COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- In a matter of minutes in Saturday's fourth quarter, Kyle Field went from loud and hopeful to half-empty. In some ways, it mirrored what Texas A&M football the last four years: full of optimism at the start followed by an underwhelming finish, one leaving fans puzzled and unsatisfied.
In this particular edition, when the Aggies failed to convert a fourth-and-2 to pull to within a score and Auburn responded by grinding out a 96-yard, 13-play touchdown drive to put Texas A&M out of its misery, scores of fans migrated out for the nearly half-a-billion dollar facility, one that's as friendly to opponents as it is ostentatious: the Aggies haven't beaten an SEC West opponent there since 2015.