I lost track of time, and should have had this opinion written by noon yesterday. Texas A&M hosts South Carolina at Kyle Field on ESPN today at 11:00 AM Central. The Aggies are unbeaten and the Gamecocks are 3-6. A&M is favored by 16 1/2 or 19 1/2 points, depending on where you're checking the spread. The Aggies have been playing the Gamecocks since moving to the SEC, and have a 9-2 winning record, with both losses at South Carolina, including a 44-20 beating last season.
It's not easy to predict an upset loss at home for A&M today, and College Football News predicts a 34-14 win for the Aggies.
Update 12:54 PM Saturday: So far, the game's been a humiliating exhibition of unprepared A&M offense and defense (missed field goals, poor tackling, dropped passes and poor pass protection). South Carolina is ahead 30-3 at halftime, largely due to A&M's embarrassing performance. This kind of stuff is the reason so many of us suffer from BAS. It will be impossible for A&M to win this game without a ton of mistakes by the Gamecocks in the second half. I won't be watching.
Final update 3:18 PM Saturday: The second half resumed with A&M trailing 30-3 on the scoreboard, but somehow, Mike Elko has a gift for encouraging comebacks. I wasn't watching the game when it happened, but the Aggies put together enough sensational plays to pull ahead 31-30 and the team found a way to hold their one-point lead for the rest of the game, and now has a 10-0 season W/L record.
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