Texas A&M true freshman Kyler Murray will start at quarterback Saturday against South Carolina. A four-star recruit in the class of 2015, Murray competed with Kyle Allen for the starting job in fall camp.
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“Kyler is a lot like Johnny Manziel”, defensive tackle Julien Obioha said. The team also did not record a fumble recovery or interception in losses to LSU and Missouri.
Murray replaces sophomore Kyle Allen (Scottsdale, AZ), who has struggled in the Aggies’ previous two games, completing 32 of 74 pass attempts for 351 yards and four interceptions. In the 41-23 loss to Alabama, all three of his interceptions were returned for scores. We’ve got to get downhill and run the football.
Clearly, this is nothing more than desperate South Carolina fans looking to get the attention of the national media and once again extend speculation – and it worked. First, the Aggies have to pull up out of the nosedive and beat the Gamecocks.
South Carolina snapped a two-game losing streak with a 19-10 win over Vanderbilt. I told the defense right before that third-down play, get it back and we’re going to go down and go for the win. “Everybody’s working in the right direction, moving forward”.
“We’re not 2-5. We’re 5-2”, Sumlin said. And that is what the coach wants to see. “We did a couple live situations today that we hadn’t done all year”, said Botkin, “so that’s always good”.
When asked for his thoughts on Spurrier’s resignation, Sumlin raved about his unique accomplishments. Murray was not made available for interviews after the game, per A&M coach Kevin Sumlin’s policy regarding freshmen. “That’s why there are already statues of him”.
Texas A&M would make their move in the second half.
The Aggies got a few early bonding time this summer when they went on a 10-day tour of Italy and Greece. The last time A&M wore all black before Saturday was in 2012 against Mississippi State.
Unfortunately for the Gamecocks, Dantonio has called Michigan State a destination job and not just another stop along the road. It just doesn’t match up.
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Murray joined former Auburn quarterback Cam Newton, the 2010 Heisman victor, as the only SEC quarterbacks in the past 20 years to finished with 100 yards and a touchdown as both a runner and a passer in his first career start.
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“I guess Kyler learned from Johnny not sliding and decided to make sure you get down and protect himself and continue doing that so you can have him for the next play”, Carson said. “Nunez could be in there second series, who knows”.
