In case you haven't been keeping up ...

Last week, Pete Fiutak of Campus Insiders wrote that Texas A&M is 'The Kardashians of College Football.'

In the article, Fiutak compares the Aggies going through five-star quarterbacks like Kim Kardashian 'used to go through famous husbands' and says it "isn't going to be an SEC West championship season ... there won't be a conference championship. Texas A&M won't win anything, again, but it'll be dramatic, and it'll be entertaining."

Fiutak was a recent guest on the Paul Finebaum show -- in a segment which can be heard by clicking here -- to further discuss his comparison as well as give his analysis on the upcoming season for the Aggies.

His segment begins at the 23 minute mark, and highlights of the conversation are transcribed below.

Fiutak's take and 'how he reached [Kardashian] conclusion'...

FIUTAK: There's always these programs out there, they are big names. They have everything going their way. They've got the big giant fan bases, the big stadiums, they are on all the time and everyone knows who they are. They are bound by absolutely nothing. They have all the money in the world, all the attention in the world, sometimes they play a beautiful brand of football. And they just don't have any substance behind them, that's the Kardashian reference...

Texas A&M more than anyone, considering all the drama over Johnny Football. All the big things with the move from the Big 12 to the SEC... Here's a program that couldn't get by Oklahoma and Texas in the Big 12 South and now it's suppose to do something big in the SEC? All of the sudden it does, it takes the world by storm. It's the hot program, everyone wants to go there and they get all the big recruits. And Alabama wins the SEC title and the National Championship just about every single year.

Where did Manziel situation get off tracks...

FIUTAK: ...Having a guy like [Manziel] with that type of personality, with that much talent who does things that no one in the history of the SEC has ever done... [and] he's built like your average college kid. He comes out and sets the world on fire... Toward the end of the Manziel career you have Kevin Sumlin almost all but said I'm trying to control this guy, I'm trying to control Manziel fever and it didn't necessarily work between the autographs and everything else.

...At the time, the prevailing thought was 'Look the dude's in college,' ... That's what every college kid wishes he could do. Now it's not that much fun anymore.

What does A&M need to do...

FIUTAK: As long as they can just look like they are okay and look like they are on the right track. The problem in the SEC is that you can be really, really good and not win anything. That was the problem under A&M with Johnny Manziel too.

...They aren't going to win it this year, they just aren't good enough. Especially in that division. As long as it looks like the ship has been steadied... They might not be the fun program of a couple years ago but they have an improving defense... If they go 8-4 or 9-3 and look like they are on the rise back up, then I think everything is going to be okay with Kevin Sumlin.

Why would someone else hire Sumlin short of a big time season in College Station?

FIUTAK: Because his offenses all tend to work. Coming from Houston and what he did to start at Texas A&M. He was able to get the talent to come there but obviously it didn't quite mesh.

... At the end of the day if you're winning games and you're doing it in fun and exciting ways, teams are going to want you.

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Fiutak discusses his expectations for around the SEC, including East and West champion predictions, in the podcast available here. You can read his article from Campus Insiders by clicking here.