If what Mark Twain said about “there is no sadder sight than a young pessimist” is true, then Highway 6 from Houston to College Station may have been the saddest stretch of land anywhere in the country Wednesday night.
After Kansas State beat Texas A&M 33-28 in the Texas Bowl in Houston on Wednesday night, thousands of students and alumni made the 90-minute drive with no thoughts other than what could have been. Perhaps, in all honesty, what should have been.
The Aggies have all the talent necessary to succeed in the SEC, that much is clear.