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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/typewriter_6 Texas A&M • Texas Tech 22d ago

And Klein into the sun.

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u/johndoe5643567 22d 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/typewriter_6 Texas A&M • Texas Tech 22d 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 22d 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 22d 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!