What a headline 🤣 

His secretary might have other thoughts on that one. 

When I opened the thread I was thinking that’s not too specific. Hell at least RC got us Babers. Let him have a statue!

Didn't he win their last conference championship - in 1998?

He looks like he’s taking a leak. Which one of you beautiful bastards is going to put a urinal in front of it. 

A&M fired him for not winning enough … built him a statue 

lmao 

Had to 

 

Should’ve put a money bag under his arm.

This is just so Aggie. We build statues for coaches who win national championships. A&M builds statues for anyone  who was not a bad coach. That is their standard, just please be decent.  

His secretary thinks he won a Natty. 

This is the result of 100 years of being losers. 

I would have you not slander a coach who won the Gallery Furniture.com Bowl 

Do they have any statues of the dinosaurs that were roaming the earth during their last natty run?

Surprised they didn’t build a Jackie Sherrill statue. 

3 hours ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

Had to 

 

A&M is thirsty for any headline. 🤣

Edited September 5Sep 5 by Gerald Nash

9 hours ago, Tuco Ramirez said:

He looks like he’s taking a leak. Which one of you beautiful bastards is going to put a urinal in front of it. 

Three top 10 AP Poll finishes in 14 seasons ... built him a statue

1 minute ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

Two top 10 AP Poll finishes in 14 seasons ... built him a statue

How long before Jimbo gets a statue? 

2 minutes ago, AusMOJO said:

How long before Jimbo gets a statue? 

Mike Elko Field is a season away!

31 minutes ago, bourbasted said:

Winner! 

3-8 in Bowl Games ... built him a statue 

3 career wins against AP Poll Top 10 teams ... built him a statue 

33 minutes ago, AusMOJO said:

How long before Jimbo gets a statue? 

The money needed for it is still being paid to Jimbo lol

A&M got a 5-year NCAA probation (including no TV appearances and no bowl game in 1994) for violations in Slocum’s first 3 years as HC.  This was after aggy fired Jackie Sherrill for recruiting violations and probation in 1988 (with RC as his DC, and noted by the NCAA investigation as being a facilitator of illegal payments to recruits).

Those recruiting violations (boosters paying players), led to the apex of the Slocum era (and perhaps aggy football all-time), where they won 3 straight SWC titles from 1991-1993.  Of course, those aggy teams managed to lose all 3 Cotton Bowls those years, as well as losing non-conference games to schools like Tulsa (yes, Tulsa!), and a 30-pt loss to OU.

My personal favorite Slocum achievement was his first season in the Big 12 (1996) where he lost his first two non-conference games to unranked foes (one loss to Steve Sarkisian-led BYU, and another loss to ULaLa).  He then opened Big 12 play by losing to Colorado, K-State, and Tech.

In fairness, Slocum did finish second in the B12 conference in 1997, and celebrated this by losing another Cotton Bowl (0-4 in Cotton Bowls for RC).

 In 1998, Slocum was a heavy underdog but managed to upset K-State in the B12 Championship game in OT.  Slocum celebrated by losing the Sugar Bowl, making him 0-5 in NY6 Bowl games for his career.

After 1998, Slocum went 16-16 in Big 12 play over his final 4 seasons, and was fired in 2002. 

It doesn’t require much connecting of dots to conclude Slocum inherited the best team money could purchase in the dying SWC era, parlayed that into 3 SWC titles.  But, his teams always lost non-conference and bowl games during that 3-year apex era, so nothing translated into any worthwhile national achievements.

Once the Big 12 came into existence (1996) it didn’t take too long for Slocum and aggy found their historical level (mediocrity) and he was fired by 2002.

I assume aggy built the Slocum statue so that current generations of aggy fans would be aware that they actually won a conference championship within the last 30 years.