Texas A&M Football 2008 : Rebuilding or Resurgent?

Correspondent Written on June 23, 2008

With a little more than two months to go until the kick-off of the 2008-2009 college football season, the Aggies still have a lot of questions that have yet to be answered.

The upcoming season for the Aggies will certantly have its ups and downs with new head coach Mike Sherman and defensive coordinator Joe Kines.

To accompany them is an all new assistant/position coaching staff, along with new schemes on both sides of the ball.

The strength of schedule pendulum will swing the Aggies way this season compared to last year, improving 23 spots from 20^th in 2007 to 53^rd in 2008.

On the down side, the Aggies have lost a lot of seniority on the offensive live, the two top linebackers, Mark Dodge and Misi Tupe, and play making tight-end Martellus Bennett, who proved to be very pivotal in many close games last season.

Of the Aggie returning players the bright spot has to most definitely be the offensive backfield with (as of now) senior quarterback Stephen McGee leading a newly structured west coast offense.

McGee has a surgically repaired shoulder that could improve A&M’s almost non-existent passing game, but on the bright side does have a nose for running the football and proven to have the guts to take some bone crunching hits from linebackers and safety’s.

Next in line for the field general is red-shirt sophomore Jerrod Johnson who is very exciting with his legs (almost Vince Young like, some would say), but for the most part has a very unproven and questionable arm.

As we all know, you have to be able to manage a decent passing game to be competitive in the Big 12 with teams like Texas Tech, Missouri, and Kansas.

This is why the quarterback position in the Big 12 conference is so crucial, it can make or break your season, just ask Vince Young of Texas and Chase Daniel of Missouri.

The dark horse for the Heisman trophy in my book is Michael Goodson.

Goodson has the potential to be one of top five backs in the country, with blazing speed, great jukes, and superior balance.

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