I have a feeling this will be a tough one, just given our history. It feels like there should be an inevitable letdown at some point. A&M just went to Tuscaloosa and stuffed Bama's run game, holding them to 68 yards. But they, in turn, allowed 300+ yards passing. They are averaging just shy of 18 ppg in conference play. We are averaging 32. Our defense has come around since the extremely rough start. Stewart has been on a tear since he came back from his suspension. I feel like he'll need to be a factor in this one. A&M hasn't shined passing the ball, so hopefully he can have an impact there and get after Reed.
We were very fortunate last week that our offense blew up in such a way that 3 turnovers really didn't impact the game. You won't win many conference games with 3 TOs though. Definitely need to clean that up. Don't know why TOs suddenly popped up as a problem this year.
Briles has gone up against some stout D's so far, facing off with Knowles and Venables. A&M is another good one. He's passed the tests so far. This feels like another game where if we can score 24ish points, we should win.
We just can't afford for any of our key players to have a clunker.
We were very fortunate last week that our offense blew up in such a way that 3 turnovers really didn't impact the game. You won't win many conference games with 3 TOs though. Definitely need to clean that up. Don't know why TOs suddenly popped up as a problem this year.
Briles has gone up against some stout D's so far, facing off with Knowles and Venables. A&M is another good one. He's passed the tests so far. This feels like another game where if we can score 24ish points, we should win.
We just can't afford for any of our key players to have a clunker.
