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It was a game many circled when the SEC released the new, conference-only team schedules in August.
Florida and Texas A&M in College Station. It was a premier game rich with storylines.
Jimbo Fisher and Texas A&M are out to prove that last year’s 8-5 campaign was mostly just a product of a brutal schedule, one that saw the Aggies play 3 teams ranked No. 1 in the course of the regular season (Clemson, Alabama, LSU) and 5 total games against top 10 teams. Sure, the Aggies went 0-5 in those games, but they were 8-0 against anyone not ranked in the top 10. The 2020 season was about taking the next step.
Dan Mullen and Florida are out to prove that they are truly ready to wrestle control of the SEC East back from Georgia and stake a claim to the national spot. Yeah, the 21 wins and back-to-back New Year’s 6 bowl winning seasons were an incredible start to the Mullen era, but Florida won’t be back again until it beats Georgia. A game at the 12th man was a heady challenge placed in Florida’s path.
Two senior quarterbacks in Kyle Trask and Kellen Mond shouldering massive expectations, even if they were coming off very different 2019 seasons.
Florida’s first trip to College Station since 2012, a reminder of both an epic game won by Florida in Johnny Manziel’s first college start and that these games occur too seldomly thanks to a broken SEC cross-divisional scheduling system in need of reform.
You can read more here.
#Gator Bait
This was going to be a fun game, and in a shortened season, perhaps one with national implications.
Florida and Texas A&M in College Station. It was a premier game rich with storylines.
Jimbo Fisher and Texas A&M are out to prove that last year’s 8-5 campaign was mostly just a product of a brutal schedule, one that saw the Aggies play 3 teams ranked No. 1 in the course of the regular season (Clemson, Alabama, LSU) and 5 total games against top 10 teams. Sure, the Aggies went 0-5 in those games, but they were 8-0 against anyone not ranked in the top 10. The 2020 season was about taking the next step.
Dan Mullen and Florida are out to prove that they are truly ready to wrestle control of the SEC East back from Georgia and stake a claim to the national spot. Yeah, the 21 wins and back-to-back New Year’s 6 bowl winning seasons were an incredible start to the Mullen era, but Florida won’t be back again until it beats Georgia. A game at the 12th man was a heady challenge placed in Florida’s path.
Two senior quarterbacks in Kyle Trask and Kellen Mond shouldering massive expectations, even if they were coming off very different 2019 seasons.
Florida’s first trip to College Station since 2012, a reminder of both an epic game won by Florida in Johnny Manziel’s first college start and that these games occur too seldomly thanks to a broken SEC cross-divisional scheduling system in need of reform.
You can read more here.
#Gator Bait
This was going to be a fun game, and in a shortened season, perhaps one with national implications.
