Merry Christmas to all. I keep each and everyone in my daily prayers.
May 2022 bring good health, contentment, and time with your loved ones.
Most of all time.
Mark R. Kelley
markrkelley77@xxxxxxxxx
On Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 12:31 PM Edward Retta <
eretta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Happy boxing day to all!
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.
But, I don't know jack about football.
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!
Damn tired of loosing to back water schools in small, po dunk, red neck
states.
Edward Retta
+1 214 394 3000 (GMT -5)
crossculturecommunications.com
linkedin.com/in/edwardretta/
On Dec 25, 2021 23:12, Wayne Zieschang <waynez1122@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Merry Christmas to all..
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.
On the bowl game and the 12th man, etc.....
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.
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.
WW optouts for NFL draft + XX out for covid + YY out for injury + ZZ out
for transfer portal ==>>> not enough players.
Jimbo had ZERO control over what the team could do after it dropped below
the "magic number" for traveling.
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).
Happy New Year to all.
ZZZ
On Sat, Dec 25, 2021 at 5:30 PM John Ylinen <john_a_ylinen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Fellow Classmates of 77;
I want to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year;
Being in North Carolina, I am not as connected with the facts and the news.
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 “12th MAN”.
I thought I learned that we had the “12th Man”. That if our student
athletes were not able to field, the student body would come to their
aide.
What a great opportunity that is lost to show the rest of the country what
being an Aggie is.
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.
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.
A BIG missed opportunity.
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.
Be safe and will this year.
John
On Dec 25, 2021 23:12, Wayne Zieschang <waynez1122@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Merry Christmas to all..
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.
On the bowl game and the 12th man, etc.....
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.
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.
WW optouts for NFL draft + XX out for covid + YY out for injury + ZZ out
for transfer portal ==>>> not enough players.
Jimbo had ZERO control over what the team could do after it dropped below
the "magic number" for traveling.
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).
Happy New Year to all.
ZZZ
On Sat, Dec 25, 2021 at 5:30 PM John Ylinen <john_a_ylinen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Fellow Classmates of 77;
I want to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year;
Being in North Carolina, I am not as connected with the facts and the news.
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 “12th MAN”.
I thought I learned that we had the “12th Man”. That if our student
athletes were not able to field, the student body would come to their
aide.
What a great opportunity that is lost to show the rest of the country what
being an Aggie is.
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.
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.
A BIG missed opportunity.
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.
Be safe and will this year.
John
On Dec 25, 2021 23:12, Wayne Zieschang <waynez1122@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Merry Christmas to all..
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.
On the bowl game and the 12th man, etc.....
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.
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.
WW optouts for NFL draft + XX out for covid + YY out for injury + ZZ out
for transfer portal ==>>> not enough players.
Jimbo had ZERO control over what the team could do after it dropped below
the "magic number" for traveling.
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).
Happy New Year to all.
ZZZ
On Sat, Dec 25, 2021 at 5:30 PM John Ylinen <john_a_ylinen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Fellow Classmates of 77;
I want to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year;
Being in North Carolina, I am not as connected with the facts and the news.
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 “12th MAN”.
I thought I learned that we had the “12th Man”. That if our student
athletes were not able to field, the student body would come to their
aide.
What a great opportunity that is lost to show the rest of the country what
being an Aggie is.
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.
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.
A BIG missed opportunity.
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.
Be safe and will this year.
John
