It's a strange year in college football where it's not easy to be sure how good anyone really is. I think we still have the best victory of anyone so far. We've also taken care of business against the rest of the schedule.
I think we're actually very good. I don't think we'd mudhole everyone else in the top ten. We belong there, but we haven't replaced Alabama or Georgia or Ohio State.
The Aggies still believe their talent makes them a top five team. Their on-field performance has been spotty with a bad loss to Miami. Typical of the Aggies, they're comparing losses instead of wins. Auburn is good because they lost a close one to Georgia. Arkansas is good because they lost a close one to LSU. They themselves lost to a fabulous undefeated team that's not getting enough credit.
Maybe the Aggies will end up being good, but they look like their mediocre selves being buoyed by a down SEC.
I think their smothering DL will go back to being just better than average (pass rushing anyway) faced with Alabama's superior (to A&M's other opponent's) OL. If they lose that edge, their defense's weak cbs become a factor. If the Aggie OL remains as poor as there is no reason to believe they haven't remained, they'll face the kind of rush they've inflicted on their weak opponents.
I will remind them and anyone else who has forgotten about one of the most impressive things Texas did against Alabama; we ran the ball to maintain possession for the last 7 minutes of the game. They knew we would run. They had to get the ball back. They failed to stop us.
That's tough, hard-nosed football. As Fred Akers once said before an OU game, "Men, it's going to be tough out there. We're going to make it that way."
Good days.