UTSA's QB Owen McCown will have the first opportunity to test Elko's new 2025 secondary.

Owen started all 13 games last year for UTSA passing for 3,424 yards and 25 TDs.
He also ran for 340 yds & 3 TDs.

He is the son of NFL QB Josh McCown.
Also, his Uncle Randy McCown played QB for A&M.

He will have 4 seasoned WRs in David Amador, Devin McCuin, Willie McCoy & JT Clark.
UTSA Head Coach - Jeff Traylor will be dialing up his offense for the Aggies...

This Game will kick off at Kyle Field in just 36 days...

If we have any problems with UTSA or this McCown kid, our 8-4 season is going to be in jeopardy.

SouthCollegeStation said:

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UTSA's QB Owen McCown will test A&M's secondary on game 1

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Hopefully he hasn't already received the answers to this test…

Hopefully, we beat UTSA by 30+ points.

It is not a matter of if we will win the game. WE will Win...

But will our secondary be able to show vast improvement over 2024 results:

Communicate with one another - Cover 1-on-1 - Confuse the QB on our coverage tactics
OR
Will QB Owen McCowen - Expose weaknesses in our secondary - Coverage Issues - Etc.

This is my concern -
What are we showing the Notre Dame Offensive Coordinator...

Dear Lord, please don't have us busting out the excuses after Game 1

"They just have to shake off the rust!"

"It was only Game 1"

"We didn't want to give away the play book!"

Maroon Dawn said:

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Dear Lord, please don't have us busting out the excuses after Game 1

"They just have to shake off the rust!"

"It was only Game 1"

"We didn't want to give away the play book!"

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The vanilla game plan for game 1 has been an excuse every season. Elite teams show their whole playbook and run up the scores, while teams like us save our playbook and only win by a few scores.

Shouldn't a guy with a nfl father's last name be getting national attention? I mean it should be him and Arch as the top two Heisman candidates right? Seriously though, we blow UTSA out.

Why do you think our secondary is new?

We have Will Lee, Bryce, Dalton, Tyrell, Dez and Davion

The new guy… also has the nickname blanket. Shaw and then we got Humphrey

If our pass rush is a ten game winning pass rush this should be no problem for our secondary.

I predict an underwhelming win. This board (including me) will be in a meltdown.

Google AI - says the score will be in the following point range:

Texas A&M wins against UTSA by a score from 31 to 21 to a score of 38 to 24.

The real question is:

Can we live with UTSA scoring 21 to 24 points on our defense???
Especially if it is mostly UTSA's passing attach that scores the 21 to 24 points.

What will Notre Dame lean from this game film...

Dang it, who let their grandparents have computer access?!

Notre Dame was tied with us with a couple of minutes left. They lost at home to Northern Illinois. They played in the National Championship game. Never assume anything too good or too bad too early.

CoachLB said:

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They played in the National Championship game. Never assume anything too good or too bad too early.

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thats nuts. I already forgot they played and lost to Ohio state.

The more this NIL and portal hot garbage get engrained into "college" football, the less brain space I reserve to remember about the sport.

On the flip side, A&M was slightly above mediocre before NIL and portal.

Nothing on the field has changed, but lots of folks are tuning out this fake pro league nonsense rather quickly.

UTSA got gutted by transfer portal losses . They have 5 total returning starters . If the game is remotely competitive we're in trouble.

Nah just make sure he needs aspirin before he can get out of bed Sunday morning. Don't want the young man getting injured.

halfastros81 said:

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UTSA got gutted by transfer portal losses . They have 5 total returning starters . If the game is remotely competitive we're in trouble.

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Same as last year. They started terrible but got much better as the year went on.

SouthCollegeStation said:

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It is not a matter of if we will win the game. WE will Win...

But will our secondary be able to show vast improvement over 2024 results:

Communicate with one another - Cover 1-on-1 - Confuse the QB on our coverage tactics
OR
Will QB Owen McCowen - Expose weaknesses in our secondary - Coverage Issues - Etc.

This is my concern -
What are we showing the Notre Dame Offensive Coordinator...

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Feels like talking to a bot but anyways... you know our defensive issue was primarily run defense and lack of pass rush right? Our passing efficiency D was pretty good. It will be better if we can get some DL to play more disciplined rather than hero ball.

TAMU 36

utSA 17

Jmo. That's too close if we really expect to have a playoff contending team. I realize most here do not expect that and I'm not sure I do either but against a team with 5 returning starters it should be a dominant 35 + pt win. Up by 35 and give up a late td against guys with no reps … I could live with that.

fightinag said:

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TAMU 36

utSA 17

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Doubt it

45 - 17 maybe

He will test the secondary if he knows the calls and coverages before the snap.

THIS STORY IS INSANE 😭😭

Tahj Ra-El Memphis Corner Back leaked their playbook to the opposing team QB, Owen McCown of UTSA. UTSA ended up pulling off the upset on them and had another db from Memphis saying after the game that they had every check and signal for every check and… pic.twitter.com/C96IiEqd2I

— SM Highlights (@SMHighlights1) July 25, 2025

REPORT: @On3Memphis has obtained direct messages of former Memphis DB Tahj Ra-El sending UTSA QB Owen McCown the Tigers' playbook before their game💀

The Roadrunners won 44-36.https://t.co/h7iD6N0nWj pic.twitter.com/EesFEqzbGG

— On3 (@On3sports) July 24, 2025

McCown is a decent QB.
Traylor is a decent coach.

Theyll study the Auburn and USC games and figure out who to pick on.

This is looking like a high scoring, one score game.

Many of the guys playing in our secondary won't be the same guys that played against Aub and USC but you already knew that I suspect.

VERY unlikely

Iowaggie said:

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He will test the secondary if he knows the calls and coverages before the snap.

THIS STORY IS INSANE 😭😭

Tahj Ra-El Memphis Corner Back leaked their playbook to the opposing team QB, Owen McCown of UTSA. UTSA ended up pulling off the upset on them and had another db from Memphis saying after the game that they had every check and signal for every check and… pic.twitter.com/C96IiEqd2I

— SM Highlights (@SMHighlights1) July 25, 2025

REPORT: @On3Memphis has obtained direct messages of former Memphis DB Tahj Ra-El sending UTSA QB Owen McCown the Tigers' playbook before their game💀

The Roadrunners won 44-36.https://t.co/h7iD6N0nWj pic.twitter.com/EesFEqzbGG

— On3 (@On3sports) July 24, 2025

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https://www.si.com/college-football/utsa-qb-owen-mccown-calls-memphis-playbook-pages-from-tahj-ra-el-completely-irrelevant

We believe you, Owen.

I remember when Appalachian State visited College Station….Arkansas State too

Big Aggie senior O-line and a stable of RBs should eat a ton of clock.

Quite a difference this year than in the past. Historically, this would be about the time that peak optimism begins to show. Aggies everywhere, old and young, have convinced themselves that THIS is the year. We're stocked on both sides of the ball. We can't see the weaknesses that are right in front of our faces. We may not win a natty, be we will certainly be in the last game.

This year, subdued expectations for 8-4.

BAS has finally taken its toll.

I have known the McCown family for over 30 years. I took care of this young man's uncles and father's injuries when they were growing up playing football one of the most impressive things about this family is their intelligence, desire for excellence, and talent. Don't sleep on this young man. I wish he was on our team.

I guess we will get to see if Elko & Co have been able to teach our secondary the nuisances of zone defense.

Meh

UTSA will have less than 150 yards of offense
Case Closed

UTSA is not a good team.

TMartin said:

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Big Aggie senior O-line and a stable of RBs should eat a ton of clock.

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This. Elko doesn't show much of the offensive scheme. Id expect all of the RBs to get quite a few carries. 2nd half the Ags wear them down.