TyperWoods said:

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Typical crying from this board.

Man up sissies.

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Thank god we have such manly types amongst us who define their masculine prowess by playing cheerleader for the program to remind of such things. Do you have to drop your pompoms to post such reminders?

Johnny Boyziel 2 said:

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I knew there was going to be some sort of whining like this. Do yall not realize how pathetic you sound?

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I enjoy them because I'm not sure if people are serious. It's fascinating g to me to watch these NC games and then come to some pit induced comatose idea that A&M is somehow remotely in the same level of competition. It's boggling to me.

Don Powell said:

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Blaming Klein is about equal to saying Elko needs to lose weight.
He does need to lose weight but it has nothing to do with us not playing in the championship game.

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That is not true. In your most critical game of the year do you want a play caller who is focused on the team you are playing? Or a play caller who is on the payroll of a different school, who needs to put together a staff and a roster in a limited timeframe, at the school he truly loves and has just signed a large contract with?

I think it makes perfect sense to say that I would rather have a play caller on our payroll, focused on our game.

What could have been.
I agree that it could have been us playing in this game. We had our chances allowing Miami to score only 10 points. I believe the team is in the right trajectory and those blaming Reed and comparing him to Mond who also won very many games are just hateful and revealing who they really are.
Even the very best quarterbacks make mistakes in college and the NFL as well.

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Corn Pop said:

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AWP 97 said:

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Reed is was has been the problem. The sooner Aggies see that, the better. Of course, by then it will be too late and half of you will be trying to put him in the Aggie HoF.

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Were re-living the Mond years

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So far Mond >> Reed. Maybe Reed can get to his level. But he's not there yet.

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Johnny Boyziel 2 said:

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I knew there was going to be some sort of whining like this. Do yall not realize how pathetic you sound?

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I enjoy them because I'm not sure if people are serious. It's fascinating g to me to watch these NC games and then come to some pit induced comatose idea that A&M is somehow remotely in the same level of competition. It's boggling to me.

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We were one play away from being tied in regulation, after playing a bad game, against the team that just lost the NC by a single score.

We were absolutely in the same league as these teams. To think otherwise is laughably idiotic.

The fact is, the top 7 (other than Tech) were really really close this year. It came down to matchups and who was able to make the extra play. This year, it was Miami and Indiana with Indiana ultimately making one more play in the end.

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The game Klein called against Miami had receivers open all over the place.

Klein couldn't throw it to them. We lost that game because of QB play, plain and simple.

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So just maybe the OC wasn't smart enough to realize the plays he drew up were beyond Reed's skill level.....then why would OC continue to call those kinds of plays? Maybe OC should build a game plan around his player's strengths, no? Reed & accuracy aren't on the same page, so maybe a play that doesn't need Reed to be accurate is the answer. Who calls the plays? OC or Reed?

Heineken-Ashi said:

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BrazosDog02 said:

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Johnny Boyziel 2 said:

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I knew there was going to be some sort of whining like this. Do yall not realize how pathetic you sound?

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I enjoy them because I'm not sure if people are serious. It's fascinating g to me to watch these NC games and then come to some pit induced comatose idea that A&M is somehow remotely in the same level of competition. It's boggling to me.

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We were one play away from being tied in regulation, after playing a bad game, against the team that just lost the NC by a single score.

We were absolutely in the same league as these teams. To think otherwise is laughably idiotic.

The fact is, the top 7 (other than Tech) were really really close this year. It came down to matchups and who was able to make the extra play. This year, it was Miami and Indiana with Indiana ultimately making one more play in the end.

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Yeah, but the wind....

Heineken-Ashi said:

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BrazosDog02 said:

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Johnny Boyziel 2 said:

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I knew there was going to be some sort of whining like this. Do yall not realize how pathetic you sound?

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I enjoy them because I'm not sure if people are serious. It's fascinating g to me to watch these NC games and then come to some pit induced comatose idea that A&M is somehow remotely in the same level of competition. It's boggling to me.

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We were one play away from being tied in regulation, after playing a bad game, against the team that just lost the NC by a single score.

We were absolutely in the same league as these teams. To think otherwise is laughably idiotic.

The fact is, the top 7 (other than Tech) were really really close this year. It came down to matchups and who was able to make the extra play. This year, it was Miami and Indiana with Indiana ultimately making one more play in the end.

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Well said. Exactly my point and what I'm saying

It was nice seeing Thug U's game end in a similar fashion as ours did against them. Driving for a score at the end of the game and then bam... INT.

I wonder if anyone pulled a belt out on the sidelines (ala Irving)?!

I guess people have a short-term memory loss. No running game, Reed couldn't hit receivers, OL didn't block and kicker couldn't hit the FGs. We didn't have it together in the last games...

Farmer @ Johnsongrass, TX said:

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4 said:

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The game Klein called against Miami had receivers open all over the place.

Klein couldn't throw it to them. We lost that game because of QB play, plain and simple.

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So just maybe the OC wasn't smart enough to realize the plays he drew up were beyond Reed's skill level.....then why would OC continue to call those kinds of plays? Maybe OC should build a game plan around his player's strengths, no? Reed & accuracy aren't on the same page, so maybe a play that doesn't need Reed to be accurate is the answer. Who calls the plays? OC or Reed?

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Maybe running the offense Klein ran was the most effective option even if Reed couldn't operate it 100% of the time.

After all, Reed's accuracy didn't improve that much year over year (according to PFF or his overall completion percentage), he was just asked to throw more this year. He generated a lot more offense this year because of that


Klein's not a simpleton

I couldn't get past the OP, when it said "easily".

I am a generally optimistic Aggie, believe we had a great team this year, and like our trajectory. It's not a all good, all bad kind of analysis that many poster fall into. But....

Let's just accept we had a great, fun season, but simply didn't have all the right pieces in place just yet. Miami peaked and no, we couldn't have "easily" been there. I think we "should" have beaten the sips to end the season (for reasons I already mentioned on these fine boards). But Miami was a better team, and doubt we would have beaten Ole Miss or Ohio State. I'm certain we would have been demolished by Indiana.

Sadly, it's not even necessarily one thing. Just a mix of things.

• Reed - I trust Elko, I'm just a keyboard jockey. But I think Reed has maxed out, and we should have at least opened the position to the portal. Hope Elko and crew prove me wrong. It will be a slice of crow pie I would gladly eat.

• NIL and TP Days - While it was starting to sink in with me in prior years, this year fully sealed it for me. We simply live in a VERY different era of college football now. Follow the money and start the oldest players you can. Look at the average age of QBs for example in the CFP. Happens in most other positions too. I fear every year now the best team is the one that plucked the older, most seasoned players from the TP. Schools with less money are the "JV teams" that feed money school programs. Gone are the days of "coach and student athlete" career development programs (it's why Saban left the game). Point here is, I think we recruit well in the TP, but this year we just didn't have the edge at a few other positions that Miami, Indiana, Ole Miss, and Ohio State had (e.g., linebacker and fullback come to mind).

I'm very optimistic for our chances next year, and to be a highly ranked team year in and out, but simply, this just wasn't our year and in no way could we have "easily" been in the title game this year.

How can anyone seriously think we were a championship caliber team? We were very good, but it will take another giant step forward next year to be what Indiana was this year.

I might be in the minority on this, but can we get the 23-year-olds out of college football? I was pulling for IU, but having the average age of your starters in the 22 to 24 range is ridiculous for college sports.

BSCE84ag said:

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I guess people have a short-term memory loss. No running game, Reed couldn't hit receivers, OL didn't block and kicker couldn't hit the FGs. We didn't have it together in the last games...

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Agreed. One of the most incomplete offenses I've seen in a while down the stretch... That O was not playing for a championship!

So for those stating we should've been playing for a Natty... get over it!

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Reed is was has been the problem. The sooner Aggies see that, the better. Of course, by then it will be too late and half of you will be trying to put him in the Aggie HoF.

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Well, your opinion, as well as everyone else not being paid to coach the team, is irrelevant.

Farmer @ Johnsongrass, TX said:

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4 said:

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The game Klein called against Miami had receivers open all over the place.

Klein couldn't throw it to them. We lost that game because of QB play, plain and simple.

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So just maybe the OC wasn't smart enough to realize the plays he drew up were beyond Reed's skill level.....then why would OC continue to call those kinds of plays? Maybe OC should build a game plan around his player's strengths, no? Reed & accuracy aren't on the same page, so maybe a play that doesn't need Reed to be accurate is the answer. Who calls the plays? OC or Reed?

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So....you're saying the OC should just stick to plays where the QB doesn't have to throw??

Ol Mase said:

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Corn Pop said:

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AWP 97 said:

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Reed is was has been the problem. The sooner Aggies see that, the better. Of course, by then it will be too late and half of you will be trying to put him in the Aggie HoF.

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Were re-living the Mond years

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Mond never won 11 games. Reed's only a RS Soph, which in today's game, with 24 year olds playing all over, is still pretty young. Still room to grow.

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The 11 games thing is silly. Mond went 9-1 in 2020 when a number of games were canceled because of COVID. If we ran the gauntlet of Utah St., UTSA, and Samford like we did this year, we would have been 12-1.

A. G. Pennypacker said:

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AWP 97 said:

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Reed is was has been the problem. The sooner Aggies see that, the better. Of course, by then it will be too late and half of you will be trying to put him in the Aggie HoF.

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You mean the sooner Elko sees it. Problem is he doesn't.

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This

PatAg said:

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We should have beaten miami

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This is the only thing we can take away from the postseason. We had a chance to take it to OT and maybe win the game. After that, no assumptions can be made.

TxAg76 said:

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Good grief, the Klein blaming is ridiculous.

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100%

We have to put our collective anxieties and grief on some scapegoat…