Magnum's 2011 Predictions-A&M

I do not believe I will be alone in projecting HUGE success, as the Aggies make their farewell tour of the Big12.  Some say road games will be tough for A&M this year, as team look to send the Aggies packing with a loss.  I could not disagree more.  Our road games are in Lubbock, Ames, Norman, and Manhattan. An A&M team coming into Lubbock ranked is motivation enough.  Tech's Super Bowl is on October 8 this year, and we were going to see their best anyway.  OU will probably be playing for a BCS championship berth, and won't need any more motivation than that.  Ames and Manhattan are....well.....Ames and Manhattan.

September 4 vs. SMU
The Ponies are playing to prove themselves worthy of an invite to the Big12.  What better way than to beat the departing team?  They'll hang around for a half, before the Aggies take control of the game on the ground, and on defense.  A&M 52, SMU 21.

September 17 vs. Idaho
Aggies run it up, in a tuneup for Gundy's Hair, and the greatest show on turf.  Aggies win by four scores.

September 24 vs. Okie Lite
Pistols are firing blanks vs Aggie defense, and today, A&M displays all of its weapons in a romp, 31-10.

October 1 vs. Arkansas @ The Death Star
Aggies turn the corner with a win vs. Arkansas, with a preview of the new SEC West.  A&M 27, Hogs 21.

October 8 @ Texas Tech---ROOSTERBOWL XIV
With a chapter closing the the Book of Rooster, the Aggies finish it with a 3 game streak, and another blowout in Lubbock.  My new house should have a permanent shrine built for the Rooster.  He'll be in Dallas for a LONG time now.  A&M 49, Tech 17

October 15 vs. Baylor
Was Baylor's upset of TCU a statement about the Baylor offense or the TCU defense?  We'll find out today, when A&M edges Baylor, 41-35.

October 22 @ Iowa State
Aggies roll, 31-3

October 29 vs. Missouri
In a scheduling fluke, the Aggies will host Mizzou for the second consecutive year, and will avenge last year's loss, with a BIG win.  A&M 45, Mizzou 27

November 5 @ Oklahoma
A top five matchup between OU and A&M will have the Gameday crew in Norman.  Corso will pick the Aggies, resulting in the Aggies' first loss of the season in a nail-biter.  A&M 21, OU 24

November 12 @ Kansas State
Aggies bounce back with a blowout, 55-10

November 19 vs. Kansas
Cyrus Gray carries for 300 yards in a massacre, 49-3.

November 24 vs. t.u.
Goodbye to texas university.  Aggies embarrass the horns on national television, and say adios mofos.  A&M 38, Horns 9.

Football time is upon us!

As each season draws to a close, I begin the countdown to kickoff of the next season, and now, the dawn of the 2011 season is upon us.  

Year 2 for Coach Tubs at Texas Tech still bring much skepticism from those loyal to the Pirate.  The recent release of "Swing Your Sword" has made Tech fans even more impatient for Tubs to either start winning, or walk the plank.  I believe Tommy Tuberville, if given the time to implement his system in Lubbock, will be a winner there.  

The Aggies on the other hand, have high expectations from fans, and on a national level.  Eighteen returning starters will field an even better defense, and showcase another high-powered offense, with arguably the two best running backs in the Big 12, and one of the top 3 receivers, in Jeff Fuller.  The big question mark over the Ags is, can they withstand the high expectations hanging over them, and can they avoid being distracted by all the talk of leaving the Big12 for the SEC.  I believe these question marks are answered by good coaching, and I believe Sherman will be the difference maker this year, versus previously highly regarded Aggie teams (e.g. 1999).  

Time will tell, but I'm just glad that the time is upon us!

Predictions to follow, over the weekend.

Big 12 football schedules

After scanning through the Big 12 Football schedules this year, it appears that every team made some effort to schedule at least one tough nonconference game from a BCS conference. Wait a minute, there was 1 team that choose to schedule nothing but weaklings. Any guesses as to which team went all cupcakes?

Take a look...

OU plays #5 Florida State (on the road)
OSU plays #47 Arizona
TX plays #40 BYU and #74 UCLA (on the road)
A&M plays #10 Arkansas
MIZZOU plays #25 Arizona State (on the road)
Baylor plays #15 TCU
KSU plays #26 Miami (on the road)
ISU plays #41 Iowa
KU plays #46 Georgia Tech (on the road)

Texas Tech plays (division 2) Texas State, #120 New Mexico, and #69 Nevada. What a collection of powerhouses. So disappointing that Tuberville is following in Mike Leach's footsteps of scheduling cupcakes. Tech fans wonder why no one respects them? The Big 12 is trying to maintain their image of a strong conference and Tech continues to pull us down. Pitiful!

Remembrance

We love you, Shan - you are always with us

Pray for this RoosterChick

A&M vs. LSU

This is the Cotton Bowl I was hoping for. A&M will play the highest ranked opponent of any bowl team in the Big 12, versus #10 LSU.

A&M vs LSU facts:

• First meeting between the teams was in 1899 (A&M 52, LSU 0).
• Teams have played 49 times
• LSU leads the series 26-20-3
• A&M is 10-4-2 when facing LSU in Texas, which includes games in College Station, Beaumont, Galveston and Dallas. The rest of the games have been played in Baton Rouge, except for a 1944 Orange Bowl matchup in Miami.
• The only post-season matchup between these teams is the 1944 Orange Bowl, a 19-14 LSU win.
• Harvey Williams, blue chip RB recruit from Hempstead, TX was an early commit to A&M in 1986, and shocked the nation by a last minute, signing day switch to LSU. Legend says he changed his mind after hearing someone sing the Aggie War Hymn in line at a McDonalds.
• The first game I ever attended as an A&M student was the season opener against LSU in 1987, a 17-3 Aggie loss. (A&M went on to win 10 of the next 11 games, including a 35-10 Cotton Bowl blowout of Notre Dame and Heisman winner Tim Brown. The only other loss that season was in freaking Lubbock, of course.)
  
• A&M won the last 5 meetings, from 1991 to 1995. Average margin of victory during that streak was 18.4 points.
  
• Greg Hill debuted vs LSU in 1991 as a redshirt freshman, and torched the Tigers for 212 yards in a 45-7 Aggie rout.
• A&M's closest game in 1994, outside of the embarrassing tie vs. SMU, was the LSU game, where A&M was trailing 13-9 with 7 minutes remaining in Death Valley, when Leeland McElroy scored the game-winning touchdown on an electrifying 59 yard touchdown run.
  
• 'Lectric Leeland McElroy had 359 all-purpose yards against LSU in 1995, including 229 on the ground, leading A&M to a 33-17 victory.
  
• LSU reneged on the home/home contract early (1996), after a five game losing streak to the Aggies, and still owes money to Texas A&M University for the early termination to the contract.
  

Cotton

Aggies Get Their Cotton-pickin' Bowl Invitation

likely to face Bama or LSU. I'm hoping for LSU!!

11/25/10

(NIV)Psalm 75:4
To the arrogant I say, `Boast no more,' and to the wicked, `Do not lift up your horns

Coog High = Home of the Shocker

A few Houston facts:

• The Astrodome still sucks (in fact, the Bad News Bears were the only thing that ever made it cool)
• aggy killer Kliff Kingsbury is co-offensive coordinator
• "Luv Ya Blue" is still stupid
• If you're a Houstonian, I'm wondering how it feels to reside in the Crotch of Collie Station?

Gonna Be a Cold Night in Hell...

Can't really think of what would be worse - hitting my bare toes repeatedly with a hammer, or sitting in a frigid DKR on Thursday night. 

For the first time since 1996, I'm hoping Whorn loses this game.  I just don't trust it at 6-6, with Tech's bowl destination still up in the air. 

Let's put it another way: if Whorn petititioned the UN to award Saudi Arabia and/or Iran to win a women's rights award, it would happen. 

Aggies continue to roll!

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When the Saints Come Marching In...

Anyway, just to be clear, Tech plays the Weber State Wildcats this Saturday; not the University of Mother Teresa Fightin' Billygoats as previously reported. Who is Weber State? Hell if I know, or care - but here's what I found:

• Weber is actually pronounced "Wee-ber" (not BBQ..)
  
• Located in Ogden, Utah - sister city of Lake Charles; located in the Emerson Valley, at the base of the third Winchester Mountain range
  
• 2010 record is 6-4; needs a W to make the playoffs
  
• "LDS; not LSD!" is the unofficial rally cry
• Football team has 32 players on its roster who already have children; 11 are grandfathers
  
• School president actually started a petition in September to drop Tech from the schedule because Lubbock is "too liberal"
  

3-5 First Season Conference Record: Tubs Walking in Leach's Shoes

Not much of a game if you like the team that had the best uniforms this past Saturday, but that seems to be the norm in Norman - regardless if your name is Leach or Tuberville.

If anyone had told me in August that after 10 games, Tech would be ahead of Whorn in the standings, I would have been pretty excited.  Who knew that a .500 record overall would be the measuring stick?

(...and being 3-5 in conference sucks)

Two games left.  A couple of wins, and it appears a return to the Cotton Bowl is possible on January 1, although assuming anything this season is certainly not a safe bet.

(and to be more precise, the game featured at the Cotton Bowl on New Years Day is officially known as the Ticket City Classic)

One thing that's beneficial about moving the Whorn game up in the schedule is that you get a non-con late in the season.  Tech needs one about now, and Leach was always pretty good at scheduling some one's JV.  Let's just call this one a glorified practice in order to get ready for Coog High Thanksgiving weekend.

The whole team needs it - beginning at the top, and all the way down.

interesting stat

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Remember Sessums!

Battle of the Brazos lore: Unsolved Mystery, 1926

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/colleges/texasam/stories/111310dnsposherrington.365be90.html

The Hills of Mobilehoma Await...

Some interesting facts regarding our neighbor to the north:

• Its name comes from the Choctaw word "oka oma", which translates to "mobile home destroyed by tornado"
  
• Spitting on the sidewalk is illegal/spitting on or at opposing teams and its fans is encouraged
• It's the only state Arkansas can make fun of
• It's also illegal for a bar owner to allow a patron to simulate having sex with a buffalo inside his establishment
• In 2004, became the first state to limit the amount of psudoephedrine to be legally purchased to 9 grams within a 30 day period
• Between 2006-2009, meth labs almost quadrupled (148 to 743)

And the only one that really matters come this Saturday: BlowU hasn't lost a home game since September 3, 2005: 36 straight wins at home.

Never Gets Old......

Texas Tech/Wounded Warrior Photos:

Official Texas Tech photos of the evening:

Texas Tech Supports the Wounded Warrior Project

Freedom isn't free.

Sticks Starts/Tech Wins

OK, so it wasn't that black and white..  Then end result, however, was definitely Scarlet and Black.

Sticks did get the start, but unfortunately, for whatever reason, couldn't get anything going at all.  It wasn't all his fault though, as this 2010 offense has been nothing short of offensive in the first quarter this season.  3 and out. Sacks.  Penalties and turnovers.

The correct answer is: D) all of the above.

Potts comes in, and at one one point was 14/18, with 148 yards passing and 3 TDs.  Wow.  That's the beauty of having a couple of highly experienced QBs on the roster - when one isn't getting it done, you can send in the other one. 

Or maybe it was because Potts had the word "Freedom" on the back of his jersey this week.  Last year it was "Nick".  Kidding aside, Potts came in and played really well.

Let's be real honest, however - the real reason Tech was still in the game was the DEFENSE.  After giving up 2 long runs for scores early on, it tightened up, and held Mizzou to basically nothing the rest of the game: 95 yards passing, and 120 yards rushing through the final 3 quarters.  Not bad at all for a defense that's so decimated, its having to import players from the other side of the ball just to be able to compete.  Hats off to Willis, his coaches, and the Boys.

Big win for the Red Raiders.  All of the ingredients were in place before the game, and all that was needed was pride and a lot of effort. 

Time to head north of the border.

#25 Aggies on a roll