"14 Burning Questions for 2012: #9 – Texas A&M"

[Chechem]

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We’re down to single digits. Fourteen SEC teams and fourteen burning questions.

#9 – Can Kevin Sumlin win in the SEC?

I hate to be blunt, that that’s the deal.

Sumlin acquitted himself well as head man of the Houston Cougars where he amassed a 35-17 record in four years. Sumlin also had use of Case Keenum for three of those four years. Keenum only played in three games of the 2010 season before being lost for the remainder of the season with a knee injury, but in his three full years, the Cougs won 8, 10 and 13 games. In his injury marred season, they stumbled backward to a 5-7 mark.

It’s also worth noting that Keenum threw for over 19,000 yards (no, that’s not a typo) and 155 touchdowns.

How did the NFL reward this stat king? By not drafting him. That’s right. The pros essentially hung a gimmick label on the offense of Keenum and Sumlin.

Texas A&M, however, liked what they saw in Sumlin and hired themselves a football coach.

A&M is coming off of a 9-4 season in which they beat Northwestern in some sort of no-name bowl.

Things could have been much better, though.  The Aggies lost leads against two top five teams (Arkansas and Oklahoma State) and lost two overtimes games (Missouri and Kansas State).  That all spells a heartbreaking season for A&M fans....

[cbbama99]

Did Sumlin get the job offer prior to A&M jumping ship or after? If before, then he can plead ignorance. If not, its his own fault for getting his team's butt kicked every year.

[Catch Prothro]

Did Sumlin get the job offer prior to A&M jumping ship or after? If before, then he can plead ignorance. If not, its his own fault for getting his team's butt kicked every year.

It was about the same time, but I think he knew when he accepted the job.

[pmull]

If you are the HC at Houston you would give your left (fill in the blank) for the A&M job. He would be a fool to turn the A&M job down regardless of the conference.

[BAMAWV]

If you are the HC at Houston you would give your left (fill in the blank) for the A&M job. He would be a fool to turn the A&M job down regardless of the conference.

Who cares. They were picked to join the SEC so we could put a dent in Mack Brown's recruiting factory. But if the object here is just to kill time until the season starts, I say he'll be better than some and worse than others.

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