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TAMUallen
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2:44p, 12/20/25
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He took over defense after his hire failed.

He kept Klein despite his continued failure AND departure

Our Special Teams has been an issue continually yet nothing has changed.

Our QB depth is zero.

There's no excuses for such terrible QB depth and development along with unreliable kickers
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aginresearch
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2:45p, 12/20/25
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What do you recommend?
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TAMUallen
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In reply to aginresearch • 2:46p, 12/20/25
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aginresearch said:
What do you recommend?


I dont have a solution to the issue. We just gave him a raise/extension
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TAMUallen
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2:46p, 12/20/25
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We do this EVERY FREAKING TIME WE EVEN SNIFF SOME WINS
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2:46p, 12/20/25
Take a breath. Maybe turn off your devices for a few hours.
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2:46p, 12/20/25
He'll add another 20 pounds and show up next season ready to cash checks.
Formerly Known as Powerstroke Ag
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2:47p, 12/20/25
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He took a delay of game to punt on the 40. That was straight up Franchione reincarnated.
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In reply to AgFan1974 • 2:47p, 12/20/25
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AgFan1974 said:
Take a breath. Maybe turn off your devices for a few hours.


Thats your only football post today?

Get lost
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Buford T. Justice
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2:47p, 12/20/25
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Keep in mind that we had the best possible schedule arrangement this year.
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Dr. Alister MacKenzie
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2:47p, 12/20/25
Tried to hire Mark Stoops


Hired pretty much Mark Stoops
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2:47p, 12/20/25
Penalties, bad special teams, turnovers, poor discipline, fading down the stretch.

All big time red flags for a head coach. Need to do lots of soul searching after this one to identify the necessary changes.
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In reply to TAMUallen • 2:47p, 12/20/25
TAMUallen said:
He took over defense after his hire failed.

He kept Klein despite his continued failure AND departure

Our Special Teams has been an issue continually yet nothing has changed.

Our QB depth is zero.

There's no excuses for such terrible QB depth and development along with unreliable kickers


We had good qb depth with jimbo...

Which is good because we had the worse OL I've seen at A&M and regularly had to start our 3rd string.

Sorry, this is a non issue. Anyone thinking Reed should have been pulled doesn't know football very well.
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2:48p, 12/20/25
It's his mess now, let him own it for the next 10 years
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TAMUallen
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In reply to Slwdsm • 2:49p, 12/20/25
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Slwdsm said:
TAMUallen said:
He took over defense after his hire failed.

He kept Klein despite his continued failure AND departure

Our Special Teams has been an issue continually yet nothing has changed.

Our QB depth is zero.

There's no excuses for such terrible QB depth and development along with unreliable kickers


We had good qb depth with jimbo...

Which is good because we had the worse OL I've seen at A&M and regularly had to start our 3rd string.

Sorry, this is a non issue. Anyone thinking Reed should have been pulled doesn't know football very well.


Do tell me how we had any competition at the QB position

We had ZERO viable backups

Marcel was not good with Klein and declined into the year
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In reply to aginresearch • 2:49p, 12/20/25
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aginresearch said:
What do you recommend?


1. Not promoting from within- the offense is going to be even worse next year - never promote when the OC leaves - hire from outside
2. learn to scheme against the run -
3. call the university of Dublin and get a GAA footballer to kick the fing football -
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Fans and pundits alike seem to believe Elko is building something following a good ND road win but in total disregard for the quality of opponents thereafter.

Against two good teams in the end we looked putrid, making Elko look no better than his predecessors.
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In reply to AGinHI • 2:50p, 12/20/25
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Fans and pundits alike seem to believe Elko is building something following a good ND road win but in total disregard for the quality of opponents thereafter.

Against two good teams in the end we looked putrid, making Elko look no better than his predecessors.


Yet we better make sure we don't lose him and we certainly won't either

Elko is a good DC

He is not in a position to be HC and I think that is becoming more clear.

We liked to think he reclaimed the program and changed the whole mood of the team with discipline. We saw what we wanted to see. We made it into what we wanted it to be without acknowledgement of how things were not the way they should be.

This happens time and time again
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2:51p, 12/20/25
I think he knows our OC and qb were problems, especially down the strech. We shall see what he does next year
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In reply to Crispin Torque • 2:52p, 12/20/25
It has been there all year. We were the better team than Miami. We are never ready to play. Same mistakes over and over again. This is crushingly disappointing, but I think he is an average coach and nothing special. His 4th down decisions are often (not always) inexplicable.
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In reply to TAMUallen • 2:52p, 12/20/25
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TAMUallen said:
AGinHI said:
Fans and pundits alike seem to believe Elko is building something following a good ND road win but in total disregard for the quality of opponents thereafter.

Against two good teams in the end we looked putrid, making Elko look no better than his predecessors.


Yet we better make sure we don't lose him and we certainly won't either

That is the definition of insanity after Fran, Sumlin, and Fisher.
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2:52p, 12/20/25
Elko is the D guy. Miami ran for 175 today. Yet they are ranked 77th in the nation running the ball. Beck only threw the ball 14 times because of that. We sucked against the run this year even against teams that are mediocre running the ball.

Reed also must be replaced.
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In reply to Logos Stick • 2:55p, 12/20/25
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Is it your argument that the defense lost the game today?
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In reply to AGinHI • 2:55p, 12/20/25
AGinHI said:
Fans and pundits alike seem to believe Elko is building something following a good ND road win but in total disregard for the quality of opponents thereafter.

Against two good teams in the end we looked putrid, making Elko look no better than his predecessors.


We never looked good against any team that could run. Reed looked putrid today and we still had a chance at the end.

Reed was the main issue today and we have no run stopping D.
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In reply to AGinHI • 2:55p, 12/20/25
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AGinHI said:
TAMUallen said:
AGinHI said:
Fans and pundits alike seem to believe Elko is building something following a good ND road win but in total disregard for the quality of opponents thereafter.

Against two good teams in the end we looked putrid, making Elko look no better than his predecessors.


Yet we better make sure we don't lose him and we certainly won't either

That is the definition of insanity after Fran, Sumlin, and Fisher.


I added onto a post above but yea.

We see what we want.
We run with it and hug it like our precious.
We are seriously deranged when we sniff something going well.
We do not objectively look at things as a whole and recognize significant holes in our perceived success
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In reply to whytho987654 • 2:56p, 12/20/25
whytho987654 said:
I think he knows our OC and qb were problems, especially down the strech. We shall see what he does next year


We already know what'll happen.


Reed has said he's coming back. That means he's getting starter $$.

Wiggins is the OC. He's never done it before. Unproven.
So I think the expectation is the same as this year, possibly worse.
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In reply to TAMUallen • 2:57p, 12/20/25
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Get a dog or learn an instrument. Aggie football is exactly as you experienced today
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In reply to TAMUallen • 2:58p, 12/20/25
It's not Elko, it's our ****ing school.

No respect. SEC hates us and disrespect us at every turn. SEC refs are terrible. Nothing is fair in this sport.

We were never going to advance. The media has its darlings chosen every year and we won't ever be in that group.
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2:58p, 12/20/25
This was the time to really seize some momentum back after tu played in the SEC title game and won two playoff games a year ago.

The schedule this year was easier than it will be next year.

This is about to be a cluster that is going to be traced back to a premature extension. That's when the truth started to show.
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2:58p, 12/20/25
Get Elko to lose some weight. Maybe he'll spend more time preparing
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In reply to aggies1960 • 3:00p, 12/20/25
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aggies1960 said:
whytho987654 said:
I think he knows our OC and qb were problems, especially down the strech. We shall see what he does next year


We already know what'll happen.


Reed has said he's coming back. That means he's getting starter $$.

Wiggins is the OC. He's never done it before. Unproven.
So I think the expectation is the same as this year, possibly worse.


That is clearly a very bad approach.

Calling it now. Reed will have good games. He might have play calling that better suits him instead of wanting him to be a pocket passer.

However, we will see that he has the same limitations and will not be able to produce in difficult games. I doubt we see any development and unless incoming QBs give us viable backup alternatives we will be more disappointed and it will have been easy to see coming. This is not that complex. We're trying to put square pegs into round holes and treating Elko or coaching staff like they know how to do it
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In reply to whytho987654 • 3:01p, 12/20/25
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whytho987654 said:
I think he knows our OC and qb were problems, especially down the strech. We shall see what he does next year

I'll answer that. "More of the same" You're forgetting who we are...PERPETUAL losers.
ANY improvement we make only lasts a game or two. 80 yrs old...it will NEVER change.
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In reply to deer corn • 3:01p, 12/20/25
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deer corn said:
It's not Elko, it's our ****ing school.

No respect. SEC hates us and disrespect us at every turn. SEC refs are terrible. Nothing is fair in this sport.

We were never going to advance. The media has its darlings chosen every year and we won't ever be in that group.


Well, these were Big 12 officials
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3:03p, 12/20/25
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Don't forget his scheme has been known to be weak against the run all season and yet no adjustments were made to account for a deficiency that made mediocre RBs look like world beaters. Its like we inversed our previous problem with mediocre QBs.
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3:03p, 12/20/25
Did he steal your steak?
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In reply to Room40 • 3:04p, 12/20/25
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Room40 said:
Get Elko to lose some weight. Maybe he'll spend more time preparing

To be fair, head coaches get fat because they do spend all their time preparing, so they only have enough time to scarf fast food
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