2038 Week 17

Texas A&M (12-0) has a B+ offense, an A+ defense, and is A overall. They are #2 in pts/gm, #3 in total offense, and #4 in total defense. #2 Alabama (13-0) and winners of 119 straight is A+ across the board. We are #1 in everything except pass offense (100th), rush defense (8th), and turnover differential (2nd). Weather: Clear.

TAMU K Leslie hits a 29 yard FG after a long pass play and our defense stiffened, 3-0 Aggies. FB Jeremy Fulmore plunges in from a year out, 7-3 Bama. TAMU QB Brown throws an 85 yard TD pass to Sutherland, 10-7 Aggies.

TAMU K Leslie hits a 49 yard FG, 13-7 Aggies. QB Jesse Russ, facing a heavy blitz, throws a short out to WR Marcus Babineaux and he does the rest taking it 56 yards for the score, 14-13 Bama. QB Russ throws a 33 yard TD pass to WR Gerald Davis, 21-13 Tide. HB Nick Brown scores on a 10 yard TD run, 28-13. PR Marco Herring returns an Aggie punt for the score and we're in the lead. Herring has just set a new Alabama record with 9 punt returns for TDs in a single season. Uh oh! Flag on the play. ROLB Pete Coley is called for a block in the back.

HB Brown breaks into the endzone from 11 yards out, 35-13. K Tim Ford hits a 32 yard FG, 38-13. TAMU QB Brown throws to Robertson and he breaks three tackles like people aren't even there on his way to a 77 yard TD reception, 38-20.

QB Russ options his way into the endzone on a leaping dive over a defender, 45-20. PR Herring gets that punt return for the score finally when he returns it 76 yards for the score, 52-20. FB Titus Brewer breaks into the endzone from 2 yards out, 59-20. QB Joe Carter goes into the endzone after first stepping on the field on a 72 yard TD run, 66-20 with :18 left. TAMU HB Charles gets loose against our second stringers and they can't catch him as he goes 75 yards for the score.

Texas A&M started out with long throws and completed two long ones against our Cover 3 defense. We finally wised up to what they were doing though and knocked the rest away. Then, they'd go to their HB. Once we started shutting that down, they went to a 4 and 5 WR set. That's when we unleashed ROLB Pete Coley on the A&M QB. It was just a matter of getting our offense going after that. QB Jesse Russ was on fire. Our WRs were catching the ball too.