By AgJack
Written in the voice of AgJack. Scores, stats, injuries and schedules checked the morning of Nov. 13. The predictions are predictions. The jokes are mine.
Quick answer: Texas A&M (4-5) hosts No. 8 Tennessee (7-2) Saturday at 2 p.m. CT on ESPN for Operation Blackout at Kyle Field, where the Vols have never won. My pick is Aggies 23, Tennessee 20, with David Olano kicking us to 5-5.
All right. Let's have a day.
Before football, a quick receipt. Bucky Ball beat Oklahoma State 88-69 last night, shot 12 of 25 from three, and went to 4-0. Tom wanted 111. We got 88 and a 19-point win. I'll take it, and so will he, eventually. Jordan Pope, who used to play for Texas, had 14 points and 6 assists. Texas is fine. Totally fine.
Now the hard part. We are 4-5, Tennessee is the No. 8 team in the CFP rankings, and we need two of our last three (Tennessee, at Oklahoma, Texas) just to get to a bowl. 4-5 until we win 6. Battered Aggie Syndrome is fully activated. Fuck it, I'm smoking a blackened brisket anyway.
What are AgJack's bold predictions for Texas A&M vs Tennessee?
1. DeSean Bishop's streak dies at Kyle Field. Bishop has 1,066 rushing yards and five straight 100-yard games. Our red zone defense leads the country, allowing points on just 61.9% of trips. He gets 85 yards, and I glaze the front seven all night.
2. Olano goes 3 for 3, including one from 50-plus. He leads the SEC with 16 field goals at 94.1%. Our red zone offense keeps forcing him onto the field, so he might as well be the MVP. Sometimes you gotta just stop and glaze David Olano.
3. Marcel throws career touchdown No. 50. He is one shy, and only Kellen Mond, Jerrod Johnson and Johnny Manziel have gotten there at A&M. It happens in the second half, on a play where I'm already screaming "just kick it."
4. Tyler White punts at least five times. Bold? Not really. Still fucking counts.
5. The Blackout looks weird at 2 p.m. and works anyway. We beat No. 8 LSU 38-23 in the 2024 Blackout and Mississippi State 31-9 last year. Sunlight doesn't change the record.
Who is hurt for Texas A&M and Tennessee?
As of Thursday night's SEC report, Mario Craver is questionable and Trovon Baugh is out for us, along with Terry Bussey and Blake Ivy. Tennessee is without its sack leader, Tyree Weathersby, and starting guard Nic Moore. Elko said this week he expects George MacIntyre to keep the job at quarterback. The final report drops Friday night, so check it before you yell at me.
The pick
Aggies 23, Tennessee 20. Three Olano field goals, one Marcel touchdown pass, one rushing score, and a defense that finally finishes a game instead of handing it back in the fourth quarter.
The menu is blackened everything. If we lose, I'm eating it in the dark.
@agjack10
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Photo: Kyle Field at night with a packed crowd and the Corps of Cadets in Block T, by Buffs, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
