It’s natural for fans of football programs like Texas A&M to recall the bad losses more than they do even the great wins. For Aggies, at least last year, it was the Missouri game at Kyle Field, when the Tigers had their way with A&M from start to finish and won it 30-9. The stats were closer than that and there were no turnovers in the game, but A&M just could not get it in the endzone. The Aggies possessions in the game ended seven times with punts, twice on downs, once with a field goal and just once with a TD, with 8 minutes to go in the game and Missouri already up 30-3.
Missouri and A&M combined rushed for just 113 yards in the game but figure that to increase on both sides this Saturday. Blaine Gabbert is gone and Mizzou has James Franklin calling signals. A&M defensive coordinator Tim DeRuyter says he likes to run and can do it better than Gabbert (Listen
Audio PlayerTD1 .) As for the defense, the Aggies have been improved lately and D-Back Patrick Stewart says that has ther mood better (listen Audio PlayerStewart1
Because of the Big 12 scheduling quirk, A&M hosts Missouri again this year and the kickoff is a little after 11 am.