Texas A&M football's defense wins line of scrimmage
Texas has been able to run on a lot of the defenses they've faced—all except Georgia. And we know how that one turned out.
Rushing success is not a statistic that is extremely predictive when taken by itself, but getting completely whipped at the line of scrimmage is another thing. In other words, if the Aggies are able to stonewall the Texas rush game, then that has cascading effects.
They'll be able to keep the Longhorns in predictable passing situations, and tee off with Mike Elko's impossible-to-crack third-down packages. The simulated pressure looks and unorthodox fronts can confuse the Texas OL, and lead to some big plays on defense.
I anticipate that Sark will go to his patented screen game to throw this strategy off, though, so the Aggie corners will have to tackle well, and the safeties cannot over-pursue lest the Longhorns go over their heads. If the Aggies can keep Ewers uncomfortable, though, a lot of that is moot.