To start, a whatever crackbacks:
1. Bill Callahan's throat slashing was something I took with a foodstuff of briny when I prototypal saw it. Then he proven to vindicate it. At first, he claimed he didn't do it, saying, I'm 49 eld old, and I don't go around (making) throat-slashing signs and symbols...I don't ingest that identify of demeanor, and I never have. Really Bill? Cause you did. We every saw you. It was exclusive a period after that he joked most gesturegate and mentioned that he makes that intercommunicate to his kids all the time...that I'm fed up to here. I'm not trusty that makes him worsened as a ascendant than he is as a sport coach, but that's forward the Shuckers crapper intend digit wins discover of the incoming three. I'm pretty trusty modify the Callahan clan could intend a W over river and river St.
2. Speaking of effort wins over Kansas, module someone inform Brad adventurer that his 8th assemblage of eligibility isn't over for a whatever more weeks? Guy puts on a exhibit to win, essentially in spite of his team, against Husker. Then decides to sound it in against river Blue? Going 15/39 for 147 yards isn't the poorest day, but 20 runs for 38 yards? Take a note: Brad adventurer got unclothed terminal week, and Misery is doomed. Baylor haw intend structure suitable on the Tiggers' backs and river Purple strength intend added W when adventurer and whoever added is on this aggroup attain the activate to Manhattan.
3. Somebody has to intend the North. river nearly coughed it up on Saturday, and if they had it would evaluation digit of the darkest life in Big 12 history. The fact that river module intend their sectionalization and twine up in the metropolis structure isn't meet sad, it's embarassing. The fact is, the North needs to mend whatever of the offenses to draw beatific players to locales where the status is dismal, the persuasion conservative, and the campuses flat. When the Shuckers were piling up title element and river Purple was ever a crowning decade team, it was cushy to class the programs. Now, uh, not so much.
Now on to our regularly regular program:
I'm watching joyfully as the Texas A&M information crumbles and hit to astonishment to myself, how daylong before Dennis Franchione winds up equal to a stake, flames closing the lowermost of his desolate Nikes? The Ramblin' Fran took over after RC Slocum was unceremoniously relieved of his duties (so he could embellish digit of, if not the poorest author in every of college sport history), to the revel of the Aggie nation. Fran was reaching soured heptad serial success seasons at New Mexico, TCU, and a 10-3 flavour at Alabama. Fran was tagged as a man who could invoke your information around, and that's meet what the practice flush Aggies were hunting for. RC was disreputable for swing an intense, broad pressure, opprobrious accumulation on the earth with whatever of the most inferior opprobrious talent and playcalling in the country. Now that RC was gone, Fran would place unitedly an choler to go with the stingy Wrecking Crew. The Aggies would convey to the success of the past. How criminal the Aggie truehearted overturned discover to be. The exclusive Wrecking Crew in College Station boards up the criminal lateral of windows when a hurricane comes to town.
The Aggies are 11-13 low Fran. To refrain a ordinal losing flavour low Rambling Fran, they hit to intend at Texas Tech, at Oklahoma, or in College Station against Texas. None of those seem appealing. No digit intellection the Aggies would go to the Rose Bowl this year, but they did wait that lean the period after Thanksgiving against the Horns to stingy something. They took the expiration at Clemson as something of an aberration, a digit saucer agency expiration to a decorous discover of word school. The ensuant activity of SMyoo sowed seeds of confidence. That was followed by a genuinely humble display against FTO Texas State (oddly enough, not quarterbacked by histrion Bakula of Quantum Leap fame), a bag period intend against Baylor, and a 21 saucer drumming at the safekeeping of Colorado. At that saucer 3-2 wasn't enthusiastic but acceptable. Then word lamb Okie State came to Kyle Field and was greeted with a 62-23 trouncing and Aggie follower reverted to his highfaluting delusions. But a near intend at river Purple (30-28) and terminal week's fell reciprocation with Cyclone State (14-42) hit the Aggies reeling.
At whatever point, somebody has to clear the price. Look prototypal for antitank coordinator Carl Torbush. His nous module be actuation instance you soon. After the closing against ISU, Torbush addicted suspicions that he stunk up the game, by directly retiring to the showers and bailing before the advise could intend to him. So this upcoming schedule is Fran's exclusive chance. He'll be there incoming year, but Aggies are not enduring when it comes to their football. Fran's most to closing his ordinal losing flavour in threesome years. RC had digit 6-6 seasons, but the terminal losing flavour preceding to Fran's 4-8 in 2003? 1982. 23 eld ago. Under Jackie Sherrill. Soon enough, Fran module be Ramblin' on to the incoming stop.
Brandon Reese is a illustrator and autochthonous of Lubbock, Texas. He attended Texas Tech University in the 90's and has since spent his instance in Central Texas, prognosticating, criticizing, querulous and celebrating college sport apiece and every year.
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