If you know me, you know I love numbers in sports. Sure they can lie, and sometimes they are for losers. But sometimes they tell the whole story. As I watched A&M get beat 44-20 by Georgia the other night, I was as upset as I have ever been as a fan. Then I realised why. I had seen this story many, many times. There are those who cover A&M trying to put a positive spin on this. They say it was a 24 point loss and you gave up 24 in special teams. So just fix that breakdown and you're done. Stop. Just stop.
With the decade at an end today, I took a look back at the past 10 years of Aggie pigskin. It better be headed somewhere, because the recent past is nothing special. Remember, these are not my opinions. These are the facts:
Record - 63-59 (52% win %) ; Record in the '90s - 94-28 (77% win %)
Losing seasons - 4
Season with a winning Conf. record - 3
Record vs UT - 2-8
Record vs OU - 1-9
Record vs TT - 3-7
Record vs OSU - 6-4
Record vs Baylor - 8-2
Record vs Ranked teams - 9-32
Games giving up 40 points in a loss - 29 (UT had 5 for comparison)
Average score in those games - 49-21
Number of those games with a one score margin - 2
Have I made a point yet? The Aggies are better than Baylor. They are almost as good as Ok. St. (who had 4 more wins and 2 more winning seasons in the decade) You are fooling yourself if you have them anywhere above that.
Now an opinion - I looked for big wins in the decade and found 5. that's it.
2000 - 26-10 over #8 K.St.
2002 - 30-26 over #1 OU
2006 - 12-7 over #10 UT
2007 - 38-30 over #11 UT
2009 - 52-30 over #21 TT
Please tell me if I'm missing one. I love my Aggies, and I always will. But I'm not ready to start counting moral victories after a 24-point loss. Maybe that's the big difference between me and some other Aggie fans. They know moral victories are all we have right now. I'm not ready to admit it.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
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