Sadness in College Station

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Michael Carvell ‏@Carvell_AJC 1h1 hour ago

Report: Texas A&M receiver suspended for bowl game http://trib.al/ZJ2Fuzn

Sophomore wide receiver Speedy Noil was suspended for the Music City Bowl against Louisville as well as the Aggies' season opener against UCLA in 2016...

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BooHoo Let the meltdown accelerate 

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A&M had suspended wide receivers Speedy Noil and Josh Reynolds for the game against Western Carolina in mid-November.

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Billy Liucci ‏@billyliucci 4h4 hours ago

BREAKING: I have confirmed that freshman quarterback Kyler Murray has requested a transfer from Texas A&M and that the decision is 'final.'

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Michael Carvell ‏@Carvell_AJC 13h13 hours ago

Social media reaction to Kyler Murray transferring from Texas A&M: "Entitlement is such a silly beast" http://trib.al/oVAgcHD

One of the most interesting reactions came from Texas A&M offensive lineman German Ifedi, who claimed Murray's pompous nature was a reason he didn't fit at A&M.

https://twitter.com/GermainX1/status/677604109126504448

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AL.com sports ‏@aldotcomSports 9h9 hours ago

The situation at Texas A&M keeps getting weirder, and for Aggies fans, worse: http://ow.ly/W38Nc 

Kevin Sumlin talked about Murray missing practice on Wednesday.

"I met with the (Murray) family before practice, he's going through some things and didn't feel well," Sumlin told The Houston Chronicle. "I told him to stay home today. I expect him to be back out here (Thursday). We had discussions about all kinds of things."

Sumlin addressed Allen's departure for the first time on Wednesday.

"He and his family got together and made a decision they thought was best for them," Sumlin said. "Obviously we didn't agree with it. But this program is not about one person or one coach."

His departure leaves them with just one scholarship quarterback on their roster: Jake Hubenak, a junior college transfer from Blinn

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Brent Zwerneman ‏@BrentZwerneman 2h2 hours ago

Alarms are ringing in Aggieland (& beyond) w/ Kyler Murray's transfer; Sumlin declines comment: http://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/aggies/article/Murray-follows-Allen-in-transferring-from-A-M-6706459.php ... @HoustonChron

COLLEGE STATION - The woman's voice, enveloped by jarring alarms, rang out across Kyle Field on an otherwise quiet Thursday night.

"May I have your attention, please," the automated voice said, adding that there was an emergency in the empty stadium and it was time to evacuate.

Apparently even the Kyle alarm system was alarmed by the news of Thursday: Ballyhooed freshman quarterback Kyler Murray is transferring, also setting off metaphorical sirens across Bryan-College Station and beyond, really wherever any Aggie who's invested in Texas A&M football resides...

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Auburn now making light of A&M over QB situation of all things:

Brandon Marcello ‏@bmarcello 18h18 hours ago

Brandon Marcello Retweeted Billy Liucci

That's no QB moon. It's College Station.

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Michael Carvell ‏@Carvell_AJC 57m57 minutes ago

Report: Texas A&M chancellor working to terminate Kevin Sumlin's contract http://trib.al/UfRjhu3

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Brent Zwerneman ‏@BrentZwerneman 11h11 hours ago College Station, TX

The Helicopter Dad tried bumping the Helicopter Coach, & the Helicopter Coach stood his ground (air?). The result: Helicopter Son's exit.

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Kandace Matthews@KKMatthews (Texas A&M's Miss USA)

@BrentZwerneman not buying it. Sumlin better get his head back in this program or move on. This is embarrassing.

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tnsports ‏@tnsports Dec 17

Nearly 50K tickets sold for @MusicCityBowl between #Louisville, #TAMU http://tnne.ws/1OakcVs 

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Brent Zwerneman ‏@BrentZwerneman 20h20 hours ago

Texas A&M chancellor John Sharp: Report he's trying to fire Kevin Sumlin a 'fairy tale,' 'completely false': http://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2015/12/texas-ams-john-sharp-report-hes-trying-to-fire-kevin-sumlin-a-fairy-tale/ ...

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SportsDayDFW ‏@SportsDayDFW  Dec 17
With QB whisperer reputation scorched, what's next for Sumlin, Texas A&M? | @khairopoulos http://d-news.co/W3xaJ 

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Kyler Murray ‏@TheKylerMurray  Dec 17

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Sammy, Jr.: 2015 season started a lot like 2014, then had a somewhat similar ending for Texas A&M -- a hot start with a not-so-hot conclusion.

Best moment: The Aggies' most memorable win came at AT&T Stadium, a 28-21 victory over Arkansas on Sept. 26. It played out quite similar to the teams' 2014 clash...

Worst moment: The low point didn't come during the season, but instead afterward. The Aggies lost their top two quarterbacks, Kyle Allen and Kyler Murray, within a week of each other as both said they will transfer.

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Brent Zwerneman ‏@BrentZwerneman 19h19 hours ago

Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin addresses QB transfers, 'termination' report on Nashville radio: http://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2015/12/kevin-sumlin-addresses-qb-transfers-termination-report-on-nashville-radio/ ...

A&M coach Kevin Sumlin said he's ready to kick off the Jake Hubenak era, starting with the Music City Bowl against Louisville on Dec. 30 in Nashville.

"We've had great practices and we've got great energy right now, and they've rallied around him," Sumlin on Monday told ESPN Nashville radio, the flagship station of the Music City Bowl...

Last week A&M freshman quarterback Kyler Murray announced he was transferring, following the transfer the week before of sophomore Kyle Allen. Both five-star prospects were starting at the time of their transfer. Hubenak is a sophomore transfer from Blinn College who actually came off the bench in front of Murray to relieve Allen late in the loss at LSU to close out the regular season.

"No one on our coaching staff is bigger than our team, and no one person is bigger than the team," Sumlin told the station when asked about the transfers. "We've got a number of really good players here who understand, 'Hey, listen, guys come and go, what we want to do and what we try to accomplish is really band together in a team concept.'"

Sumlin also addressed a report from late last week from Chip Brown of Horns Digest out of Austin that A&M chancellor John Sharp was exploring firing Sumlin, who has $20 million remaining on the last four years of his contract. Sharp told the Chronicle on Friday the report was a "fairy tale."

"I don't deal with anything like that, good or bad," Sumlin told the Nashville station. "There are all kinds of reports that happen around me, or around the football program all of the time. I can tell you it doesn't affect what we do, and doesn't affect how we approach our job, and it doesn't affect our players.

"Where those reports come from, you have to pay attention to, who reports that kind of stuff. If you look into that, I think you'll figure out what the motive is."

Chip Brown ‏@ChipBrownHD 9h9 hours ago

Has #TAMU president Michael Young or AD Eric Hyman said Kevin Sumlin will be back as the #Aggies' FB coach next year?

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A new face will be taking the snaps for Texas A&M in the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl, as sophomore quarterback Jake Hubenak will make his FBS starting debut. Hubenak, who split time this season between the backup and third-string quarterback roles, steps in at what has suddenly become a position of need for the Aggies

In four appearances, Hubenak is 12-for-27 passing for 92 yards and one touchdown.

When Hubenak committed to Texas A&M back in May (as a late signee in the 2015 recruiting class), he posted a photo of himself as a child donning a Texas A&M helmet and a maroon jersey with his last name on the back...

Hubenak walked on at Oklahoma State in 2013, where he redshirted, and then he transferred to Blinn College in Brenham, Texas, where he put up big-time numbers: He completed 216 of 333 passes (64.9 percent) for 4,052 yards and 47 touchdowns with only nine interceptions in eight games at Blinn in 2014.

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Brent Zwerneman ‏@BrentZwerneman 21h21 hours ago

Kevin Sumlin on QB transfers: We haven't talked much about it. We talk about the guys who are here: http://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/aggies/article/Sumlin-facing-scrutiny-with-Aggies-aggravated-6716599.php ... @HoustonChron

Former Texas A&M student Bill Wise, one of about 50 fans on hand at a barbecue joint Monday night for coach Kevin Sumlin's weekly radio show, offered a gentle reminder suddenly lost on some upset A&M faithful.

"He's a winning coach," said Wise, a class of 1992 graduate seated among the Aggies soaking in Sumlin's every broadcast sentiment.

The 8-4 Aggies face 7-5 Louisville in the Music City Bowl in Nashville, Tenn., in one week. Sumlin is indeed a winning coach, with a 36-15 record over four seasons at A&M. But it's what's happened over the last two seasons, and in particular the last two weeks, that has plenty of Aggies maroon in the face.

"Quite frankly, we haven't talked much about it," Sumlin told the Chronicle when asked following his radio show about the quarterback transfers. "We've talked about the guys who are still here. It's, 'Here's the game plan, here's what we're doing, and here's who's playing.' You never know when your number is going to be called, and now it's Jake Hubenak's time."

Hubenak can't be much worse than Allen and Murray...

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Brent Zwerneman ‏@BrentZwerneman 12h12 hours ago

Texas A&M's team picture will be minus 2 starting QBs who left program: http://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2015/12/texas-ams-team-picture-will-be-minus-2-starting-qbs-who-left-program/ ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Quarterbacks Kyle Allen and Kyler Murray started 12 of the Aggies' 13 games this season, but you'll never know it from the 2015 team picture.

"There's a reason coach (Kevin) Sumlin takes the team picture at the end of the year," A&M sophomore defensive end Myles Garrett said on Sunday night. "You never know who's going to be there at the end of the year. Who's there are going to be your real teammates."

The sophomore Allen and freshman Murray both announced they were transferring this month, and Murray already has signed with Oklahoma. The 8-4 Aggies are preparing for Wednesday night's Music City Bowl against 7-5 Louisville, and took part in a bowl function on Sunday night at the Wildhorse Saloon in downtown Nashville.

Sophomore Jake Hubenak, a transfer from Blinn College, is set to make his first start for the Aggies in the absences of Allen and Murray.

"He didn't really talk about the guys who left too much," A&M defensive lineman Julien Obioha told the Chronicle of any pre-bowl talks from Sumlin to the team about the transfers. "He wants guys in the team photo who went through all of the ups and downs of the season, and stuck it out for the bowl game, and played in the final game. That's really resonated with the team."

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in NashVegas last weekend, billboards everywhere saying "Louisville loves Nashville"


PP

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Brent Zwerneman ‏@BrentZwerneman 12h12 hours ago

Texas A&M's team picture will be minus 2 starting QBs who left program: http://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2015/12/texas-ams-team-picture-will-be-minus-2-starting-qbs-who-left-program/ ...

Blinn College......Cam Newton territory!


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A&M had suspended wide receivers Speedy Noil and Josh Reynolds for the game against Western Carolina in mid-November.

Michael Carvell ‏@Carvell_AJC 3h3 hours ago

Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin confirms key wide receiver suspended for Music City Bowl http://trib.al/CPpCnyt

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Brent Zwerneman ‏@BrentZwerneman 20h20 hours ago

Speedy Noil's A&M career continues along rugged road: http://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2015/12/sumlin-speedy-noil-suspended-for-music-city-bowl-vs-louisville/ ...

A&M sophomore receiver Speedy Noil's college career continues to be a perilous one. Coach Kevin Sumlin announced on Tuesday that Noil is suspended for Wednesday night's Music City Bowl against Louisville.

Noil played in only nine of 12 games this season, with one of those misses because of suspension, and he also was suspended for a big chunk of spring drills. 247Sports had first reported the suspension earlier this month, but Sumlin did not confirm it until the day before the bowl game...

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Brent Zwerneman ‏@BrentZwerneman 9h9 hours ago Nashville, TN

Final from the Music City Bowl: Louisville 27, Texas A&M 21

Louisville tops A&M in Music City Bowl http://ift.tt/1NTcLFj

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SportsDayDFW ‏@SportsDayDFW 7h7 hours ago

A&M shows grit, but bowl performance likely won't soothe worries about program's direction http://sportsday.dallasnews.com/college-sports/texasamaggies/2015/12/30/hairopoulos-texas-shows-grit-bowl-performance-likely-soothe-worries-programs-direction ...

Despite the late effort, the Aggies' uneven performance won't likely soothe those worried about the direction of the program. A&M lost three of its last four games against Football Bowl Subdivision opponents, starting quarterbacks Kyle Allen and Kyler Murray transferred before the bowl and offensive coordinator Jake Spavital's future with the program is in question.

Hubenak's play doesn't provide any clear-cut answers at quarterback for A&M going forward. The sophomore junior college transfer finished 28 of 48 for 307 yards and two touchdowns. He kept his composure despite five sacks and having several balls batted down or nearly intercepted.

Hubenak lost a fumble and threw an interception in the third quarter...

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Greg Rajan ‏@GregRajan 31 Dec 2015

With QB issues and tougher schedule, pressure mounts for A&M coach Kevin Sumlin via @BrentZwerneman http://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/aggies/article/With-QB-issues-and-tougher-schedule-pressure-6730730.php ...

8-5 campaigns not good enough for coach making $5 million a year

Kevin Sumlin, appearing exhausted from a night game and perhaps the odd events of the past weeks, late Wednesday spoke of his offense, defense and special teams giving the Aggies a shot at victory in the Music City Bowl.

"They played right down until the end," Sumlin said. "It took three phases at the end to give us a chance to win the game."

The Aggies didn't win the game, however, and finished the season 8-5 for a second straight year following their unseemly 27-21 setback to Louisville in the middling bowl. Two years ago, when A&M announced a $2 million raise for Sumlin to $5 million annually about the same time the university announced a nearly half-billion-dollar rebuild of Kyle Field, this isn't what the brass envisioned.

Five losses in the Aggies' last eight games to close out the season. Not one but two high-profile starting quarterbacks quitting the team in the span of a week in December (the aforementioned odd events). A&M losing in a lower-tier bowl to a so-called basketball school of the ACC that entered the contest with a worse record. (No more. The Cardinals also finished the season 8-5.)

Not a positive trend

Sumlin is 36-16 over four seasons at A&M, but 20 of those victories came in the first two seasons with 2012 Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel running the show and a mighty offensive line Sumlin inherited from fired coach Mike Sherman.

Sumlin has never been under more pressure to win than in 2016, especially with the likes of Tom Herman, 100 miles away, leading the University of Houston to a 13-1 record and a 38-24 Peach Bowl victory over Florida State in his first season.

A&M was banking on being better next season with defensive end Myles Garrett as a junior and the defense overall a year more experienced under resolute coordinator John Chavis, but that was before the head-scratching transfers of Kyle Allen and Kyler Murray.

Now, Sumlin is scrambling to come up with a couple of quarterbacks to go with junior-to-be Jake Hubenak...

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If we don't beat TAMU in 2016 I will be super pizzed.

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Michael Carvell ‏@Carvell_AJC 5h5 hours ago

Texas A&M to part ways OC Jake Spavital http://sec.news/1R9vDUt

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Brent Zwerneman ‏@BrentZwerneman 15h15 hours ago

Offensive coordinator Jake Spavital out at Texas A&M; 'national' search underway: http://www.chron.com/sports/aggies/article/Offensive-coordinator-Jake-Spavital-out-at-Texas-6734256.php ... via @houstonchron

In a move that's been expected for the past month, offensive coordinator Jake Spavital is exiting Texas A&M.

"I want to thank Jake for his time here and for his important role in our program," A&M coach Kevin Sumlin said in a statement that declared a mutual parting of ways. "He is a bright, young coach with a tremendous future in coaching, and we wish him all of the best in his career."

Spavital just wrapped up his second season as coordinator for the Aggies, who finished 8-5 for a second consecutive season. A&M's offense has regressed each season under fourth-year coach Sumlin, however, including the past two with Spavital calling plays and without dynamic quarterback Johnny Manziel, who only played two seasons for A&M (2012 and 2013) before leaving for the NFL.

"I want to thank Coach Sumlin for an amazing opportunity in College Station and I leave here proud of our program and our accomplishments," Spavital said in a statement. "I look forward to the next step in my coaching journey and I wish the Aggies nothing but the best."

Spavital, 30, was promoted to offensive coordinator from quarterbacks coach following the demotion of Clarence McKinney back to running backs coach late in the 2013 season. Sumlin had named McKinney as Kliff Kingsbury's successor after Kingsbury took the Texas Tech head coaching job following the 2012 season.

A&M said in the statement a "nationwide" search was underway...

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Brent Zwerneman ‏@BrentZwerneman 17h17 hours ago

Kevin Sumlin 'trying hard' to split for NFL? Time for Aggies coach to address speculation: http://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2016/01/kevin-sumlin-trying-hard-to-split-for-nfl-time-for-aggies-coach-to-address-speculation/ ...

If Texas A&M fourth-year coach Kevin Sumlin truly intends to coach the Aggies in 2016, he'll need to speak up soon if only to reassure his recruiting class planning to sign on the dotted line in about a month.

According to a Twitter post on Sunday from NFL.com's Mike Silver, "Two college coaches who, sources say, are trying hard to get to the NFL: UCLA's Jim Mora and Texas A&M's Kevin Sumlin."

About three years ago Sumlin told the Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News he'd perhaps consider the NFL "maybe later – some time later." He also said he'd already turned down an NFL job, later determined to be the Eagles before they hired (the now fired) Chip Kelly three years ago.

At the time the Aggies were coming off of an 11-2 season and quarterback Johnny Manziel had won the 2012 Heisman Trophy. A&M has since finished 9-4 (in Manziel's last season), 8-5 and 8-5 again this season. The heat around Aggieland is intensifying on Sumlin, considering he received a $2 million raise to $5 million two years ago, and his overall results (and once-prolific offense) have been on the decline since. Especially with the dynamic Manziel having moved on to the NFL.

Sophomore Kyle Allen and freshman Kyler Murray, also transferred around the same time in December, prior to the Aggies' 27-21 Music City Bowl loss to 8-5 Louisville of the ACC on Wednesday in Nashville. Losing two such quarterbacks without any real explanation has upset A&M fans as much as anything.

Still, Sumlin is 36-16 over four seasons of coaching in the SEC West, an impressive number that will catch a handful of NFL owners' attention. Sumlin is owed $20 million by A&M on the remaining four years of his contract...

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Brian Davis ‏@BDavisAAS 16h16 hours ago

A&M has lost two starting QBs and now OC. Yet offensive assistants deride Texas on Twitter? Horns must've found some recruiting traction.

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Trevor Knight
‏@trevor_knight9

Boomer Sooner, and Gig'em Aggies!

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 Michael Carvell ‏@Carvell_AJC 10h10 hours ago

Texas A&M's president gives vote of confidence to coach Kevin Sumlin http://sec.news/1OM6JU8

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 Chip Brown ‏@ChipBrownHD 5h5 hours ago

I'm hearing #Washington athletic director Scott Woodward will be the new AD at Texas A&M. #TAMU #Aggies ... http://www.scout.com/college/texas/forums/2441-horns-house/14447915-at-a-m-i-m-hearing ...

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Office of A&M chancellor John Sharp offers piercing reply to Horns Digest article

A&M chancellor John Sharp has hotly disputed a report by Chip Brown of Horns Digest with an email to the Chronicle. Brown's article touching on a handful of subjects involving Texas A&M is behind a paywall.

Here is the response from the chancellor's office:

"Austin-based sports blogger Chip Brown's last attempt to report on Texas A&M football, on December 17, 2015, was apparently only the first in a series of fairy tales he intends to spin. Chancellor John Sharp made it clear to another reporter (Brent Zwerneman) that Brown's speculation about him trying to get Kevin Sumlin fired was indeed a fairy tale. And there is no one more unethical than a reporter who has been embarrassed by being called out for misstating information who then decides to seek revenge. This new report – a fairy tale on steroids – seems to be Chip Brown's attempt at revenge. The entire report is patently false, but here are a few of the biggest errors:

"Discussing the budget for the redevelopment of Kyle Field, which was revised in December 2014 from $450 million to $485 million, Brown says "...that I'm told actually cost $520 million because of $70 million in overruns...". This is hogwash. The project was delivered on time and on budget. Anything outside of this would have required a vote by the Board of Regents, and that was never necessary.

"Brown then says that "the biggest problem facing A&M as it pays off $350 million bonded to the university is that most of the pledges made to help finance a big chunk of the renovation costs were made back when oil was between $80 and $107 a barrel. Oil is now hovering around $35 a barrel." Fact: the initial financing plan included $125 million in pledges, which are already in hand. Any speculation about the effect of oil prices? More hogwash. Brown has his mind set on a false narrative and isn't letting facts stand in his way.

"Brown's new fairy story continues with lies about Chancellor Sharp's involvement with Kyler Murray's recruitment. Chancellor Sharp has never met Kyler Murray or his parents and has never been involved with his recruitment or the recruitment of any other student athlete. Indeed, no one has ever asked him to be involved in recruitment, and we challenge Mr. Brown to produce one student athlete Chancellor Sharp helped recruit. His unnamed "sources" have steered him way off course.

"Next on the list of falsehoods: that Chancellor Sharp was "blowing up the phones of Sumlin and Spavital starting in the middle of the Alabama game to get Kyler Murray more involved." Anyone who was in the Chancellor's suite that day knows this is 100% not true. He was watching the game with his guests, not dialing up the coaches.

"Apparently Mr. Brown's hate for Texas A&M and Chancellor Sharp has gotten in the way of his doing even the most basic fact-checking. At the beginning of his diatribe, he refers to Chancellor Sharp and former Governor Rick Perry as "roommates at Texas A&M." They were never roommates. Mr. Brown says he covered Governor Perry and then-Comptroller Sharp as a news reporter for the Associated Press; Chancellor Sharp says he "wouldn't know Chip Brown from Adam's housecat."

"We respectfully suggest that Mr. Brown should consider sticking to covering UT football and leave reporting on Texas A&M to reporters who pay closer attention to the facts and who do not have some kind of personal axe to grind with John Sharp. In the meantime, we hereby nominate "Cowchip" Brown for sleaziest reporter in Texas, with full confidence he will win hands down."

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Brent Zwerneman ‏@BrentZwerneman 9h9 hours ago

Texas A&M doesn't mess around in hiring new athletic director, offensive coordinator: http://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/aggies/article/A-M-hopes-Woodward-Mazzone-can-right-ship-6747084.php ... via @HoustonChron

Two men who've spent their past few years on the West Coast will spend their foreseeable future 150 miles inland from the Gulf Coast - at Texas A&M.

A&M on Friday officially announced the hiring of new athletic director Scott Woodward, late of the University of Washington, and offensive coordinator Noel Mazzone, who's arriving from UCLA.

"I can promise the Aggie faithful that we will compete for championships across the board," Woodward said in a statement. "And we will do so with integrity, class and a commitment to our student-athletes. I couldn't be more excited to get started."

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Gabe Bock ‏@GabeBock Jan 9 Baton Rouge, LA

Gabe Bock Retweeted Bruce Feldman

My "Battered Aggie Syndrome" was worried Tennessee would try to bring back Chief. Join me, Ags, in a sigh of relief.


Former Vol player and DC John Chavis

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 Bruce Feldman ‏@BruceFeldmanCFB 19h19 hours ago

Cal makes the hire of Jake Spavital as new OC, QB coach & play-caller official. http://foxs.pt/1od0tiG

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https://twitter.com/AnwarRichardson/status/698224582856204290

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Despite making a competitive offer, A&M couldn't pull Texas defensive line coach Brick Haley away from his position to take the same job on the Aggies staff, according to Chip Brown of Scout.com.

Haley, 49, will reportedly receive a salary bump from Texas after the university did enough to keep the coach from joining in-state rival.

However, he did heavily weigh the possibility of a reunion with Texas A&M defensive coordinator John Chavis, whom he coached with for six seasons at LSU.

The Aggies are looking to fill the void left by the departure of one Mark Hagen, who accepted a defensive line coaching position with Indiana last week.