Texas Tour: Texas A&M

The Texas Tour continues moving from the teams in West Texas all the way down to College Station to visit the Texas A&M Aggies.  The Aggies are starting a new era with new Head Coach Mike Sherman.  Will Sherman return the Aggies to glory?  To preview the Aggies’ season, we turn once again to the guys at The Red Zone Report. The author is Eddie Griffin who is the force behind The Red Zone Report.  Eddie and his site will keep you up to date with all the latest in football.

2008 Texas A&M Aggies Preview: Will a new coach bring the best out of the Aggies?

When Texas A&M fired R.C. Slocum after a 6-6 season in 2002, it was a sign that the program wouldn’t settle for mediocrity after being a regular fixture in the national spotlight throughout the 80s and 90s.

Well, I guess we’re back at square one now. The era didn’t exactly yield the results that were expected after Franchione came into College Station a hot property after turning things around in short order at Alabama, as there were more losing seasons in Franchione’s five (two) than there were in 21 seasons under Slocum and predecessor Jackie Sherrill (one).

Read the preview here.

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