Aggies snatch defeat from victory's jaws in familiar fashion

ARLINGTON — A Southwest Classic which once stood to be a thrilling preview of a future SEC West rivalry morphed into an essential contest for all the wrong reasons in the wake of the Oklahoma State game — with the latter a story of a brutal second-half collapse, the former became a must-win for A&M's season to stay on track. Surely Tim DeRuyter's defense would right itself; surely the bewildering decisions on offense would dwindle. So read the conventional wisdom.