What evidence is there at all that A&M has sure victories against anyone in their conference? Weigman is good and they have excellent receivers. Okay. True
The world keeps repeating that they are the 4th most talented team in the country. Based on what? Can you really be so talented and have such a miserable losing streak against D1 teams that, by the same metric, are comparative pygmies? It's an idiotic statement to keep repeating. Discussion of talent level should not revolve around some abstract notion.
It does not take a world class offense to exploit their secondary. Their five-star DL has not established itself as any more than ordinary in the pass rush. They will be in danger from ordinary passing attacks.
Olin the Dull pointed to their run defense being a bright spot. Is it not natural that a team who is easily exploited in one phase will have better stats in another? A&M is not easy to run on, but we've seen teams do it. Why run for 3 yards in one play when you can pass for 8 in two attempts?
They quit. Not Weigman and the skill positions on O, but the rest do. They show inconsistent intensity. The fact that the Aggies are so terrible on the road could suggest that their players actually need a favorable atmosphere to expend the effort necessary to beat a D1 team. Last year, that often wasn't enough.
Their culture is rotten and their coach would be gone except for his often-discussed contract. Inspiring!
Every conference game they play is a toss-up at best. Alabama playing murderball will be a problem if their secondary doesn't buck up and support the line. I haven't seen LSU. I expect Heupel is familiar enough with a passing attack to be quite prepared.
The Aggies may turn it around and start getting maximum effort, team cohesion, and displays of their alleged overall talent level, but I don't see why that will happen. Will they have someone who was a seeming mercenary like X. Worthy talking team? Do they have any chemistry at all?
No, my friends, I don't see the Aggies healing themselves and becoming a team with a sense of great things.