Texas has the #39 ranked defense which is in the range of Auburn #38 and South Carolina #45. In those two games, our offense had 459 yards/game on average.

Texas has the #72 ranked offense which is in the range of MissSt #61 and Auburn #81. In those two games, our defense allowed 198 yards/game on average.

Turnovers made those previous games closer than what they should have been, but A&M was still clearly better statistically and won. Also I realize Texas is an away game, but this Aggie team has had it's best results away this season.

In summary, A&M has the #15 ranked offense and #16 ranked defense and should beat Texas even if the turnover battle is lost. As for the rival factor, I trust Elko will have the team ready.

Solid post

A&M can't win SEC Road Games. Oh, wait a minute....

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A&M can't win SEC Road Games. Oh, wait a minute....

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We have honestly been better on the road this year.

Our best performance at home this year was Miss State.

On the road we beat ND, broke LSU, and put the boot on Mizzou's neck.

Oh dang, are we good?

King of the Dairy Queen said:

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Oh dang, are we good?

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And tu ain't

tu offense was truly bad to start the season. They (Manning) are playing much better lately.

Good post

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A. G. Pennypacker said:

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tu offense was truly bad to start the season. They (Manning) are playing much better lately.

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Arkansas has the #124 ranked defense so yes tu did well against them. Georgia was a different story. The Aggie defense is more like Georgia than Arkansas.

Don't forget about Vandy. Their pass defense is almost as bad as pig. Think the real Manning shows up Friday.

JohnClark929 said:

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A. G. Pennypacker said:

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tu offense was truly bad to start the season. They (Manning) are playing much better lately.

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Arkansas has the #124 ranked defense so yes tu did well against them. Georgia was a different story. The Aggie defense is more like Georgia than Arkansas.

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I agree, but I'm expecting the tu offense to play better than the 75th ranked offense. I'm confident Elko will have a good game plan and adjust as needed in game.

Yeah. But they have the #1 refs.

Just don't rush three like Arky did on pretty much every highlight play yesterday and sip will be shut down.

Emilio Fantastico said:

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Just don't rush three like Arky did on pretty much every highlight play yesterday and sip will be shut down.

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Exactly!

Just FYI; Arkansas is #86 in sacks, Aggies are #2. Also; Arkansas is #121 in pass defense, Aggies are #23.

If we play up to par, the key to beating sip...

Arch is not a good pocket passer. He doesn't read well and he's not very accurate standing in the pocket and throwing.

What he does do well is scramble, move parallel to the scrimmage line, find a receiver with no defender within 10 yards and hit them. He's also going to throw bomb after bomb, and he's decent at that.

Pressure is the key. If we can't get pressure with four, we have to blitz him and bring him down when we do.

JohnClark929 said:

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A. G. Pennypacker said:

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tu offense was truly bad to start the season. They (Manning) are playing much better lately.

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Arkansas has the #124 ranked defense so yes tu did well against them. Georgia was a different story. The Aggie defense is more like Georgia than Arkansas.

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The sips (before the Arkansas game) averaged around 70 yards per game rushing in sec play. We will stop their run and put pressure on arch.

He looks to be a slightly above average QB if he has plenty of time and a clean pocket. When he rushes his throws and has pressure he looks like Uncle Rico. We should at minimum get one interception. I expect two.

Our defense will feast on him, especially in the second half since our halftime adjustments have been really good most of the season at negating the offensive scheme the teams are trying to do.

They have okay receivers but no one nearly as talented as Golden from last year. Their TE play has taken a big step back since Helm was drafted.

I want to see Howell talking mad trash against them like he did and broke LSU.

Also need to factor at least one of our long touchdowns being called back because a pancake block will be mysteriously called holding.

It's going to come down to decision-making. If Reed and the offense take care of the ball, we win by a comfortable margin.

Cant have any more picks in the end zone, that's for sure.

I think if we can establish the run game early and not have to ask too much of Reed, they will be kept off balance enough to get to a point where the one-dimensional sip offense cant come back.

It would be really nice to have Le'Veon Moss back, hoping he's healthy enough to go. Would be cool to go down in Aggie lore for beating the sips in DKR for his last regular-season game.

Emilio Fantastico said:

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Just don't rush three like Arky did on pretty much every highlight play yesterday and sip will be shut down.

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And they still were leaving guys wide open.

the sip defense is more over-rated than Arch

JohnClark929 said:

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Texas has the #39 ranked defense which is in the range of Auburn #38 and South Carolina #45. In those two games, our offense had 459 yards/game on average.

Texas has the #72 ranked offense which is in the range of MissSt #61 and Auburn #81. In those two games, our defense allowed 198 yards/game on average.

Turnovers made those previous games closer than what they should have been, but A&M was still clearly better statistically and won. Also I realize Texas is an away game, but this Aggie team has had it's best results away this season.

In summary, A&M has the #15 ranked offense and #16 ranked defense and should beat Texas even if the turnover battle is lost. As for the rival factor, I trust Elko will have the team ready.

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Unfortunately what happened in the past has no bearing on the future. The sips will give us a tough game because they have to win to have a chance at the playoffs. Anyone who thinks we will just walk in Austin and have the sips just quit is fooling themselves.

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JohnClark929 said:

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Texas has the #39 ranked defense which is in the range of Auburn #38 and South Carolina #45. In those two games, our offense had 459 yards/game on average.

Texas has the #72 ranked offense which is in the range of MissSt #61 and Auburn #81. In those two games, our defense allowed 198 yards/game on average.

Turnovers made those previous games closer than what they should have been, but A&M was still clearly better statistically and won. Also I realize Texas is an away game, but this Aggie team has had it's best results away this season.

In summary, A&M has the #15 ranked offense and #16 ranked defense and should beat Texas even if the turnover battle is lost. As for the rival factor, I trust Elko will have the team ready.

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Unfortunately what happened in the past has no bearing on the future. The sips will give us a tough game because they have to win to have a chance at the playoffs. Anyone who thinks we will just walk in Austin and have the sips just quit is fooling themselves.

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Past performance has no bearing on future performance? I don't think anyone is saying it's a cakewalk, but everything op posted certainly bodes well.

"Anyone who thinks we will just walk in Austin and have the sips just quit is fooling themselves."

Never said that. What I'm saying is A&M is the better team statistically by a significant margin, turnovers made close games against inferior teams previously but this Aggie team overcame and still found a way to win, we aren't intimated by away games, and Elko will have this team ready for the rival factor. Not saying it will be easy, but I expect the Ags to win Friday.

My guess is we will have everyone available to play this Friday as well.

Another interesting stat is that we seem to have gotten the penalty situation somewhat under control. From highs of 13 against Notre Dame and Auburn, we ended the year with 6, 8, 6 & 5. And I don't recall a single targeting call all year - is that possible?

All that is to say I'm not worried about tessus. I am worried about the refs in this game, in that town, in that building.

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JohnClark929 said:

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Texas has the #39 ranked defense which is in the range of Auburn #38 and South Carolina #45. In those two games, our offense had 459 yards/game on average.

Texas has the #72 ranked offense which is in the range of MissSt #61 and Auburn #81. In those two games, our defense allowed 198 yards/game on average.

Turnovers made those previous games closer than what they should have been, but A&M was still clearly better statistically and won. Also I realize Texas is an away game, but this Aggie team has had it's best results away this season.

In summary, A&M has the #15 ranked offense and #16 ranked defense and should beat Texas even if the turnover battle is lost. As for the rival factor, I trust Elko will have the team ready.

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Unfortunately what happened in the past has no bearing on the future. The sips will give us a tough game because they have to win to have a chance at the playoffs. Anyone who thinks we will just walk in Austin and have the sips just quit is fooling themselves.

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How do you think the texas oline will fare against the Aggie Dline? I ask because texas was 8/12 on 3rd downs against pig.

Two takeaways:

1.) The worst defense in the SEC forced texas into 12 third downs. Additionally, on 3 scoring drives, texas converted 3rd and 5 (or longer)
2.) The Aggies, as I'm sure you know, are lights out on 3rd downs

Since you don't believe the past has any bearing on the future, do you believe both of those things are irrelevant to this game?