What needs to happen / observations

[buffalobill989]

I agree. I hope we don't get too stir crazy, and use the trend and style of that subtle adjustment. Our all white uniforms have been referred to as "icey whites" and were the consensus favorite among recruits bar none this season. And we didn't crack them out until Alabama. We then used them against OU. No where near as flashy as Oregon, but what kind of impact does ONLY using the all-whites for big games do? It gives an identity to the uniforms. It creates buzz. "A&M is wearing their all-whites today." It reinforces buzz and excitement. When high school players discuss that, it creates branding. That's important, imo. The majority of Oregon's success is centered around being co-branded directly with Nike. And no one is going to duplicate that. Other teams, like Oklahoma State will trick it up just as much, but wont ever be co-branded. What you can do is try to forge a unique identity that people attach to. Some kids think to themselves they want to be decked out in all Nike crap. Hopefully some kids look at Johnny and see his biggest wins were in all whites amd think to themselves, "I want to be decked out in the Aggie icey whites one day."

On a more direct Aggie note I hope we always wear all maroon against LSU since they wear white so much. I think that is also a great way to brand your uniforms. A&M in all maroon? LSU game. I would love kids to grow up thinkong that. Some iconic picture and if an Aggie is in all maroon you know EXACTLY who they were playing. That is powerful.

My personal favorites were the white helmets, maroon jerseys, and white pants. Would also look cool for Oklahoma, imo.


Texas A&M - 1997, 1998, 2010, 2012 Big 12 Champs*

That has to be the ****est thing i have ever heard. seriously ****ed. no one give a **** if you weren't winning. start losing and it all goes bye-bye. maybe next atm can bring a choreographer to work on their endzone dancing

[puzzled]

You are correct about things getting stale. But the "something new and innovative" we need is not a new uniform, it's a new coaching staff. I have always resided on the "sunshine pumper" side of the fence, but it is time for one of two things to happen: 1. massive staff shakeup amongst the ****istants, or 2. Bob needs to move on to a different job. One of the two has to happen. If it doesn't, we are just going to continue on in 3 loss per year mode for infinity.

I fear that 3 losses per yr mode may turn out to be optimistic.

[Sabla]

So, to summarize: yada yada yada, a few Cpt. Obvious observations... and we can get on the right track by jazzing up our uniforms.

Great post. I highly recommend. Four stars

Fitting that this was your 666 post.

[madbrad]

Also somewhat of note, UT hired Darrell Wyatt as their WR coach a couple of years ago. It's no secret that the guy is a beast recruiter.


Meanwhile, in Norman, we have Bruce Kittle.