Howdy and welcome to Fun With Numbers, your weekly check in on what advanced stats say about the Texas A&M Football squad and their opponents. We’re three games into the season now, and starting to get a better understanding of teams from a statistical standpoint. With conference play starting up across the board, we’ll start getting a lot more clarity on things and feel more comfortable with our numbers.

How’d We Do Last Week?

The numbers told us we were looking at a defensive battle, and they were right. The Aggies managed to survive the follow up to one of Jimbo’s most disappointing losses in Aggieland and defeated the Miami Hurricanes 17-9.