Cover Story: Texas A&M's first step on the road to redemption

For a good portion of Saturday's game against South Carolina, the all-black theme felt uncomfortably appropriate.

With the Gamecocks leading early and hanging around late, Texas A&M's 2015 season was dangerously close to receiving a visit from the Grim Reaper in the form of a loss that would have put fourth-year head coach Kevin Sumlin on the hot seat for the first time in his tenure in Aggieland.