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He was another poor football hire by A&M. I think they will have a significant buyout of Sherman and also the Big 12 exit fees and will have to pay a significant amount to acquire a name coach and I don't know how they will afford since they've been financially in the pot athletically the last few years. Maybe they have an alum(s) that are going to step forward and reward the university with big donations to take care of these major expenses in return for Aggy riding off to the SEC. Who knows? Who really cares???

Also, I read yesterday or today that an Aggy athletic official had tweeted or something about Loftin (the bowtie president) being a wuss (or some other derogatory term). Byrne wrote about in his weekly post to the Aggies and said that punishment would be given to the guilty dept employee!!!

Gotta love Aggieland!!!

I never have been a fan of Sherman as a HC but in the past hoped that he would win just enough to stay on in aggieland. Now that they are leaving for the SEC, I don't care who they hire. Think Sumlin of Houston (former OU assistant) would be a good choice.

They better make a move a lot of good coaches are being picked up.. If the rumor of Sumlin to ASU they missed the boat there..

I don't believe they will fire Sherman. Their athletic program is just getting out of the red ink. They put some fannies in the seats the last two years and were starting to see the light. With the money they will have to pay to leave the conference, this will set them back some. I don't think they can afford to fire him. Think about this: ut pays M. Brown $5MM per year, we pay B. Stoops almost $5mm per year. Next year A&M will play Alabama, who pays Saban $5MM, and LSU, who pays Miles almost $4MM. A&M pays Sherman $2.3 MM and he got a big pay raise for this year. He has one year left on his contract. They would have to hire a Sumlin to keep the pay in line. They can't afford to pay Sherman off and hire a quality coach. No, sir, it isn't going to happen this year.

No they are in the red big time to the University (athletic department). I would be surprised if they can swing it. Were not talking chump change on this.

Sumlin has a $2 million bonus coming if he stays at Houston through 2012.

A local Houston sportswriter - not Richard Justice - thinks UCLA is attractive, "a sleeping giant." I think competing with USC in the same town has side-tracked many good coaching careers. I can't even imagine what kind of coach could build what kind of program to compete there for attention. The Leach-Briles-Sumlin shoot-em-up offense would be as good as any start-up, but the next step up to lasting respectability just looks impossible. It might even require new helmets, and I'm not sure the institution is willing to go that far.

remember when Nebraska did that to Solich after a 9-3 season because he wouldn't relegate the Big 12 to Oklahoma and Texas?

good job Cornhuskers!!! Bill Callahan says hi

I used to think the same thing, but the reality is they don't support football. They don't pay the coach and the facilities are crappy.

I would think he would get someone close...he could recruit better to college station than he could houston

Case is a really good QB

It's not like A&M doesn't already have talent on their roster. They have had, I believe, two straight top-10 or top-15 recruiting classes. The problem is that Sherman's teams are underperforming their talent level and resultant expectations. I don't think Sumlin will have that problem. And, you're right, Sumlin should be able to recruit better talent to College Station, too.

Reports tonight from down here in Texas (including from Kirk Bohls) are saying that Sherman is being fired.

I don't care one way or the other if he stays or goes. Personally, I think Sherman is a decent coach. I know some on here think he is terrible but I tend to disagree. A & M is done to me. I hope they lose - often. I just wish we had not lost a couple of prize recruits. Fuller would have been a force at OU. Oh well...