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Rate A&M falls to OSU in Big 12 soccer final

Original at Aggie sports news provided by The Eagle external link    Sun, Nov 8

Staff and Wire ReportSAN ANTONIO -- Oklahoma State defender Carson Michalowski headed in a corner kick from Colleen Dougherty in the 53rd minute Sunday and the Cowgirls defeated Texas A&M 1-0 to win the Big 12 Conference soccer tournament at the ...

Rate The HP Heisman Watch

Original at Heismanpundit external link    Sun, Nov 8

1. Colt McCoy, Texas–McCoy is coming off a 470-yard outburst against UCF.  On the year, he is completing 73 percent of his passes for 2,447 yards, 17 touchdowns and 9 interceptions.  He is on pace to have 3,534 yards, 25 touchdowns and 13 interceptions by the time the Heisman vote is due.  His re...

Rate College football: Things to watch today

Original at College Sports external link    Sat, Nov 7

2. Weird point spreads. Late moves in point spreads could point to Vegas wisdom that somehow escaped most of us. Oklahoma opened as a 5 1/2-point over Nebraska. That line is now 4. And the line in Texas A&M-Colorado has moved from Aggies by 5 1/2 to 3. Based on the eye test, the Sooners and Aggies...

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Original at The FanHouse - AOL external link    Fri, Nov 6

Our beaver pelt trader of the week is, be still my beating heart, my coaching crush Mike Leach. As if it weren't enough that he went on "Friday Night Lights" -- spoiler alert, I have to wait until January to watch the show because I don't have DirecTV -- after the loss to Texas A&M, Leach bla...

Rate Could the North Produce a 4-4 Champion?

Original at Big Red Network external link    Fri, Nov 6

Of course, that assumes the oddsmakers have got this weekend pegged and that's no certainty. Kansas is less than a field goal favorite over Kansas State in Manhattan this weekend. Oklahoma is seeing their spread over Nebraska dwindle to four and half points in some places. Texas A&M has...

Rate The Biggest Win in Eight Years?

Original at Big Red Network external link    Thu, Nov 5

Granted, there have only been six games since that day against teams ranked in the top 20 in Lincoln. There were losses to #7 Texas and #13 Colorado in 2002, a loss to #15 Texas Tech in 2005, another loss to #5 Texas in 2006, a loss to #1 USC in 2007, and a loss to #4 Missouri in 2008. And there were a pa...

Rate How McCoy Can Win The Heisman

Original at Heismanpundit external link    Wed, Nov 4

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Ingram may control his Heisman destiny, but McCoy is there to potentially pick up the pieces if the Alabama running back falls apart.  A favorable schedule the rest of the way seems to point to Texas ending up undefeated and McCoy finishing strong.  If Ingram slips up, McCoy is in the best pos...

Past Two Weeks

 

Rate Top recruit Scott exits Colorado

Original at College Sports external link    Tue, Nov 3

Scott, ranked as the top running back prospect in the nation as a California high school senior in 2007, announced he will transfer. He chose Colorado after a recruiting tug-of-war with Texas. He came to Colorado overweight, and struggled with injuries.

Rate Pirate's presence felt in College Station

Original at College Sports external link    Mon, Nov 2

Texas Tech coach Mike Leach took advantage of his team's off-week to get the full multimedia treatment during a visit to the ESPN studios Monday. Here's an interview with him. Leach was also a presence at Texas A&M's press conference Monday, at least by inference if not by name.

Rate Texas Toasts Oklahoma State

Original at The FanHouse - AOL external link    Sat, Oct 31

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This was a meeting of the Big 12 South's two top teams, but it was clear from the outset the Longhorns are by far supreme as they took a major step in locking up the division title while staying in step for the coveted BCS championship bid. Texas (8-0, 4-0) just needs to run the table against Bayl...

Rate Is Nebraska on the Outside Looking In?

Original at Big Red Network external link    Fri, Oct 30

ESPN puts out weekly college bowl projections. Guess where they have the Huskers? Bruce Feldman has Nebraska sitting home over the holidays with Texas A&M, Colorado and Baylor. Mark Schlabach thinks Nebraska is Independence Bowl bound (and Missouri ends up missing a bowl game). It's...

Past Month

 

Rate 2009-Week Nine College Football Polls

Original at Fanblogs external link    Sun, Oct 25

Others receiving votes: Brigham Young 80, CENTRL MICHIGAN 76, California 24, Texas Tech 18, Wisconsin 16, Navy 13, Kansas 12, Clemson 11, Rutgers 1 © fanblogs.comView the original post or comment on 2009-Week Nine College Football Polls...

Rate Wednesday Musings

Original at Heismanpundit external link    Wed, Oct 21

Naaaah. —Bizarre turnaround of the week:  Kansas State goes from being crushed 66-14 by Texas Tech to doing some smashing of its own in a 62-14 romp over Texas A&M.   Can Mike Sherman be long for College Station? Rose Bowl–Iowa vs. Oregon Fiesta Bowl–Texas vs. TCU

Rate Texas A&M Basketball Preview: #28

Original at CollegeHoopsnet.com external link    Mon, Oct 19

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By Joel Welser Conference Rank: #4 Big 12 Conference 2008-09 postseason: NCAA Coach: Mark Turgeon (49-21 at Texas A&M, 202-140 overall) Backcourt: Who to Watch: Projected Post-season Tournament: NCAA 29 30 31 32 College Basketball Preview - 144 Teams in 144 Days - Alphabetical Ranks/Previews

Rate Opinion: Thoughts from Saturday's games

Original at College Sports external link    Sat, Oct 17

4. Speaking of a ship that may be sinking ... yeah, that's a transition to Texas A&M. At worst, I figured the Aggies could get two or three wins against the worst of the North and get to a bowl. After Saturday's 62-14 loss at Kansas State, the Aggies could be descending beyond the 2008 depths. "We g...

Rate Mike Leach Lacking Something

Original at Big Red Network external link    Tue, Oct 13

Texas Tech's Mike Leach is a different kind of coach. And while many people are defined by what they are, Leach at times seems defined by what he lacks. Tact, for example. While most coaches would be careful about taunting other programs, Leach seems to go out of his way to put down Texas A&M....

Year 2009

 

Rate Big 12 Weekend In Review: Career Days for Kansas Trio

Original at The FanHouse - AOL external link    Sat, Oct 10

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Well, the trio took it to a ridiculous level Saturday as the receivers bested each other during the Jayhawks' 41-31 win over Iowa State. First Briscoe set the school record for career receptions, then Meier jumped ahead of him. Meier, a converted quarterback, has 167 career catches while B...

Rate Harris Poll - Week 4 (First poll)

Original at Fanblogs external link    Sun, Sep 27

Other teams receiving votes: Auburn 366; Georgia Tech 340; South Florida 308; South Carolina 144; Wisconsin 119; Utah 84; UCLA 55; Notre Dame 51; Texas A&M 30; North Carolina 9; Stanford 9; Washington 6; Arizona 5; Indiana 5; Connecticut 4; Southern Miss 3; Florida State 2; Kansas S...

Rate Mike Sherman's poll ballot -- maybe

Original at College Sports external link    Wed, Sep 2

2. The selling point of the coaches poll is that the guys in the headsets and school colors know more than the rest of us casual observers. I would agree when it comes to football knowledge and next week's opponent. When it comes to the best teams nationwide, I would dispute it. If the starting poi...

Rate Anterrio Sloan Decommits from Nebraska

Original at Big Red Network external link    Sun, Aug 30

Sloan is reportedly very fast. No doubt, that's why he's been so highly rated. But he's also a bit undersized at 5'9". Look at the other schools who have offered him scholarships to date: Mississippi, Mississippi State, Hawaii, Kentucky, Texas A&M and Nebraska. Sure those aren't terrib...

Rate About those first-place votes for Texas ...

Original at College Sports external link    Sun, Aug 23

1. The invaluable College Football Talk did some sleuthing and discovered where those two first-place votes for Texas originated in the AP poll. It was nowhere close to the Lone Star State. Think Pittsburgh and Raleigh. And another voter apparently hasn't flipped the calendar, with Utah No....

Rate Texas A&M - Corpus Christi Basketball Preview: #135

Original at CollegeHoopsnet.com external link    Fri, Jul 24

By Joel Welser Texas A&M Corpus Christi Islanders Overall Rank: #135 Coach: Perry Clark (27-35 at Texas A&M Corpus Christi, 277-234 overall) Key Newcomers: Backcourt: Frontcourt: Who to Watch: Final Projection: College Basketball Preview - 144 Teams in 144 Days - Preview Interviews

Rate Big 12 Coaching Ranks Never Stronger

Original at Big Red Network external link    Wed, Jul 8

Getting wins in the Big 12 has seldom seemed tougher. OU and Texas recruit as well as any teams in the country. And then teams like Texas A&M, Nebraska, Oklahoma State, Colorado, Missouri, and Texas Tech that creep into the top 25 of recruiting rankings. Then you’ve got a team like Kansas t...

Rate Opinion: A&M cuts 17 in athletic department

Original at College Sports external link    Thu, Jul 2

The Texas A&M University Athletic Department is facing difficult economic decisions like many companies and universities across the United States. Charged by the University to reduce the budget by $4.5 million for the 2009-2010 fiscal year, our goal was to make spending cuts that w...

Rate Opinion: Experience means Frogs won't find Austin weird

Original at Star-Telegram.com external link    Tue, Jun 2

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Houston Chronicle  TX So he made sure to pepper the Frogs' schedule with perennial national powers — Cal State Fullerton, Texas A&M, Mississippi and, for the first time since 2002, the Texas Longhorns. When the Frogs begin their best-of-three Super Regional series with the ...

Rate Opinion: Beavers face Texas A&M in NCAA first round - Daily Mail

Original at Daily Mail - Charleston external link    Thu, May 28

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 WV The third-seeded Beavers, who won an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, open the first round with second-seeded Texas A&M on Friday in Fort Worth, Texas. If the Beavers win, they'll face the victor of Friday's later game between top-seeded TCU and ...

Rate Opinion: Louth leads Women's Golf after first round of Big 12 Championship

Original at TexasSports.com external link    Fri, Apr 24

Kansas State's Morgan Moon and Texas A&M's Ashley Freeman are tied for second place at 1-under 72. The average individual score for the first round was 79.75. In the team standings, Oklahoma State (295, +3) holds a nine stroke lead over runner-up Texas ...

Rate 5 things: Texas Troubles, Injuries, Curry FT's Overrated?

Original at CollegeHoopsnet.com external link    Tue, Feb 24

By Kevin McNeill Griffin should be back in the lineup for the matchup against Texas Tech on Saturday, but it may now be too late to salvage a Big 12 regular season title.  The Jayhawks final three games are against underachieving Texas Tech and Texas (at home) and a revenge game against arch-rival Missouri (...

Rate Opinion: Poor records, repairs contributed to boat accident

Original at Houston Chronicle external link    Sat, Feb 21

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Coast Guard Says Texas A&M Boat Was Damaged Repeatedly Before ... Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) Coast Guard: Flaws in A&M's boat damage tracking Austin American-Statesman Dallas Morning News - Austin American-Statesman

Rate The BIG Review: UT takes a big step back

Original at Rivals.com external link    Mon, Feb 16

By Chip Brown Texas established in victories against Oklahoma State and Colorado that it needs Dogus Balbay on the floor at point guard. So what happens in an 81-66 loss at Texas A&M? Balbay gets into early foul trouble, and the Longhorns struggled without him in a big setback. Now the team has to regr...

Rate Opinion: GameNight: Kansas vs Texas A&M￿Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at CollegeHoopsnet.com external link    Sun, Jan 18

By Evan Dorey Texas A&M has a nice record and some decent wins, but a statistical look at the Aggies finds them sitting well behind the conference’s best teams, and doesn’t suggest they’ll be too competitive, especially with a difficult South division schedule. This is a critical game for A&M...

Rate THE DREW REVIEW: Frustation at A&M￿

Original at Rivals.com external link    Thu, Jan 15

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By Todd Wills Baylor and Texas A&M have a great thing going with this Battle for the Brazos rivalry. The chippiness of the players. The intensity of the coaches. But when you get into a rivalry game, and you talk openly about the fact there is no love lost between the players, and you have a faceoff early l...

Rate In Texas, First Amendment Imperiled in 2008

Original at FIRE external link    Thu, Jan 1

By adam@thefire.org (Adam Kissel) Indeed, FIRE opened and closed 2008 with Texas on our mind. In January, Texas Southern University was FIRE’s Speech Code of the Month. Texas Southern’s Student Code of Conduct prohibits “intentional mental or physical harm,” which it defines as follows:

Rate Texas needs style points in addition to win over Texas A&M￿

Original at usatoday.com external link    Tue, Nov 25

Style points matter in college football this time of year, especially in the Big 12 South, with three teams vying for a conference championship and the national title. However, Texas could beat the stuffing out of Texas A&M on Thanksgiving night and be left on the sideline without a ch...

Rate Opinion: Upside down

Original at Wizbang external link    Wed, Nov 19

By Bill Jempty Six college students commit plagiarism, which is defined as literary theft, but guess who ends up getting fired? Texas A&M International University in Laredo fired a professor for publishing the names of students accused of plagiarism.

Rate Opinion: Baylor - Team Notes

Original at usatoday.com external link    Tue, Nov 18

INSIDE SLANT    On paper, last week's win over Texas A&M will go down as Baylor's fourth of Art Briles' first season as coach, and probably its final win of the 2008 football season. But that doesn't mean it wasn't important.   "First of all, it puts a good taste in our mouth, that, like, we...

Rate LOCAL MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCHEDULES

Original at Montgomery Advertiser external link    Sat, Nov 8

ALABAMA (all times p.m. unless noted) NOVEMBER 6 Faulkner (exhibition) 7 13 Belhaven (exhibition) 7 16 Mercer 6 19 Florida A&M 8 24 vs. Oregon (Maui, Hawaii) 11 25 at Maui Invitational 26 at Maui Invitational DECEMBER 2 Alabama A&M 7 6 Louisiana-Lafayette 6 13 Texas A&...

Rate Opinion: The Weekly Buzz

Original at Big Red Network external link    Fri, Oct 17

Texas Tech @ Texas A&M » The Red Raiders were a few key plays away from coming off a disappointing loss last week. It probably sobered them up to the possibility that anyone can win at anytime in this league. Texas A&M was able to get their highest point total of the year against an porou...

Rate Podcast: Don Tennant: Gig'em, Aggies!

Original at Computerworld external link    Sun, Aug 31

By Computerworld Editorial Software developed by a student at Texas A&M University is being shared with other schools nationwide to help students avoid the deadly mix of drinking and driving. Don details his discovery in this week's editorial. read more

Rate 63 Things I Want to Know About

Original at Buckeye Commentary external link    Wed, Aug 13

By Massey 2. Can Texas’ Colt McCoy throw less interceptions than touchdowns and get out of his sophomore slump? 4. Will Texas, Texas Tech, Texas A&M, or North Texas win more games? 5. Is the Big 12 actually as good as it seems? 6. Is Texas Tech really just Hawaii but with Michael Crabtree?

Year 2007

 

Rate Opinion: Hurricane Warning

Original at Orange and Blue Hue external link    Tue, Sep 25

By Keltic Gator At one time Florida had what was called the “Big 3″.  Currently there seems to be the “Big 1 and Little 4″.  Florida still dominates the television airwaves, the polls and the mouths of college football pundits but mostly from the current incarnation of the University of Florida.  Florida St...

Rate Year in Review: Big 12 Conference

Original at Rivals.com external link    Tue, Jul 17

By Kendall Rogers Texas winning conference titles in baseball is starting to feel like clockwork, as the Longhorns added another title to their lengthy list in 2007. UT sophomore outfielder Kyle Russell tallied impressive numbers and was one of the nation's leaders in power production. While UT impresse...

Rate GameNight: Texas A&M vs Texas

Original at CollegeHoopsnet.com external link    Mon, Jul 16

By Evan Dorey  Two in-state rivals that have each had a tough time in the month of February will face off tonight, when #38 Texas (17-7. 6-4) travels to College Station to face #95 Texas A&M  (17-8, 3-7).             Winner: Texas Margin: 4-8       Early Prediction: Texas A&M

Rate Opinion: Good riddance, Billy Clyde. Onward and upward, Aggies.

Original at Houston Chronicle external link    Fri, Apr 6

He was a great hire. Let's begin with that basic point. No matter how bitter you are, no matter how betrayed you feel, don't ever forget what Billy Gillispie did for Texas A&M. He left a blueprint for the lucky coach who follows him. Never again should Texas A&M take a backseat to Texas in...

Rate Opinion: Basketball saga

Original at Arkansas Times external link    Thu, Mar 29

Houston Chronicle says Texas A&M"s big bucks deal with basketball coach Billy Gillispie goes to private review by the university's governing board today, gets public approval Friday and then Gillispie signs Monday at opening of construction for a new arena. Who knows?

Rate Sweet 16 Pants Party: Memphis Vs. Texas A&M￿

Original at Deadspin external link    Wed, Mar 21

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2. Please Forgive Me, Captain Kirk. Defensive specialist Dominique Kirk had two options coming out of Dallas Bryan Adams High: Texas A&M or Liberty University. What seemed like a reach at the time has turned out to be quite a hit as of late. Kirk scored 16 against Penn and followed it up with...

Rate Podcast: Law leads Texas A&M to round of 16 for 1st time in 27 years

Original at AZ Central.com external link    Sun, Mar 18

LEXINGTON, Ky. Acie Law was there when Texas Aamp;M hit bottom, wallowing through a winless Big 12 season three years ago, often wondering if hed made a mistake by choosing to play for the perennially underachieving Aggies.

Rate Live blog: How 'bout some light reading before tipoff?

Original at Houston Chronicle external link    Sat, Mar 17

You guys should know by now that I skim as many blogs around the country as I do so-called "mainstream" sites. So if you want to know what the blogosphere thinks about what should be a very entertaining and closely fought Texas A&M-Louisville second-round match, look here. And here.

Rate NCAA Tournament Live Blog: Friday, 2:40 p.m.

Original at Deadspin external link    Fri, Mar 16

Who has Texas A&M Corpus Christi fever?! For crying out loud, we're talking about the corpse of Christ, people! 3:11: Mike Brey reminds me a lot of Paul Giamatti. I think if Paul Giamatti was an NCAA head coach, he'd wear a blazer over a muck turtleneck.

Year 2006

 

Rate In The Bleachers Podcast - Week 13 Preview

Original at In The Bleachers College Football external link    Wed, Nov 22

By inthebleachers@gmail.com (In The Bleachers College Football Podcast) Well we found out one team that will be in the BCS title game but who will be the other? In the In The Bleachers Podcast. Charlie, Chris and Brian give their thoughts on that along with who should be invited to the Heisman Ceremony. This is another rivalry week so there are a to discuss. The games of...

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