Saturday Blitz
Fansided

Texas A&M Football: Aggies remain one of SEC’s most inconsistent teams

By Matthew Bartlett

ARLINGTON, TX - SEPTEMBER 29: Jashaun Corbin #7 of the Texas A&M Aggies runs the ball against the Arkansas Razorbacks for a 100 yard touchdown opening kickoff return during Southwest Classic at AT&T Stadium on September 29, 2018 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, TX - SEPTEMBER 29: Jashaun Corbin #7 of the Texas A&M Aggies runs the ball against the Arkansas Razorbacks for a 100 yard touchdown opening kickoff return during Southwest Classic at AT&T Stadium on September 29, 2018 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) /
facebooktwitterreddit

Texas A&M football can’t decide if they’re conference title contenders or also rans. Their narrow Week 5 win over Arkansas didn’t help their case.

Under Kevin Sumlin, Texas A&M football was almost remarkably consistent. They were excellent through their first five games and then not-so-great in their final five. What happened in the typically included a devastating loss to Alabama and some tough SEC road trips.

Five games into the 2018 season the Aggies are stuck somewhere near the same funk. They looked like College Football Playoff contenders against a Clemson team that featured two (as opposed to none, re: Syracuse) blue-chip quarterbacks and nearly knocked off the Tigers in Week 2. Then they came out flat against Alabama and paid for it with a big road loss.

Arkansas was supposed to the “get right” game. The Razorbacks were coming off of shocking losses to Colorado State and North Texas and barely looked like a competent FBS team, let alone a bonafide member of the SEC. When the dust cleared, though the Aggies were one special teams score and a well-timed Donovan Wilson interception for another round of overtime in Arlington with the Razorbacks.

Perhaps the team was caught looking too far ahead. After all, they do have to travel to play a red-hot Kentucky squad in Week 6. But Texas A&M hasn’t done enough to sleepwalk through any game, let alone one against a conference opponent.

dark. Next. Latest 2019 NFL Mock Draft after Week 4

If the team that shows up against Clemson appears again down the road the Aggies are going to be hard to beat. But if whoever showed up against Arkansas makes another appearance the Aggies could be headed back toward 8-5. That’s a place that nobody in College Station wants to be. Jimbo Fisher is being paid $75 Million to make sure it doesn’t happen.