<div dir='auto'><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Happy boxing day to all!<div
dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I think we would have lost that bowl game
even with enough players. No QB, with an already poor offense, best wide
receiver + best runner gone to NFL, best defensive player gone to NFL. Covid
was a good excuse to opt out, and not rack up another loss. </div><div
dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">But, I don't know jack about
football. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I am very happy
about the recruiting class! Remembering that Ohio State won a national
championship with a third string quarterback! Lets get like that!</div><div
dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Damn tired of loosing to back water
schools in small, po dunk, red neck states. <br><br><div
data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">Edward Retta<br>+1 214 394 3000
(GMT
-5)<br>crossculturecommunications.com<br>linkedin.com/in/edwardretta/</div></div></div><div><br><div
class="elided-text">On Dec 25, 2021 23:12, Wayne Zieschang
<waynez1122@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote
style="margin:0 0 0 0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div
dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Merry Christmas to all..<div><br></div><div>Update on
me - Had my gallbladder removed last week, so no more gallstones or
gallstone induced pancreatitis. I now have a new "10" on my "scale of 1
to 10" pain scale.<br><div><br></div><div>On the bowl game and the 12th man,
etc..... </div><div><br></div><div>The original 12th man story
happened in the days before the NCAA had a death grip on the rules. It
happened when a player played both sides of the ball and played until removed
and could NOT return to the game when taken out for injury. Very similar
to current soccer rules. The 12th man event would have never
happened to begin with under the NCAA.</div><div><br></div><div>Per NCAA rules,
a team MUST have a minimum of "X" SCHOLARSHIP PLAYERS available for a travel
game. I saw 53 touted as the magic number. I don't know if the
number is the correct one. A&M was down to 50 available players as of
game day projections. A few would have cleared NCAA Covid protocols
the day before the game. There would have been no time for the cleared
players to get to the game, much less engage in any practice prior to the
game.</div><div><br></div><div>WW optouts for NFL draft + XX out for covid
+ YY out for injury + ZZ out for transfer portal ==>>> not
enough players.</div><div><br></div><div>Jimbo had ZERO control over what the
team could do after it dropped below the "magic number" for
traveling.</div><div><br></div><div>Also, A&M was down to -1 available
QBs. Haynes King is still not cleared to play. Calzada went to the
portal and is gone. Bost had surgery. The wide receiver who played
QB a bit in high school could have played the position running nothing but
option plays (apparently he throws poorly which is WHY he started playing wide
receiver in high school).</div><div><br></div><div>Happy New Year to
all.</div></div><div>ZZZ</div></div><br><div class="elided-text"><div
dir="ltr">On Sat, Dec 25, 2021 at 5:30 PM John Ylinen <<a
href="mailto:john_a_ylinen@xxxxxxxxxxx";>john_a_ylinen@xxxxxxxxxxx</a>>
wrote:<br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px
solid rgb( 204 , 204 , 204 );padding-left:1ex">
<div>
<div>
<p>Fellow Classmates of 77;<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p>I want to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New
Year;<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p>Being in North Carolina, I am not as connected with the facts and the
news.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p>I just saw that the Aggies will not be in their Bowl Game. Something
about they could not field a team. Gee, I thought we were the
home of the “12<sup>th</sup> MAN”.
<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p>I thought I learned that we had the “12<sup>th</sup> Man”. That if our
student athletes were not able to field, the student body would come to
their aide.
<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p>What a great opportunity that is lost to show the rest of the country what
being an Aggie is.
<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p>Very disappointed in the President, AD, and Coach. We had
a great opportunity to set us apart the rest. I don’t care about
the SEC and their rules. It is time to tall them to go bound sand.
Same for when they moved the Band from
their place in the stadium. <u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p>We might not have won, but with great coaching and willing walk-ons,
it would have been a great game to watch. One for the record
books.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p>A BIG missed opportunity. <u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p>Now, I have to watch the CFB Championship games. Maybe they will
all be by disqualifications and we can just five Alabama the trophy again.
<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p>Be safe and will this year.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p>John<u></u><u></u></p>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote></div></div>
</blockquote></div><br></div></div><div><br><div class="elided-text">On Dec 25,
2021 23:12, Wayne Zieschang <waynez1122@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:<br
type="attribution"><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc
solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Merry Christmas to
all..<div><br></div><div>Update on me - Had my gallbladder removed last
week, so no more gallstones or gallstone induced pancreatitis. I now have
a new "10" on my "scale of 1 to 10" pain scale.<br><div><br></div><div>On the
bowl game and the 12th man, etc..... </div><div><br></div><div>The
original 12th man story happened in the days before the NCAA had a death grip
on the rules. It happened when a player played both sides of the ball and
played until removed and could NOT return to the game when taken out for
injury. Very similar to current soccer rules. The 12th man
event would have never happened to begin with under the
NCAA.</div><div><br></div><div>Per NCAA rules, a team MUST have a minimum of
"X" SCHOLARSHIP PLAYERS available for a travel game. I saw 53 touted as
the magic number. I don't know if the number is the correct one.
A&M was down to 50 available players as of game day projections.
A few would have cleared NCAA Covid protocols the day before the
game. There would have been no time for the cleared players to get to the
game, much less engage in any practice prior to the
game.</div><div><br></div><div>WW optouts for NFL draft + XX out for covid
+ YY out for injury + ZZ out for transfer portal ==>>> not
enough players.</div><div><br></div><div>Jimbo had ZERO control over what the
team could do after it dropped below the "magic number" for
traveling.</div><div><br></div><div>Also, A&M was down to -1 available
QBs. Haynes King is still not cleared to play. Calzada went to the
portal and is gone. Bost had surgery. The wide receiver who played
QB a bit in high school could have played the position running nothing but
option plays (apparently he throws poorly which is WHY he started playing wide
receiver in high school).</div><div><br></div><div>Happy New Year to
all.</div></div><div>ZZZ</div></div><br><div class="elided-text"><div
dir="ltr">On Sat, Dec 25, 2021 at 5:30 PM John Ylinen <<a
href="mailto:john_a_ylinen@xxxxxxxxxxx";>john_a_ylinen@xxxxxxxxxxx</a>>
wrote:<br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px
solid rgb( 204 , 204 , 204 );padding-left:1ex">
<div>
<div>
<p>Fellow Classmates of 77;<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p>I want to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New
Year;<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p>Being in North Carolina, I am not as connected with the facts and the
news.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p>I just saw that the Aggies will not be in their Bowl Game. Something
about they could not field a team. Gee, I thought we were the
home of the “12<sup>th</sup> MAN”.
<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p>I thought I learned that we had the “12<sup>th</sup> Man”. That if our
student athletes were not able to field, the student body would come to
their aide.
<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p>What a great opportunity that is lost to show the rest of the country what
being an Aggie is.
<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p>Very disappointed in the President, AD, and Coach. We had
a great opportunity to set us apart the rest. I don’t care about
the SEC and their rules. It is time to tall them to go bound sand.
Same for when they moved the Band from
their place in the stadium. <u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p>We might not have won, but with great coaching and willing walk-ons,
it would have been a great game to watch. One for the record
books.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p>A BIG missed opportunity. <u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p>Now, I have to watch the CFB Championship games. Maybe they will
all be by disqualifications and we can just five Alabama the trophy again.
<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p>Be safe and will this year.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p>John<u></u><u></u></p>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote></div></div>
</blockquote></div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div
class="gmail_quote">On Dec 25, 2021 23:12, Wayne Zieschang
<waynez1122@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:<br type="attribution" /><blockquote
class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc
solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Merry Christmas to
all..<div><br /></div><div>Update on me - Had my gallbladder removed last week,
so no more gallstones or gallstone induced pancreatitis. I now have a new
"10" on my "scale of 1 to 10" pain scale.<br /><div><br
/></div><div>On the bowl game and the 12th man, etc..... </div><div><br
/></div><div>The original 12th man story happened in the days before the NCAA
had a death grip on the rules. It happened when a player played both sides of
the ball and played until removed and could NOT return to the game when taken
out for injury. Very similar to current soccer rules. The 12th man event
would have never happened to begin with under the NCAA.</div><div><br
/></div><div>Per NCAA rules, a team MUST have a minimum of "X"
SCHOLARSHIP PLAYERS available for a travel game. I saw 53 touted as the magic
number. I don't know if the number is the correct one. A&M was down
to 50 available players as of game day projections. A few would have cleared
NCAA Covid protocols the day before the game. There would have been no time
for the cleared players to get to the game, much less engage in any practice
prior to the game.</div><div><br /></div><div>WW optouts for NFL draft + XX
out for covid + YY out for injury + ZZ out for transfer portal
==>>> not enough players.</div><div><br /></div><div>Jimbo had
ZERO control over what the team could do after it dropped below the "magic
number" for traveling.</div><div><br /></div><div>Also, A&M was down to
-1 available QBs. Haynes King is still not cleared to play. Calzada went to
the portal and is gone. Bost had surgery. The wide receiver who played QB a
bit in high school could have played the position running nothing but option
plays (apparently he throws poorly which is WHY he started playing wide
receiver in high school).</div><div><br /></div><div>Happy New Year to
all.</div></div><div>ZZZ</div></div><br /><div class="elided-text"><div
dir="ltr">On Sat, Dec 25, 2021 at 5:30 PM John Ylinen <<a
href="mailto:john_a_ylinen@hotmail.com";>john_a_ylinen@hotmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br /></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px
solid rgb( 204 , 204 , 204 );padding-left:1ex">
<div>
<div>
<p>Fellow Classmates of 77;<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p>I want to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New
Year;<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p>Being in North Carolina, I am not as connected with the facts and the
news.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p>I just saw that the Aggies will not be in their Bowl Game. Something about
they could not field a team. Gee, I thought we were the home of the
“12<sup>th</sup> MAN”.
<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p>I thought I learned that we had the “12<sup>th</sup> Man”. That if our
student athletes were not able to field, the student body would come to their
aide.
<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p>What a great opportunity that is lost to show the rest of the country what
being an Aggie is.
<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p>Very disappointed in the President, AD, and Coach. We had a great
opportunity to set us apart the rest. I don’t care about the SEC and their
rules. It is time to tall them to go bound sand. Same for when they moved the
Band from
their place in the stadium. <u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p>We might not have won, but with great coaching and willing walk-ons, it
would have been a great game to watch. One for the record
books.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p>A BIG missed opportunity. <u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p>Now, I have to watch the CFB Championship games. Maybe they will all be by
disqualifications and we can just five Alabama the trophy again.
<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p>Be safe and will this year.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p>John<u></u><u></u></p>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote></div></div>
</blockquote></div><br></div>
