Weirdest thing:

I got a package today of a sampling of Louisiana foods. It was mixes and prepared stuff like Jambalaya and Dirty rice kits, a jar of roux and a couple of jars of soup starter, plus some hot sauces and a cookbook from the Baton Rouge Junior League. It was delivered by UPS, and it was packed in an old Amazon box, pretty obviously not professionally. It has a return address and a phone number of someone I don't know, but a little light googling shows the person exists at that address & phone number. Nobody I can think of that has my address says they sent it.

What are y'all's theories?

I see RC is retiring again for what I assume is the last time. There is an outpouring of admiration on twitter which is fine. I always liked Slocum and thought he was a good coach. Then I see whoever runs the barstool A&M account tweets that he should get a statue and that tweet has hundreds of likes and a bunch of comments. My first response was “that would be so Aggie of us” to build a statue to someone who effectively never won anything of national consequence.

Slocum was a good coach who took advantage of a very down SWC and then repeatedly shit the bed when he had a chance to make a statement win on the national level. I’d argue that his inability to capitalize on those opportunities and letting Mack recruit circles around him set A&M on a 10 year odyssey of near irrelevance and somewhat continues today.

And then there was that alleged secretary thing.

He had a great career (2 way street) but let’s not pretend he was more than a pretty good coach and please no statues.

FYI, he is not set on going anywhere. He just wants to get his name in there and explore his options. He's not at all affraid of competition and welcomes the new tallent. He's just not sold on the offense and lack of downfield passing game.

Is Cam the new reincarnation of Mike Alstott?

Of course not

On Davian Groce, who wants to play receiver in college, and more:

Howdy Ags. It is 73 degrees at my house and I am getting things prepped for a freeze.

For my outdoor faucets I tried these last year and they worked.

https://www.freezemiser.com/

They have a thermal wax that shrinks and allows dripping when below 37 and expands and seals/reseals when it warms up.

You are set up for the whole winter and if you use a y valve, you still have access to your faucet. And no more styrofoam faucet covers

Punter Keegan Andrews and DE Josh Celiscar have entered the portal. I hadn't even mentioned Celiscar for a while, so that just takes the scholarship count to 76.
I did some looking last night (and this isn't really portal related) and I think Deuce Fatheree may have trouble getting a medical redshirt. He played in five games last year, so Jimbo screwed him pretty hard. There was no reason for him to play on special teams. That would drop the count to 75.

A&M offered Western Georgia DE Malik Charles last night. He had 20 tackles and 4 sacks last year.

Nebraska DE James Williams (14 tackles, 5.5 TFL, 5 sacks) will visit next week.

10:10 update: Last year, A&M got Rodas Johnson from Wisconsin for his final season. They have just offered Rodas Johnson's replacement, James Thompson. Thompson only played in one game last year, but he had 29 tackles, 5.5 TFL and 3 sacks in 2023.

4:45 p.m. update: A&M has set up visits with WRs Nic Anderson, Barion Brown and Mario Carver. They are all in on receivers.

5:20 update: Nebraska EDGE Princewill Umanmeilen (Princely's brother), a native of Manor, will visit A&M Friday and Saturday.

10:20 pm update: Micah Hudson will take one and maybe two visits before deciding, but the trip to A&M was a positive one.

Jets looking at Rex Ryan? There is no other coach with a pulse to consider? Herm Edwards too busy?

Von got his fifth sack and a $1.5 million bonus; Ainias got his first TD.

CB Jordan Shaw from Washington.