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LOL @ Riley Reiff being a marquee subtraction.

What a complete horsefeathers show on both ends of the floor for A&M. Worst game we’ve played since December. Penn State is shredding our D and we are just jacking up 3’s which isn’t our game. Wade Taylor is way better than this too. What a shitty way to end this season.

They’re also the only 1 seed to ever lose to a 16. Happened 5 years ago today. ?? what am I missing Oops! I’m a dumbass. Or high. Clearly as others have posted that was Virginia.

They’re also the only 1 seed to ever lose to a 16. Happened 5 years ago today.

nee hurd

Let the Madness begin!

To no one's surprise I'm sure I would love to see the Bears grab Devon Achane. Dude can fly. He's not a great pass blocker, though. He would also double as a top flight return man.

Not happy Monty left for that deal, especially within the division. Did we just not want him?

I don’t want them to get rid of him either. But they’ve had a target on him from day one and tried to get rid of him all last summer. I’m not saying he can’t switch sides, but it is a position change and not as meaningless as you suggest. It just strikes me that with four other positions less settled than RG, the one lineman they sign is a RG, and the incumbent RG just so happens to be a guy they tried to run out of town already. As raw pointed out maybe that’s just because he was the best available interior linemen that meets their criteria. Some poeple are speculating that Whitehair will be cut with Davis signed. I hope that doesn't happen. I'm not sure Whitehair is the best option, but given that players miss games I'd be happy to line him up at LG and have Jenkins available on a rookie contract to back up. Or switch them, I don't care, but don't put Jatyre Carter in when one of them goes down. I also think Patrick sucked balls all last year. I know he was hurt multiple times, but he was not great. So I hope he's not viewed as a starter in any way going forward. I hope I'm wrong and he is capable. Patrick was signed to play center but the early injury prevented that from ever happening. I would hope if he's in the plans for this season it would only be at C because he was terrible at LG.

I must be taking crazy pills. Switching sides on the OL isn't a big deal. If Davis is truly locked in to RG then you move Jenkins to LG. Let him make the switch. But to think about getting rid of him when he was the best player on the line last season when we are desperately trying to solidify the OL is bizarre to me.

Well there are two guards on every OL so unless you think Davis and Jenkins can only play RG and not LG I don't really see the issue here.

Lucas Patrick is still under contract, right?

At this point it would seem that the draft will see the Bears going heavy on the DL and probably an OT depending how the rest of FA shakes out.

G Nate Davis from the Titans is going to be our first OL addition.

This isn't some little 4 or 5 game hot streak. We have played like a Top 10 team for the past 3 months. This is what I expected before the season started. The non-conference horsefeathers show was confounding. I am concerned about PSU's ability to shoot the 3 and their ability to play defense without fouling. A&M gets to the FT line and makes more FT's than any team in the country. 25% of our points come at the line. We normally don't shoot a lot of 3's but we play tough D and pound the glass hard. Wade Taylor IV is the best PG in the SEC and one of the best in the country. Penn State may very well beat A&M but I think some of you are in for a big surprise if you haven't really seen us play.

Glad someone else said it so I didn't have to. Clearly the committee is holding a grudge for Buzz questioning them last season so publicly and with actual facts. Thought with the way we've been playing since 1/1 that we could have been a potential Final Four surprise team if we got a decent draw. Now I'm not even thinking Sweet Sixteen. To get Texas, arguably a 1 seed, in the 2nd round is horsefeathering brutal. I think there's a very good argument for aTm to be seeded higher, but their paper thin non-con, unfortunately weak SEC draw(4 games against Bama/UK/UT including tourney), and pair of quad 4 losses are a more likely culprit than an imagined vendetta against Buzz. Our resume certainly has some big flaws. Our non-conference schedule was not good and we had some horrible losses on top of that. In no way did I think this would even be a discussion back in late December. But according to Torvik since January 1st we are playing like a top 5 or 6 team in the country. Our NET ended up at 19. Even Lunardi says we got screwed (quote below). Plenty of national writers are saying the same thing. This is not a biased homer whining about his team getting screwed. A&M finished as a 6 seed or better in all 82 of the brackets submitted in bracket matrix. We were a 4 in 11 of those brackets. Creighton finished as a 7 in almost every one of those brackets and as low as a 10 in some yet ended up as a 6 seed.

The pigs have loads of talent. They just can't put it together on the court.

Yeah, Texas aTm got hosed. Glad someone else said it so I didn't have to. Clearly the committee is holding a grudge for Buzz questioning them last season so publicly and with actual facts. Thought with the way we've been playing since 1/1 that we could have been a potential Final Four surprise team if we got a decent draw. Now I'm not even thinking Sweet Sixteen. To get Texas, arguably a 1 seed, in the 2nd round is horsefeathering brutal.

We just can't be allowed to have nice PG's in Chicago. :bye: