Month: December 2025

The Aggies are in the Playoffs

The Committee:

I’m not going to waste a lot of time on the committee. They did what they did.

I think the committee had three parameters for ranking teams:

What’s a team’s overall record?
When did they last lose?
What are we eating?

I’m not kidding. They were totally winging it and guessing.

They shook it up a bit on their final ranking, leaving Ohio State above Georgia and Tech. They also finally put Miami above Notre Dame.

They could have easily dropped Ohio State a couple of notches, but they held firm; they believe Indiana and Ohio State are the clear two best teams in the country.

We shall see.

They also did some mental gymnastics to avoid punishing Alabama for its loss to Georgia in the conference championship game while punishing BYU.

It really didn’t matter for BYU, but, interestingly, they dropped a spot while Alabama didn’t.

Just a lot of circular logic through the entire selection process. That’s what you get with a bunch of administrators.

They never explained their reasoning for ranking Oregon, Ole Miss, and A&M in their respective spots. They just said they saw no reason to move them this week. I get that part, but I never saw an explanation for why in the first place.

I think it’s reasonable to put the Aggies at 5. I think it’s somewhat possible to put the Aggies at four, but with Tech winning a 12th game, it’s a tough sell.

You’re talking about one-loss teams, including Tech. I’m good with Tech at four since they won a 12th game, but the rankings of A&M, Ole Miss, and Oregon seem to be based solely on when they lost.

Definitely seems like metrics weren’t used.

The difference between being ranked 5, 6, and 7 seems pretty drastic, considering 5 and 6 get to play Tulane and James Madison.

In my mind, the 5 seed is the best in the entire bracket. I actually mean the seeds above 1 through 4.

You didn’t play a conference championship game and get to host James Madison at home. Then you get to play Tech in Miami.

That’s not to totally diss Tech, but I do think Tech is the team with a bye that has the most questions. They’re absolutely who I’d want to be paired with for the second round.

I’d rather face Tech than the winner of Bama-Oklahoma.

I don’t think Oregon wins it all, but I do think it’s a great position to be in to go on a run.

As for the 6 and 7 seeds, I actually like the 7 more. Especially since Notre Dame got pushed out.

The 6 has the easier path in the first round by far, but I don’t want to face Georgia in the second round.

Sure, Ohio State is an outstanding team, but I don’t think we match up well with Georgia. I’d rather take my chances with Ohio State than Georgia in the second round.

I’d trade taking on Miami at home in the first round and then heading to the Cotton to take on Ohio State rather than face Georgia in the Sugar Bowl after a cake game at home in the first round.

That’s our initial draw, and it’s doable.

Sure, you can argue the committee is a group of morons. And you’d be right.

However, there’s no point in arguing about the committee anymore.

The Aggies are hosting a game at Kyle Field, so it’s time to focus on that.

Miami:

I did not want to face Notre Dame. I know we beat them on the road earlier this season, but I did not want to play them again.

They’re a bad match-up for the Aggies. That’s not to say the Aggies couldn’t beat Notre Dame. The Aggies absolutely could beat Notre Dame at Kyle.

I don’t like their running game against us, and I believe CJ Carr is a better quarterback than when we played them. They were going to be a problem for many teams.

Don’t have to worry about that now. I hate that they screwed the Pop-Tarts in the Pop-Tarts Bowl because they got their feelings hurt. They were set to face BYU. Those are the two teams that got screwed by G5 teams, which would have been a fantastic game to watch.

Bunch of babies.

Back to Miami.

I think Miami is a better match-up for us.

Vegas agrees with me, as we would have been a Pick ‘Em against Notre Dame. We’re a 3 to 4.5 favorite against Miami, depending on where you like to wager.

That’s not a massive difference, but I’ll take whatever gain we can get.

Miami is a damn good football team, so that it won’t be easy.

For me, there are two things I like about the Miami matchup:

Carson Beck
Mario Cristobal

Carson Beck is a talented quarterback, but he’s not mobile at all. Mario Cristobal is a decent enough coach, but he absolutely vapor locks at times.

I hope that when it’s all said and done, Elko can confuse and frustrate Carson Beck much like he’s done with other stationary quarterbacks this season.

What scares me the most about Miami is its defensive front. They have some dudes along the defensive line and linebacker.

The best of the bunch is Rueben Bain, Jr. The dude is a load. He’s a potential number one overall pick in the NFL draft. He’s that good.

They’ve got a couple of other defensive linemen who are going to play on Sundays, along with a linebacker.

Their front on defense is no doubt the best part of their team. They’re going to be tough to handle. They’ll be every bit as good as the Texas defensive front was against us.

That doesn’t mean we can’t beat Miami, since our offense struggled so much against Texas’ defense. It just means we need to take a different approach. I’ll address that in a bit.

From an offensive standpoint, Miami has a pretty good offense. They’ve got a good running game along with a good passing game, and Carson Beck can be effective.

They’re not super explosive, but they’ll break off a few big plays here and there.

I think Carson Beck can be confused. If Elko can get back to his blitzing ways, I think we can stall out the Miami offense enough.

It won’t be easy, but it can be done.

We’re not shutting this offense down, though.

So How do the Aggies Advance?

First off, Mike Elko needs to realize he’s playing with house money. The Aggies aren’t even supposed to be here based on pre-season predictions.

As we’ve seen against the best two teams on our schedule in Notre Dame and Texas, there are still holes in this defense. A couple of other teams kind of exposed it as well.

Elko might not want to admit it, but he needs to. Our defense has holes. It doesn’t mean our defense can’t be effective, but it’s going to take being aggressive and taking some risks.

We’re going to need to live by the blitz and die by the blitz.

I went back and looked at some defensive plays in the second half against Texas. It was worse than what I remembered. For some reason, Elko ran a base defense with four down linemen and at times abandoned the line of scrimmage with his linebackers. Those were the runs where Arch Manning just took off.

I’m not worried about Carson Beck just taking off, but we can’t apply pressure with four down linemen. I thought Elko learned that lesson last year.

We need to bring disguised pressure from linebackers and the secondary.

We also ran a bunch of zones that we didn’t execute correctly, and Arch picked apart.

Why Elko abandoned what got us to 11 wins, I have no idea.

Bring pressure with man coverage. Stress the Miami offense and don’t let them get comfortable.

He needs to learn from the Texas game and return to a confusing, aggressive defense.

Offensively, Elko needs to realize this is a passing-first, running-second offense. I get that everyone wants to establish the run, and it makes sense. If you can establish the run, then that’s absolutely what you should do.

However, establishing the run in reality can be difficult.

Especially in the playoffs. Especially when your offensive line isn’t dominating, and your most dynamic offensive players are your two receivers.

I love Le’Veon Moss and hope he’s back healthy for the playoffs. He needs to complement the passing game and not be the primary offensive focus.

I still want Moss with double-digit carries, but I don’t want him forced to carry it 20 times because we want to shorten the game.

We also need to work on shortening Reed’s decision-making. If the pass downfield isn’t open, then check down to the tight end or running back. Or take off running yourself. And start sliding more rather than taking a hit.

I want aggressive deep balls to Craver like the first play against Florida. I want more bubble screens for Concepcion and Craver. I want jet sweeps, or at least the threat of them.

I want the Miami defense stretched wide and deep.

I do not want to battle Miami or anyone else in the playoffs in the box. We will lose those games. Our offensive line is good but not great.

And that mindset needs to advance beyond Miami.

Elko needs to plan for the offense to score 30 points or more in each game. Scoring in the 20s ain’t gonna cut it.

I honestly believe we can have the most explosive offense in the playoffs. We need to play like it.

I fear Elko will want to challenge teams in the box. I get it. He’s a defensive guy who wants to establish an identity of owning the trenches. It makes sense if you have the personnel. The Texas game showed us we do not have the personnel to win games like he wants us to.

I hope that the Texas game was a wake-up call for Elko regarding the realities of this team’s talent. If Elko thinks he can run the same offense and defense he did against Texas and beat Miami, he’s a fool.

Creating a team that can win in the trenches is a great long-term goal, I agree with. However, that ain’t the 2025 Fightin’ Texas Aggies.

Our strength is our two dynamic receivers and our ability to confuse a stationary quarterback with a variety of blitzes. I’m not talking pass blitzes either. I’m talking about showing pressure throughout the game that confuses the offensive line and quarterback.

If Elko deviates from that, we will lose a football game, and our season will be done.

Instead of Run the Damn Ball, Elko needs to Roll the Damn Dice.

Collin Klein Conundrum:

I have no clue if Collin Klein should call plays.

Part of me thinks he should move on, but then I don’t know who would call the plays. I don’t believe we have anyone on staff with experience calling plays.

So that’s a conundrum.

I think Klein has tendencies that can be exposed, and if he has another job he’s focused on, it’s not gonna help things.

I know there’s talk of Wiggins taking over the OC job. If that’s the case, cut Klein loose and let Wiggins call plays.

If Wiggins isn’t ready to call plays, you see what Klein can do with two jobs. I don’t know what other options the Aggies have.

I wouldn’t say I’ve totally soured on Klein, but I think we saw a lot of Klein’s tendencies appear down the stretch. I don’t know if that was a directive from Elko trying to win games in the trenches with basic offenses, but it wasn’t working.

We need a creative and unpredictable play caller if we’re going to make a run in the playoffs.

If Klein can’t handle it because he’s focused on his new gig, then let’s roll the dice on Wiggins.

We’re already playing with house money being in the playoffs.

Special Teams:

I’m not going to spend a lot of time on this because I’ve already covered it enough.

If Elko hasn’t allocated more time to special teams over the last week, he’s ignoring a glaring issue.

I’m not talking about just kicking field goals. I’m talking about punt protection and everything else in special teams.

It’s a glaring weakness that needs to be addressed.

It’s obvious, but will he do it?

So Who Wins the Whole Thing?

I wish I had a better feeling for the Aggies making noise. I don’t know if I trust Elko to roll the dice. I hope I’m wrong.

There are two halves of football in our last two games that frighten me—the first half against South Carolina and the second half against Texas. We were closer to being out of the playoffs than anyone wants to remember.

With that, here is my bold and somewhat crazy prediction for the Playoffs:

I think Oregon, Ole Miss, A&M, and Bama win the first round.

Despite my concerns, I do think Elko can outsmart Cristobal at home.

I think Tech, Bama, Georgia, and Ohio State win the second round.

I think Bama and Georgia advance to the Championship Game, with Georgia winning it all.

I know that’s bold picking Bama to go that far, but I think they’re still a good team. I think they spend the next two weeks getting healthy and back to what made them a good team in the middle of the year.

I do think it’s Georgia’s year to win it all.

We’ll have to see how it plays out.

No matter what, I just hope Elko Rolls the Damn Dice.

BTHO Miami.

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30 Minutes of Failure

On Friday night at DKR, the Aggies came out of halftime with a 10-3 lead and received the ball.

When the final seconds ticked off the clock, the Aggies lost 27-17.

Sure, the Aggies will still make the College Football Playoff and maybe even host a playoff game, but the list of what the Aggies let slip away in 30 minutes is quite extensive.

Let’s take a look:

A chance to beat your rival in their stadium – Failed
A chance to make the SEC Championship Game – Failed
A chance to make the first conference championship game since 1998 – Failed
A chance to clinch a CFP bye – Failed
A chance to quiet all the doubters over the quality of your wins – Failed
A chance to make sure your rival had no claim for the CFP – Failed
A chance to change the narrative the Aggie Football team can’t close out the regular season – Failed
A chance to show things are different in the Elko Era – Failed
A chance to send Marcel Reed to New York for the Heisman – Failed

For the second year in a row, Steve Sarkisian pulled down Mike Elko’s pants.

To make it even worse, Elko had the halftime lead and the better team.

It didn’t matter as the Longhorns outscored the Aggies 24-7 in the second half.

The Aggies fell flat on their ass. There’s no other way to state it. It’s not the collapse we’ve seen over the entire month of November in previous seasons, but it was a collapse in which so much disappeared when it was up to the Aggies to seize it.

The Aggies looked lost and lacking confidence.

A perfect regular season evaporated in 30 minutes.

It’s not the same old Aggie joke because we’re 11-1 and headed to the CFP, but it was a MASSIVE disappointment by Elko and his charges.

Sure, there’s an opportunity to erase this memory and make it moot, but the Aggies dug themselves a big hole because they couldn’t close out a rival in 30 minutes.

Elko has talked about finishing the entire season. That didn’t happen.

Let’s talk about the game.

The Offense:

The Aggies had 337 yards of offense, so statistically, it doesn’t look bad.

However, there was minimal rhythm to get those yards.

I don’t know if it was a Collin Klein issue, a Marcel Reed issue, or somewhere in between, but those two couldn’t get in sync all night.

The yards didn’t come easy. Marcel sat in the pocket for much of the night, uncertain of where he should go with the ball. I would have hoped that, in the 12th game against a team that had been carved up in previous weeks, Klein and Reed would have had some effective plays.

It felt like much of what we’ve seen from Klein before, where he’s just picking plays, hoping something will work.

It was especially true in the second half, when the offense just sputtered. The only exception was the touchdown drive that was set up by a Concepcion punt return and bailed out by a Texas face mask.

Other than that, our offense struggled badly in the second half.

On the first possession of the second half, we gained only 2 yards. We burned 49 seconds to get two yards in three plays before punting.

The DUMBEST play of the game was on the second possession of the second half.

On the second possession of the second half, we had 3rd-and-2. We decide to go deep to Concepcion. We did have Concepcion in man coverage with no safety help, so there’s some sense to why we ran that play.

I don’t know if Klein called that or if Reed audibled into it, but it was a STUPID decision. I don’t care if Concepcion was in man coverage with no safety help.

We had a 4-point lead and needed to build some momentum. We didn’t need to take a massive shot downfield. We needed to get the first down and keep the chains moving.

I go back to wondering if Elko gives Klein guidance on the series. He should have told Klein in that moment to focus on the first down. We didn’t need to take a massive shot there.

We failed to get the first down and punted. Texas then scored on the next possession to take the lead thanks to busted coverage.

At that point, the game was close to being over.

To make matters worse, we also botched our next offensive series badly.

We got stuffed on 3rd-and-1. We decided to go for it on 4th and 1, which I agreed with, but we made a substitution with 11 seconds on the play clock. That allowed Texas to make a substitution, which, of course, they slow-played because they have a right to.

If you’re subbing on offense with less than 15 minutes on the play clock, the defense is going to take their sweet time subbing in their plays. They have that right, and the refs are not going to rush them.

There was no way for the Aggies to snap the ball with time on the play clock. So the Aggies had to take a timeout. Just terrible clock management

To me, that shows a head coach and an offensive coordinator who aren’t on the same page. Either Elko wasn’t clear in going for it, or Klein couldn’t decide on a play.

Either way, it’s a bad look.

To make matters worse, we false-started on the way out of the timeout. That made it 4th-and-6, so we had to punt. We burned a timeout due solely to poor coaching and gained nothing from it.

If that third-and-two decision on the previous series didn’t kill all momentum, that late substitution, followed by the timeout and false start, all but sealed it.

The Longhorns scored on the next possession to go up 20-10.

Game. Over.

While I’m piling on coaching decisions, let’s talk about the next offensive possession.

We had three plays for three yards each, so we had a fourth-and-one on our 38-yard line.

Reed goes under center like the Aggies are going to run a play, but it becomes clear pretty quickly that we’re just trying to draw Texas offsides. They don’t bite, and we’re forced to take a delay of the game.

We move back to our 33 to punt the ball.

We had the wind at our back, and Tyler White nailed a 55-yard punt, so it didn’t hurt us.

It just reeked more of a head coach and offensive coordinator who had no faith they could move the ball on offense or stop the ball on defense.

They were trying gimmicks to get Texas to make a mistake. I didn’t like it because it showed a lack of confidence in the offense to come back.

Overall, I felt like Klein couldn’t decide what he wanted to do in the second half.

We had the two three-and-outs on the first two possessions, but on the third, it seemed Klein wanted to establish the run. We had three straight runs for positive yards, even getting a first down, but then EJ Smith got stuffed on the third and one.

We botched the fourth-and-one substitution, then had a false start. So we punted, and Texas went up 20-10.

At that point, we couldn’t try to establish the run because we were playing catch-up.

It just seemed like Klein had no real plan for what the Texas defense was doing. He couldn’t decide whether to be conservative or aggressive.

Meanwhile, the defense was just getting torched, so that started to dictate what the offense had to do.

Beyond Klein’s confused offensive plan for this game, a few other things of note for the offense.

I railed on him last year, but EJ Smith looks like a completely different player. I think he’s our best running back right now and probably should have gotten more carries, especially with Owens seeming to struggle with the turf.

I don’t know if it would have made a difference with our defensive struggles, but I have to give EJ Smith credit. He’s been highly effective in limited action since Moss went down.

As for the offensive line, I was way up in the upper deck so that I couldn’t make out numbers for sure, but it looked like we were still rotating guys. I don’t think that’s helping develop a rhythm for our offense. We need to stick with our best five guys and roll with them.

In the end, our defense was the biggest culprit in our loss, but I can’t help but feel that a different, more confident offensive attack would have helped.

I know Reed threw some bad interceptions on our last two possessions, but I don’t think they really mattered. They definitely hurt any comeback, but Reed and Klein were so off in this game that they were never going to get dialed in to score enough points to come back.

I wanted to come into the game pressing the gas with Craver and Concepcion (“The Toys”), but Klein really didn’t have any plans for big plays for them.

They wound up with 10 catches on 15 targets for 101 yards. So they averaged 10 yards a catch, with neither having a catch over 20 yards. So they were pretty effective on every catch.

I get that you can’t run the entire offense through those two guys, but I sure would have made a bigger effort to get them more looks.

They’re far and away the most prominent difference makers we have on offense. Lean on those guys.

In a game like this, you make a concerted effort to get your playmakers the ball.

I know a lot of people want to establish the run, but with our offensive line and running backs against the Texas defense, that was going to be tough sledding. Sometimes, you can’t just establish the run.

So make a concerted effort to get the ball to your playmakers. If they’re being double-covered, I bet a tight end will be open to chew up a few yards. Or take off on a scramble.

It just seemed like a foolish game plan considering the Texas defense and no Le’Veon Moss.

The Defense:

As frustrating as it was watching the offense sputter, watching the defense get gashed in the second half was devastating.

Elko’s calling card for most of his career has been second-half adjustments to his defense and shutting down an offense.

That didn’t happen on Friday night.

The Longhorns scored on four of six possessions in the second half. To make matters worse, it was three touchdowns and one field goal—24 points on four possessions.

Even if we hold them to 10 points in the second half, we win. We couldn’t even do that.

Elko’s defense looked absolutely lost for much of the second half.

We couldn’t get any pressure on Arch, and when we did, he just scrambled up the middle where there was no defender.

It seemed like we went to a basic zone with a four-man rush. Texas just picked it apart through the air or exploited it on the ground.

I didn’t see many exotic blitzes in this game, unlike in prior games. Seems like we were more focused on defending the pass than applying pressure. Especially in the second half.

Defenders couldn’t anticipate plays losing gap integrity or getting caught up by blocks not even intended for them.

Texas rolled up 295 yards of offense in the second half. That’s compared to their 102 yards in the first half.

25% of their yards came in the first half and 75% in the second half.

The defense just fell apart in the second half.

There were brain farts and missed assignments all over the place.

I can’t explain it. It wasn’t just a few busted plays here and there. It was one busted play or missed assignment after another. There was no scheme to counter the Longhorns’ approach.

Cashius Howell was a non-factor. He may have cost himself a fair amount of money on Friday night.

For most of the second half, the defensive line and linebackers seemed to be out of sync. And all it takes is one guy to blow his assignment or get taken out of position for the offense to chew up yards.

Our safety play was atrocious, leaving receivers completely uncovered.

Because Kirby Smart has the blueprint to stop the Texas offense, I personally think Sark exposed something about this defense.

Coming into the season and especially after the Notre Dame game, I felt this was not a defense filled with elite talent. There are some NFL draft picks, but there are not a ton of upperclassmen who will play on Sundays.

Sark exploiting this defense confirms that to me. It’s not a defense totally devoid of talent, but there are holes that can be attacked.

That’s not a massive knock on this unit, as what they’ve done this season has been admirable. They shut down a bunch of offenses with good coaching and heart.

However, when they faced an offense with strong talent and coaching, their overall lack of talent was exposed.

In my mind, Texas reminded us of our concerns after the Notre Dame game.

Elko had no answer for his defense getting exploited—just like last year against Sark.

I’m not sounding a massive alarm because it’s still a pretty good defense, but this is not an elite defense.

But against an offense with talent, this defense will struggle. That Texas offense seems to be coming around. Especially at home where they’ve scored lots of points.

I’ll do a piece next week after our playoff spot is known and we know our path to the national championship, but we need to face reality: this defense has issues for the playoffs.

Still Have a Chance to Change the Narrative:

The 2025 Aggies season has been a massive success. I’m not complaining at all about being 11-1 and a lock for the CFP.

However, Mike Elko had a unique opportunity in front of him. He needed 30 minutes to finish, like he’s been preaching since last season.

That’s not totally out the window, but it’s not unfair to wonder how far along we really are.

Fortunately, Mike Elko still has the opportunity to change the narrative about where Aggie Football is. I think he needs to win at least two games and reach the Semi-Finals.

Sure, I want the Aggies to win it all, but at a minimum, I want to be one of the last four teams standing in college football.

I want the memory of the second half of the Texas game to be wiped clean. I think it’ll take two wins to do that.

If not, there will be lingering questions about whether things have really changed in Aggieland.

Or did we get a fortunate schedule?

To do that, Elko will have to roll the dice. He’s going to need Klein to dial up the offense and get creative and aggressive with his defense.

Trying to establish the run while using a conservative defense won’t work.

Collin Klein is going to have to get back to playing creatively, which seems to have gone away since the LSU game.

It’s almost like Klein came up with a batch of new plays in the off-season and ran out of them in the LSU game.

We’re gonna need a creative Klein and an aggressive Elko to advance a couple of rounds in the playoffs and change the narrative that Aggie Football can’t close things out late in the season.

Quick Thoughts on Next Season:

I know we still have the CFP, but the high school signing day is this week, and the Transfer Portal opens soon.

This is the new era of college football. Your reward for being good is that you have to do twice the work, focusing on the current year and the following year.

Right now, my big fear is that this season is just Elko’s “blip” year, like we saw with every coach since Fran—2004 with Fran, 2010 with Sherman, 2012 with Sumlin, and 2020 with Jimbo.

It turns out we got a very favorable schedule this year, and next year’s is MUCH more challenging.

I’m not saying this is a blip year, but I have concerns after the South Carolina and Texas games.

Let’s look at our last four halves of football:

30-3 – South Carolina
28-0 – Aggies
10-3 – Aggies
24-7 – Texas

I know that’s a small sample set, but it does give me pause, depending on what happens in the CFP.

I know it’s a little obvious, but Elko must keep stacking talent through high school signings and the Transfer Portal.

We’re going to lose pretty much all of our offensive line. I don’t know if we have enough offensive linemen on campus. We certainly don’t have the experience. It’s going to be key to find some offensive linemen transfers. That has to be done starting now.

We need improved safety as well. You can never have enough talented defensive linemen, so let’s add some of those guys, too.

There are holes on this team, and I hope Elko has spent this week focusing on roster building since we don’t have an official opponent.

I obviously don’t want Elko fired and don’t want to sound super negative about what happened in Austin last Friday. That game showed me this program isn’t quite where we want it to be.

That’s okay because it’s only Elko’s second season. I don’t want a sense of complacency. There’s still a lot to build to get to the level of other programs.

Lane Kiffin Circus:

Speaking of other programs, LSU got a lot better over the weekend.

It shouldn’t surprise anyone, but Lane Kiffin completely botched his departure from Ole Miss on his way to LSU. He foolishly thought he could take the LSU job and continue to coach Ole Miss. LSU and Ole Miss ARE DIRECT RIVALS IN THE SEC!!!

THEY PLAY EACH OTHER EVERY SEASON!!!!

There is no way in the world Ole Miss could let Kiffin coach their team after taking the LSU job. I can’t even process how Kiffin thought this was possible.

This isn’t good for Texas A&M. Kiffin is a complete moron when it comes to public perception, but the dude can coach football.

I can’t see him failing at LSU. LSU has too many resources, and he’s too good a coach. Short of a personal failure, he’s going to have a lot of success at LSU.

I want him to fail, but I just can’t see that happening when you remove all the emotion from the fact that he’s a big idiot from a human standpoint.

I firmly believe that LSU is the best program in the country at winning national championships. Their access to Louisiana talent and their status as the only major program in the state are advantages no other school in this country has.

LSU has another gear when it comes to winning football games. I mean, they’ll let a booster embezzle funds from a children’s hospital and never bat an eye. That’s a real commitment to winning.

Les Miles and Ed Orgeron won titles there. They’re idiots as head coaches. They really are. They won because they were able to stack talent.

Kiffin can coach, and now he’s going to stack talent.

So now we have an established Texas program on our schedule every year, and we will also have a strong LSU program. Welcome to the SEC.

There is no time to be complacent.