Predicting the rest of Texas A&M football's games: Undefeated stretch run incoming?

We know much more now than we did at the beginning of the season about this Texas A&M football team. Let's predict how things will go down the stretch.
Oct 5, 2024; College Station, Texas, USA; Texas A&M Aggies quarterback Conner Weigman (15) reacts in the second quarter against the Missouri Tigers at Kyle Field. Mandatory Credit: Maria Lysaker-Imagn Images.
Oct 5, 2024; College Station, Texas, USA; Texas A&M Aggies quarterback Conner Weigman (15) reacts in the second quarter against the Missouri Tigers at Kyle Field. Mandatory Credit: Maria Lysaker-Imagn Images. / Maria Lysaker-Imagn Images
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Texas A&M football @ South Carolina, 11/2

This is another game that a lot of Aggie fans have circled as a potentially tough spot. Even I saw it as an issue in the preseason as I looked down the A&M schedule.

Now, though, even after the Gamecocks came within a made field goal of beating Alabama on the road, I actually don't feel awful about this one. In fact, I think it could be pretty decisive.

The reason is simple: if you can stop the Gamecocks in the run game, you can stop their offense down entirely. The pass game with LaNorris Sellers is inconsistent at the moment, to say the least. It's the rushing attack that has been the moneymaker for the Gamecocks so far this year.

Carolina's defense has been stout, and their pass rush is probably the best the Ags will see all year. At the moment, though, their construction kind of has them as a Notre Dame-lite: a team led by its defense that works the best when their run game can find purchase (though, again, the pass rush for Carolina is better than the Irish).

If there's a game where Weigman might struggle, it's this one. But I think we see the Ags get a defensive score here to put this one away late.

Prediction: Texas A&M 31, South Carolina 6