The 2017 Recruiting Class may just give the Aggies the missing pieces to return their defense to glory. To judge where the team might be going, we have to go back a ways. A long ways.
Got A Story For Ya, Ags
When Jackie Sherrill first came to College Station in 1982, he worked with his defensive coordinator R.C. Slocum to instill a defensive ethos that would dominate the state of Texas for twenty years. It was called the Wrecking Crew, and it led Texas A&M to one of its Golden Eras.
That era included multiple conference championships and a string of wins over arch-rival Texas Longhorns.