Last night, I said in Monday Thoughts that Scott Woodward didn't quit on trying to get Jimbo Fisher to leave A&M after his first denial, which led to his second denial. In between, Woodward offered a huge contract -- at least eight years and in excess of $100 million. Some people scoffed at it.

What did Brian Kelly get, along with a free house, two car allowances and 50 hours of private jet time per year? It all averages out to 10 years, $100 million.

Still scoffing?

If they did, the guy they should go after is in. It's not Spencer Rattler, either. It's Fresno State's Jake Haener, who threw for 3,890 yards, 32 TD and just 9 INT this season for the Bulldogs. Mountain West or not, that's not shabby.

I think Haener already knows where he's going -- he's following his coach up to Seattle and the University of Washington. But, if you're A&M or anyone interested in a quarterback for 2022, you have to inquire, right?

Temple is looking for a new head coach -- again. Just two years after targeting Mike Elko and being rebuffed, the Owls are back in the market. This time, they may target one of their own, DT coach Elijah Robinson. He's one name I've already seen linked to the job, if only hypothetically.

I think it would be a stretch to take a position coach and give him the top job, but if anyone's qualified, Robinson's the guy. The Aggies may have to dip into the money well and add some more cash to his contract to keep him around.

As for Robinson, he's not sitting around waiting for anything. He was in Arizona visiting Anthony Lucas yesterday and will be moving around the country to check in on A&M commits and targets over the next couple of weeks.

There are two players on A&M's commit list right now that most people had given up for gone at the start of the season -- Walter Nolen and Evan Stewart. But the Aggies pulled the rabbit out of the hat and landed both 5-stars.

Could they do it again?

I'm not exactly sure what's happened here, but North Shore 5-star CB Denver Harris is suddenly being linked to A&M again after being totally off the radar for months. He showed up at the Prairie View game because he couldn't get to Tuscaloosa in time for Alabama's game, and apparently things went well. Texas sure seems like they've conceded his going somewhere else, with a couple of their commits saying on an Instagram Live chat that Harris was an "A&M lock".

I have a hard time fathoming that one. I talked with the guys over at the Alabama site today and they said that, contrary to some Twitter talk, the Tide are still in on Harris. Where he's going to end up is, at this point, anyone's guess. But the idea that A&M is back in the discussion is pretty amazing.

Watching what is happening in Norman is absolutely amazing. A team that was in the CFP picture not that long ago no longer has a coach, has seen their 2022 and 2023 recruiting classes take major hits and bigtime players are tripping over themselves to get to the transfer portal.

The first was Spencer Rattler, who I think we'll see next year either in an Ole Miss uniform or a South Carolina jersey. Those two locations make a lot of sense. But WRs Theo Wease and Jadon Haselwood are both leaving, and top wideout Marvin Mims is considering doing the same. In spite of the nice crop of wideouts A&M is bringing in for 2022, Mims and Wease are two players worth checking on.

We discussed Kam Dewberry's situation last night, and it remains up in the air on where he'll go. But losing the coaching staff up there has to hurt OU's chances considerably. Gabe Dindy said he'll re-assess his options, but if Brent Venables ends up as the coach there, I think he'll stick.

But there's another interesting name to watch: Kip Lewis of Carthage. The Rivals 250 LB said he's still committed to OU, but he's going to look at several other schools over the next two weeks, including A&M. I don't know how they'd manage that one, but it's interesting all the same.

This won't happen for multiple reasons:

1. Elko is very happy at A&M.

2. He is well-compensated at A&M.

3. He didn't leave Notre Dame on the best of terms with Brian Kelly, which doesn't seem to be too hard to do.

4. Kelly is trying to get DC Marcus Freeman to follow him to Baton Rouge.

Maybe this is a sign of how well Jimbo has changed the culture at A&M and how strong the buy-in is, but so far Antonio Doyle is the only Aggie to transfer out and he did that three weeks (or more) ago. Texas has at least two guys announce this week, as did Alabama and Auburn. Ole Miss has had several tonight. OU is getting gutted.

It may just be that they're doing the program a favor and waiting until Dec. 15 to announce, but even that is a sign of respect.

The Aggie basketball team moved their season record to 6-1 tonight, blowing out New Orleans 85-65. The only loss so far came at the hands of No. 23 Wisconsin, and they should have won that game.

Of course, they should blow out New Orleans. But their struggles with lesser opponents last year and earlier this year was an ongoing concern. Not lately.

A&M has been playing the tough defense Buzz Williams wants to see, but they're shooting the ball better as well. They hit 48% of their shots tonight, including 47% from 3. 13 players played at least 9 minutes (and, for those of you wondering, 5-star Manny Obaseki started). Twelve players scored.

The Aggies may not be the most talented bunch, but Buzz has confidence enough in his bench to go deep without fear of a dropoff. A&M probably isn't a threat to win the SEC, but if they keep playing defense as they are and continue to improve their shooting, they can be at least in the middle of the pack.