In a true SEC battle, the Aggies won the fight at the line of scrimmage. Steady movement in the middle of the field and big plays at crucial moments led to almost 500 yards of total offense against a talented Auburn defense.

Poor rushing totals were a common denominator in Texas A&M's 2015 losses. Poor rushing defense was a common denominator in UCLA's 2015 losses. A&M must be the one to flip the script to leave Kyle with a win in the 2016 opener.

After a disappointing 2015 campaign due in part to injuries, junior running back James White looks to rebound in 2016 and become the physical, punishing runner his body style dictates.

Long gone are the days of Texas A&M relying on Tra Carson and little else. With the addition of Keith Ford and two stellar freshmen, the stable has been re-stocked — and the Aggies' primary concern entering the fall may only be exactly how to share the load.

Even as it says goodbye to a 1,100-yard rusher, Texas A&M is expected to run the ball more in 2016. Is there any guarantee of matching Tra Carson's production? Running Backs Coach Clarence McKinney and junior James White certainly seem to think so.

College football's revolving door can usher some players out as quickly as they came in if new talent surpasses them. Five Aggies enter Texas A&M's spring camp with either a golden opportunity to seize or, perhaps, one last chance to carve out a role.

When the Aggies would have preferred to be learning more about their potential, they learned a bit more instead about what they're lacking. The Texas A&M offense now heads into a clash with a stout Vanderbilt defense hoping expected contributors will step up.

The breakdowns by Texas A&M's offense are no longer isolated incidents — they're indicative of something systemic. Heading down the stretch in Kevin Sumlin's fourth year at the helm of the Aggies, that's a sad fact that requires immediate attention.

The Aggies are bowl-eligible for the seventh straight season and back on track to challenge LSU in the season finale — but not so fast. A rapidly improving Auburn team comes to Kyle Field on Saturday, something Kevin Sumlin and his coordinators and players dissected on Tuesday.

There are a litany of words that could be used to describe Texas A&M's offensive output in Oxford, and none of them are kind. The problems are real, and they start at quarterback, but they don't end there. To salvage the season, something must change immedaitely.

At times it little resembled the polished machine that has defined Kevin Sumlin's tenure in Aggieland, but the Texas A&M offense nonetheless put up 31 points on a swarming defense. Now the Aggies' focus turns to fine-tuning the outlying issues.

Inexperience often clouded the Aggies' high-potential group of talent during an up-and-down 2014 campaign. One year and several changes later, that won't be the case. The time is now for a few of Texas A&M's young, soon-to-be stars.

Expected to be one of A&M's primary ball carriers, RB James White possesses both size and speed. Will the Aggies' re-commitment to the running game lead to a breakout sophomore season for the Pearland native?

Were there a single takeaway from Texas A&M's appearance in Hoover, it would be this: vast is the gap between how the media views Kevin Sumlin's squad and how the Aggies view themselves. The power to decide who will ultimately be right is in A&M's hands.

On Friday's show we asked Liucci: "Are you ready?" To anoint Christian Kirk as a day-one starter in 2015? To compare this year's defensive front to Chavis' at LSU? To buy into the James White hype? And many more.

A mere week separates the Aggies from the summer months. The results from last Thursday's situational scrimmage and the three practices remaining will combine to begin the tale of what to expect when fall camp arrives.

Two-thirds of the way through an important spring, A&M has results both expected and surprising to work with. A number of Aggies have five more practices to state their case — and bolster their positions' outlooks.

A week off has done nothing to temper the quiet confidence leaking from the football facilities, where the Aggie offense appears to be on schedule and the talented pieces on defense may be finding their way.