Jaydon Blue made a TD grab in the very first half of Texas' win over Texas A&M. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images)
It was a frustrating competition renewal for Texas A&M.
No. 3 Texas beat the No. 20 Aggies 17-7 on Saturday night to clinch an area in the SEC title video game versus Georgia on Dec. 7. It was the very first video game in between the long time competitors because the 2 groups last shared a conference in 2011.
The Longhorns sealed the video game with a fourth-quarter goal-line stand with 4:35 to go. Rather of kicking a basket to cut the cause one ownership, Texas A&M chose to opt for a TD on 4th down and cut the result in 3. It didn't even come close to exercising for the Aggies.
Texas (11-1, 7-1 SEC) was then able to run the clock down inside the two-minute caution as Texas A&M utilized its timeouts. When the Aggies got the ball back, Texas required a fumble with 1:29 to go to seal the win.
Texas leapt out to a 17-0 lead at halftime and had numerous chances to put the video game away in the 2nd half. Errors permitted the Aggies to hang around in the 2nd half. QB Quinn Ewers tossed an interception and fumbled deep in Texas A&M area and an obstructed punt preceded the Longhorns' goal-line stand.
Texas A&M's only points of the night began Will Lee's pick-6 of Ewers. After a third-quarter pass was deflected, Lee ran 93 lawns for a TD to provide the Aggies a twinkle of hope.
The Aggies' offense just could not do anything. A&M had simply 248 backyards of offense on 57 plays. The Aggies (8-4, 5-3) stopped working on all 3 of their fourth-down efforts.
“Our defense was great all night, they actually shut them out,” Texas coach Steve Sarkisian stated after the video game on ABC.
The Texas offense rode RB Quintrevion Wisner all night. Wisner had a career-high 33 brings for 186 backyards as Texas hurried 50 times for 240 lawns and a TD. That rating was supplied by Arch Manning, who saw restricted snaps in Texas A&M area. Manning opened the scoring in the very first quarter when he hurried 15 lawns for a TD by diving over the pylon.
The Longhorns contributed to the lead in the 2nd quarter when Ewers tossed an inch-perfect pass to Jaydon Blue for a rating and after that Bert Auburn kicked a basket.
The win need to make sure that Texas remains in 12-team College Football Playoff no matter what occurs versus the Bulldogs. An 11-2 Longhorns group with its only losses to the SEC champ would certainly not be overlooked of the field. Specifically provided what's taken place throughout college football over the previous 2 weekends.
A&M, on the other hand, has no chance at the playoff after ending the routine season on a two-game losing streak.
