Paul Finebaum says his opinion of Texas A&M remains unchanged

On3 imageby:Sam Gillenwater09/26/22

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The Texas A&M Aggies have had a resounding answer for their critics over the last two weekends. After their upset loss at home to Appalachian State, they’ve won against previously undefeated, Top-15 teams in Miami and Arkansas. While they’ve done a lot of work to get their season back on track the last two games, ESPN’s Paul Finebaum still isn’t buying it just yet.

Finebaum spoke about the Aggies’ back-to-back wins in an appearance on ‘McElroy & Cubelic In The Morning’. He says he still has plenty of concerns about the Aggies but will feel better about them if they were to handle their business at Mississippi State this weekend.

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“I haven’t really changed my view. I still have some concerns, a lot of concerns, about where this team is this year. We can’t say this too much longer, but the next few weeks are going to tell a lot,” said Finebaum. “I think if they can get out of Mississippi State with a win, then they probably survive the gauntlet (after) Alabama…But A&M is still a very flawed team offensively. In the end, you’re judged by how many games you win, not how you win them. So far, Jimbo Fisher has survived.”

While they did add two ranked wins to their resume the past two weeks, Finebaum says he sees them more as flukes than anything else. First, he highlighted the disastrous performance from Arkansas in key moments. From there, all he had to do was point to Miami’s catastrophic home loss to MTSU this weekend. They may have been impressive in the moment, but Finebaum believes those wins have already lost some value since A&M earned them.

“Sam Pittman and his staff are thinking about the opportunities that got away. Just a blown game. That’s really what that was,” Finebaum said. “Let’s (also) quit talking about that ‘epic’ win over Miami, okay?”

Texas A&M still has plenty of opportunities left on its schedule. It’s a rough road, but they still have Mississippi State and Alabama the next two weeks before facing South Carolina, Ole Miss, Florida, and LSU to end the season. If they handle their business in a majority of those contests, there’s still plenty on the table for the Aggies. Even so, Finebaum wants everyone to pump the brakes on Fisher’s team until they do just that.