Texas A&M SEC schedule

[Muhast]

Who everyone and their mother realizes should be OSU instead of Bama, but regardless the BCS's own criteria ranked Big 12 as top conference.

Well both schools had one loss, and Alabama's was to #1 overall, whereas OkSt lost to an unranked.

I can see both sides, but you have to be a fan of OKst to not see the other side as well.

And let's be honest, no way in the world Okst would beat LSU.

 

[Aikbach]

Well both schools had one loss, and Alabama's was to #1 overall, whereas OkSt lost to an unranked.

I can see both sides, but you have to be a fan of OKst to not see the other side as well.

And let's be honest, no way in the world Okst would beat LSU.

That's why you play the game, UT wasn't supposed to beat USC in 2005, LSU wasn't supposed to beat OU in 2003.

 

[Royal Laegotti]

well at least A&M

has more balls than Baylor

they at least joined a REAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE

I am surprised that the Big 12 even lets them play

I figured they be Conference USA by now

Your post and A&M = EPIC FAIL!!! Please don't try again.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Why laugh at them for moving to the toughest conference in the land? If anything, it's admirable.

 

[Royal Laegotti]

Why laugh at them for moving to the toughest conference in the land? If anything, it's admirable.

Jealousy is not admirable.

 

[The30YardSlant]

Who everyone and their mother realizes should be OSU instead of Bama, but regardless the BCS's own criteria ranked Big 12 as top conference.

OSU would get trucked by either LSU or Bama. Time and again it has been shown that wide open spread offenses simply do not stand up to elite defenses with speed and strength.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

Well both schools had one loss, and Alabama's was to #1 overall, whereas OkSt lost to an unranked.

I can see both sides, but you have to be a fan of OKst to not see the other side as well.

And let's be honest, no way in the world Okst would beat LSU.

Really, well, the computers say that the Big 12 is better this year. If you have issue with that, you would need to take it up with the BCS as they set up the criteria for it. The numbers don't lie. Has nothing at all to do with where LSU or Alabama is ranked.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

OSU would get trucked by either LSU or Bama. Time and again it has been shown that wide open spread offenses simply do not stand up to elite defenses with speed and strength.

No kidding? You should tell Utah and Boise that. They ran spread offenses against elite defenses with speed in Oklahoma and Alabama and won. Perhaps they did not get that memo. Florida has won National Championships running spread offenses as well. You don't know what OSU could have done. At this point, we will never know but your statement is not a factual one. That has been proven on the field.

 

[Cythim]

OSU couldn't beat Iowa State, they should be happy just being in a BCS bowl.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

OSU couldn't beat Iowa State, they should be happy just being in a BCS bowl.

Yeah, because you would be if it were the Aggies in that situation instead right?

 

[Cythim]

Yeah, because you would be if it were the Aggies in that situation instead right?

I wouldn't like it but I would certainly understand it.

 

[The30YardSlant]

No kidding? You should tell Utah and Boise that. They ran spread offenses against elite defenses with speed in Oklahoma and Alabama and won. Perhaps they did not get that memo. Florida has won National Championships running spread offenses as well. You don't know what OSU could have done. At this point, we will never know but your statement is not a factual one. That has been proven on the field.

The team with the higher ranked defense has won all but one BCS national title game and 80% of BCS bowls. I can count on one hand the number of times a great SEC defense has even been tested by an offense like OSU's.

Defense is still what wins championships. Oh, and the OU defense that Boise beat was something like 65th in total defense that season. OU hasnt had a "great" defense since Mike Stoops was there, and in recent years it's been downright suspect to bad.

 

[Aikbach]

Yeah, because you would be if it were the Aggies in that situation instead right?

They're a bitterly asinine fanbase tonight, hating everyone else's success. OSU can't win a title and Baylor can't get to a BCS game...of course earlier this season it was Baylor can't win more than 7 games, or win the Heisman...

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

I wouldn't like it but I would certainly understand it.

Who here do you think doesn't understand it? Doesn't mean it's correct. According to their own criteria, there should be no way that Alabama ended up ranked 2nd but it appears to be a flexible thing, just depending on how the BCS wants to look at it.

I'm no OSU fan by any stretch of the imagination but I know that they got the short end of the stick Cyth. Heck, even players from LSU said this earlier in the week. Doesn't matter, it's done now.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

The team with the higher ranked defense has won all but one BCS national title game and 80% of BCS bowls. I can count on one hand the number of times a great SEC defense has even been tested by an offense like OSU's.

Defense is still what wins championships. Oh, and the OU defense that Boise beat was something like 65th in total defense that season. OU hasnt had a "great" defense since Mike Stoops was there, and in recent years it's been downright suspect to bad.

I see, so now the OU defense was crappy and the Alabama defense, what was that? I'm sorry but your statement about spread offenses is wrong. That's just a fact. Spread Offenses have beaten good Defenses in the past.

 

[The30YardSlant]

I see, so now the OU defense was crappy and the Alabama defense, what was that? I'm sorry but your statement about spread offenses is wrong. That's just a fact. Spread Offenses have beaten good Defenses in the past.

It's an outlier, nothing more. Time has proven that great defenses beat spread offenses.

 

[Cythim]

They're a bitterly asinine fanbase tonight, hating everyone else's success. OSU can't win a title and Baylor can't get to a BCS game...of course earlier this season it was Baylor can't win more than 7 games, or win the Heisman...

Oh noes, are the mean ole aggies picking on you again? Poor little guy

 

[Aikbach]

Oh noes, are the mean ole aggies picking on you again? Poor little guy

Lol, no I am just pointing out how wrong they always are.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

It's an outlier, nothing more. Time has proven that great defenses beat spread offenses.

What time has proven is that great defenses beat great offenses, of any kind. However, if you wish to fit that to your point, that's fine. Doesn't change the fact that your original statement is not correct. Defense and speed don't always beat the spread offense. That is a fact.

 

[jimmy40]

Texas A&M's entry into the SEC will be challenging. The Aggies not only kick off the SEC season against Florida, they still play Arkansas while hosting LSU and Missouri and visit Auburn, Mississippi State and Alabama on Nov. 10.



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I'm actually jealous of a&m's schedule, I'd just hate to join the SEC to play it.