A Brief Look At The Texas A&M Aggies

by BSD on Dec 4, 2007 2:37 PM EST in Football

The rumors of my demise are somewhat exaggerated. I'm tied up in meetings and traveling today, so here is a quick look at the Aggies of Texas A&M. First let's look at their quarterback, Stephen McGee. He's a slippery bugger.

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You can see he's a threat to beat you with his arm and his legs, but mostly with his legs as he averages nearly 5 yards per carry and just over 6 yards per pass. I suspect we'll see Connor and Lee shadowing him on passing downs to keep him from taking a few steps forward and moving the chains. Other than that the entire defense will have to stay alert and stick with their assignments to contain the option plays. The defensive ends will have to get a good push up the field to disrupt the play and force McGee to get rid of the ball early.

**Stephen McGee Season Statistics**
Pass Att	Comp	Comp %	Avg/Att	Passing Yds	INT	Pass TD	Rush Att	Yards	Rush TD
333	192	57.7%	6.4	2147	7	12	173	858	5

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Its just another Bowl Game ...

and another win. in fact, we may be 1 of the 2 teams in the Big11 to actually win a bowl game this year.

by PSUinTN on Dec 4, 2007 6:26 PM EST reply actions

2-5

Well we know Michigan is going to get lit up. Illinois is going to have to play better than it did against OSU to pull off a victory there. Purdue has its work cut out for it against a solid Central Michigan squad and their QB Dan LeFevour. Indiana is Indiana so they'll lose. I'm rooting incredibly against OSU, so I'm sure there'll put a miracle out of their asses and royally piss me off by doing so.

The only team I'm predicting will win other than PSU is Wisconsin over Tennessee, and that's ONLY because Wisconsin usually pulls themselves together to win their bowl game.

by ignition719 on Dec 4, 2007 6:39 PM EST up reply actions

OSU

OSU has NEVER beaten an SEC team in a bowl game, don't look for that to change. In fact if you throw out their SEC wins against doormats Vandy and Kentucky they are a paltry 1-9 lifetime against the SEC. There is no doubt in my mind if OSU and LSU play their best possible game that LSU will win easily.

by PSUinTN on Dec 4, 2007 7:50 PM EST up reply actions

Purdue

Already smoked Central Michigan in the regular season.

by Cpiritual27 on Dec 4, 2007 11:28 PM EST up reply actions

McGee

Is a poor mans version of Pat White. Put them into passing situations and they are terrible. I saw Texas A&M live this year against Miami and McGee was real bad. Couple that with a new coach and I don't see how are going to win. Then again, we have that Morelli guy still!

by JGuiher on Dec 4, 2007 7:11 PM EST reply actions

McGee

can really carry the ball alot, I seen he went for 167 yards off of 35 carries. But he's an avergae QB, I don't think he can move the chains well through the air....BUT he is going against that tough PSU pass defense lol.

Javorski Lane will figure in, also Goodson in the running game. When Franchoine was there, he wouldn't give the big bruiser Lane the ball at all sometimes. So I can imagine this coach will be smart enough to try and use him to wear us down.

This is an interesting matchup, because we have lost games to teams we shouldn't have this year. A&M is a middle of the road Big 12 team, but somehow they beat Texas this year...Texas is a joke too... LOL, I just felt like ripping on Texas a bit lol.

WE ARE, PENN STATE!

by LinebackerU on Dec 4, 2007 9:15 PM EST reply actions

Oh and another thing

Connor and Lee will probably nail this guy a few times. I seen a couple of A&M games, and sometimes he just looks to flat out run and other times he looks like he doesn't know how to run the option.

WE ARE, PENN STATE!

by LinebackerU on Dec 4, 2007 9:19 PM EST reply actions

new coach

A&Ms new coach(Mike Sherman of the Texans) is not coaching the bowl game. DC Gary Darnell is coaching the game, so he's not exactly a new coach.
Middle of the season, I would've told you that Mcgee can't pass, but he has shown in the past couple of games that he can, and the offense can. If A&M can get it's running game consistent or it's passing game, then it's offense is one of the power offenses the Big 12 has this year(or...was supposed to have)

by carsondude on Dec 4, 2007 9:43 PM EST reply actions

Self Explanatory

Doesn't it go without saying that any offense is a good one if they can get their running and passing game going? Just sayin'.

Mike
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Hail to the Lion!

by BSD on Dec 5, 2007 8:53 AM EST up reply actions

good point

i'm just saying, it's there. You'd be surprised about some teams offenses though. lol

by carsondude on Dec 5, 2007 9:57 AM EST up reply actions

Mike Sherman

Sherman won't coach this game. He's offensive genius and did a decent job at Green Bay. He just had one problem at GB, he always had lousy draft picks.

I wonder how well he will recruit high school kids, though.

by DeafPSUFan on Dec 5, 2007 9:24 AM EST up reply actions

Agreed

The track records of failed NFL coaches in the college ranks is not a good one. Charlie Weis is stinking it up. Callahan was just fired. Chan Gailey hasn't done well. Dennis Erickson is doing ok with the tools he has, but he was a successful NCAA coach before. Same with Spurrier. Pete Carrol is the only failed NFL coach I can think of that is doing well in college.

Sherman always struck me as a man who wasn't mentally tough enough for an NFL job. Maybe he'll be ok in college, but I kind of doubt it. The guy just looks like a loser to me.

Mike
Black Shoe Diaries

Hail to the Lion!

by BSD on Dec 5, 2007 9:36 AM EST up reply actions

Nick Saban

I'll like to see how Saban is doing at Alabama so far. The loss to a Sun Belt school doesn't look good.

by DeafPSUFan on Dec 5, 2007 11:49 AM EST up reply actions

offensive genius?

I want to agree, I really do. BUT, have you seen the texans offense lately. haha. We'll see how he does in college

by carsondude on Dec 5, 2007 9:56 AM EST up reply actions

a NFL record for most points in a season

Before he got fired, his team broke NFL record for most 'Points-For' record in a single season. I think that was in 2004. His teams could put up a lot of yards and points. It's just that his teams were inconsistent, suffered injuries, picks were busted, and some of losses were Favre's fault. He threw a lot of interecptions and he wasn't easy to be coached either.

by DeafPSUFan on Dec 5, 2007 11:42 AM EST up reply actions