Duke v. Texas A&M

One of the best Gatorade Baths I have seen all year. Congrats A&M

Those 2 non-called P.I.'s were ridiculous.

Too bad the game had to end on an interception.

Oh well...I think Duke made a statement tonight regardless of the final score.

Good game and congrats to JF and TAM.

crimsonaudio said:

JH didn't cause those two AWFUL interceptions. Blame the Duke OL for wilting when they were needed.

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True. But they scored enough points to win any other game.

crimsonaudio said:

JH didn't cause those two AWFUL interceptions. Blame the Duke OL for wilting when they were needed.

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The OL had nothing to do with the pick-six. That was 100% on the Duke QB, who by the way, had all kinds of time to throw for most of the night. He also made a poor decision at the very end, even though things obviously broke down because of the A&M blitz.

crimsonaudio said:

Against Duke.

Let's be serious, this isn't a big win for atm, it's proof of where atm really is. It shows their average finish of 6th in the SEC as accurate, if not inflated.

I *want* atm to be good, but they aren't. And they won't improve losing three or more first round draft picks...

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Agreed. This is as close to a one-man team as you will ever see in the game of football.

crimsonaudio said:

Against Duke.

Let's be serious, this isn't a big win for atm, it's proof of where atm really is. It shows their average finish of 6th in the SEC as accurate, if not inflated.

I *want* atm to be good, but they aren't. And they won't improve losing three or more first round draft picks...

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A&M isn't going anywhere until they fix that defense. They don't even need a top 10 defense. Heck, if they were just top 30, they probably would have won 11 games this year.

And didn't I tell Jesse Palmer to just shut up?

crimsonaudio said:

Well, that further proves my point - both those picks were on Duke.

I really want to see atm as a good team, but I've a really hard team seeing them as slightly better than mid-SEC. This game does nothing to change that.

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I'm not really looking at this game in terms of where A&M fits into the SEC pecking order, but I suppose that you could say the offense plays a big part in every turnover. But the defense did make two plays right there. Yes, I know it was Duke. The defense still forced the action.

crimsonaudio said:

Against Duke.

Let's be serious, this isn't a big win for atm, it's proof of where atm really is. It shows their average finish of 6th in the SEC as accurate, if not inflated.

I *want* atm to be good, but they aren't. And they won't improve losing three or more first round draft picks...

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Very true. What I'd be most worried about is what I mentioned earlier. Their def. simply never showed even a hint of improvement in 13 games.

Entertaining game. Thanks for the discussion.

Happy New Year!!

A&M wins 52-48. What a game that was!!!


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Bazza said:

Those 2 non-called P.I.'s were ridiculous.

Too bad the game had to end on an interception.

Oh well...I think Duke made a statement tonight regardless of the final score.

Good game and congrats to JF and TAM.

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First PI was iffy, I think when a DB sees a ball headed straight for an airborne receiver he should be able to tackle him from the back. Second one was deflected so it doesn't matter if there was PI or not.

Bazza said:

I am!

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Frankly, you have no choice but to be. There's nowhere to go but up as you've so aptly noted.

Love the Ping said:

Agreed. This is as close to a one-man team as you will ever see in the game of football.

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He pretty much coached all facets of the game plus was the head yell leader.

Sumlin is way overpaid. If 20-6 is all he can do with Manziel, what can he be expected to do with mere mortals at qb?

SouthBaman said:

Sumlin is way overpaid. If 20-6 is all he can do with Manziel, what can he be expected to do with mere mortals at qb?

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A good defense would not require him to have Zeus playing QB for him.


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crimsonaudio said:

Against Duke.

Let's be serious, this isn't a big win for atm, it's proof of where atm really is. It shows their average finish of 6th in the SEC as accurate, if not inflated.

I *want* atm to be good, but they aren't. And they won't improve losing three or more first round draft picks...

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I meant that Duke scored enough points to win any other game. Their defense couldn't stop JFB...like most defenses that he has faced.

Johnny football sure is entertaining when he's not playing against us. The reincarnation of Fran Tarkington,(I know, he's still kicking) with more speed and fast twitch muscle. Fun to watch and glad he's gone.(probably)

Sumlin better jump on an offer to move up in the coaching world if he can. With JM gone, and that high school level defense of theirs, his stock will surely drop after next year.

Great surge for the Dukies this year, but they better enjoy it now because it won't last, never does with schools like them, Northwestern, or Vandy.

TideEngineer08 said:

A&M isn't going anywhere until they fix that defense. They don't even need a top 10 defense. Heck, if they were just top 30, they probably would have won 11 games this year.

And didn't I tell Jesse Palmer to just shut up?

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If I had been the head coach at aTm, on the way to the locker room I would have FIRED the DC.

I would have let the OC talk to the Offense at half-time.

I would have had a meeting with the defense at halftime. I'm not going to say what I would have said but they would have thought there was fire and brimstone (whatever that is) coming outta my mouth. Also, they may have been told that anyone not giving their ALL the 2nd half would have to find a way back to College Station on their own: walking, thumbing, etc. because they had stunk-up the Georgia Dome in the first half and I just could not take another half like that.

As bad as the Aggie Defense was playing in the first half, I think they could have done better by just sitting everyone on the first team on the bench.

I know you can't compare two games, but where was Duke when we needed them to play a good game in the ACC championship against FSU? It may have been that FSU has a defense and the Aggies don't!