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June 28, 2007
College football must be right around the corner
You know it's about time for the college football season to begin when the first story appears proclaiming that Texas A&M football coach Dennis Franchione remains on the hot seat (Brett Zwerneman of the San Antonio Express-News):
. . .Anyway, an Aggies neighbor here in town firmly stated Monday that this is Dennis Franchione’s make-or-break season in College Station. I didn’t realize she had that much pull with the Aggies brass.I argued that A&M will have a better team than last season -- and a worse record. For starters to a tough last two-thirds of the schedule, the Aggies play a non-conference, Thursday night road game at Miami, a recently-proud program now under first-year coach Randy Shannon. [. . .]
Last year, A&M squeezed out a three-point victory at KU and a one-point victory in overtime at OSU. This year, A&M plays league road games at Texas Tech, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Missouri.
The Aggies haven’t won in Lubbock since 1993. They haven’t won in Lincoln, Neb., since 1955 (no, I didn’t cover that game). They haven’t won in Norman, Okla., since 1997. They haven’t won in Columbia, Mo., since 1999.
In other words, A&M hasn’t won at any of those places this millennium (or century, if that grabs you more). In 2003, Franchione’s first season at A&M and the last time the Aggies played this league slate, A&M lost at the above four hotspots by a combined 167 points.
One-hundred-and-sixty-seven points! (Right, that team didn’t have Mike Goodson. You got me.)
Obviously they’ve got a little ground to make up. . . .
The entire column is here.
Posted by Tom at June 28, 2007 12:25 AM
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