Some Texas A&M football fans wanted a No. 1 team in their house on Thanksgiving weekend, but it doesn't look like that's happening anymore.
A controversial, bottle-throwing melee ended Saturday night with Texas falling for the first time this season against the Georgia Bulldogs.
Texas A&M continues to do what they need to do, and that will have to be more of the case against LSU this upcoming weekend.
LSU will be a nice opponent to prepare for the Longhorns, but Texas got exposed in many ways against Georgia.
Here are three reasons why the Aggies can dominate against the Longhorns this season.
Quarterback inconsistency for Texas
Quinn Ewers, a player who was in the Heisman talks at the start of the season, got benched in the second quarter in his own stadium as the No. 1 team in the land.
Arch Manning, the sensational five-star quarterback didn't do that much better. The offensive line wasn't holding up, and Bulldogs had linebackers running as fast as Barry Sanders at times. As to how bad the offense actually was, take a look at these numbers.
Team grades for Texas vs Georgia, the defense did their part.
— Nash (@NashTalksTexas) October 20, 2024
Offense- 53.2 (40.0 pass grade)
Defense- 84.7 (88.7 coverage grade)
This was and I don't say it lightly, one of the WORST passing performances by a Texas team in the last 10 years.
We noticed this from Ewers in the Red River Rivalry game. He didn't start out that well and we knew he needed to play much better if the Longhorns were going to have a shot to win this one. Safe to say, this is not the night the Longhorns wanted out of Ewers and going as far as to bench him at one point says a lot.
We're honestly not sure what to expect for the quarterback situation when it comes to Thanksgiving weekend, but this was definitely not a good look for the team in burnt orange.