Question of the day: Will Texas A&M overachieve or underachieve this season?
Unless Haynes King is some Johnny Football, or even Stephen McGee type revelation and he’s what the people say he is OR Zach Calzada having two years in Jimbo’s system and playing behind Mond helped him pick up enough to be Christian Ponder 2.0….. It’s not going to be anything like last year. It’s gonna be brutal.
The defense will be pretty good, probably better than last year with all of the opt-outs back plus the experience of getting their shyt pushed in by Bama. But will they be stuck on the field without a steady hand at QB?
They’ve got a stable of running backs led by Spiller and Arcane that can carry games, with an above-average O-line. But when they need a big chunk of yards to keep the clock running, will the QB be able to make the play?
Will the wide receivers finally pan out? That depends on who throws it to them.
Honestly, I can see A&M between 6-6 (even losing at CU) with Jimbo stuck with bad QB play and 9-3 if either QB is close to very good.
Now if one of them is at least as 90% effective as Mond, we can start talking about possible wins against LSU (at Death Valley) or Auburn (at home).
And if what I said at the beginning is true, maybe losing by less than 2 touchdowns vs. Bama.
Prediction: 8-4 with losses to Bama, LSU, Auburn and Ole Miss.