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Cover Texas A&M & More for Houston Chronicle. Old D1 baseball lefty, author of 5 books 4 on A&M. 5thGenTXN, daily historian, 2021 nat'l FWAA beat writer of year

Bryan-College Station, Texas
Joined June 2009
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Jimbo Fisher’s trumpeted arrival to College Station:
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Houston coach Kelvin Sampson took extra time with Texas A&M’s players after OT classic in Memphis:
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Notre Dame controversially received a spot ahead of Texas A&M in the 2020 College Football Playoff. Notre Dame controversially received a basketball NCAA tourney bid in front of A&M in 2022. A&M non-controversially eliminates Notre Dame from the '22 College World Series, 5-1.
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Jimbo Fisher attended his first Aggie Ring ceremony, saw families crying and how much it meant to Aggies. He later pulled an A&M helmet out and told his players when that helmet means the same thing to them as the ring, the Aggies have a chance to get to where they want to be.
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Texas A&M LB Tyrel Dodson had just practiced for 2 hours in 100 degree heat Friday when he saw a 9 yr old boy in indoor complex. So @tdots25 offered to play baseball w/ the boy (my son), & even threw lefty because it was the only other glove around. #ThankYou #LifetimeMemory
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Texas A&M 41, No. 1 Alabama 38:
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I asked RB Trayveon Williams about no Texas A&M players through the years declining to play in bowl games: β€˜That doesn’t even cross our minds. Every opportunity we get to wear the maroon & white uniform, we want to do that’:
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At Texas A&M’s Kyle Field, via A&M’s Andy Richardson, who said the videoboard will stay on all night in Leach’s honor:
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Texas A&M coach Buzz Williams, fighting back tears: It has caused me to lose all respect and faith in the system and those who are in it. … The process is obviously flawed. (Adds until transparency is part of process it will continue to be broken).
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Louisville coach Dan McDonnell on his way out to Texas A&M and its home, Blue Bell Park: 'You guys have something special here. This is my first time here in 30 years, and this is special, this is neat. This fires me up, because this is what we’re trying to do.'
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Texas A&M outscored its final three opponents, Auburn, Tennessee and North Carolina, 51-7 in the combined fourth quarters, all away from Kyle Field.
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Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher drops a β€˜Howdy’ on the main media room stuffed with sportswriters. Crickets in return. Fisher: β€˜You’ve got to say howdy back, dad gum.’
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Texas A&M football’s long-awaited new intro:
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One of my roommates at Texas A&M in the mid 1990s was Foster Lott, a veterinarian in Minden, La. His brother-in-law, Jamey Pitman of the U.S. Army, was part of the flyover for Red, White and Blue Out II on Sept. 4 at Kyle Field. What a view:
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Aftermath of Cullen Gillaspia’s all-time TD at Texas A&M:
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The Minute Maid Park crowd can tip its collective hat to self for impacting outcome. Both Rays OF Austin Meadows & 2B Brandon Lowe said deafening crowd contributed to dropped ball on popup -- caused lack of communication: Meadows: 'It was ... tough to hear anything in general'
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I will add this: Any reports that say Mark Stoops to Texas A&M is a done deal are premature and inaccurate.
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I’m confused, in a fun way:
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Johnny Manziel and Mike Evans together again at Texas A&M:
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Beautiful Aggie Park, one week to kickoff Texas A&M vs. Sam Houston:
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Texas A&M senior safety Leon O’Neal on his last game at Kyle Field: β€œThis place changed me. … I love A&M with all my heart. … These fans love you unconditionally.”
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Almost positive the Georgia offense isn’t used to this much crowd noise from the opposing fan base in Sanford Stadium. Aggies contingent is absolutely rowdy:
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Great answer from Texas A&M LB Buddy Johnson when asked where he'd rank the Aggies -- he said he had no idea: '(But) I can tell you what time we practice today.'
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Here is LSU safety John Battle punching Cole Fisher, while Fisher and LSU staffer Kevin Faulk trade blows following Cole Fisher shoving Steve Kragthorpe:
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QB Kellen Mond: β€˜I’m an Aggie until the day I die ... but at the same time we can be so much better as people’:
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Man, they are playing the late Charlie Robison’s β€œMy Hometown” here at Kyle Field at halftime. Makes my heart both happy and sad β€” and beats the heck out of that β€œIf You’re Gonna Play in Texas” mess.
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Johnny Manziel with a warm welcome back to College Station tonight in Reed Arena:
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I'll write it again: There will be a QB battle between Kellen Mond and Zach Calzada in the offseason.
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The rivalry lives: Texas A&M soccer coach G Guerrieri said Texas has β€˜ducked’ playing the Aggies since A&M joined the SEC in 2012. Texas couldn’t avoid A&M in the NCAA Tournament on Friday night in College Station, and the Aggies prevailed 4-1. A pleased Guerrieri:
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Four years after heart surgery as a newborn, our littlest dude, Brady, officially started T-Ball this week. Wouldn’t have missed that first practice for the world. #GodIsGreat @CrystalGalny
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Captain Obvious alert: This is a different Texas A&M program than we've seen in the past few years. Jimbo Fisher's grit has rubbed off on this team early in his tenure.
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Texas A&M senior quarterback Kellen Mond standing in front of a man standing in front of the Sul Ross statue at A&M on Friday. Thousand words, indeed:
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To give y’all an idea of the pomp around this year’s Texas A&M spring game at 4 pm Saturday: 79 Kyle suites have been reserved, compared to 13 last year. The Pepsi Fan Zone will be bigger than it was for the β€˜17 Alabama game. And a whopping 342 lettermen returning this weekend.
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Proud Houstonian and Rocket Gerald Green said he’s letting his hair β€˜breathe’ today:
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The Astros' Jose Altuve stood in the outfield and greeted and hugged and signed for one Uvalde resident after another, he didn't seem to want to leave. He practically had to be pulled away to start getting ready for Sunday's game against the A's:
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10-year-old Caitlyne Gonzales of Uvalde, standing with her family in the Minute Maid Park outfield on Sunday before the Astros’ series finale against the Oakland Athletics, proudly clutched a ball signed by Astros star Jose Altuve: via @houstonchron
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Texas A&M's Jim Schlossnagle on the rivalry: It’s fun to have the War Hymn on this side and whatever they call it on that side.
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Texas A&M is good to go for its 3 pm Saturday game at Mississippi State on the COVID testing front β€” team preparing to board flight now.
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Texas A&M junior LB Tyrel Dodson got a little emotional afterward talking about Jimbo Fisher's impact on program over one season: 'I'm very grateful he came here.'
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I've covered games at Kyle Field since 1995. Tua Tagovailoa is the single best quarterback I've seen play here. Incredible presence, amazing release.
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Jimbo Fisher said he's asked 'Does it scare you' about playing one of nation's toughest schedules (at Clemson, Alabama, at Georgia, at LSU to name a few): 'No. It excites me.'
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Congrats to Jimbo and Courtney Fisher, married this summer. Dynamic couple:
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Texas A&M senior offensive lineman Carson Green on the β€˜whole opt-out thing’ (and, yes, I’m appreciative I can still cite examples like this to my kids on what it means to honor your commitment):
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Texas A&M coach Rob Childress on Kody Clemens stare into Aggies dugout following 1st inning 3-run homer: β€˜If you don’t like it make a better pitch’
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George W. Bush once said Texas A&M and its environment 'added 10 years' to his dad's life. Here's part of the reason why, and it has to do with Aggie athletics:
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Texas A&M regent and noted Houston attorney:
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Nick Saban on Texas A&M in general: β€˜Great addition to our league. Great facilities and a great academic institution. Really good program, historically. And it’s great for the SEC to have a presence in Texas, and Texas A&M is a first-class institution.'
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Mike Elko and his family at Kyle Field:
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Texas A&M’s Andersson Garcia for the tie:
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Projected No. 1 pick Myles Garrett to @HoustonChron on why he intends to watch the NFL Draft at home:
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Official: Texas A&M University Director of Athletics Scott Woodward has relieved Head Football Coach Kevin Sumlin of all duties effective immediately. Assistant Coach Jeff Banks will serve as interim head coach.
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Texas A&M track’s Infinite Tucker knocked pennies off the Sul Ross statue & told a man trying to stand guard of the statue not to touch him. (Language). A&M receiver Jhamon Ausbon, whose leadership was at full throttle throughout Friday evening, urged calm & respectful discourse:
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Zwerneman sounds a little like Zapruder, right? I’ve acquired video disputing Steve Kragthorpe’s version of postgame fight β€” he was shoved by Cole Fisher, not punched. More to come, including LSU safety John Battle punching Cole Fisher while Fisher & Kevin Faulk trade blows:
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A 3 yr old girl on our plane that just landed in Houston out of the blue just yelled, β€˜RUN THE BALL JIMBO!’ People chuckled and her dad said, I taught her that.
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Jimbo Fisher 10-minute presser is over -- never seen or heard anything like that. Completely disassociated himself from Nick Saban and told reporters to check into how Saban has done things in past.
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Texas A&M honored the Doziers as the Military Appreciation Family of the Game, and A&M freshman Tucker Dozier got the surprise of his year when his father, James Dozier of the Army, came home early from an overseas deployment and joined the family at Kyle Field tonight:
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Should LSU come open after this season Jimbo Fisher will not be a part of that equation for the Tigers. Jimbo & Courtney Fisher are quite happy in Bryan-College Station, and that won't change any time soon. Texas A&M is really good about meeting Jimbo's requests, understandably.
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Kellen Mond said A&M chancellor John Sharp and A&M president Michael Young agree with him that A&M needs β€˜change,’ but Mond added: β€˜Awareness means nothing without action to me’
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Kingsley Keke planned to play football at Texas. Then his English teacher at George Ranch High, a lifelong LSU fan, suggested he at least visit Texas A&M. The rest is Aggies D-line history:
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Jimbo Fisher: This place deserves a great football team and we're doing everything in our power to get there.
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Jimbo Fisher is a really good overall head coach, and one heck of a recruiter (with evidence to support that claim). If he zeroed in on those roles and just running the overall operation, I believe the Aggies are a dynamic playcaller away from being in title mix as soon as 2023:
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Texas A&M on Saturday served up another prime example of why coach Jimbo Fisher’s primary offseason duty should be recruiting ... a play-caller on offense to take his place in that role: via @houstonchron
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Jimbo Fisher on his players constantly hearing how tough Texas A&M’s schedule is this season (β€˜If a dog doesn’t bite when he’s a pup he’s not going to bite when he’s a dog’):
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Texas A&M baseball coach Jim Schlossnagle on trying to figure out if a big box that Pringles sent his program violates any rules: 'The NCAA is always looking to screw up a good day'
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Alabama at Texas A&M 2021 will have at least as much hype as Alabama at Texas A&M 2013:
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A&M TE Jace Sternberger on the only other time he's dragged a defender along for that long (about 25 yards): 'Just my little brother in the backyard.'
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A choked up Jimbo Fisher thanked the seniors, most of whom he didn't recruit as he pointed out, for giving their all and buying into his program.
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A pleased Jimbo Fisher on nearly 105,000 at Kyle Field tonight for Texas A&M 30, South Carolina 6: β€˜There’s not an atmosphere or environment like this in college football.’
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A&M LB Buddy Johnson said the Aggies presented QB Kellen Mond with the game ball in the locker room.
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Texas A&M athletic director Ross Bjork on Aggies' football vacancy: 'This is not an 8-4 job ... You win the national championship, you'll get paid like a national championship coach' via Aggie Fan Zone radio show, should be free link:
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BREAKING NEWS: TEXAS A&M’S CULLEN GILLASPIA HAS DECLARED FOR THE NFL DRAFT (of course he just played his final game as a senior, when he scored a TD in the Gator Bowl):
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Texas A&M and Clemson fans both enjoying the Aggie Band’s entrance to Memorial Stadium:
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When did you ever think you’d see this in the shadow of Kyle Field? Texas A&M sophomore Preston Greenwood from Austin dangled the hook this morning for a time in the new Aggie Park (yes, he released his catch). Good times:
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Gotta hand it to junior Devon Achane, and NFL guys should notice this: He could have sat out the finale with the idea of (likely) preparing for the NFL Draft and avoiding further injury. He's out there trying to lead the Aggies to an upset of LSU.
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Greatness, Texas A&M and Kansas State got into a sing-off at Texas Bowl banquet:
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Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher showing the fellas how it’s done (skills first learned on the family farm near Clarksburg, West Virginia) as part of what I believe is A&M’s greatest annual day: The Big Event. Fisher & football team were at Twin City Mission today. /pic courtesy AC
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Texas A&M safety Leon O’Neal on his red and blue gloves: β€œI love America, so why not wear Red, White and Blue gloves?”
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Texas A&M radio broadcaster, A&M All-American, NFL All-Pro Dave Elmendorf on SEC officiating: 'These guys have no clue what they're doing.'
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Jimbo Fisher on picking next 12th Man to replace Cullen Gillaspia: β€˜I want to take my time & make sure we do it right. I want to see what goes on in summer & a little bit of fall camp. It’s a great honor and I take it very seriously. I want to make sure we pick the right guy.’
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Smattering of boos when Aggie Band took the field at halftime, but by performance’s end had won the LSU crowd over:
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Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher at SEC Spring Meetings on Texas choosing Oklahoma over A&M, if SEC opts for lone annual rival scheduling model starting in 2024: β€˜We’re not going to live our life worried about Texas’
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Texas A&M's Gary Blair, 73, after Aggies beat Marquette to advance to Sweet 16: 'I'm tired of people second-guessing this team. I'm tired of people trying to figure out when I'm going to retire.'
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Jimbo Fisher on @TexAgsRadio on the import of recruiting: 'I ain't seen nobody win the Kentucky Derby with a donkey.'
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Jimbo Fisher said when Texas A&M chancellor John Sharp took a dip of Copenhagen during Fisher's introductory press conference that Fisher told himself, "I'm right where I need to be." He added w/ a chuckle, "I've never seen that happen before."
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Right before the Texas A&M team entrance tonight at Kyle Field (as seen from press box):
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An emotional Chris Paul to TNT: Hopefully basketball can be a way for people to come and ease their minds ... if only for a second:
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Texas A&M assistant Elijah Robinson ran meeting with players. He is expected to be interim for final 3 games. A&M OL Mark Nabou told me as he left meeting, β€œWe’re going to do our thing and still play football … it’s a setback but we’re still going to keep playing football.”
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I asked Jimbo Fisher if he would consider focusing on head coaching and perhaps turn over play-calling duties at some point if it would help his offense:
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Texas A&M's Jimbo Fisher: 'We can play with anybody .. 7 straight SEC wins. Some schools aren't even playing seven games.'
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Texas A&M chancellor John Sharp to the @HoustonChron on if they had any concern about signing Jimbo Fisher to a 10-year guaranteed contract: β€œYes. We couldn’t get him to agree to a 15-year deal, so this is the best we got.”
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Seems pretty simple: Texas A&M has won six consecutive games in SEC play by double digits (and seven in a row overall). Does anyone really believe at this point in the season Clemson would be destroying the Aggies 34-10 if they played today?
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They might not get this one beyond Greater Snook, but one of my favorites from today #LocalFlavor
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Forbes lists Texas A&M as 'most valuable program.' A&M chancellor John Sharp: 'We've always had the best, most loyal fan base in the nation w/ the 12th Man. What we were missing were the best facilities & coaches the fan base deserved. Problem solved.'
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His entire life centered on taking care of his family, including his bride of 64 years & 6 kids. An extraordinary example of a life well lived, in serving his country & community. And man oh man was he revered for his hayrides. Bill Zwerneman, 86, of Dime Box, Texas, 1936-2023.
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Love this Man with all my heart. Best role model a boy could ask for:
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I'll go ahead and say it: Gonna be a heck of a quarterback battle in the offseason between a senior and a sophomore at Texas A&M.
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Texas A&M fined $50,000 by the SEC for fans rushing the field after the Aggies' 74-72 seven overtime victory over LSU on Saturday night. I'm guessing the Aggies find it well worth it.
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The Aggie War Hymn at George Bush’s final stop next to Kyle Field (he had requested that):
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Jimbo went JimBro today:
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98,016 fans show up for Texas State at Texas A&M -- there's no doubt the Aggies fan base is psyched for the 2019 season.
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Two weeks from right now, Texas A&M and Texas State will be playing football at Kyle Field.
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