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‘I hope that this is cleansing for us’ Everything Buzz Williams had to say after the loss to LSU

Here’s what Texas A&M Head Coach Buzz Williams had to say in the post-game presser

Texas A&M (9-5, 0-1) hosted the LSU Tigers (9-5, 1-0) on Saturday night at Reed Arena and had their worst shooting output of the season, falling to the Tigers in the conference opener.

It was a rough night at home against the Tigers, and the lack of offense really came back to bite them this time around. In past games, they were able to work their way back into the game due to their massive rebounding advantage, allowing them to grab for second-chance points. This was one of the few times where the opponent was able to match them on the glass.

“We were first in the country in offensive rebound percentage at 46% of the shots we had missed we had got back and then tonight

it was 26%. I believe and so that drastically affects us “

Below, you can watch the full post-game presser with Coach Buzz Williams.

https://youtu.be/Vh3yidsvRFY?si=2JDFCNuWOQ1FXlxl

NOTE: Solomon Washington & Bryce Lindsay did not suit up for the game

Texas A&M will return on the road on January 9 to take on the Auburn Tigers at 8:00 PM CST in Neville Arena.

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Post Game: Texas A&M’s dismal shooting night leads to a 68-53 SEC opening loss to LSU

Texas A&M basketball drops its SEC opener to LSU in embarrassing fashion after shooting 25% on the night, falling 0-1 in conference play.

Texas A&M (9-5, 0-1) hosted the LSU Tigers (9-5, 1-0) on Saturday night at Reed Arena and had their worst shooting output of the season, falling to the Tigers in the conference opener.

The game started off with both teams battling for the record of three-point shots taken to start a game. It was a bit of a mixed bag for both teams from that front, but Wade Taylor had his floater going early and keeping the game close. The Aggies’ defense was able to hold LSU scoreless for over four minutes, allowing them to take a 22-21 lead.

However, the last four minutes were sloppy basketball by both teams, with neither team wanting to take the game over. Together, they went a combined 6-29 from the three-point line and both shot under 34% from the field in general. Due to a foul on Hayden Hefner as time expired, the Aggies took an uninspiring 32-20 lead into halftime. Taylor IV led all Aggies, scoring 11 on the night.

up at the half pic.twitter.com/aYa2HLSzeI

— Texas A&M Basketball (@aggiembk) January 7, 2024

After being outscored early in the second half, 8-0, A&M was able to put together a few buckets, cutting the lead down to 40-37 by the first timeout. Points were a little hard to come by and the team was relatively equal on the boards with Wade Taylor IV, sensing that offense was lacking, started to take matters into his own hands, scoring nine straight points for the Aggies.

Unfortunately for Buzz Williams, no other Aggie could buy a bucket halfway through the second half as LSU went on a 7-0 run to go back up 53-44. As the saying goes, “When it rains, it pours.” A&M continued to miss shots and fell behind 61-49 with five minutes left in the game.

LSU played a much cleaner second half than Texas A&M and out-rebounded them on the offensive board for multiple second-chance points. Buzz Williams has seen his team have too many games like this early in the season, where Taylor IV is the only Aggie who can create any offense. A&M ended the night shooting 25%, dropping their SEC opener and snapping their 12-game home SEC winning streak after a 68-53 loss to the Tigers.

Below are the Aggie critical contributors from the game:

Wade Taylor IV: 23 points / 6 rebounds / 6 steals

Tyrece Radford: 11 points / 6 rebounds

NOTE: Solomon Washington & Bryce Lindsay did not suit up for the game

Texas A&M will return on the road on January 9 to take on the Auburn Tigers at 8:00 PM CST in Neville Arena.

Breaking: Former Troy OL Derrick Graham will transfer to Texas A&M

Texas A&M lands Former Troy Offensive Lineman Derrick Graham through the transfer portal

Texas A&M head coach Mike Elko is on fire in the transfer portal and is hitting on some major positions of need—this time he hit on the offensive side of the ball.

To boost the offensive line and give the Aggie quarterbacks a little more time to find their receiver, the A&M has been able to nab Former Troy starting left tackle Derrick Graham over teams like Ohio State, Pittsburg, and Missouri.

Graham is a versatile athlete who can play multiple across the line and according to PFF, he grades out as a better passer protector than a run blocker. Either way, bringing him into the fold will allow Coach Adam Cushing the opportunity to experiment with different line combinations this spring.

The Aggies are already in the Top Ten in the 247 Sports transfer rankings, and there will be more to come as Coach Elko drops his signature Money Manziel meme on X (Twitter) for future commits.

A new #MaroonGoon 💪

Welcome to Aggieland, @DerrickGraham0 👍 pic.twitter.com/Cbi1dyVF2r

— TexAgs Recruiting (@TA_Recruiting) January 6, 2024

Final SEC Football power rankings for the 2023 season

Texas A&M may have ended the season 7-6, but the future is bright under new head coach Mike Elko in 2024 and beyond. Here are the final SEC power rankings at the conclusion of the 2023 season.

For the first time in five seasons, the SEC will not win or compete for a National Championship, as Michigan will face the Washington Huskies in the Title game on Monday, Jan. 8. After Georgia destroyed TCU in last year’s title game, the Bulldogs failed to reach the playoff after falling to Alabama in the SEC Title game, leading to the Crimson Tides’ last OT loss to the Wolverines.

However, several SEC programs are on the rise after bowl season, including Missouri and Ole Miss, who went on to win their respective bowl games by double digits, while Georiga, facing an undermanned Florida State team, obliterated the Seminoles 63-3 on Saturday afternoon.

For Texas A&M, the Jimbo Fisher era has ended. New head coach Mike Elko has already made nearly a dozen acquisitions through the transfer portal, including former Purdue Edge Nic Scourton, who led the Big 10 in sacks (10) in 2023.

After an eventful SEC season while taking a look toward the future, here are the final SEC football rankings to close out the 2023 campaign.

Three Aggies have been selected the play in the 2024 Pro Bowl

Garrett, Evans, and Madubuike have been selected to the 2024 Pro Bowl

The NFL regular season is winding down and on Wednesday the 2024 Pro Bowl rosters were released to the public.

Over the past few years, the Pro Bowl has added more player competition outside of the game where several players tend just to phone it in to avoid injuries. That is what essentially makes the game pretty boring to watch, but in recent years, they have added several events, making it a more enjoyable experience overall. Some of the events include dodgeball, Tug-of-War, relay races, and Madden.

This year three Aggies made the cut and will have a chance to complete during the week’s events. Myles Garrett, Mike Evans, and Justin Madubuike will be representing their NFL team and Aggieland in Florida in February. With all three being in the playoffs there is a chance one or two of them will need to skip the Pro Bowl to prepare for the Super Bowl but will send that update when the time comes.

Here are their stats through Week 17 of the season.

Myles Garrett – 42 tackles / 17 TFLs / 14 sacks / 4 forced fumbles / 30 QB hits

Mike Evans – 76 catches / 1233 yards / 16.2 avg / 13 touchdowns

Justin Madubuike – 54 tackles / 12 TFLs / 13 sacks / 1 forced fumbles / 32 QB hits

Congratulations to all three and we wish them luck in the playoffs.

The streak continues as the Aggie Womens basketball team records its 10th straight win

The Aggies ran away from the Lions in a big win at Reed Arena for their 10th straight victory

It was a career night for a few Aggies as Texas A&M defeated the A&M Commerce Lions 87-63 at Reed Arena.

After a relatively close first quarter, the Texas A&M put the clamps on the Lions, only allowing seven points in the second quarter, and they never scored over 20 points in any quarter. Lauren Ware and Janiah Barker lead the Maroon & White, dominating the paint with both notching double-doubles. Ware led the way with 19 points and 16 rebounds, both career highs. Then Barker added 19 points and 12 rebounds for her sixth double-double of the season.

However, the Aggie had a very similar problem as the men’s team in their victory as well. They shot a horrible 12% from the three-point line on 17 attempts. With the lopsided rebounding advantage, the Aggies maintained the lead and gave them multiple second-chance points. That is one area they need to make sure they clean up as they head into SEC play.

After defeating Texas A&M Commerce, Coach Taylor about what she learned about her team during non-conference play.

“I think you’ve got to always try to make opponents go to plan B and I’m not sure we really did that tonight. They just missed some shots. Some of that has something to do with our defense. Obviously, we defend at a high level, but they were still able to get the looks that they wanted and when you play against teams in our conference, you’re going to pay for that. Hopefully we’ve learned some things from that. I think offensively, we did some good things that we worked on after the break and so we learned some good things from that as well. Some things we put in some tweaks we’ve made, but we’ve got to be better locked in. We can’t let people get to what they want.”

This team looks poised to make some noise when SEC play starts in a few weeks when they open against Coach Taylor’s former team, Georgia. Below, you can check out some of the best highlights from their 12th win of the season.

Best Photos: Texas A&M 79-54 win over Prairie View A&M

Photos: Here are some of the best photos from Saturday’s game against the Prairie View A&M Panthers

Head Texas A&M basketball Coach Buzz Williams will get enjoy the New Year after beating sister school Prairie View A&M and closing out the year on a two-game winning streak.

After an up-and-down start to the year, the Aggies are in a much better position at his time than last year, thanks to Buzz scheduling a tougher non-conference schedule. They will enter SEC play with three Quad 1 wins, so if they handle business when March rolls around, we should expect a better seed than last season.

NOTE: Tyrece Radford was back in the lineup after missing multiple games.

Texas A&M will get a break before SEC play on January 6th, where they will host LSU inside Reed Arena at 7:30 p.m. CT. The game will air on the SEC Network.

‘We can go as far as we want to.’ Everything Carter & Coleman had to say after win over the Panthers

Here’s what Jace Carter and Henry Coleman had to say in the post-game presser after a 79-54 victory over the Panthers

Texas A&M (9-4) hosted the Prairie View A&M Panthers (5-8) on Saturday night at Reed Arena and came out with a decisive win to end non-conference play on a two-game winning streak, while earning three Quad 1 victories before the SEC slate begins.

Non-conference play is over, and Jace Carter talked about preparing while heading into SEC play.

“Staying present, focusing on us and not looking too far ahead and really being where our feet are. That’s something Buzz preaches a lot and I think if we just follow him and be the same person everyday it will get us a long way. We can go as far as we want to.

Below, you can watch the full post-game presser with Jace Carter & Henry Coleman.

NOTE: Tyrece Radford was back in the lineup after missing multiple games.

Texas A&M will get a break before SEC play on January 6th, where they will host LSU inside Reed Arena at 7:30 p.m. CT. The game will air on the SEC Network.

‘I think the key will be not forgetting those lessons and execute them over the next 10 weeks’ Everything Buzz Williams had to say after win over the Panthers

Here’s what Texas A&M Head Coach Buzz Williams had to say in the post-game presser

Non-conference play is over, and Coach Buzz gave a little insight into what his team learned before heading into SEC play.

“It’s been a lot over the last eight weeks; it feels like a season in itself, to be honest. I think a lot of the lessons that we’ve learned will apply over the next 10 weeks of conference play. I think the key will be not forgetting those lessons and execute them over the next 10 weeks. I think that will depend upon the maturity of our group, and we have a mature group of really good people.”

Below, you can watch the full post-game presser with Coach Buzz Williams.

NOTE: Tyrece Radford was back in the lineup after missing multiple games.

Texas A&M will get a break before SEC play on January 6th, where they will host LSU inside Reed Arena at 7:30 p.m. CT. The game will air on the SEC Network.

Here are the ten CFB programs that have produced multiple 1st round QB selections since the 2010 NFL Draft

Texas A&M is one of ten CFB programs since the 2010 NFL Draft with multiple 1st round quarterback selections.

Over the last decade-plus, the quarterback position has continued to evolve with the game itself, and while having a live arm paired with accuracy and touch remain the traits needed to succeed in the NFL, the ability to make plays “out of structure,” while possessing at least moderate duel-threat running ability has become even more vital.

While many of us can pinpoint the Power 5 college football programs that consistently produce quarterback talent, the ever-growing transfer portal has completely thrown off any past trends outside of Oklahoma and now USC under head coach and “QB guru” Lincoln Riley.

Credit to College Football Report for narrowing down the list of the ten programs that have produced multiple 1st Round NFL Selections since the 2010 NFL Draft, which happens to include Texas A&M and, yes, North Dakota State during their incredible run, winning nine FCS National Championships from 2011-2021.

Including several Heisman Trophy winners and potential future NFL Hall of Fame inductees, the ten college football programs have had multiple first-round picks since the 2010 NFL Draft.