Hopes are certainly up in College Station after the hire of Jimbo Fisher as Texas A&M's football coach last week.
And the Aggies' hire is making a big impression on at least one nationally recognized voice in college football.
ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit went on ESPN San Antonio last week and set some high expectations for Fisher and the Aggies.
"In two years, they're gonna come back to being a perennial power," Herbstreit said. "Because the combination of resources -- their facilities now are probably the best, they set the bar in the whole country -- the tradition of winning there, and Jimbo Fisher is maybe not as appreciated as he should be as a coach.