I posted a few times on here last year about my ags and won so here goes the first one for this year. I hardly ever bet on my team so this is not just some aggie fan blindly taking his team. Against Va Tech last week I think the aggies actually looked pretty decent against a top 5 team on the road. It was a close game the whole time and only a 2 point game in the 4th quarter when Va. tech scored 2 late touchdowns to win and cover. All week when people have been talking about this game they have been saying nothing but Rutherford to Fitzgerald. I think Reggie "the real deal" Mcneal will have a little something to say about that. Supposedly this kid loves big games and loves the spotlight(i.e. big game against OU last year) so he cant wait for this national tv audience. Last week he played a good game but it was in a driving rain storm so he couldnt show everything he had. Today will be his coming out party. Courtney Lewis should be getting most of the carries today as it seems coach fran and the staff are realizing he is a much better back than Farmer. I am hoping they will even run a little option with Lewis and Mcneal. Supposedly they didnt run the option the first 2 games because they didnt need to and didnt want to show it to the better teams and they couldnt run it last week because of the hurricane. I think the option comes out this week and might burn Pitt for some big plays as they wont be ready for it.
The defense has had some trouble stopping the run, but the first 2 games the aggies were disinterested playing against much lesser opponents. They couldnt stop Kevin Jones and the VT running game last week but not many defenses in the nation can stop that guy. The players are getting more and more familiar with the new system as each day passes. The aggie defense always plays better at home and they will stack the line against miree and force rutherford to beat them with his arm. I dont think he can do that as long as we keep 2 guys on fitzgerald and man up the other receivers. Kyle Field will be rocking as always and given that this is a nationally televised game the crowd will be even more hyped. Add in that we are a homedog(the ats stats for the aggies as homedogs is ridiculous but i dont know the exact numbers) and I think all this adds up to an A&M win.
The defense has had some trouble stopping the run, but the first 2 games the aggies were disinterested playing against much lesser opponents. They couldnt stop Kevin Jones and the VT running game last week but not many defenses in the nation can stop that guy. The players are getting more and more familiar with the new system as each day passes. The aggie defense always plays better at home and they will stack the line against miree and force rutherford to beat them with his arm. I dont think he can do that as long as we keep 2 guys on fitzgerald and man up the other receivers. Kyle Field will be rocking as always and given that this is a nationally televised game the crowd will be even more hyped. Add in that we are a homedog(the ats stats for the aggies as homedogs is ridiculous but i dont know the exact numbers) and I think all this adds up to an A&M win.
