We’ve got plenty to talk about in this week’s TTFT, from fall camp to baseball and even some hoops:

1) We’ve still got to see results on the field, but new offensive coordinator Holmon Wiggins impressed me during his media availability today. He said something I really liked: “I think pretty much any good coach is going to try to tailor everything that they do to the players and the personnel that they have.” I liked Collin Klein’s comments about attacking opponent’s weaknesses and learned to really dislike Jimbo’s idea that there was no reason to adapt his scheme. Wiggins doesn’t seem to be interested in trying to pound a square peg into a round hole, but maximizing the abilities of his players.

2) One thing that has been repeated throughout camp is that Marcel Reed has been more consistent in the passing game. That’s probably because his mechanics have been more consistent. It’s not coincidental. When Reed was at his best, his footwork and arm motion were what that were supposed to be. But, in the last two games, he started to fall back into old habits. He does look like he’s got things harnessed again and he’s putting the ball where it needs to be.

3) Wiggins has added a new wrinkle to the offense that could be a major positive, and that’s moving the pocket — in other words, they’ve added rollouts. With a player capable of making big plays with his legs, a rollout is a smart idea. It’s not as effective against zone defenses, and zone is what gives Reed more trouble, so it’ll be interesting to see how they adapt to that.

4) On a positive note, wideout Jerome Myles is no longer wearing his knee brace in practice. Myles is one of the most interesting players on this team, because we really don’t know exactly what he can do because he hasn’t been healthy since he’s been on campus. If he is fully healthy and is capable of doing what he did in high school, he could be a true weapon and this receiver corps becomes indisputably stacked.

5) New defensive coordinator Lyle Hemphill also got his time with the press today and said the linebackers group has improved significantly from spring to summer — and I wasn’t exactly considering it to be a weakness. One player who had to step up is middle linebacker Ray Coney, the nation’s top tackler last year at Tulsa. He seemed a step behind in the spring as he adjusted to a more complex defense, but he’s taken that step now. Hemphill said Coney’s a “thumper” and is going to be “one hell of a player.”

6) It looks like the Aggies have their top three backs right now in Rueben Owens, Jamarion Morrow and KJ Edwards. The fourth could get interesting. True freshman Carsyn Baker isn’t exactly small at 6 foot and 210 pounds and Tiger Riden is up to 5-foot-10 and 219 pounds. Wiggins said today that Riden has shown them a few things in camp, and he might end up (in my opinion) as the fourth back and the one who gets the ball in short yardage situations.

7) The expectation going into camp that the top three cornerbacks for the Aggies this fall would be Dezz Ricks, Rickey Gibson and Julio Humphrey. It was expected Gibson and Humphrey would compete for a starting job, and that’s playing out. Gibson looked great last week; Humphrey has been drawing very strong reviews this week. Both Gibson and Humphrey have upped their games, it appears, to the point where Hemphill said today that “we’ve got a good problem right now.”

8) ESPN released its list of the top 10 prospects for each major league team today and three former Aggies are on the list: Caden Sorrell (8th, Cubs), Justin Lamkin (9th, Royals) and Chris Hacopian (8th, Nationals). So two of the very recent draft picks are already ranked in their organization’s top 10. Not bad.

9) One player who did not make their franchise’s top 10 is Jace LaViolette with Cleveland. Instead, I found the word “disappointing” attached to him. I guess your mileage may vary on that one. He was hitting .238 at high A ball, which isn’t as good as I would have expected. He did, however, hit 19 home runs and drove in 68 runs in 81 games with an OPS over .800. The biggest problem, though, was a lack of contact: he struck out 147 times in 388 plate appearances. Add in 47 walks and LaViolette didn’t put the ball in play in exactly half of his high A plate appearances. But he was called up to AA the other day, so the Guardians must think he’s ready for another challenge.

10) Moving away from the Aggies for a second to visit our friends in the swamp. When LSU brought back Will Wade, the expectation was the Tigers would spend plenty of money and load up quickly. Didn’t happen. Like Bucky McMillan last year, Wade essentially had a full rebuild ahead of him. Right now, he has four eligible scholarship players. The other players they bought are currently ineligible and waiting decisions. Even then, they’ll only have eight scholarship players if everyone is eligible. Makes you appreciate what McMillan pulled last year that much more.

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