Sumlin and A&M

[ghost]

along that same line of thinking....most will say Texas high school football and it's recruits are the best or at least in the top 3 if you consider both quality and quantity. So why can't our flagship universities in Texas win National Championships when they cherry-pick the best recruits in Texas? I mean multiple championships like SC, Alabama, LSU, OU...not just the isolated cases like UT in 2006 and SMU in the 80's? The aggies are truly disappointing for a long time now except for Manziel.

[Pony_Law]

along that same line of thinking....most will say Texas high school football and it's recruits are the best or at least in the top 3 if you consider both quality and quantity. So why can't our flagship universities in Texas win National Championships when they cherry-pick the best recruits in Texas? I mean multiple championships like SC, Alabama, LSU, OU...not just the isolated cases like UT in 2006 and SMU in the 80's? The aggies are truly disappointing for a long time now except for Manziel.

To be fair you should count OU in the mix of elite programs based on Texas recruiting also if you expand your criteria to title appearances Texas and OU have had a lot in the last 10 years.

As for the Aggies, they immediately jumped on a hype train, as aggies always do about their program despite nothing to justify their illusions of grandeur, after having a great college level player. Low an behold they are becoming exactly what they have always been a mediocre team. The only difference is that now that they are in the SEC they benefit from the SEC bias and even an 8-4 team has a great chance to be considered top 10.

[gostangs]

well the other advantage is that handy 40 million dollar check.