I still can’t get over the fact that Knight will be the third quarterback in as many years to start for the Aggies against Arkansas.
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The second the cameras cut, Knight sprinted to the southwest corner of AT&T Stadium to attend to some pressing business.
Of course, Enos likes the thought that even against the Aggies, Whaley has touchdown potential on most any play and can hit hard against even that hard-hitting defense. The Razorbacks (3-1, 0-1) had three drives go inside the Texas A&M 10-yard line that yielded only three points. “He does some really good things”, said Brooks Ellis. Not just my football story, but my life story because it’s a story of ups and downs. I like what Knight brings to the Aggies offense with his leadership and experience, but I’m not falling for the early season charade that this program typically puts on.
“I think he was about ready to break one”, Arkansas coach Bret Bielema said.
Knight was comfortable enough to stop the press conference after the game and acknowledge his twin brother, Oklahoma tight end Connor Knight, who was peering at the interview through the wall-sized, thick glass window that separates a bar meant to serve fans and the interview room.
The Aggies are three games and four weeks away from that date with the Tide.
As of Saturday, consider the goal-line defense fully repaired. When older bro Brandon got confident the last two years, it was evident in how often he picked on mismatches over the middle.
4 Victories without a loss for Texas A&M against Arkansas since the Aggies joined the SEC.
The Hogs’ biggest chance to score came at the 2:15 mark in the third quarter when the Razorbacks marched all the way down the field and attempted a short handoff to the halfback and two quarterback sneaks from the one-yard line on second and third down. That was three seasons, a college degree and a transfer ago, but Saturday, we saw flashes like the bomb to Reynolds. It’s an emotional deal, it really is. His play has helped the Aggies crack the top 10 after opening the season unranked. One the other hand, they’ve seen this team start promising only to disappoint in the end.
Earlier this week, a reporter asked Sumlin about what Knight has brought to the team outside of his mostly modest contributions in the box score. “He’s a lot faster out there than people think when he’s running”.
“That’s a good feeling when you bust through the hole and there’s nothing but daylight”, Knight said. Texas A&M opened as a 6-point favorite so the side hasn’t moved either way yet, but the total opened at 50.5 and has been bet down a full point.
The bottom line shows the A&M defense did its part in turning the momentum on multiple occasions, keeping Arkansas out of the end zone on three pivotal drives that reached the Aggies’ 2-yard line at various stages of the contest without yielding an Arkansas touchdown.
All of that seems to indicate that the Aggies have staying power this year when there is otherwise a lack of clear challenger to Alabama in the SEC West.
“Xs and Os, that’s going to win us ball games, yes”, Knight said.
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As far as the upcoming game against LSU goes, shit, I don’t know. “But if our design in how we want to play doesn’t get carried out, it’s not going to work”. We have great team unity. “The guys that I’m so close with, Sebastian (Tretola), (Williams), those guys, they all left and I had to come back”. The more and more you look at it, the more and more shit you find.
