Texas A&M Football: Post-spring 2019 game-by-game predictions
The seven overtime game between these teams has been chronicled too many times to count. The contest quite literally broke college football, setting modern-day scoring records and leading to a permanent change in the structure of college football’s overtime rules.
As thrilling as the win was, the game carried more significance than another notch in the win column for Jimbo Fisher is Year 1. This game turned a stagnant grudge match into one of the more heated rivalries in the SEC.
There are decades more of hate and questionable calls before Texas A&M and LSU surpasses the ire the Aggies and Longhorns once shared. Nevertheless, this game is one both teams will have circled on their calendars in 2019
As good as Mond played for the Aggies, LSU quarterback Joe Burrow might have been better. He completed 65.8 percent of his passes to Mond’s 46.9 percent, throwing three touchdowns and rushing for three more. He didn’t win, but he proved he’s ready to function in big moments.
It won’t make for the finish Texas A&M fans are hoping for, but the incredible breaks it took to beat LSU in 2018 aren’t likely to strike in back-to-back seasons. This game will be close, but LSU will get their revenge.