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A&M was a completely different team from the last year of the Big 12 to the first year of the SEC. Manziel & Sumlin would have rolled through the Big 12 last year. Look at what we did to OU in the Cotton Bowl.

Here is the last 4 years. 2013 - 4 2012 - 5 2011 - 4 2010 - 3 And remember Sumlin's been around for only the last two. The argument may have gone a to a different place. I dont think the SEC is that great. Its the best conference because its best at the top. I agree that the depth is not there and I agree they dont play tough OOC (exceptions exist). But I was saying that its toughest to get into a BCS game from the SEC because no other conference has as many really good teams at the top. And people should stop using A&M and Mizzou's success as a counterpoint to SEC dominance. Those teams arent Big 12 anymore. They are SEC teams now, the SEC plucked two good programs from the Big 12 and made itself a stronger conference and made the Big 12 weaker. The success they are having in the SEC is not a boon for the big 12. Um, yeah, it really is. Those teams haven't had some crazy uptick in recruiting since moving to the SEC (not that it would have made a huge difference yet anyway) and have more than held their own in the SEC after being good, but not great, B12 teams. It's not like they were both running through the B12 undefeated every year and are suddenly scraping to 3 loss seasons now. They're doing about as well in the SEC as they did in the B12. I can't speak for Missouri but A&M's recruiting has been markedly better since the move to the SEC. Now that happened to coincide with the Sumlin hire (which also explains why we were more successful in our first year in the SEC than we were in the last year of the Big 12) but we are definitely recruiting on a different level now. When questioned about why they chose A&M almost every single recruit I've seen mentioned the opportunity to play in the SEC as one of the deciding factors.

I don't like the FBS schools on the schedule so I'm not trying to defend that but one of the reasons our non-conference schedule was so bad the last two years was the switch to the SEC really messed up our scheduling and put us behind. By the time we had our conference schedule to work around most FBS teams already had a full schedule. Hopefully going forward we will make that part of the season more respectable. It's crazy that's the going price for him and he's only coached Mike Sherman recruits. (I know he's recruiting well, this is more an indictment on coaching salaries.) He is. Hope he can coach them up. Their D this year was brutal. Brutal indeed. Playing a lot of young guys in the front 7 is a recipe for disaster. It's not that they're not talented enough to play they just aren't big/strong enough yet. Our secondary was the biggest disappointment for me as we had plenty of experience back there but they were just godawful. Mark Snyder better show a big improvement next season. But the recruiting has been excellent so there should be plenty of talent to choose from over the next few seasons.

About time the Cubs added another Aggie to the organization. :good:

Finally some good news this offseason Congrats. Now you can finally tell us exactly what you did all weekend while dreaming of Johnny Manziel.

I don't doubt that Mack will be forced to "resign" and that Texas believes they are getting Saban (hence all the stories) but I just can't believe he would make that move at this point. And is 1% of the LHN actually worth anything? I saw a writer last night that estimated that value at $150K but he could have been joking.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/10115293/mack-brown-denies-report-stepping-texas-longhorns-coach

I think Briles should be their first call as I don't think Saban is going there, but malzahn would probably be #2 on my list if I'm Texas.

The only person reporting that so far is Chi(m)p Brown and he is about as worthless as the Bears safeties. His record is HORRIBLE when it comes to accurately breaking news.

Mark Prior has (finally) officially retired. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/chi-mark-prior-retires-20131209,0,6857277.story

Must win game.

I want to make sweet, sweet love to the team's performance last night. The loudmouthed Cowboys fans at work are trying to avoid the several Bears fans in the office. :yahoo:

Bunch of crap games. The Cotton Bowl looks like the best non-BCS Championship game.

God dammit. :banghead:

That deflection off Oduya hurts. Not much Crow could do with that one.

Martellus's brother is a goofball, too. http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/10084412/michael-bennett-seattle-seahawks-pretends-russell-wilson-get-table

Speaking of alleged rapists, Jameis will not be charged so engrave his name on the Heisman now.

Have you seen the defense he'll be facing? Romo has an awful career record in December. Someone show him a calendar before kickoff and we'll be fine.

Here's a fun little article bashing Cowboys fans from a few months ago. http://outkickthecoverage.com/the-ten-dumbest-fan-bases-in-america-9-the-dallas-cowboys.php

For who?

Feldman says they're interested in DeRuyter, Mora, and Wilcox (UW's DC). I read somewhere that UW is Mora's "dream job" but I'd be surprised if he up and left UCLA so quickly. DeRuyter seems like a pretty good call. Love me some Tim DeRuyter. Hope he gets the opportunity to move up.

I'm looking forward to the Iron Bowl II after Duke & Sparty win this Saturday.

When do we start looking for a Garza replacement?

You're in Indiana and bitching about ONE jerk Cowboy fan at work? I'll trade spots with you in a heartbeat.

Can't wait till Manziel is the #1 pick next spring. Show me where I ever said he would be #1. I'll be waiting a long time because I never [expletive] said that.