the most winnable road game, even if it's at night. Since the beginning of the 2023 season, Arkansas is 1-7 (1-6 SEC) in home games against Power 4 teams, and 5 of those 7 losses were by 10+ points each. Their only home win over a Power 4 opponent in the last two years was a 19-14 upset of Tennessee on 10/5/2024.

I think Missouri will be the trickiest game for several reasons.

1. Both teams will be coming off a bye week, but we will be playing our 3rd road game in 4 weeks.

2. Missouri has won 10 consecutive home games, including 8 against Power 4 opponents and 7 against SEC opponents, since a 49-39 home loss to LSU on 10/7/2023.

3. We have lost 12 of our last 14 true road games, including 7 consecutive November or later road games since a 34-13 win at Tennessee on 12/19/2020. If we have another inexplicable late season loss as a favorite, Missouri is where it happens.

I agree that 10-2 is our ceiling because I think road games at LSU and Texas are probable losses. We have 3 road games against top 10 teams Notre Dame, LSU, and Texas, and I think Notre Dame is the most winnable among these 3 games. We will need to steal a road win at Notre Dame and win all 9 games that we should be favorites to reach 10-2.

NoahAg said:

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vander54 said:

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Lol. 5-7 is as close to 0% chance of happening as possible

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5-7 is a lot more likely than the 9-3 predictions being thrown around.

I'm sticking with 6-6 as my final prediction.

UTSA - Win
Utah State - Win
@ ND - Loss
Auburn - Win
Ms State - Win
Florida - Loss
Arkie - Loss
@LSU - Loss
@Missou - Loss
SC - Win
Samford - Win
@tu - Loss

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No it's not

9-3 is WAY more reasonable than 5-7

(10) TEXAS A&M v2

🏈Most talented team since at least 2018

🏈10th-most difficult schedule

🏈Six games with a projected spread of one-possession

🏈Eight games with a Watchability Score of 9.1 or better

🏈40% chance to be in the CFP at-large discussion pic.twitter.com/6ifcNoMCUA

— Kelley Ford (@KFordRatings) July 31, 2025

8-4 like always before

We get to 7-0 and then lose 4 out of last 5. LSU beats us easily but the rest are heartbreakers.

UTSA - W
Utah State - W
@ ND - L
Auburn - W
Mississippi State - W
Florida - W
Arkansas - W
@LSU - L
@Missouri - W
South Carolina - W
Samford - W
@Texas - L

9-3 record

SECTAMU#1 said:

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UTSA - W
Utah State - W
@ ND - L
Auburn - W
Mississippi State - W
Florida - W
Arkansas - W
@LSU - L
@Missouri - W
South Carolina - W
Samford - W
@Texas - L

9-3 record

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This is my exact prediction, but we are playing at Arkansas in Fayetteville.

I remember when A&M moved to the SEC (2012), Arkansas was so excited. Why? It didn't take long for every Hog Fan to know & quote the A&M vs Hog Historical Record. Hogs 42-24. "Look at our Record" "History shows we own the Aggies!" And they were adamant about it, always ready fight over it. lol Aggies won the next 9 consecutive games, lost 1 and are back on a 3 game winning streak. Updated Record 43-36. When using Historical Records, they need to be relevant to the present. New Variables need to be factored into the prediction. For example Elko and Current Players haven't lost 17 road games in a row, LOL. In fact they are 2-2 in year one.

Based on our history, here's how I see this year playing out.

1. We win most of the games we should win, and also somehow pull off the upset of LSU.

2. We lose a very close away game at the end of the year to eventual national champion tu, and finish up the season 9-3. We just miss the playoff.

3. Nonetheless, Aggies everywhere are ecstatic with the progress, and are convinced that 8-4 years are permanently behind us.

4. Kelly is fired at LSU after having missed the playoff again

5. Rumors abound that LSU is sniffing around Elko as a replacement, and we sign him to an eleventy bazillion dollar fully guaranteed contract extension

6. We finish 7-5 in 2026 amid calls for Elmo's firing.


(You see the movie enough times, you know what the ending is).

I've only seen that movie once

I see this year rolling out the same as the last decade. Strong start, maybe even a win vs ND- lots of home games early get everyone hyped, break into the top 4- then get demolished in November and lose out (aside from the cupcake).

UTSA- W
Utah St-W
@ND- W
Auburn-W
Ms State-W
Florida-W
@Ark-L
@LSU-L
@Mizz-L
Scar-L
Samford-W
@sip-L

7-5

Betting $0

KidDoc said:

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I see this year rolling out the same as the last decade. Strong start, maybe even a win vs ND- lots of home games early get everyone hyped, break into the top 4- then get demolished in November and lose out (aside from the cupcake).

UTSA- W
Utah St-W
@ND- W
Auburn-W
Ms State-W
Florida-W
@Ark-L
@LSU-L
@Mizz-L
Scar-L
Samford-W
@sip-L

7-5

Betting $0

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That would be the most Aggie thing ever. Marcel would be lauded as a Heisman hopeful after Florida, only for us to "OH NOOOOOOOO!" off the November cliff.

Blue Chip said:

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I remember when A&M moved to the SEC (2012), Arkansas was so excited. Why? It didn't take long for every Hog Fan to know & quote the A&M vs Hog Historical Record. Hogs 42-24. "Look at our Record" "History shows we own the Aggies!" And they were adamant about it, always ready fight over it. lol Aggies won the next 9 consecutive games, lost 1 and are back on a 3 game winning streak. Updated Record 43-36. When using Historical Records, they need to be relevant to the present. New Variables need to be factored into the prediction. For example Elko and Current Players haven't lost 17 road games in a row, LOL. In fact they are 2-2 in year one.

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Cool. 8-4. All 4 losses on the road because we suck on the road and Elko hasn't changed that

vander54 said:

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NoahAg said:

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vander54 said:

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Lol. 5-7 is as close to 0% chance of happening as possible

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5-7 is a lot more likely than the 9-3 predictions being thrown around.

I'm sticking with 6-6 as my final prediction.

UTSA - Win
Utah State - Win
@ ND - Loss
Auburn - Win
Ms State - Win
Florida - Loss
Arkie - Loss
@LSU - Loss
@Missou - Loss
SC - Win
Samford - Win
@tu - Loss

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No it's not

9-3 is WAY more reasonable than 5-7

(10) TEXAS A&M v2

🏈Most talented team since at least 2018

🏈10th-most difficult schedule

🏈Six games with a projected spread of one-possession

🏈Eight games with a Watchability Score of 9.1 or better

🏈40% chance to be in the CFP at-large discussion pic.twitter.com/6ifcNoMCUA

— Kelley Ford (@KFordRatings) July 31, 2025

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So freaking stupid. We LITERALLY do this every year. You can employ every metric known to man to show how great we're going to be, but the one thing no one can account for is "Texas A&M". It is literally in our dna to fudge things up.

fat girlfriend said:

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jturner181 said:

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Fellow Aggies - as I approach this football season, I'm removing my maroon-colored glasses for first time ever, and going to pick the following games based on where I am going to bet real money for profit.

UTSA - Win
Utah State - Win
@ ND - Loss (Execution & Coaching)
Auburn - Loss (Coaching)
Ms State - Win
Florida - Loss (Embarrassing @ Home)
Arkie - Win (Barely - again)
@LSU - Loss (Very lopsided)
@Missou - Win (close game)
SC - Loss (Embarrassing @ Home)
Sam - Win
@tu - Loss (3rd embarrassment of year)

6-6 (Most likely ending)

7-5 - if we beat Auburn
8-4 - if we beat Auburn/Florida

Anyone thinking more than 8-4 are drinking the koolaid. Any thinking we can outcoach SC, Auburn may have been hoodwinked.

Yup - 6-6 guys - that is my honest, money on the line expectations for this season. Elko hits the hotseat mid-season. Reset your expectations, come back from the ledge, and just get ready for another mediocre jaunt.

We will score more points this year; we will also have trouble stopping others... we have some talent gaps, but also see others adjusting much faster than we on defense (surprising from an Elko defense, but believe that may show its head against good offenses).

Hope I'm wrong; doubt I am.

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You were just a little off.

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And hes poor now because of it.

northeastag said:

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Based on our history, here's how I see this year playing out.

1. We win most of the games we should win, and also somehow pull off the upset of LSU.

2. We lose a very close away game at the end of the year to eventual national champion tu, and finish up the season 9-3. We just miss the playoff.

3. Nonetheless, Aggies everywhere are ecstatic with the progress, and are convinced that 8-4 years are permanently behind us.

4. Kelly is fired at LSU after having missed the playoff again

5. Rumors abound that LSU is sniffing around Elko as a replacement, and we sign him to an eleventy bazillion dollar fully guaranteed contract extension

6. We finish 7-5 in 2026 amid calls for Elmo's firing.


(You see the movie enough times, you know what the ending is).

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1 outta 6 ain't bad

Wow. There's some gat dang jeenyus level analysis on this thread.

This is proof that preseason rankings are dumb, or worthless for forming any opinion.

The least intelligent amongst the zoo are the most susceptible to them...haha

Juan Lee Pettimore said:

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vander54 said:

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NoahAg said:

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vander54 said:

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Lol. 5-7 is as close to 0% chance of happening as possible

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5-7 is a lot more likely than the 9-3 predictions being thrown around.

I'm sticking with 6-6 as my final prediction.

UTSA - Win
Utah State - Win
@ ND - Loss
Auburn - Win
Ms State - Win
Florida - Loss
Arkie - Loss
@LSU - Loss
@Missou - Loss
SC - Win
Samford - Win
@tu - Loss

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No it's not

9-3 is WAY more reasonable than 5-7

(10) TEXAS A&M v2

🏈Most talented team since at least 2018

🏈10th-most difficult schedule

🏈Six games with a projected spread of one-possession

🏈Eight games with a Watchability Score of 9.1 or better

🏈40% chance to be in the CFP at-large discussion pic.twitter.com/6ifcNoMCUA

— Kelley Ford (@KFordRatings) July 31, 2025

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So freaking stupid. We LITERALLY do this every year. You can employ every metric known to man to show how great we're going to be, but the one thing no one can account for is "Texas A&M". It is literally in our dna to fudge things up.

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This guy is miserable AND an idiot to boot. Go look at his post history… ELITE level pot banging going on there. WOW. He hasn't posted since Marcels pick on Saturday. I guess the multiple posts leading into the LSU week about how we weren't going to win that game and how it's "impossible to win at Death Valley at night" made him want to lay low for a while.

Dude has some serious crow to eat

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He hasn't posted since Marcels pick on Saturday.

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That kind of thing really makes me wonder if a poster is actually an Aggie fan.

Ban ****tard OP from ever starting another thread. This is the very "fan" Elko is talking about, the one who's always looking at what we did in the past.

Wolfpac 08 said:

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northeastag said:

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Based on our history, here's how I see this year playing out.

1. We win most of the games we should win, and also somehow pull off the upset of LSU.

2. We lose a very close away game at the end of the year to eventual national champion tu, and finish up the season 9-3. We just miss the playoff.

3. Nonetheless, Aggies everywhere are ecstatic with the progress, and are convinced that 8-4 years are permanently behind us.

4. Kelly is fired at LSU after having missed the playoff again

5. Rumors abound that LSU is sniffing around Elko as a replacement, and we sign him to an eleventy bazillion dollar fully guaranteed contract extension

6. We finish 7-5 in 2026 amid calls for Elmo's firing.


(You see the movie enough times, you know what the ending is).

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1 outta 6 ain't bad

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Better than a lot of the others.

This fall under the category of "keep quiet and let people THINK you're an idiot, instead of……"

This thread made me wonder. What do you call a group of morons? A gaggle, flock, heard, something else? It's pretty clear that a group of moron is called a Zoo.

Athanasius said:

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UTSA - Win
Utah State - Win
@ ND - Win
Auburn - Win
Ms State - Win
Florida - Win
Arkie - Win
@LSU - Win
@Missou - Win
SC - Win
Sam - Win
@tu - Win

Playoffs---
Championship:
OhioSt - Loss

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Looking good so far

Just goes to show how foolish it is to prognosticate on football games.
I certainly had no ideas on what our record would be, let alone post some clueless guesses.

It's sort of funny to read though.

LOL - I knew it was only a matter of time before this thread resurfaced.

Every year I post my dream scenario and every year we fall far short of it - so this year I thought I would test fate and post my worst possible outcome to let destiny prove me and my gambling habits wrong again.

And man... I am one happy hobo living in the homeless shelter, eating crow happily for being so wrong!

jturner181 said:

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LOL - I knew it was only a matter of time before this thread resurfaced.

Every year I post my dream scenario and every year we fall far short of it - so this year I thought I would test fate and post my worst possible outcome to let destiny prove me and my gambling habits wrong again.

And man... I am one happy hobo living in the homeless shelter, eating crow happily for being so wrong!

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Did you know you're no longer allowed to love Aggie football or enjoy the 2025 season?

These guys...

NoahAg said:

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vander54 said:

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Lol. 5-7 is as close to 0% chance of happening as possible

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5-7 is a lot more likely than the 9-3 predictions being thrown around.

I'm sticking with 6-6 as my final prediction.

UTSA - Win
Utah State - Win
@ ND - Loss
Auburn - Win
Ms State - Win
Florida - Loss
Arkie - Loss
@LSU - Loss
@Missou - Loss
SC - Win
Samford - Win
@tu - Loss

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What a moran.