Fellow Aggies - as I approach this football season, I'm removing my maroon-colored glasses for first time ever, and going to pick the following games based on where I am going to bet real money for profit.

UTSA - Win
Utah State - Win
@ ND - Loss (Execution & Coaching)
Auburn - Loss (Coaching)
Ms State - Win
Florida - Loss (Embarrassing @ Home)
Arkie - Win (Barely - again)
@LSU - Loss (Very lopsided)
@Missou - Win (close game)
SC - Loss (Embarrassing @ Home)
Sam - Win
@tu - Loss (3rd embarrassment of year)

6-6 (Most likely ending)

7-5 - if we beat Auburn
8-4 - if we beat Auburn/Florida

Anyone thinking more than 8-4 are drinking the koolaid. Any thinking we can outcoach SC, Auburn may have been hoodwinked.

Yup - 6-6 guys - that is my honest, money on the line expectations for this season. Elko hits the hotseat mid-season. Reset your expectations, come back from the ledge, and just get ready for another mediocre jaunt.

We will score more points this year; we will also have trouble stopping others... we have some talent gaps, but also see others adjusting much faster than we on defense (surprising from an Elko defense, but believe that may show its head against good offenses).

Hope I'm wrong; doubt I am.

In before 8-4.

UTSA - win by 25+ points
Utah State - win by 30+ points
@ ND - lose by 7 points or fewer
Auburn - win by 10+ points
Mississippi State - win by 17+ points
Florida - win by 7 points or fewer
Arkansas - win by 7 points or fewer
@LSU - lose by 10+ points
@Missouri: win by 7 points or fewer
South Carolina - win by 7 points or fewer
Samford - Win by 40+ points
@Texas - lose by 10+ points

I am sticking with 9-3 with losses to Notre Dame, LSU, and Texas.

Auburn: We won our last two home games against Auburn by 17+ points each. Also, we will be coming off a bye week, and Auburn will be coming off a tough road game at Oklahoma.

Florida: We have home field and scheduling dynamics advantages over Florida. Florida is 4-13 (3-11 SEC) in true road games against Power 4 teams since 2021, 0-4 (0-4 SEC) in Dan Mullen's final season in 2021 and 4-9 (3-7 SEC) under Billy Napier. Billy Napier is good for exactly one SEC road win each year; 5-7 (2-6 SEC) Texas A&M in 2022, 5-7 (3-5 SEC) South Carolina in 2023, and 2-10 (0-8 SEC) Mississippi State in 2024. His only other road win came against 2-10 (1-7 ACC) Florida State in 2024. None of those 4 teams finished better than 5-7.

We will be playing our 3rd straight home game and should be coming off an easy win over Mississippi State. In contrast, Florida will be coming off a tough home game against Texas and playing the last game of a brutal 4-game stretch against LSU (away), Miami (away), bye week, Texas (home), and Texas A&M (away) in a span of 5 weeks. There can't be a better scheduling dynamics advantage than that.

South Carolina: I think this will be our toughest home game. South Carolina went 4-1 in road games last year with wins over Kentucky, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt, and Clemson and a loss to Alabama. We will be coming off a tough road game at Missouri, and South Carolina will be coming off a bye week. However, we are 5-0 in home games against South Carolina, including the last 3 home wins by 13+ points each.

I am predicting the Aggies and Longhorns will both be 9-2, and the Lone Star Showdown will be a play-in game. We will have 2 losses to Notre Dame and LSU, and the Longhorns will have 2 losses to Ohio State and Georgia. Unfortunately, I think Texas will win the play-in game.

10-2 regular season
Lose CC game
Win 1st round playoff game
Lose 2nd round playoff game
11-4 overall

UTSA - W
Utah State - W
@ ND - W
Auburn - W
Mississippi State - W
Florida - W
Arkansas - W
@LSU - L
@Missouri - W
South Carolina - L
Samford - W
@Texas - W

Start 6-0, then lose 3 straight, then win 2, finish year losing to sip


8-4

UTSA - W
Utah State - W
@ ND - L
Auburn - W
Ms State - W
Florida - W
Arkie - W
@LSU - L
@Missou - L
SC - L
Sam - W
@tu - L

Same as the last times this was asked, unfortunately 8-4:

UTSA - W
Utah State - W
@ ND - L
Auburn - W
Mississippi State - W
Florida - W
@Arkansas - W
@LSU - L
@Missouri - L
South Carolina - W
Samford - W
@Texas - L

UTSA - Win
Utah State - Win
@ ND - Win
Auburn - Win
Ms State - Win
Florida - Win
Arkie - Win
@LSU - Win
@Missou - Win
SC - Win
Sam - Win
@tu - Win

Playoffs---
Championship:
OhioSt - Loss

I leaned a long long time ago the only way to make your self more miserable during football season is betting on or against the Fighting Texas Aggies in Football.

TexanJeff said:

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I leaned a long long time ago

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why don't you learn how to spell?

Predictions based on being soft in the middle and not consistently stopping the run, and weak pass coverage due to lack of a pass rush. But hey what do I know.

If offense is as good as "talked about"… bag of riches at RB, best SEC OL, play makers at WR… then maybe we cover up and overcome our weaknesses and have a winning record.

5-7 (2-6)

UTSA - Win (a blow out)
Utah State - Win (another blow out)
@ ND - lose (stage to big, not close like last year)
Auburn - lose (they have a better team than last year, we basically have the same team as last year)
Ms State - Win (but close)
Florida - lose (they improved last year as the season went along; us not so much)
Arkie - lose (hard place to win)
@LSU - lose (pay back)
@Missou - lose (maybe could pull out a win)
SC - lose (they may be fighting for an appearance in the SEC championship)
Sam - Win (just take the win)
@tu - Win (upset alert!)

8-4 is the likely ceiling

We suck on the road in big games with expectations and will drop all 3 of ND, LSU and cow

Then after that it's absolutely chugging Koolaid to believe we only drop 1 of Arkansas/USC/Missouri /Florida/Auburn but let's chug and assume we only lose 1.

Where are we?

8-4

Just don't give him a raise

9-3, we lose to lsu and tu....and some game we shouldn't, most likely mizzou.

I hope you lose money 6 times this year.

i am going to say we go 9-3 a slight improvement over last year but narrowly miss the playoffs as we end up ranked 13th in the nation.

7-5 with losses to ND, Florida, Mizzou/Ark, LSU, Texas

We haven't proven we can win on the road. Season ended horribly last year. We have a weak DL and secondary might still be an issue. I want us to win 9 games, but a lot would have to go our way.

Lol. 5-7 is as close to 0% chance of happening as possible

I was at 8-4 til about 3 days ago.

Im at 9-3 now and I think we win one of ND, LSU, Texas and then i think in kinda typical fashion just when we think we are in great shape for the CFP we drop one we absolutely should not.

SeaIsland said:

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7-5 with losses to ND, Florida, Mizzou/Ark, LSU, Texas

We haven't proven we can win on the road. Season ended horribly last year. We have a weak DL and secondary might still be an issue. I want us to win 9 games, but a lot would have to go our way.

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Yes, 9 regular season wins will probably require us to go an undefeated 7-0 in home games and 2-3 in away games, I am predicting 9-3 (7-0 home and 2-3 away) with losses to Notre Dame, LSU, and Texas.

Last year was a good start in the right direction with road wins over Florida and Mississippi State to start the season, but we lost our last 2 road games at South Carolina and Auburn to extend our November or later road losing streak to 7 games since a 34-13 win at Tennessee on 12/19/2020.

11/13/2021: 29-19 loss at 10-3 (6-2 SEC) Ole Miss
11/27/2021: 27-24 loss at 6-7 (3-5 SEC) LSU
11/12/2022: 13-10 loss at 5-7 (2-6 SEC) Auburn
11/4/2023: 38-35 loss at 11-2 (6-2 SEC) Ole Miss
11/25/2023: 42-30 loss at 10-3 (6-2 SEC) LSU
11/2/2024: 44-20 loss at 9-4 (5-3 SEC) South Carolina
11/23/2024: 43-41 4-OT loss at 5-7 (2-6 SEC) Auburn

We still need to prove that we can win late season road games, and a win at Missouri would be our first November/December road win in 5 years. Losses to both Missouri and Texas would extend our November road losing streak to 9 games and stretch into 2026.

I believe this exact play will happen often and now that we have TJ Searcy it's good for us https://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/42432022

How many prediction threads is this?

Iraq2xVeteran said:

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UTSA - win by 25+ points
Utah State - win by 30+ points
@ ND - lose by 7 points or fewer
Auburn - win by 10+ points
Mississippi State - win by 17+ points
Florida - win by 7 points or fewer
Arkansas - win by 7 points or fewer
@LSU - lose by 10+ points
@Missouri: win by 7 points or fewer
South Carolina - win by 7 points or fewer
Samford - Win by 40+ points
@Texas - lose by 10+ points

I am sticking with 9-3 with losses to Notre Dame, LSU, and Texas.

Auburn: We won our last two home games against Auburn by 17+ points each. Also, we will be coming off a bye week, and Auburn will be coming off a tough road game at Oklahoma.

Florida: We have home field and scheduling dynamics advantages over Florida. Florida is 4-13 (3-11 SEC) in true road games against Power 4 teams since 2021, 0-4 (0-4 SEC) in Dan Mullen's final season in 2021 and 4-9 (3-7 SEC) under Billy Napier. Billy Napier is good for exactly one SEC road win each year; 5-7 (2-6 SEC) Texas A&M in 2022, 5-7 (3-5 SEC) South Carolina in 2023, and 2-10 (0-8 SEC) Mississippi State in 2024. His only other road win came against 2-10 (1-7 ACC) Florida State in 2024. None of those 4 teams finished better than 5-7.

We will be playing our 3rd straight home game and should be coming off an easy win over Mississippi State. In contrast, Florida will be coming off a tough home game against Texas and playing the last game of a brutal 4-game stretch against LSU (away), Miami (away), bye week, Texas (home), and Texas A&M (away) in a span of 5 weeks. There can't be a better scheduling dynamics advantage than that.

South Carolina: I think this will be our toughest home game. South Carolina went 4-1 in road games last year with wins over Kentucky, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt, and Clemson and a loss to Alabama. We will be coming off a tough road game at Missouri, and South Carolina will be coming off a bye week. However, we are 5-0 in home games against South Carolina, including the last 3 home wins by 13+ points each.

I am predicting the Aggies and Longhorns will both be 9-2, and the Lone Star Showdown will be a play-in game. We will have 2 losses to Notre Dame and LSU, and the Longhorns will have 2 losses to Ohio State and Georgia. Unfortunately, I think Texas will win the play-in game.

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I'll take that bet - $500 a game?

pacmanj said:

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I hope you lose money 6 times this year.

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Pacman - if I lose money 6 times this year, I'll be thrilled to!

SeaIsland said:

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7-5 with losses to ND, Florida, Mizzou/Ark, LSU, Texas

We haven't proven we can win on the road. Season ended horribly last year. We have a weak DL and secondary might still be an issue. I want us to win 9 games, but a lot would have to go our way.

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You may well be spot on... our road performances show our gaps between good and great; great teams win no matter the venue.

Some of you guys are in for a real let down. This is not a very good football team. In any regard. 6-6 is probably the ceiling.

For sure losses: lsu, tu, arky, ND

We play Arky in Fayetteville this year.

We take 3 of aub, msu, mizzou, sc and FL, so that's 6 losses.

6-6 is my prediction.

Having Arky as for sure is a little out there.

But they have a real hog as their mascot. That has to account for at least a few points on the field.

there are 2 fundamental issues

- A&M is playing 5 true road games against P-4 opponents.

that is very unusual for the Ags in recent times. It would be historic for A&M to win 3 of those games-- whichever three

- A&M has rarely run the table at Kyle in the 21st century. Going 7-0 at home would also be historic

it feels like 2-3 on the road and 6-1 at home is about right

big shock...that means 8-4

is 1999 the last season the Ags went undefeated at Kyle?

Super Bowl!

UTSA - Win
Utah State - Win
@ Notre Dame - Loss
Auburn - Win
Miss State - Win
Florida - Win
@ Arky - Loss
@ LSU - Loss
@ Mizzou - Loss
USCe - Win
Samford - Win
@ sips - Loss

7-5

I think Arky and Mizzou are "should be wins" but we seem to find ways to blow it on the road so.....