re: Do you bring Mike Sherman to the SEC with A&M?

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Sherman has a worse record and pretty much worse stats across the board than Fran did at this same point in his tenure. He needs to go.

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Things under Sherman are no where near as bad as under Fran. We are losing because:

A. Our defense sucks. Defensive Coordinator Tim DeRuyter is in his 2nd year. Give him a chance.

B. Turnovers.

There have been a number of blown decisions with 4th and short, field goal, punt, etc. Also, I would blame abandoning the running game against OSU as much as the turnovers for that loss. I would force an Offensive Coordinator/play caller on Shermin and fire wide receivers coach Troy Walters. Our receivers have regressed this year. Way to damned many dropped passes. Fuller catches all of the blame on Texags, but EZ has been down this season, and Swope had a couple of brutal drops last Saturday.

Here is a breakdown of our offense in our four losses. I was trying to figure out how we kept moving the ball in the 3rd quarter but not scoring.

Our season in a nutshell... we put up 537 yards of offense on OU and lose. They outscore us 28-0 in the 3rd quarter. Two interceptions and a 14 yard punt mean that three of those drives were 31, 28, and 39 yards. The other was 68 yards.

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9/24/2011
OK State at A&M
1st half - total yards 301 / total points 20 / turnovers 0
2nd half - total yards 170 / total points 9 / turnovers 4

10/1/2011
A&M vs Arkansas
1st half - total yards 424 / total points 35 / turnovers 1
2nd half - total yards 234 / total points 3 / turnovers 1

10/29/2011
Mizzou at A&M
1st half - total yards 266 / total points 28 / turnovers 0
2nd half - total yards 219 / total points 3 / turnovers 3
OT - total yards 5 / total points 0 / turnovers 0

A&M at Oklahoma
1st half - total yards 223 / total points 10 / turnovers 2
2nd half - total yards 314 / total points 15 / turnovers 2

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Yards per point

9/24/2011
OK State at A&M
1st half - 15.05
2nd half - 18.89

10/1/2011
A&M vs Arkansas
1st half - 12.11
2nd half - 78

10/29/2011
Mizzou at A&M
1st half - 9.5
2nd half - 73

10/29/2011
A&M at Oklahoma
1st half - 22.3
2nd half - 20.9