For my first post : I was talking to an Aggie at a bar Friday night

[Roysterr]

It was before his bowl game,

I was wearing a UT shirt and he started asking questions about our team. The usual Aggie question, Quin vs Arch blah blah blah.

He was a nice guy, but what really made him freak out is when I told him that I thought our team will be better next year.

(That fact can be debated, it's my opinion. ) He said: "But your losing 13 or 14 guys to the draft/graduation" I said   we  lost that many last year" 

He had this look of horror on his face.

Aggie now has to realize that we are in reload mode, like Georgia, OH State.

Hook'em

Glad to be a part of this site, season ticket holder 26 + years.

 

[Shane]

Friend of mine is an Aggie and he’s definitely worried about Texas for the foreseeable future. As he should be 🤘🏻

[Gerry Hamilton]

Awesome first post!

Thank you for being part of the OTF family!

[Pocono longhorn]

I don't know any Aggie fans here in Pennsylvania, but a kid I work with heard I was a Longhorn fan. Told him yep, have been since I was a little kid in Abilene. He says he is too, I asked him why and his reply was Arch Manning.

[Blake Munroe]

Great post! Welcome to OTF!

[thatdude2]

Why did I ready it and thinking this was titled, “I was talking to an Aggie at a bar fight”

[Bobbers]

@Roysterr I agree- the team can be better next year.

The biggest holes to fill will be OL and S.

QB, RB, WR, TE, Edge, LB, CB should fine.

Mukuba is the biggest loss imo.  Goosby is the next great LT and should succeed Banks nicely.

The offense should be more explosive and effective with a dual threat QB.  

The defense should be equally as good if the young guy really step up and Sark scores in the portal in the Spring.

[Alex Butler]

Great first post! Welcome to the OTF familia! I was hoping this was the start of an Aggie joke lol

[bourbasted]

2 hours ago, Bobbers said:

@Roysterr I agree- the team can be better next year.

The biggest holes to fill will be OL and S.

QB, RB, WR, TE, Edge, LB, CB should fine.

Mukuba is the biggest loss imo.  Goosby is the next great LT and should succeed Banks nicely.

The offense should be more explosive and effective with a dual threat QB.  

The defense should be equally as good if the young guy really step up and Sark scores in the portal in the Spring.

Losing Taaffe and Makuba is a big hit, but we have some nice guys waiting in the wings.  Interior D-Line is my biggest concern.  I'm also not convinced TE is going to be fine without someone stepping up that I'm not seeing just yet.

As much as I believe Arch will be amazing, until we see it on the field against major competition there's a small question in the back of my mind.  

[bourbasted]

5 hours ago, Roysterr said:

It was before his bowl game,

Excellent first post, thanks for sharing the story!

[jonbailey]

I talk football with aggies on a near daily basis. They spent years touting the SEC and this year talking about how the 12th man will give them a chance. After making the playoff last year they have all begrudgingly accepted that their team is inferior and will be until proven not to be. They are back in full little brother mode.

[Red Five]

3 minutes ago, jonbailey said:

I talk football with aggies on a near daily basis.

Are you trapped in some sort of Groundhog Day or purgatory type hell? 

[Bobby Burton]

11 hours ago, jonbailey said:

I talk football with aggies on a near daily basis. They spent years touting the SEC and this year talking about how the 12th man will give them a chance. After making the playoff last year they have all begrudgingly accepted that their team is inferior and will be until proven not to be. They are back in full little brother mode.

Ha. Aggies are historically a little slow on the uptake.

[Bobby Burton]

Royster,

Great first post! You certainly come in with the proper spirit!

Hook’Em

[Robbin Antono]

Great first post, and I definitely like the keyword you use ‘Reload’ while Aggies’ word is ‘rebuild’

[Jack Lala]

17 hours ago, Roysterr said:

It was before his bowl game,

I was wearing a UT shirt and he started asking questions about our team. The usual Aggie question, Quin vs Arch blah blah blah.

He was a nice guy, but what really made him freak out is when I told him that I thought our team will be better next year.

(That fact can be debated, it's my opinion. ) He said: "But your losing 13 or 14 guys to the draft/graduation" I said   we  lost that many last year" 

He had this look of horror on his face.

Aggie now has to realize that we are in reload mode, like Georgia, OH State.

Hook'em

Glad to be a part of this site, season ticket holder 26 + years.

 

Great first post!

[Joe Zura]

1 hour ago, Bobby Burton said:

Ha. Aggies are historically a little slow on the uptake.

@Gerry Hamilton are you going to take that 😂🤣

[jonbailey]

12 hours ago, Red Five said:

Are you trapped in some sort of Groundhog Day or purgatory type hell? 

I live in College Station, so yes essentially 

[Philip Barber]

16 hours ago, Bobbers said:

@Roysterr I agree- the team can be better next year.

The biggest holes to fill will be OL and S.

QB, RB, WR, TE, Edge, LB, CB should fine.

Mukuba is the biggest loss imo.  Goosby is the next great LT and should succeed Banks nicely.

The offense should be more explosive and effective with a dual threat QB.  

The defense should be equally as good if the young guy really step up and Sark scores in the portal in the Spring.

Manning is a QB who can run but Sark isn’t going to have a run package for Arch.  Arch’s scrambling abilities will be huge though.  

[MarkInAustin]

6 minutes ago, Philip Barber said:

Manning is a QB who can run but Sark isn’t going to have a run package for Arch.  Arch’s scrambling abilities will be huge though.  

There seem to be run packages for Arch now.  I would not be quick to assume that Sark would use fewer weapons than those available to him. 

To the extent that every coach wants to protect his QB from violent removal from the field I am sure there will be constraints, of course.  And Sark won't use his QB like a single wing tailback [see: Diego Pavia, remember: Sam].  I only disagree with the absolute quality of your statement, in the light of what we have already seen.

[CJ Vogel]

Great post, @Roysterr!

[HelloThere]

18 hours ago, Pocono longhorn said:

I don't know any Aggie fans here in Pennsylvania, but a kid I work with heard I was a Longhorn fan. Told him yep, have been since I was a little kid in Abilene. He says he is too, I asked him why and his reply was Arch Manning.

This is very common. I hear it all the time. Arch changed the way Texas was looked at by a lot of kids and young adults. Obviously it helps that we are really good again now, but if you are talking to college age students the conversation is Arch and Quinn . If you are talking to high school or junior high students the conversation is Arch. 

I was expecting a lot of it, but it has been even bigger than I thought it would be. 

[akrupa23]

19 hours ago, Roysterr said:

He had this look of horror on his face.

 

I still have to pinch myself sometimes so I know I'm not dreaming, we really have made it out of the desert,,,

[Roysterr]

6 hours ago, Bobby Burton said:

Royster,

Great first post! You certainly come in with the proper spirit!

Hook’Em

Thanks, I've been listening on Podcasts for a year. It was time.