The attention of the college football universe was supposed to be in Tuscaloosa this weekend. Alabama–Texas A&M is both a rematch and a payoff of a preseason war of words. CBS will use its once-a-season doubleheader on the Aggies vs. Crimson Tide, but the network’s suits are no doubt experiencing buyer’s remorse. ESPN’s College GameDay is spiritually as far away as humanly possible, at a Kansasgame instead. There is only one reason why: The Aggies did not hold up their end of this supposedly big-game bargain. What attention remains on this SEC West matchup is pointed at A&M—for what the folks in maroon and white would say are the wrong reasons.
Texas A&M’s Struggles Are Testing Jimbo Fisher’s ‘QB Whisperer’ Reputation
