Real stuff: Aggies show a new resilience in closing out UCLA, Rosen

No doubt, thousands of Aggies descended on North Gate watering holes Saturday night to raise pitchers of beer in celebration of the Aggies’ 31-24 football season-opening victory over 16th-ranked UCLA.

But some Aggies probably lowered those pitchers and cried in their beer.

Those battered Aggies have been through this before.

Two years ago A&M opened the season with a win over No. 9 South Carolina, but faltered in the second half of the season.