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The “bad, but not the worst” loss – Texas A&M

In a vacuum, this statement is true. Texas A&M lost their starting quarterback and second most important defensive player on the road against a team with a probable top five NFL draft pick at quarterback. The Aggies were forced to play a true freshman quarterback the remainder of the game and subsequently lost a close one. Everything in that statement is forgivable and understandable. But the context surrounding it is damning.

Texas A&M had a 34-point lead in the third quarter. The loss of safety Donovan Wilson and quarterback Nick Starkel were unfortunate, but no combination of two players on that team is worth 35 points.

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Kevin Sumlin‘s seat went from warm to scalding in the matter of an hour and a half. The September Aggies were replaced by the November Aggies in the blink of a Josh Rosen fake snap. It was bad. It was an implosion, but it wasn’t the worse Texas upset of this weekend. Here’s why.

The Bruins had a 70.7 percent win probability at kickoff. They were supposed to win this game, and they won it. When Indiana falters late to Ohio State nobody bashes the Hoosiers, they credit the Buckeyes. The same can be said for a myriad of better teams that had to come from behind over the weekend, Tennessee, Michigan, South Florida, etc. Was it conventional? No. But it was expected.