Texas A&M Football: Post-Week 2 edition of Tired Vs. Wired

TAKE: A&M will look completely different (in a good way) against Miami

Despite the gutting loss and overall underwhelming performance against App State, the Aggies still opened as a decent favorite over the Miami Hurricanes. There was mixed reaction to this fact; some people jumped on it as they thought it to be easy money, others weren’t so hasty.

Losses like this can go one of two ways, generally speaking. They either alienate the locker room or cause the players to come together. I’d argue, given how early we are in the season, that this Aggie team will respond in the latter fashion. There’s still so many games to play, and the fact that the meat of the schedule has yet to arrive makes this loss feel like more of a wakeup call to me.

It also feels that way because— no matter how much players or coaches say otherwise – a team is much more likely to coast against an App State as compared to a Miami. When you have that attitude and things start coming down to the wire, you start pushing too hard and you can’t get any rhythm (especially when you only have eight possessions all game).

Some people have held this view premised on the idea that there will be a change at QB. Personally, I think it’ll happen whether we see Haynes or Max (or Conner?) trot out for the first offensive snaps on Saturday. I believe in this team and the culture that has been built— and that’s why I’m rating this take as WIRED.