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The hotseat is cooling off for coach Fran.

1:19 AM Mon, Oct 16, 2006 |
Butch Alsandor
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If Texas A&M coach Dennis Franchione was writing a letter
to Aggie fans , he would borrow from Mark Twain and say
something like ,"the reports of my demise were greatly exaggerated."

For the first time in 6 tries , the Aggies knocked off a ranked
opponent at home under coach Fran's regime.
Which should take him off the hotseat with fans at least for a while .

Texas A&M disposed of no. 19 Missouri 25-to-19, handing the Tigers
there first loss of the season. In the process A&M improve to
6-and 1 .

So what were the fans so upset about ? Well, until the Aggies beat
the Tigers they really hadn't play anyone .
Yes, they had a great goaline stand to beat Army, but if you want
to challenge for a national title, beating the Black Knights is nothing
to brag about.
At times it looked like the team was still making some of the same
old mistakes, and squeaking a victory over Kansas didn't
give the fans a lot of confidence.

Some of the loyal aggies were upset because dispite the record,
it was hard to see any real improvement. The victory over Missouri
might change some of those opinions.

Yes , the Tigers played a sloppy game turning over the football left and right.
But I saw the Aggies make some defensive adjustments at the half,
and stopping the Tigers cold on two 4th down attempts late in the game.
The A&M running game was outstanding , chewing up valuable minutes
off the clock, as Jorvorskie lane banged out 127 yards and a touchdown .

Now its on to Stillwater to face the Cowboys from Oklahoma State.
If the Aggies win there, they will come back home with a 7-and 1 record.
If not , coach Fran's seat will start to warmup again.




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