Texas A&M's spring game has finally arrived, and fans everywhere will be watching closely as the Aggies take the field to cap off spring practice. This has become an annual tradition of overreaction among the fans, despite the clearly limited utility it has as a tool of projection— but that doesn't mean it's not fun!
The game has not even kicked off yet, and it won't until 11 AM central time (though it was originally scheduled for 1 PM, the incoming inclement weather pushed up the start time), but in a way, you can already hear what the fans will be taking away from this one.
Here are three huge overreactions that fans will have to this game.
Projecting Texas A&M spring game overreactions: Offensive line is going in the toilet for next season
Texas A&M's biggest position of attrition from this past season was the offensive line, no doubt about it. Though Aggie fans had hoped to bring back Chase Bisontis at least, his recent first-round draft projection makes it easy to see why he decided to head to the NFL.
However, that left the Aggies up a creek at this position. That said, Mike Elko's work in the transfer portal to go out and bring in four SEC starting offensive linemen— Tyree Adams and Coen Echols from LSU, Wilkin Formby from Alabama, and Trovon Baugh from South Carolina— allayed those fears to a great degree.
Those fears will return in full force after this game, however. The defensive front will look dominant on both sides of the ball, leading to a complete meltdown from certain quarters of the fanbase.
Don't be fooled, however: splitting the scholarship offensive linemen between two teams almost always leads to poor-looking pass protection. Combine that with the still-building chemistry at the position, and you're looking at a lot of wins for the defense in this game.
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