Five bold predictions for Texas A&M football vs. Arkansas: Can A&M make it 12 for 13?

Five bold predictions for Texas A&M football vs. Arkansas in Jerryworld: Can Aggies keep up rushing dominance?

Texas A&M football is under 48 hours away from kicking off against the Arkansas Razorbacks, but fans already have their hearts in their throats. No matter how much of a mismatch this game seems to be coming into it, something always happens to make the game way closer than it should be.

So, will that trend hold in this matchup, or will Texas A&M football come away easily victorious? Let's make some bold predictions about how this one will shake out.

Aggies run up 300+ on the ground

The Aggies were committed to seeing how well Marcel Reed could push the ball downfield against Bowling Green, so they didn't rush nearly as much as they ordinarily would. Even so, they rolled up an impressive 250 yards on the ground anyway. Arkansas seems to have a stout rushing defense, but I think Klein can still get this intimidating ground game going again.

Arkansas held under 3.5 YPC

This one is definitely going out on a limb. The Hogs have averaged about 5.5 YPC this year, meaning the Aggies would be holding them well under their average. Well, that's something A&M has done a good job of so far in the year, and it also helps that Arky has only averaged 4.07 YPC against P4 competition. The Ags will have to hold the Hogs to minimal explosives on the ground, but I think they're up to the challenge.

One long passing play schemed open by Klein

We saw Klein do this several times for Reed against a Florida defense that is admittedly pretty bad. But while they tested his limits against Bowling Green, and Reed struggled to capitalize, I think Klein brings Marcel back into his comfort zone against Arkansas, and no. 10 can make a play downfield to a wide-open WR.

Hogs held to less than three explosives

Petrino can get an absolute machine going at certain times with the style of offense he's been running this year. However, if you can hold your own at the LOS and take away the first read, then things get limited very quickly—which is exactly what Auburn did to Arkansas last week. I've got the Aggies bottling up the Hogs in this one and playing disciplined.

Arkansas held below 33% third down conversions

Outside of, strangely enough, the McNeese game, the Aggies have been really solid on third down this year. Arkansas has been very efficient at converting third downs. If A&M makes Arky inefficient on standard downs, though, it'll be tough sledding for them to pick up the necessary yardage on third. I think that's exactly what we see on Saturday.