Kevin Sumlin hates yellow beanies and doesn’t want “no names” mixed in with starters

Kevin Sumlin hates yellow helmet beanies and doesn’t want “no names” running around with the starters during Saturday’s spring game at Texas A&M.

In his first spring in College Station, Sumlin plans to go 1′s versus 2′s in the spring game to continue to develop continuity and get the most out of the time on the field.

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A&M creates registration process to accommodate student demands for 2012 football tickets

The anticipated move to the SEC is beginning to show its affects as Texas A&M announced a sell out of season tickets and now has announced a registration plan for students wanting tickets.

A&M sent a press release on Sunday announcing that a registration process has been put in place to “accommodate the anticipated student demand for 2012 Aggie football tickets.”

Texas A&M has the largest allotment of tickets in the nation for their students. The 30,284 ticket allotment has traditionally been a first come first serve process with no problems.

That was until the 2011 football season when A&M suspended sales of the “sports passes” because of the high demand.

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Position U. pass catchers: A look at the 2012 draft

While the number of wide receivers drafted basically has held steady over the past five drafts, the number of tight ends has changed drastically.

There have been between 28 and 35 wide receivers selected in each of the past five drafts. But just 12 tight ends were selected last season, a drop-off of eight from 2010 and seven from ’09. Indeed, while there were 55 tight ends drafted from 2008-10, there were just 12 selected in both ’11 and ’07.

Interestingly, though, while there were 35 wide receivers drafted in 2008, there weren’t any first-rounders; that was the first draft without a wide receiver taken in the first round since 1990. Meanwhile, there was no tight end drafted in the first round last year; that was the first time that had happened since 1999.

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Bobby Petrino: How Arkansas firing will affect recruiting vs. SEC rivals

Ole Miss and Missouri are two SEC football programs that often go head-to-head with Arkansas on the recruiting trail.

Coaches from both schools aren’t sure how Bobby Petrino’s firing will impact the competition with Arkansas for future recruits.

“I think it’s too early to tell,” Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze told the AJC. “I think Arkansas has had some tremendous years recruiting and they have great facilities. I’m not confident enough to say we have a great advantage now. Now I think it could be an advantage but certainly they could go get another great coach in there, which I’m sure they will. Then [Petrino’s firing] would be over in the minds of recruits very fast … so it’s kind of hard for me to say on that.”

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Kicking it with Texas A&M’s Kevin Sumlin

Kevin Sumlin isn’t a stranger to winning. The two-time national coach of the year finalist recorded a 35-17 record during his four years at Houston, before taking over as Texas A&M’s new coach in December.

But as Sumlin makes his return to College Station, Texas, he’ll do so as a SEC coach. While he hasn’t coached in this league before, he understands that size, strength and speed are on a new level down here.

That’s why he pushed spring practice back two weeks after spring break in order to give strength and conditioning coach Larry Jackson eight full weeks to punish his new players and get them into the proper shape for a full SEC season.

Sumlin took some time out of his busy schedule to talk to ESPN.com about life as the Aggies’ coach before the move to the SEC:

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It’s a good time to be Kevin Sumlin

If this is the final salvo for Kevin Sumlin as the Houston Cougars head football coach, it sure has been quite a ride.

In a few short years, Sumlin has gone from young, up-and-coming assistant coach to the hottest name in coaching circles outside of Urban Meyer, who accepted the Ohio State job on Monday. Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News Texas A&M beat reporter Brent Zwerneman reports that Sumlin is the Aggies’ top target after the dismissal of head coach Mike Sherman, and based on all the noise coming from the West, Arizona State has its sights set on him as well.

Let’s make one thing clear. Nobody except Kevin Sumlin and his family (and probably his agent) knows what he’s going to do next. That’s the fact of the matter at this point. Who knows if even he’s sure of what he’s going to do? The rest is just speculation for now and until the dust settles in the wake of the Conference USA championship game, he’s still UH’s coach. For all we know, he might sit down with Mack Rhoades next week, agree to a renegotiated contract with a significant raise and stay at UH. You never know.

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