It looked like things were changing in College Station. The Aggies got off to a 6-0 start after getting over the hump of 5-0 starts the past three seasons. Then the Aggies played Alabama and lost, played Mississippi State and lost, played Ole Miss and lost, and are staring another eight win season in the face.
Ever since Johnny Manziel left, Kevin Sumlin has directed back-to-back eight win seasons and the Aggie faithful was starting to get a little restless. Kevin Sumlin said that you want to be relevant in November and they were relevant for the entire first week after the loss to Mississippi State that brought the A&M haters saying, “typical Aggies.”
Its hard to tell where it went wrong, there is no shame in losing to Alabama on the road, but losing in Starkville to a below-average Mississippi State team shouldn’t happen if A&M wanted to take a giant step onto the national stage. Quarterback Trevor Knight’s injury has not helped but with talented players on offense and defensive sides of the ball, it should be able to beat those Mississippi teams.
Without a transcendent player at quarterback, is eight wins the best Texas A&M can do? It sure looks like the case, because with players like Myles Garrett, DeShaun Hall, Christian Kirk and all the other four and five star players on the field, one would think that this would have been the year.
The Aggies still have a chance to break the eight-win barrier with a win in the regular season finale against LSU, with the assumption that they take care of UTSA this week. If they can beat the Tigers who have new life under interim coach Ed Orgeron it would have to be looked at as another barrier being broken down. Baby steps seem to be taken place instead of a couple giant leaps, which fans want.
Whatever happens the rest of the way, the Aggies will still be a big talking point in the offseason, and at this point, talk will probably be about how they are the same old Aggies.
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