November 25th, 2023 at 10:44 PM ^
here is the link - failed to include it with OP
November 26th, 2023 at 2:40 AM ^
12:02 a.m. update: Texas A&M head coach target Mark Stoops said he plans to remain at Kentucky, announcing the news via X early Sunday morning.
A&M still in play for our Cry'n Ryan.
November 26th, 2023 at 12:27 PM ^
Plus one for Cry'n Ryan. Nice.
November 25th, 2023 at 10:45 PM ^
Day and Frames super pissed they can't leverage the opening into massive pay raises for themselves.
November 25th, 2023 at 10:56 PM ^
Didn’t I see that Pete Thamel speculated that A&M would go after Day if he lost to Michigan today?
Seemed to me at the time, and it’s pretty clear now, that it was the Day camp planting a hint of uncertainty to get some “of course we love you” affection and support from OSU.
Hilarious.
November 25th, 2023 at 11:02 PM ^
No that was Bruce Feldman.
November 25th, 2023 at 11:55 PM ^
The A&M boards had someone saying they'd already come to an agreement with Day, to which their insiders said "sure that's a possibility if he gets fired but this is probably Day's agent agitating for a raise."
November 25th, 2023 at 10:47 PM ^
Who gives a fuck? Fuck Ohio State and Ryan Day
November 25th, 2023 at 10:48 PM ^
That's about as mediocre a hire as you can make.
Stoops will feel right at home in College Station. Aggie fans are already used to going 7-5.
November 25th, 2023 at 10:48 PM ^
Didn't know a school could "Stoop" lower than Jimbo, but here we are!
#gigem
November 25th, 2023 at 10:49 PM ^
Where those twins at?
November 25th, 2023 at 10:49 PM ^
Stoops did very well for being at UK with it being in the SEC and a basketball school, but I don’t see this moving the needle much for A&M.
November 25th, 2023 at 10:49 PM ^
There are certainly some DL recruits which would be nice to get back in the fold.
November 25th, 2023 at 10:54 PM ^
Especially the way our D is playing, and we can probably rekindle the interest.
November 25th, 2023 at 10:51 PM ^
Stoops (all of them) = overrated
November 26th, 2023 at 3:07 AM ^
...they are?! Seem like pretty good football coaches to me.
November 25th, 2023 at 11:03 PM ^
Come to the good guys Deone Walker and Dane Key.
November 25th, 2023 at 11:03 PM ^
The MSU hire actually seems better than this???
November 25th, 2023 at 11:36 PM ^
Kentucky has taken all the traditional OSU leftovers that Dantoni feasted on out of Ohio so this is good for them I guess depending on who UK brings in.
November 25th, 2023 at 11:09 PM ^
The rumors earlier today were Day or Dabo possibly being A&M's next head coach, so this seems like a hire out of the corns of left field.
I wonder if the Smith twins would be a take if they were to reflip to Michigan? Michigan is in a numbers crunch with the 2024 recruiting class, and it seems like Patterson (Miami of FL commit), Blair, Warren (EDGE committed to Kansas) are interested in Michigan just as Michigan is in them. If Blair flipped to Michigan he would count in the 2026, but there are still other options besides the Smiths.
November 25th, 2023 at 11:20 PM ^
Don’t forget the Harvard grad transfer DT. I’d almost rather get what we absolutely need to close out this class and go hard at the portal. Look what that has done for us this year.
November 25th, 2023 at 11:22 PM ^
Was Patterson at the game? I think Holland was reporting thst ship had sailed.
November 25th, 2023 at 11:28 PM ^
Only dude I’d want is the CB Nichols all those DL have locker room cancer vibes. It was reported by same that after the flip that M had no interest in the smith twins and stopped contacting them. Robinson dad is and issue and why he hasn’t gotten an ohio offer probably follows the bag to gigem if he asked.
November 25th, 2023 at 11:45 PM ^
Same, hopefully this means they can flip Nichols.
November 25th, 2023 at 11:53 PM ^
I read somewhere about the minor bad vibes of the Smith twins, but the news about Robinson is new. NIL has shown true characters of recruits and their parents.
November 26th, 2023 at 12:15 AM ^
Nichols will probably depend on how quickly UK finds a coach and whether Marrow and some of their defensive staff stay on board. Marrow is the Ohio recruiter for them. If they all follow Stoops, it’s open season then.
November 25th, 2023 at 11:21 PM ^
This makes absolutely no sense for them, unless they want a serviceable recruiter that is an underwhelming coach....again....still....
November 25th, 2023 at 11:25 PM ^
Fuck him and marrow loudmouth asshole.
November 25th, 2023 at 11:27 PM ^
What Stoops did at Kentucky is roughly on par with what Mullen did at Mississippi State and what Franklin did at Vanderbilt. So yeah, it probably doesn't necessarily tell us whether it's a good hire or not.
I do think it's a hire that's gonna annoy some Aggies because of how low-profile it is. There's probably people who think you could have given Jimbo another shot if you're gonna hire Mark Stoops as his replacement.
November 25th, 2023 at 11:28 PM ^
Stoops brothers going everywhere, except to Iowa. What a strange world we live in.
November 25th, 2023 at 11:38 PM ^
OSU fans inconsolable that Day not scooped up by A&M.... "How could they not want our loser of a coach???"
November 25th, 2023 at 11:45 PM ^
Guy could never manage fewer than two division losses in the SEC East. Never won more than 9 overall in the regular season. Got to 10 twice after bowl wins. In a conference that basically sets you up for 3-4 guaranteed wins he was still only averaging 6 wins a season. This is a mediocre hire.
November 25th, 2023 at 11:47 PM ^
Good hire for them. Stoops is a good coach and did well with Kentucky. Who knows if he'll be successful since Jimbo did pretty damn good with FSU prior to A&M.
November 25th, 2023 at 11:49 PM ^
Guess we get to see Ryan 'John Cooper' Day for at least another year.
November 25th, 2023 at 11:58 PM ^
My Aggie engineering school son is not happy. Most of the students and players at A&M are underwhelmed by the Stoops hire.
Edit: My son is worried about lots of transfers out of the program,
November 25th, 2023 at 11:58 PM ^
It's a safe hire, I guess, even if it is uninspiring for 12th Men everywhere. He's competent enough, but also old and probably stuck in his ways, which are things they hated about Fisher. He isn't a guy that has you thinking, "Hey, give this guy more resources and sky is the limit." He'll continue to be an 8-4 type coach for Gig 'Em Nation.
November 26th, 2023 at 12:00 AM ^
So TAMU is spending $76M to end up with Mark Stoops? I can’t imagine their fan base taking that very well. Could be similar to Schiano going to Tennessee.
November 26th, 2023 at 12:02 AM ^
A lot of Aggies wanted either Dabo or Mike Elko or even Dan Lanning.
Edit:
Also, no one at A&M really wanted Ryan Day.
November 26th, 2023 at 12:02 AM ^
lol. What a shitty hire.
November 26th, 2023 at 12:17 AM ^
Our biggest recruiting rival loses their coach.
November 26th, 2023 at 12:18 AM ^
I wonder how much the win over Louisville had to do with it. If I were A&M and had all those rich oil boosters Mark Stoops is not the coach I'd be going after..
November 26th, 2023 at 12:21 AM ^
Now he is staying at UK. 🤷♀️
November 26th, 2023 at 12:31 AM ^
Matt Jones is the guy for UK sports, so if he's saying it then it's almost assuredly true.
November 26th, 2023 at 12:55 AM ^
Seems like the TAMU athletic director could see the pitchforks and torches from his office window and reconsidered.
November 26th, 2023 at 12:55 AM ^
I mean, what in the actual fuck is going on here? That is not an exciting hire. I can’t imagine the oil barons that shelled out $75 mill are going to blown away by the 2nd best coach in Kentucky…
November 26th, 2023 at 1:09 AM ^
Apparently not, the plot thickens.
November 26th, 2023 at 2:35 AM ^
Nothing short of Saban or Meyer will be ok for A&M fans. They are next level insane