Joe Rudolph - Offensive Line Coach

[Polish Leppy 22]

The Aggies' best win is against us and it's not even particularly close. To their credit, yes they did beat us and they're enjoying the fruits of that by being ranked #3 in the country. But you can't just say "SEC" like it's a trump card. Look at their schedule, it's not very good. In part it's not their fault (LSU sucks, Texas isn't very good, and Florida didn't pan out), but they also ducked Alabama, UGA, Ole Miss, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. Probably the second best team they will play is a mediocre Texas team. To shit on our schedule and then prop up aTm's by just simply invoking "the SEC" is very misleading.

I also wouldn't classify beating an Auburn team with an offense that sets football back 100 years by 6 at home, a bad Arkansas team by 3, and eeking out a 1 point win at home against a bad SCAR team after a miracle comeback "ripping through the SEC." They also beat us by 1 after a missed extra point and an extremely bad missed holding call on a 4th and goal situation.

I'm pretty skeptical on aTm. Maybe they beat Bama/UGA in the SECCG and go on a run in the playoffs and I'll admit I was wrong, but we'll see.

Good points here, but I think most cfb fans would say the best team in the SEC is either aggies or Georgia. And ND's best win is against a good (not great) USC team with 2 losses, possibly 3 losses after this weekend.

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

You act like A&M has had a murderers row in the SEC. They've managed to go through an entire SEC slate without playing Alabama, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Oklahoma or Georgia. To date, these are the SEC teams A&M has beaten:

Auburn (4-6 / 1-6)
Mississippi State (5-6 / 1-6)
Florida (3-7 / 2-5)
Arkansas (2-8 / 0-6)
LSU (6-4 / 3-4)
Missouri (7-3 / 3-3)
South Carolina (3-7 / 1-7)

A&M has played 7 SEC teams, of which, all but two have losing records, and all of them are .500 or worse in conference play. 4 of the 7 teams they've played have a combined total of three conference wins.

Favorable schedule for them yes, but no one is impressed with ND thumping Navy, Purdue, and Boise either. That's a two way street.

 

[TorontoGold]

No, I am going through a tough time but I have felt a LOT better since giving out the said thumbs down.

Keep fighting the good fight.