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CFP hopes are alive in Tuscaloosa, unless Texas A&M ends them

Alabama’s Week 6 matchup against Texas A&M determines a lot in the race for the SEC and the CFP

Alabama football’s single loss in the 2023 season came at the hands of Steve Sarkisian and the Texas Longhorns, which dropped the Crimson Tide in the rankings. Since then, there have been steady improvements, but many don’t see Alabama as a contender for the College Football Playoff.

With the loss being to a non-conference opponent, Alabama is still in the lead to represent the SEC West in the conference championship game. Competing in that matchup would be huge in the Tide’s push to make the four-team playoff.

Another SEC West team with only one non-conference loss stands in their way: Texas A&M.

A Week 6 matchup takes place between the Tide and the Aggies in Kyle Field, one of the most daunting environments in college football.

ESPN’s Heather Dinich states that Alabama’s improvements are noticeable and the team is moving in the right direction.

“Milroe throws a nice deep ball, but nobody is going to mistake him for the nation’s most prolific passer — especially when he only threw it 12 times on Saturday. If this is Bama’s identity, though, then embrace it and continue to make it better. No two-loss team has been to the CFP, which makes this Saturday’s game between Alabama and Texas A&M critical. They each have a nonconference loss and are squarely in the mix to win the SEC West. The winner will have a huge edge.”

This Saturday poses a massive challenge for the offense, which serves as a great opportunity to prove to the nation, including poll voters and playoff committee members, that they are one of the best four teams in the nation.

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Alabama vs. Texas A&M picked up by CBS for afternoon kick off time

Alabama will travel to Kyle Field to take on Texas A&M for a primetime matchup on CBS.

Alabama will travel to Kyle Field to take on Texas A&M in an SEC West showdown that has generated plenty of interest over the last few seasons. The Week 6 meeting will begin at 3:30 p.m. ET on CBS.

Texas A&M upset Alabama a few years back and Nick Saban upset Jimbo Fisher just a few months after with some name, image, likeness comments. This matchup is always a fun one to watch for a variety of reasons.

The Crimson Tide will look to defeat the Aggies and continue their run to try and reach the SEC championship to prove to the playoff committee that they deserve to be one of the top-four teams in the nation. Texas A&M will do everything in its power to stop that from happening.

Roll Tide Wire will continue to follow Alabama football as the 2023 season continues.

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Report: Texas football to play at Texas A&M, Arkansas in 2024

The SEC Network will reveal the eight home/away opponents for the 2024 football schedule on Wednesday night.

The 2024 SEC football schedule will be revealed on SEC Network later this evening. Continue reading “Report: Texas football to play at Texas A&M, Arkansas in 2024”

Aggie signee make’s podium at UIL State Track and Field Championships

5-star Aggie signee, David Hicks Jr, takes home the bronze medal in Discus at State Championships

David Hicks Jr spoke earlier this year about making it to state in his field events and even threw one of the nation’s most extended discus distances. However, after accomplishing his goal of making it to the UIL State Track and Field Champions, his focus shifted to medaling while there.

The Paetow High School Male Athlete of the Year showed great at the track meet. Even though he fell a few feet short of taking the gold, he still finished in third in the 6A division with a throw of 182′-6″. Below Hicks talks about his thoughts on making it to the state championship and what he expects heading to Bryan/ College Station soon.

A member of the 2023 recruiting cycle, Hicks was ranked as the 11th player in the country, the No.1-ranked defensive lineman, and the 2nd-ranked player in Texas, according to 247Sports.

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Jordan Pride, 4-star DB from Florida commits to Texas A&M

Pride is the sixth-best safety in his class and No. 84 in the nation.

Two of the top safety prospects in the country have come off the board this week. On Sunday, USC got a commitment from Thompson (Ala.) four-star safety Anquon Fegans, who ranks first or second at his position—depending on who you ask—and No. 16 nationally in the class of 2025.

Then on Tuesday, Blountstown (Fla.) four-star safety Jordan Pride announced his commitment to Texas A&M’s class of 2024.

Going by the composite rankings, Pride (6-foot-1, 175 pounds) is the sixth-best safety in his class and No. 84 in the nation. He also had offers from 19 other schools, including Florida State, Alabama and Georgia.

Pride told Hayes Fawcett at On3 that he has a long-time relationship with the head coach Jimbo Fisher.

“My relationship with Coach Jimbo goes back since 12 years old… I used to play baseball with his son Ethan so that’s how long I’ve had a connection with him. And just keep visiting the last 2 times just brought back the great memories.”

Pride also revealed that the Aggies will be starting him out at cornerback.

Texas A&M’s recruiting class of 2024 now has six hard commits, including Pine Tree (Texas) DL Dealyn Evans, Tompkins (Texas) OT Ashton Funk, Oak Grove (Miss.) QB Anthony Maddox, Milton (Ga.) WR Debron Gatlin and Tupelo (Miss.) LB Tristan Jernigan. This group ranks No. 25 nationally.

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Report: Justin Evans to sign with Eagles

Former Aggie Safety, Justin Evans, signs with the Philadelphia Eagles

Former Texas A&M safety Justin Evans will be signing with the Philadelphia Eagles per Mike Garafolo. Before Evans was a second-round pick of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he started his college career at Mississippi Gulf Coast CC. After two years, there he signed with Texas A&M for his final two years where he ended his career with 165 total tackles, five interceptions, and eleven pass deflections.

Evans’s post-college career has been a rough one for the safety. After impressing scouts during the Senior Bowl but was unable to actually play in the game. Very similar to the Senior Bowl, he was unable to participate in all of the drills at the combine due to a quad injury. Evan was eventually drafted in the second round by Tampa Bay and was able to work his way into the starting lineup. Unfortunately, in week 10, he suffered an injury keeping him off the field for a few weeks, then had another injury in week 15 ending his season. In 2018-2020 Evan once again would get injured in both seasons leading him to be waived near the end of December.

He would go on to sign and play with the Saints in limited but productive role in the Saints last season. Prior his signing with the Eagles Evans’s had produced the following career numbers: Total tackles (137), interceptions (4), and defensive touchdowns (1). These are every solid numbers and show when he is healthy, he can be a good starter or a very good backup safety in this league. He will get another chance this year to prove that he can stay healthy and start on a NFL team.

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Report: Tyrel Dodson signs one year deal returning to the Bills

The Buffalo Bills ink former Texas A&M Aggie Tyrel Dodson for another year

The Buffalo Bills are bringing back former Texas A&M linebacker Tyrel Dodson for another season. Dodson went undrafted in the 2019 NFL Draft before catching on with the Bills where he’s been for the past few years.

While in Buffalo, Dodson served as the main backup to Tremaine Edmunds and was a core special teamer. During his time with the Bills, he’s tallied 58 total tackles, two sacks, and 11 special teams tackles. Now that Edmunds has signed with the Chicago Bears that will give Dodson a chance to compete for a starting spot.

Even though he was passed over by all 32 teams seven times he was able to eventually work his way on the Bills game day roster and carved out a pretty good career to this point. Considering the average length of an NFL career is 3.3 years and even shorter for Linebackers (2.97) Dodson will be entering his fifth year as a regular contributor. That alone is worth praise.

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Dallas Cowboys fans and players flooded Twitter to approve of the resigning of Donovan Wilson

Social Media: Reactions were all on one accord with the news Donovan Wilson re-signed with the Dallas Cowboys

Typically, when Stephen Jones starts a player’s contract, fans assume that player is out the door. The Dallas Cowboys routinely shops from the bargain bin of free agents and it’s to the point that Stephen Jones has become a meme earning the moniker of “Cap Boy”.

While that does tend to be true, the one thing the Cowboys are good at is keeping the players they really like, and Donovan Wilson is one of those guys. Dan Quinn’s defense requires really good safety play to run efficiently so with Wilson coming off a career year, I’m sure Quinn went to bat for him.

To the surprise of a number of fans the Cowboys worked out a deal to keep the former Texas A&M safety in Dallas for the next few years.

Check the Twitter reactions below.

Rumor: Jimbo to add Mason Smith to staff

Former LSU staffer to possibly join Texas A&M

Social Media is an interesting phenomenon where cryptic messages can cause a slew of opinion pieces. This is not quite to that magnitude, but when it comes to college recruiting it will still make headlines. Especially when it comes to Texas A&M football and what moves Jimbo Fisher decides to make.

In a move that is sure to disgust some LSU fans, former staffer Mason Smith appears to have joined Jimbo and company in College Station for at least the next season. When the Aggies lost one of their best recruiters to Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes, they needed to find ways to replace him. If Mason Smith is actually joining the staff, they are getting a talented recruiter with ties to the Louisiana area.

Here is a write-up from when Smith left the Mississippi Bulldogs for LSU a few years back.

“An LSU graduate, Smith knows the area well and was a big reason for bringing in talent from Louisiana to Mississippi State over the last few years but now will get to recruit to the in-state Tigers. Of the 12 LSU commits in the 2022 class, eight are from the Louisiana area, headlined by quarterback Walker Howard and offensive lineman Will Campbell. “

Now to bring it full circle you can check out the few posts below that prompted the rumor mill swirling.

Freshman All-American Evan Stewart also seemed to approve of the addition of Mason.

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Devon Achane speaks about his goals and NFL future at the Combine

Achane discuss his goals with the media during the NFL Combine

The 2023 NFL Combine is coming to a close and the last remaining Aggie to participate is Devon Achane. Saturday, March 5th kicked off the media interviews for the running backs where he was asked a variety of questions from what teams have shown interest to his 40-time predictions.

Given that I follow the Dallas Cowboys very closely, I was pleased to hear they are showing interest in the elite speedster, and it was confirmed that he had a formal interview this the team. It also seems that the only NFC East team he’s spoken to so far has been the Cowboys.

Achane also discussed the issue some teams might have with his size. See below what he had to say about it.

“My size doesn’t mean anything, I have been good in my career this far. I do break a lot of tackles I’m not the type to just .. to take any head on tackles. I feel like I have the natural ability to avoid tackles and that’s something I’m very very good at”

Another intriguing aspect of his game is his versatility. In an effort to show off his hands, he will take part in the wide receiver drills. He already has plenty of tape on him in the backfield and returning kicks, so if he can run some good routes and prove his catching ability teams will now have the option of putting him in the slot.

The most anticipated test will be his 40-yard dash time. He’s mentioned a few times before the combine started that he wanted to have the fastest time this year and make a run at the record set by John Ross (4.22). When asked here is what he had to say.

“I don’t know we are going to see. Hopefully, you know that’s something that’s been a goal of mine so I’ve been working very hard this off-season to achieve that goal. So we are going to see”

“Of course I expect to run the fastest time,” Achane said. “I saw DJ Turner ran a 4.26. That’s very good. That’s just setting the bar, setting the standard. I can’t wait to go out there and show my speed on Sunday.”

I can’t wait to see how his track speed translates to the 40-yard dash. His experience running the 60-yard dash in competition definitely gives him a technical advantage and he is raw speed is obvious. Without psychic powers have no clue telling you what he will clock in at, but it will be fast, and I would think any time higher than a low 4.3 would be slightly disappointing for Achane.

Fitness tests are great for extra data points, but what it really comes down to is the game tape and how well they look during drills. Everyone knows he has NFL speed, but if he can convincingly perform well in the wide receiver drills, I believe that will do the most to raise his draft stock.

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