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The Iceman said:
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Why put this game at 11am CST.
SMH
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Works for me. I’m going to see Creed at the HR (Casino) later so the 20th is a guaranteed good day
 
This is a good first matchup and a winnable game for us. Played them Mario’s first 2 seasons and went 1-1, some could argue that loss in College Station was more on us. And oh yeah that 2022 Miami team might have been the worst Miami team I can remember and we only lost by 8. Following year we won convincingly. I know this is a completely different year and different teams but they’re a program we should be somewhat familiar with.
 
One area Texas A&M is a statistical freak…. Opponent third down conversions. They lead the nation by a wide margin. The Aggies are the best team in this category since Michigan in 2016. It won’t be easy to sustain drives. In the month of October, they allowed 8 3rd down conversions total in 4 games against SEC teams. We will need some chunk plays and to stay on schedule. The Aggies also lead the nation in sacks. Interestingly, they are terrible at getting INTs with only 3 all year ranking 130th.
Miami’s Oline will need to play their best game, and Beck will have to handle the pressure when it comes…
 
DMoney said:
Texas A&M is a tough matchup. Jennings hurt us more than any other quarterback, and Reed is a more athletic version. He can outrun our ends. They are good up front and have the most explosive wide receiver group we've seen this year.

Glad Hetherman has two weeks to work.
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Our LB play needs to be at it's APEX. I'm assuming Wesley gets spy duty.
 
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who knows. it's the playoffs

but they seem like bama in a sense that they may be leaking oil (to use herbstreit's line)

had to come back by 30 points to beat South Carolina, then dominated by Texas

seems like they are backsliding and we are on full on ascension
 
Something of note, as bad as we are with penalties, TAMU is just as bad.

Penalty YPG: Miami #118 w 63.8/g, TAMU #123 w 65.8/g
Penalties/g: Miami #130 w 7.9/g, TAMU #124 w 7.7/g

They are also #102 in TO margin, while we are top 25. We better take advantage of every opportunity because they are 100% going to give us chances there.
 
My honest opinion, Texas A&M is a team that we can actually game plan against. They look like a team we can match up to everywhere at least equal to if not better.

We are as talented if not more talented than them at most positions.

We can get blown out if we are not focused and disciplined, but on paper this is a very winnable game.
 
Mario's tenure, so I found an interesting stat I couldn't look for anywhere else, so I reproduced it. After Mario's first season here, he hasn't got blown out since. Since that point, he has ONLY had 2 double digit losses, and that was 10 and 14 points. That's kind of an outstanding point, in that every loss since his first season has been tight. That first season was rough, but progress has been made every year and we are not a laughing stock with losses since 22

22-23
U 70 Bethune Cookman 13
U 30 Southern Mississippi 7
U 9 Texas A&M 17 (8 point loss)
U 31 Middle Tennessee State 45 (13 point loss)
U 24 North Carolina 27 (3 point loss)
U 20 Virginia Tech 14
U 21 Duke 45 (24 point loss)
U 14 Virginia 12 (4 OT)
U 3 Florida State 45 (42 point loss)
U 35 Georgia Tech 14
U 10 Clemson 40 (30 point loss)
U 16 Pittsburgh 42 (26 point loss)

23-24
U 38 Miami OH 3
U 48 Texas AM 33
U 48 Bethune Cookman 7
U 41 Temple 7
U 20 Georgia Tech 23 (3 point loss)
U 31 North Carolina 41 (10 point loss)
U 28 Clemson 20 (2 OT)
U 29 Virginia 26
U 6 NC State 20 (14 point loss)
U 20 Florida State 27 (7 point loss)
U 31 Louisville 38 (7 point loss)
U 45 Boston College 20

Bowl
U 24 Rutgers 31 (7 point loss)

24-25
U 41 Florida 17
U 56 Florida A&M 9
U 62 Ball State 0
U 50 South Florida 15
U 38 Virginia Tech 34
U 39 California 38
U 52 Louisville 45
U 36 Florida State 14
U 53 Duke 31
U 23 Georgia Tech 28 (5 point loss)
U 42 Wake Forest 14
U 38 Syracuse 41 (3 point loss)

Bowl
U 41 Iowa State 42 (1 point loss)

25-26
U 27 Notre Dame 24
U 45 Bethune-Cookman 3
U 49 South Florida 12
U 26 Florida 7
U 28 Florida State 22
U 21 Louisville 24 (3 point loss)
U 42 Stanford 7
U 20 SMU 26 (OT) (6 point loss)
U 38 Syracuse 10
U 41 NC State 7
U 34 Virginia Tech 17
U 38 Pittsburgh 7
 
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TwentySix said:
I’m rewatching their game against Notre Dame right now, and the difference in what it looked like when our trenches went up against ND and what theirs looked like is… not comparable.
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Yea was watching that.. Noticed they had a punt blocked for a td, they also had one blocked in LSU game for a safety.. Specials will be big this game.. Concepcion has turned a few games a returner, so both teams have weapons at PR.. Their kicker is 11/18 on fgs..

We have to win specials
 
skyman said:
Yea was watching that.. Noticed they had a punt blocked for a td, they also had one blocked in LSU game for a safety.. Specials will be big this game.. Concepcion has turned a few games a returner, so both teams have weapons at PR.. Their kicker is 11/18 on fgs..

We have to win specials
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Yeah. ND had the punt block, TAMU had a long touchdown on just horrible tackling effort, and then late 3rd ND called one of the dumbest 4th down play calls of the year at midfield.

I think we have a chance to overwhelm them on the lines. They didn’t do much to pressure Carr all night, and Reed was running around a LOT.

Main thing will be not getting beat over the top or letting them pop a big YAC play on a missed tackle. Those receivers are legit, but I don’t think Reed will methodically win a game.
 
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