re: What do you think Johnny Manziel & Texas A&M is going to do against us?

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The majority of posters on tigerdroppings seem to think A&M is going to win. If you head over to Texags, you will see that the majority of aggies feel that LSU is going to win BIG. I just find that unusual to say the least.



It is a strange juxtaposition, indeed.

I want an A&M win badly (obviously), but I have no idea how this game will go. Gonna be interesting to say the least.

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It is weird. It's a weird form of mutual respect or a severe case of Battered Aggie/Tiger Syndrome.

It is a difficult to predict game imo, lots of things could swing it wildly one way or another. It is true A&M has mainly been gashed by Zone Read/Running QB's. Our guys can tackle and hit, they are just young and are out of position a lot and have trouble with misdirection and assignments. Our DB's are actually decent but our problem is lack of pass rush. It has improved some (going from nothing to a little bit) but you can't let any QB (esp one with an arm like Mett) have 8 seconds to throw the ball in the pocket. If A&M can get some pressure on the QB and make some early run stops then I like our chances, if not we better score 50.

I do think Johnny is going to be very tough for LSU to stop. He had his worst game of his career against LSU last year filled with mental errors and he also seems to do better in hostile environments. We should be able to score. The bigger key offensively is taking care of the football, we have had way too many turnovers that have cost us games or prevented us from putting teams away when we had them on the mat.

One thing I know for certain, the tailgating food is going to be amazing. Anytime you mix Texas BBQ and Gumbo it's going to be good!