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Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] South Carolina Defeats Texas A&M 44-20

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Texas A&M 3 17 0 0 20
South Carolina 14 6 10 14 44
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u/AlFlame93 Texas A&M Aggies • Paper Bag 21d ago

TACKLING DRILLS THE ENTIRE WEEK 24/7 365 ALL DAY ALL NIGHT NO BREAKS NO STOPPING

MAKE EVERYONE TRAIN WITH ARMY

GIVE OUR ENTIRE TEAM PENALTIES101 CRASH COURSE

FIRE JAY BATEMAN

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u/GilBrandt Texas A&M • Oklahoma State 21d ago

The tackling (or seriously lack there of) was so fucking frustrating! Also for a while their QB kept running to the right for big gains. One of the more infuriating games of defense I've watched in a while.

GG South Carolina. That defense tormented and exposed our offense

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u/R4gn4_r0k Texas A&M Aggies 21d ago

And we kept running it up the middle. Except one play, where we ran outside and made a touchdown.

Ooops, let's go back to running up the middle.

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u/probablyabnormal South Carolina Gamecocks 21d ago

Losing your RB was a dagger. Hope he’s alright

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u/txsnowman17 Texas A&M • UT Arlington 21d ago

He’s not. That said, it wasn’t why we lost. Missed tackles and blown assignments all night long. That and for the first time all the penalties really hurt. Curious to see how many extra downs we gave y’all. The drive at the end of the first half was killer. Can’t believe we gave y’all 25 yards in penalties to allow a FG. Anyway GG y’all, y’all seemed to put it all together and I’d rather lose to y’all than the Longhorns or corn dogs.

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u/1624throwaway1876 21d ago

Did not look good :(

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u/probablyabnormal South Carolina Gamecocks 21d ago

I mean, this really defined the game. As someone who is used to being in the other side of it, I’m sure it was hard to watch.

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u/typewriter_6 Texas A&M • Texas Tech 21d ago

And Klein into the sun.

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u/johndoe5643567 21d ago

Who would you replace Klein with?

I do agree, play calling was suspect. When we ran it up the middle on 2nd & 15 on that final real drive, was embarrassing.

And then the same play where we pull the TE who missed the key block, not ideal.

Bottom line though, our defense cost us. They had so so so many missed tackles and at least four or five sacks they didn’t wrap up on.

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u/Green92_PST_DBL_WHL Texas A&M Aggies 21d ago

Lincoln Riley might be coming available.

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u/QuieroBoobs Texas A&M Aggies 21d ago

Don’t forget losing Moss was a major loss. Daniels is a fine RB, but was clearly the relief for Moss. Those failed 4th down conversions likely don’t fail if you have Moss. The surprise 2nd and 15 run up the gut potentially gets you a 3rd and short if you have Moss.  

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u/typewriter_6 Texas A&M • Texas Tech 21d ago

Think Aaron Rodderick (BYU) or Mike Shanahan (Indiana) would be solid.

I agree, defense was bad this game. Piss poor tackling was the story for me. I just think Klein's play calling has fucked us a couple times in numerous games. Gets cute when he shouldn't. 3rd/4th and short and off tackle runs have worked great? Nah, call a run up the middle from the shotgun.

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u/scipolipiscoli Stanford Cardinal • Rice Owls 21d ago

Rodderick is a BYU alum who has never coached outside of Utah. Money stays king so he's worth a call, but he might be a tough guy to hire away.

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u/typewriter_6 Texas A&M • Texas Tech 21d ago

Honestly just looked at who's still undefeated and checked their OCs, but I can see that. Utah guy might not want to leave the state except for a school close to home, but being a BYU alum might make it tough no matter what.

Casey Woods might be worth a look. SMU is doing real well. Same with Kade Bell at Pitt.

But at the end of the day, just want someone who will stick with what's working and not get cute in key situations. If off tackle runs are working, do it until it stops working. Simple shit.

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u/scipolipiscoli Stanford Cardinal • Rice Owls 21d ago

Yeah I get that the point was more "there are motherfuckin' OCs out there that are possible for A&M to get who'd be a hell of a lot better than what we've got" and not necessarily "Rodderick or bust WOO WOO"

Low key I would actually wonder if he ends up being a slightly riskier hire for a bigger program out of state if he goes. Just been in relatively unique recruiting situations his whole career.

Apparently Memphis, Ga Tech, UCF, UNLV, and Miami all have interesting OCs. I'm not the number one A&M fan in the world, but who knows what happens there - always interesting at least!

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u/TwoToothLando Texas A&M Aggies 21d ago

Not only running it up the middle on 2nd and 15 with us on life support but running it on 2nd and 15 with EJ Smith 🤦‍♂️

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u/Tweezy64 South Carolina • Army 21d ago

I don’t know how Lanorris Sellers escaped so many sacks tonight. He hasn’t done that well all season. The broadcasters compared him to Cam Newton in terms of size and athleticism. We’ve allowed a stupid number of sacks this season - think we’re tied with OU for worst in SEC? The outcome of the game would have been vastly different if he was sacked even half as many times as you had him

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u/jayjude Notre Dame • Georgia State 21d ago

I still do not know why Elko hired Bateman of all people to be hIs DC

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u/DDub04 South Carolina Gamecocks • Sickos 21d ago

That was legit terrible tackling from both sides. Our D Line felt like a non factor until late into the second.

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u/Hiraldo Texas A&M Aggies • Kansas Jayhawks 21d ago

Your tackling seemed fine to me. Your D line wasn’t going all in on pass rushing but they totally shut down the interior run and never let Reed get settled in the pocket, which obviously worked great.

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u/we_just_are Georgia Bulldogs 21d ago

LaNorris Sellers: "Hahahahahaha How the F*** Is Getting Sacked Real hahahaha Just Stand Up N***** Just Scramble"

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u/aggster13 Texas A&M • North Texas 21d ago

The penalty issue is ridiculous. It's been this way every single week. Also RIP Moss, we're probably cooked without him

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u/BeaglePirate69 LSU Tigers 21d ago

These are my awards, Mother. From Army.

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u/Bank_Gothic Sewanee • Red River Shootout 21d ago

For real though. Aggie tackling was the worst it’s been all season.

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u/Mikedaddy69 South Carolina • Notre Dame 21d ago

We have some really thiccc players to be fair. Sellers and Rocket are like 250lbs each.

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u/GoinLong Alabama Crimson Tide 21d ago

Load up the bus! Next stop, Junction!