I'm not sure how much to read into into A&M's last two games. Mind you, I'm not saying everything's fine in College Station, I'm saying I don't know to what extent the real problems in those games go.
I'm still not sure what LSU is, but potentially the defense is really, really good. It might not be, and I'm not holding my breath, especially with the mounting injuries, but they have clamped down on bad teams in ways our greatest vintage defenses couldn't even do. And if you're a believer in getting what's coming, i.e. Ole Miss spitting razors when LSU came to town, then it has to be granted that A&M was walking into a pit of fire breathing dragons, as LSU surely didn't forget the embarrassment the Aggies put them through last year. Point being, without knowing exactly how good LSU really is, I'm not sure how bad this really was for the Ags. It was bad, but how bad?
Kentucky is potentially more of a red flag because they got blown out by Alabama. OTOH, Kentucky can be a pain in the ass, they certainly beat our tails last time we played them. But then OTOH from that, the game was at Kyle Field, so....what's up with that. There really was just that third quarter that A&M got dominated, the rest of the way it was either even or A&M controlling the 4th quarter. The question is why that 3rd quarter happened.
The third quarter was bad for A&M in the LSU game as well. Now, LSU has dominated all 3rd quarters so far, so you've got one team with a Q3 trend (LSU), and possibly another team beginning to show a Q3 trend (A&M). What is going on at halftime, and what can be done about it, I am not sure.
The thing that concerns me most about the Aggies is that I can't shake the feeling that this is a pretty mid LSU team. A team that you shouldn't feel too bad about losing to in a hostile environment, but a team that should cause concern if they blow you out. Maybe I'm wrong. But it feels like one of those Brian Kelly defenses that looks other-worldly good against bad competition but can't keep up against great offenses the way an actually great defense should. And the offense seems have big problems in run blocking and elite talent at receiver. They don't inspire me to believe we'll be scoring a ton against, say, Texas. In other words, if they beat you....eh. If they blow you out.....something might be up and it's not good.
They've got an opportunity for a get-right game against Arkansas, but then @Mizzou is no gimme and should be telling about what's coming the rest of the way. It'll be the midway point, and if A&M hasn't fixed whatever is ailing them by then, it probably won't be fixed this season.
