Texas A&M Dominates Mississippi State 31-9 in SEC Clash

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00:00It's a battle in College Station between Texas A&M and Mississippi State.

00:05Mississippi State entered this matchup, Coach, with only one loss.

00:09It came the week prior against Tennessee.

00:11They lost the matchup but covered as a 7.5-point underdog against the Volunteers.

00:16They dropped that game 41-34.

00:19We saw this line open at 14.5 in favor of Marcel Reed and the Aggies right before kick.

00:26This line ballooned to 17.5.

00:29Texas A&M answered the bell.

00:31They win it dominating style, 31-9.

00:35They get the winning cover against the previous very good blue-collar team in Mississippi State.

00:41Complete effort on both sides of the ball for Mike Elko and the Aggies.

00:46Well, I took those points hook, line, and sinker.

00:49I was jumping on it all over the place.

00:51But you know what?

00:52Texas A&M, again, played great defense.

00:55This was a 7-3 game at halftime, 14-3 into the fourth quarter.

01:01But Texas A&M has held their last two teams, Auburn and Mississippi State.

01:06They've held them to 1-23 on third downs.

01:08They are getting teams off the field.

01:11And then what they did, they just gradually added points, added points, added points.

01:15And I said this earlier, I think maybe Texas A&M may be one of the most complete teams in the country,

01:21definitely in the SEC, because of the weapons they have on offense with two receivers, Concepcion and Craver,

01:29and then two good running backs, of course, Le'Veon Moss, and a quarterback that's a dual threat.

01:34These guys can do it on offense, but when they don't put a lot of points up there,

01:39and this game they put them up there toward the end of the game, their defense can shut you down.

01:45They can, and I think that's the biggest question mark that we had,

01:48is that when they won games in the early part of the season,

01:51you can include that victory in South Bend against Notre Dame.

01:55Right.

01:55They were six and a half point dogs.

01:57They were only one and three against the number at that particular time.

02:00Their defense was still giving up yards.

02:02Their defense was still giving up points to lesser and more inferior opponents, right?

02:08Now against Auburn, a blue collar team, they hold that offense in Jackson Arnold to your point of 10 points.

02:14This was a red hat Mississippi offense led by Blake Chapin.

02:18To hold them to nine points, and to your point, to have one of 23 on third down conversions is a phenomenal effort.

02:25If they could continue to play like that against D.J. Lagway in Florida this week, but big picture,

02:31maybe if they do match up against Alabama, they could go toe-to-toe with anybody now in the conference,

02:38and that includes Georgia and some of the likes of potentially LSU.

02:43Whoever's going to be in their way, they could step up.

02:45Well, and that was the point I was trying to make.

02:48When they have to score offensively, they've got the weapons to do it.

02:52And when they have to shut you down defensively, they've shown that they can do it.

02:56They've got the strength to play out there on both sides of the football.

02:59We haven't seen that from some of the teams that were supposed to be good.

03:03That's why Texas A&M now is slowly creeping up to one of those odds in the SEC.

03:09They're getting closer to those top three teams for chances to win the conference championship.

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