Open GameDay Thread: Texas at Texas A&M

then I think we should be looking for another DC after the bowl game.

First I've heard of this.

TE Martellus Bennett, with the self-anointed moniker of 'Money', has upset some Aggie fans with what was considered premature comments that he intends to take-the-money-and-run by bolting to the NFL following his junior season.

Scout Game Preview

This is why we watch the games.  Our season, and no doubt the solidarity of the football program are at stake today.  We will face an opponent on their field, their terms.  This opponent has nothing to lose.  Nothing, nothing, would be sweeter to them than to drag us down into the hell which they have created for themselves.  Do not expect an easy victory today - Create one.  Do not let them take from you what they have already lost for themselves.

This is not the time for almost.  After training all year, this is not the time to be stopped on third down, nor the time to give up an extra yard.  
Offense:  Let's get six.
Defense:  Not one yard.

Don't bend.  Break them.

I'm out of the country this week and having trouble locating the game online. Moose, UTbilisi, anyone else know where a stream can be found? It has been mentioned on myP2P forum but no answer yet as to a source. It appears that ESPN360 will NOT be showing it.

Thanks!

Forget about the lovefest between Stephen McGee and Jordan Shipley.  According to the Statesman, Aggie RB Lane and Texas TE Finley are actually blood relatives.  The two were born just two months apart to the same daddy (and obviously different mothers...although if anyone is going to develop during just a two-month gestation period, Finley is just enough of a physical freak to do it).  The father managed to be absent in both sons' lives, leaving their maternal grandmothers to raise them.  

How many times do you think you will hear "Texas Aggies" during the game?  It's like saying Texas Red Raiders, Oklahoma Cowboys, Florida Seminoles.  Perhaps we need Walter Cronkite to expand on his statement.  "We're Texas.  You're not."

I'm in college station, but I'm not at the game.  I'll be posting with some aggie insight if you guys don't mind.

3rd and 20 and we still can't get a stop...

in Houston at least. That's where I'm at.

Again, more bad tackling.

Actually, I would pull a Leach and leave his ass in College Station for the sheep boys to have their way with him.

I don't know... I thought Orakpo was a lot faster than that, I'm shocked he missed that tackle.

Looks like we're going to have trouble with the run again. This is going to be a close game.

More missed tackles. Has there ever been a screen that didn't burn us for 10+ yards?

Arkansas 7, #1 LSU 6

This Colorado game will not EFFING end.

ABC will not switch us over

glad that we're using Finley.

This looks like it's going to be a high scoring game. I am so disappointed by our defense.

Heard gets McCoy again.

I really hate heard, he gets us a crapload of dumb penalties

9:12 left in 1st

commentators think it was intentional grounding, but McCoy threw it past line of scrimmage.

forces fair catch

they didn't even bother showing the last aggie play

Nice stop on 2nd down. Bobino and others.

Switched us over

Killebrew leads the charge

A&M punts. PLEASE do something productive Cosby!

what was up with him standing still for 2 seconds after the catch!?

Uninspiring start.

Pooch punt? from the 35?  NO BALLS

You going to the game tonight?

Main Street, Podunk USA

Was it really worth it? This means we must not have much confidence in the defense forcing a 3 and out.

We're playing not to lose. TAKE IT TO A TEAM YOU ARE BETTER THAN

Well it worked in the OSU game.

I wonder what type of gum he chews.  I always wonder that when I see a sports guy chewing.  I'm sure they do the same kind every time.

The train is carrying us to 1st downs.

A&M is playing like UT. They're passing!

Getting a LB on Bennett. That'll work all day. ADJUST Akina

McGee to look like an actual quarterback.

conservative gameplan...other team playing with more enthusiasm.  Sigh

8 for 10. 100 yards.  td.  in the first quarter?  I've never.

and I weight about 400 pounds less than tubby

there was a strategic reason there was nobody in the middle on 3rd and short. Our coaches are aware of #11 right?

especially playing at their place. They just step up and everyone gets better. It sucks. That's what happens when everyone hates you. They play their best against you.

A&M has given up 40+ pts in 2 straight games. If we don't score, this could be another 12-7 type game.

what is their base defense?

that Mack, Davis and Akina are embarassed by this.  

I don't blame him because he's too valuable as our best WR.

However, it doesn't even seem like he's running hard and is being conservative on these punts/kick offs, probably just to make sure he doesn't get beat up.

This is a joke, and I'm wondering why no one in the media has even brought this up to Mack about the poor return game. Do we really have no one else to return punts? Chiles? Ogbannaya? Shipley? Jones?

the refs would've blown the whistle before we ran the play.  Now G. Davis is one play short in his ever-inspiring playbook.

until we show up...Can't wait.

Use JC... a lot.

Horrible penalty. Leads to 3 and out. Ridiculous.

the team seem to play down to the competition?  

but it shouldn't be.  Someone is going to get their knee blown out.

They're running ONE passing play, and one only. Spread, with a pass to Bennett.

but when they do, they're getting 10yds per carry. This is embarrassing.

What a play by Beasley

will have doubled up the 'Horns in time of possession after this drive.

Great play by Beasley.

What a play...blew that one up!

ROTFLMBO!

followed by a terrible one.  Gotta stick with your man the whole play.

He's always celebrating and hot dogging when he's not doing anything

by Dennis Francione, I will STILL have to listen to people tell me that this staff knows what it's doing.

Let's see if it pays off...

LET'S GO BOARD!  TEXAS FIGHT!  TUCK TAMU!

Good switchup of tempo...need to get some points of the INT here.

too bad the call was some weak short pass

Well, they flipped the field position.  Need a three and out.

1. GD is a certifiable retard

2. Akina was great as a DB coach, but hs put together a stunningly shitty defense.

3. Colt is average at best.

4. Give the damn ball to JC.

What a surprise

McGee with 143 yards passing in a quarter & a half.  We're making him look like an All-American.

The guy from K-state, Gonzalez last year, Bennett now.

Another pitiful first half

how many "3 and outs" the defense has produced this year?

Glad to see that Foster decided not to turn around on that one.

if A&M sticks it in the end zone here.

that's what it takes....

Get this ugly half over with

Someone wake me in the 4th quarter

is the defense celebrating?  Because you stopped a 3rd & 7 after allowing them to drive 85 yards for a field goal?

Oh nevermind.  Allow them to drive 95 yards for a TD.

This is the end of Akina.

is sticking it to everyone.  if he coached like this for the past 5 years, he might still have a job

turning this $%%&! off before I throw something through the TV

needs to show up and rip the team a new one.  

a guy who's going to leave.

But with that said, some halftime adjustments will be made and we should play better. We need to score once this half though.

POUND IT, THATS HOW U DO IT

it took GD almost a half to realize that A&M is having trouble with Charles.

Nice play.

That ankle is bothering JC.  He is not running like he did in the OSU game.

is pretty damn good.

Jamaal Charles' long gain aside, this has been a story of one team simply wanting it more.  I am embarrassed.

Akina needs to either get McGee on his back or start covering receivers.   Why is it we insist on playing the "slow" LBs?

that Texas can't convert a simple 3rd & 1.

try to ice their own kicker.

Joking aside, its pretty sad that Brown had to let the clock run down because he doesn't want to leave to much time for the A&M offense.  Really?

A play like that on 3rd and 1 means you have confidence in your O-line. Our O-line obviously isn't good. Why that play? Why not just run with Charles or a short pass?

Reason #327 to hate his ass.

My god...someone punch Fran in the face.  What a smug look on that son of a bitch's face.

We need points! Go for the FG.

HUGE BREAK BY A&M calling the TO, it might've been short!

FG GOOD!

No shit Mack

and Lane might be gone for the game?

a little harder on his team than he was on camera.

at this point, Mack's smiling face is more annoying to me than Fran's.  

He has that familiar "Ya'll didn't expect me to USE my talent advantage, did you? What have you been watching the past 10 years?" smile on his face.

This would be a HUGE loss.

Even though they passed a lot, I think Fran was going to try to run a lot in the 2nd half, especially the 4th quarter. Without Lane, that hurts for them.

...won't be smiling long. I hate that bastard. And to think he recruited me at one point. And Clappy needs to set a fire under the horns at half.

If we continue like this and lose that means put all your money on Oklahoma State tomorrow because they'll blow the doors off of the Sooners and we'll feel like wusses because we could've made it to the championship game.

for 576 yards of offense.  I'm speechless.

he thinks he will keep his job if he wins here today.  We all must remember that aggies only look to 1 game a year to make or break their season.  

has engineered one TD against this "intimidating" Aggie defense in the past two years.

Would a 2-game losing streak against the Ags finally tip the scales toward revamping this staff? It has to come at some point. Christ, this A&M team has been absolutely whipped by some mediocre teams in that span, and we can't even score against them.

After the OSU game... are you kidding me? Down 35-14 in the 4th.

I hope no one has given up because that would be pathetic. Don't even think about last year. Their defense is much worse this year.

We finally figured out at the end to just use JC and destroy them. I'm telling you. JC will explode this half again.