3 Reasons Texas A&M Football Will Beat Auburn By Double Digits

Defense for Texas A&M Football will create turnovers

Through three games, the Aggie defense has only gotten one turnover—a pick by Josh DeBerry in game one against New Mexico. We’ve seen many of these same players be opportunistic before—Diggs and Nolen created lots of fumbles against Alabama last year, for example. I think they have it in them, especially if they can get home against Thorne up front, to generate a few takeaways in this one. If the Aggies are on the plus side of the turnover margin, I think that starts to spell a blowout against the Tigers.

I’ve been back and forth on this one with my prediction, but mostly around the same mark. I think the Aggies can approach 40 points—they’ve yet to score fewer than 33, and even that 1) was against an elite defense on the road and 2) saw them throwing into the end zone to bump the score up to 39 at the least at the very end of the game. I also am not sure that the Tigers can sufficiently test Texas A&M football in the downfield passing game (especially if Durkin and company have learned their lesson when it comes to defensive schematic approach) to get anywhere near keeping up. My confidence waned a bit in the middle of the week, but I’m back to full throttle now. I’ve got this as a 38-17 emphatic win for the Aggies, generating momentum headed into next week’s showdown at the Death Star. BTHOauburn!