By: Michael Rodriguez The 13th ranked Texas A and 'M softball team managed to earn a split in Saturday’s games, dropping the first game 2-0 to the LSU Tigers and then rallying from behind against the Texas State Bobcats 7-4. ...
By: Michael RodriguezAggie softball kicks off NCAA regional with an 11-0 win The Texas A and 'M Aggie Softball Complex turned into a launch pad as the No. 13 Aggies overwhelmed the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats 11-0 on Friday. ...
The Texas A&M football team enters their inaugural season in the Southeastern Conference with the weight of the world on their shoulders. The Aggies are facing a lot more pressure to win immediately than their counterpart, Missouri, from the Big ...
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A pair of unearned runs in the fourth inning pushed LSU past Texas A&M 2-1 in the NCAA College Station Regional championship Sunday afternoon.
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The 13th ranked Texas A and 'M softball team managed to earn a split in Saturday’s games, dropping the first game 2-0 to the LSU Tigers and then rallying from behind against the Texas State Bobcats 7-4. ...
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The Texas A and 'M Aggie Softball Complex turned into a launch pad as the No. 13 Aggies overwhelmed the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats 11-0 on Friday. ...
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Mel Dumezich's two home runs lifted Texas A&M into the regional championship game with a 7-4 win over Texas State Saturday night. The Aggies will face LSU at 1 p.m. Sunday.Source: Texas A&M Official Site
Daniel Mengden's three-run, pinch hit home run in the top of the ninth capped a come-from-behind win for the Aggies Saturday afternoon as they defeated No. 22 Oklahoma State 5-4.Source: Texas A&M Official Site
The Texas A&M men's golf team earned its fifth straight trip to the NCAA Championships with a second-place finish on Saturday afternoon at the NCAA Bowling Green Regional.Source: Texas A&M Official Site
Tigers make two first-inning runs stand up; Aggies back in action tonight at 7 p.m.Source: Texas A&M Official Site
After a second place finish at regionals and individual titles in its last two events, the No. 10 Texas A&M women's golf team begins play at the 2012 NCAA Women's Golf Championship on Tuesday, May 22 at Vanderbilt Legends Club North Course.
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Alyson Ogle, a Texas A&M Health Science Center nursing graduate, holds a mirror for her classmate Jenna Taylor (left) as they and other graduates prepare for a commencement ceremony at Rudder Auditorium on Friday.Source: The Bryan College Station Eagle
By MATTHEW WATKINSSource: Texas A&M Official Site
The sixth-ranked Texas A&M baseball team withstood a scrappy comeback attempt by No. 22 Oklahoma State Friday night at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium to defeat the Cowboys by a final score of 8-7.Source: Texas A&M Official Site
Texas A&M hit five home runs--two by Meagan May--as the Aggies opened NCAA action with an 11-0 run-rule win over Bethune-Cookman Friday night.Source: Texas A&M Official Site
Texas A&M pitchers Ross Stripling and Michael Wacha were honored Friday as the pair was selected as semifinalists for the Dick Howser Trophy.Source: Texas A&M Official Site
The Texas A&M men's golf team blistered The Club at Olde Stone course on Friday afternoon to the tune of 10-under par, surging into contention for the team title at the NCAA Bowling Green Regional.
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College Football Live's panel of experts preview Georgia's upcoming season.Source: Texas A&M Official Site
Both carrying perfect 4.0 GPAs, A&M's Alyssa Conner and Cheyne Hermes were named to the Capital One Academic All-District Team for the second straight year.Source: Texas A&M Official Site
Both carrying perfect 4.0 GPAs, A&M's Alyssa Conner and Cheyne Hermes were named to the Capital One Academic All-District Team for the second straight year.Source: The Bryan College Station Eagle
The Texas A&M student who garnered national attention by campaigning to become her school’s first female yell leader faces misdemeanor theft charges after police said she stole two bicycles on campus this week.Source: SEC Football Blog
Nickolas Brassell was in a deep enough hole academically when Hugh Freeze took the Ole Miss job back in December that Freeze never counted on having Brassell on the field next season. Sure, Freeze was always hopeful and did all he could to help Brassell, one of the most dynamic freshmen in the SEC last season, but the official word came down Friday. Ole Miss announced that Brassell was academically ineligible and would transfer. Brassell, who became the first Ole Miss player since 1988 to start on both offense and defense, missed all but a few practices this spring to try and get his academics in order.Source: SEC Football Blog
Chris Low discusses the new SEC-Big 12 bowl game.Source: SEC Football Blog
Edward Aschoff discusses how new Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze took big steps to improving things off the field for the Rebels.Source: SEC Football Blog
Derek Tyson and Jeff Barlis write: There are six or seven spots left in Florida's 2013 class and a few needs to fill. Some of the top prospects in the nation are considering the Gators, and it would be difficult to turn them away. GatorNation is ranking the top 12 uncommitted prospects for Florida over the next six weekdays, two-a-day style. No. 12 | No. 11 Michael DiRocco writes: ESPN.com's Mark Schlabach sees brighter days ahead for the Florida football team, which is why he has the Gators ranked No.Source: SEC Football Blog
The days of the Rose Bowl being the bowl of bowls could soon be coming to an end now that the SEC and the Big 12 have agreed on a five-year bowl partnership. The new deal, announced Friday, will have the champions of the Big 12 and SEC meet in a New Year's Day bowl game annually beginning with the 2014 season. So while it won’t have the tradition of the Rose Bowl, it’ll have the viewers and it’ll have the popularity. We’re seeing more and more how power is truly the most important component in college football, and this is a great example.Source: SEC Football Blog
Today, we dissect Auburn's schedule as the Tigers enter the 2012 season with a new offensive coordinator and new defensive coordinator: Nonconference opponents (with 2011 records) Sept. 1: vs. Clemson (10-4), in Atlanta Sept. 15: Louisiana-Monroe (4-8) Nov. 3: New Mexico State (4-9) Nov. 17: Alabama A&M (8-4) SEC home games Sept. 22: LSU Oct. 6: Arkansas Oct. 27: Texas A&M Nov. 10: Georgia SEC road games Sept. 8: at Mississippi State Oct.Source: SEC Football Blog
The SEC and Big 12 champs will meet in a New Year's Day bowl game annually beginning with the 2014 season, the conferences announced Friday. The five-year agreement will pit champions of each conference against each other "unless one or both are selected to play in the new four-team model to determine the national championship," according to a statement from both conferences. If that were to happen, another team from the conference(s) would be selected, ensuring that the game takes place every year.Source: SEC Football Blog
David Ching writes : Recruiting is always a boon for Georgia’s perpetual appearance in the preseason top 25, and this year is no different. Radi Nabulsi writes: After an exhaustive search over several months, Georgia hires longtime Peach State coach/AD Darly Jones as its new director of on-campus recruiting. Kipp Adams writes : UGA signee John Theus pens his own “Dawg Blawg,” and discusses his excitement for joining the Bulldogs amid a bittersweet last semester of high school.Source: SEC Football Blog
Our Friday offering of lunch links: Jeff Schultz of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution writes that bowls and the BCS need to be kept away from a college football playoff. LSU doesn't want to forget its loss to Alabama in last season's BCS National Championship Game. Roger Goodell may also sentence former Alabama star linebacker Rolando McClain, writes Kevin Scarbinsky of The Birmingham News. How important will style of play be in Arkansas' search for its long-term head football coach?Source: SEC Football Blog
Alabama is once again stepping up its nonconference game. The Crimson Tide and West Virginia, now of the Big 12, will meet for the first time ever when the two open the 2014 season in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game in Atlanta, bowl officials announced Thursday. “Alabama and West Virginia are consistently among the premier teams in the country and we’re thrilled to be able to host such a high-profile game with representatives from the SEC and the Big 12,” Chick-fil-A Bowl president and CEO Gary Stokan said in a statement Thursday.Source: SEC Football Blog
We're putting spring behind us and looking toward the fall with our post-spring power rankings: 1. LSU: The Tigers had one of the best springs around. Things were quiet off the field, and the offense rallied behind quarterback Zach Mettenberger. Coach Les Miles was very impressed with Mettenberger's play and maturity, and expects LSU's offense to be more balanced with him under center. LSU can still use four or five running backs as well. Defensively, the Tigers are stacked once again, especially up front with two potential first-rounders in ends Sam Montgomery and Barkevious Mingo.Source: Texas A&M Official Site
Texas A&M softball junior Meagan May has been invited to the 2012 USA Softball Women's National Team (WNT) Selection Camp, the national governing body announced today.Source: SEC Football Blog
Cassidy Hubbarth and the college football bloggers bring you the best from the spring and what that means for the games in the fall.
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Texas doesn't have any issues recruiting. It's the No. 1 school in one of the most fertile high school football states in the country. The Longhorns routinely post top 5 recruiting classes, and often times those classes translate into conference championships.
But with Texas A&M headed to the SEC, the landscape in the state of Texas has changed a bit. The Aggies can now sell the SEC, its exposure and its competition to in-state recruits looking for a better platform to showcase their talents.
Can A&M unseat Texas as the recruiting king of the Lone Star State? CFB Lead Blogger Michael Felder and SEC Lead Blogger Barrett Sallee debate on this edition of Full Ride.
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The biggest difference between the Southeastern Conference and every other league in the country is that the SEC is stronger on the lines. Texas A&M needs to recruit more junior college players in order to measure up on the offensive and defensive line against their SEC foes.
It is a generally accepted fact that 50 percent of every recruiting class you bring in will not contribute on the field. Even though A&M signed six defensive linemen in the 2012 recruiting class you cannot count on all of them to pan out.
If three pan out then that will be a good class.
The Aggies have depth issues at defensive tackle going into the 2012 season. Considering Edmund Ray is the only true defensive tackle signed in the 2012 class, there is obviously an immediate need there.
Some people oppose JUCO recruits because they think there are too many risks with them. The logic is that if they could not make it academically in high school, how will they succeed in college? Some recruits also end up in junior college because of off the field problems, and some programs do not want to deal with that kind of baggage.
Junior college do football coaches at four year colleges a big service. They help separate the wheat from the chaff. Junior college offers a higher level of competition than high school. If you can succeed at the junior college level, then odds are that you can succeed while playing for a four-year college. They also get the players on the right track when it comes to academics.
Bill Snyder was able to completely turn around a moribund Kansas State football program by successfully mining the junior colleges for talent. Michael Bishop and Daniel Thomas are two examples of difference makers that Snyder found in junior colleges.
Snyder knew that he would never be able to find enough talent in the state of Kansas or the surrounding state to support a top 25 football program. What talent there was in the surrounding states, was being scooped up by Nebraska. To combat that he became the best coach in the country at identifying and developing junior college talent.
Texas A&M does not need to copy Billy Snyder and bring in recruiting classes with 10-15 junior college players in it. They should take a page out of Bob Stoops' playbook and bring in junior college recruits to fill holes.
When Stoops knows he has a position where he is not strong on his team, he looks to junior colleges to add depth and talent. Josh Heupel and Torrance Marshall are glaring examples of this approach.
Alabama has won two of the last three national championships and Nick Saban looks to JUCO recruits to help fill out his class. Alabama lost three defensive backs to the NFL draft, so Saban signed two JUCO defensive backs to help replace them.
Auburn was led to the 2010 national title by two former junior college players. Cam Newton and Nick Fairley were both national award winners at Auburn. Both came to Auburn from junior colleges.
Luckily for A&M, Kevin Sumlin is no stranger to recruiting the junior colleges. Sumlin signed 15 junior college players during the four years he was the head coach at Houston. He also worked under Stoops at OU, so he has seen how JUCO players can help a program.
Sumlin brought in one junior college player in his first class at A&M in defensive back Otis Jacobs.
He has already hit the JUCO circuit hard this spring. According to Billy Liucci from TexAgs.com, the Aggies have offered five junior college players for the 2013 class. Four of those offers are to defensive tackles where the Aggies need the most help.
The Aggies have to do everything in their power to raise their talent level on the field so they can be competitive in the SEC as soon as possible. Bringing in junior college recruits in every recruiting class will help them achieve that level of success in a more expedient manner.
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For the second season in-a-row, the No. 8 seed Texas A&M softball team prepares to host a four-team NCAA Regional at the Aggie Softball Complex this weekend.Source: Texas A&M Official Site
Senior third baseman Matt Juengel broke a 13th inning tie with a three-run home run to lift the #6 Aggies to a 5-2 win over #22 Oklahoma State on Thursday night at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium.Source: Texas A&M Official Site
The No. 13 Texas A&M softball team placed four student-athletes on the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-Central Region teams, the National Fastpitch Coaches Association announced today.Source: Bleacher Report NCAAF
In a league that is known for its defensive prowess, the Aggies have to make some changes, and fast. The SEC is the dominating force on this side of the ball, and if A&M and their new head coach want to be able to compete with the rest of the conferences, be watching for some major changes to start up soon.
Overall, the Aggies aren't the worst program in the nation on the defensive side of the ball. However, a No. 51 ranking in overall defense is nothing to be too proud of. New Defensive Coordinator Mark Snyder has already switched up A&M's scheme from a 3-4 to a 4-3, and more changes are in the works.
Here are five defensive improvements the Aggies must make to even have a shot at competing in the SEC.
Source: Texas A&M Official Site
Texas A&M met with the media on Thursday as practices took place prior to the start of the NCAA College Station Regional. Click here for coverage.Source: Texas A&M Official Site
Texas A&M women's basketball signee Courtney Williams has accepted an invitation to attend the 2012 USA Basketball Women's U18 National Team Trials held May 19-21 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center (USOTC) in Colorado Springs, Colo.Source: Texas A&M Official Site
The Texas A&M men's golf team sits in a tie for fourth place after Thursday's first round of the NCAA Bowling Green Regional at The Club at Olde Stone.Source: SEC Football Blog
Chris Low discusses receiver Marcus Lucas' spring and the way he emerged as the Tigers' deep threat.Source: SEC Football Blog
Tennessee will be taking part of its preseason camp on the road. The Vols will practice from Aug. 9-15 at Milligan College in Johnson City, Tenn., which is about a two-hour drive from Knoxville. "The week in Johnson City will provide a unique opportunity to build team unity and limit distractions,” Tennessee coach Derek Dooley said. “The opportunity to train away from campus also allows for a more efficient move into our new football training center and will reduce the wear and tear on our practice fields.
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