[Postgame Thread] Texas A&M Defeats The Citadel 41-0

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
The Citadel	0	0	0	0	0
Texas A&M	7	21	6	7	41

[u/OleRockTheGoodAg]

Hooray for our last win. 5 straight games of being an underdog ahead.

[u/RemoteAbalone8687 → u/OleRockTheGoodAg]

We might beat South Carolina or Oklahoma.

[u/the_answer_is_c → u/RemoteAbalone8687]

I fear South Carolina more than Tennessee. Tennessee has zero offense.

[u/DanFlashesC0up0n → u/the_answer_is_c]

Their defense is going to eat this team for breakfast lol

[u/danimagoo → u/the_answer_is_c]

They’re currently beating Alabama.

[u/TwoToothLando → u/the_answer_is_c]

Plus we always seem to struggle against them. And it’s an away game.

[u/Misdirected_Colors → u/RemoteAbalone8687]

OU's defense is gonna eat your team alive. You may have a chance because their offense but idk

[u/TioAction → u/OleRockTheGoodAg]

You do know that Texas is on your schedule, right?

[u/Downtown-Film7934 → u/TioAction]

Not sure that matters. It’s the toilet bowl.

[u/UCLA_FB_SUCKS → u/Downtown-Film7934]

there should be a trophy for that game! perhaps a large mug in the shape of a bedpan

[u/Downtown-Film7934 → u/UCLA_FB_SUCKS]

Oh great idea. I’ll make some calls

[u/DanFlashesC0up0n → u/TioAction]

We are not going to cross the 50 yard line outside yall turning it over. It’ll look like 2024 in both game script and score

[u/eye_can_see_you → u/DanFlashesC0up0n]

outside yall turning it over

Well do I have good news for you

The end of the game is going to be Arch and Reed competing for who can have the most 4th quarter turnovers

[u/Ok_Requirement_8133]

Not to overreact, be if we are just able to play the Citadel every week till late November we might be a fringe playoff team.

[u/adamwest01 → u/Ok_Requirement_8133]

Basically what you did last year

[u/Ok_Requirement_8133 → u/adamwest01]

If I recall, wasn’t that the year you beat one good team and then lost to unranked Texas? The 2025 Aggies basically had the same season as the 2025 Sooners.

[u/32RH → u/Ok_Requirement_8133]

Yep.

[u/DarthNobody14]

We have as many wins as texas now lol.

I’m going to enjoy this victory, this legit is probably our final win of the season.

[u/OleRockTheGoodAg → u/DarthNobody14]

texas is also a miracle Ryan Day assisted comeback away from having the same amount of losses too.

[u/Puppybl00pers → u/OleRockTheGoodAg]

Excuse you but we (barely) handled business today!

[u/libsoutherner]

I don’t wanna hear “Hart isn’t any better” anymore

The only thing this game showed is that we do not know that is true. Hart made multiple throws better than anything I have seen from Reed in a long time. No world in which Reed should be unbenchable.

[u/Disarmer → u/libsoutherner]

Hart made multiple throws today that are better than any single throw Reed has made all year

[u/LionPutrid4252 → u/libsoutherner]

You can argue that with your eyes, but the stats and metrics don’t agree.  Reed had a 75.5 QBR, Hart 20.2.  Each had 4 drives, Reed’s offense had 4 TDs, Hart’s had 13 points.

Hart looked solid as a passer today, better than he has the rest of the year.  But I think Reed’s ability to scramble is necessary in our offense, especially with how rough our Line is.

[u/Teach_Piece → u/LionPutrid4252]

They don’t want anything but vibes man. It’s kinda wild.

[u/knotduck]

UT is going to lose to a bad A&M team and miss the playoffs. Sark will complain and everyone will say “don’t lose to A&M lol”

[u/thecravenone → u/knotduck]

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[u/webbed_feets → u/knotduck]

I would love that, but there’s a 0% chance of that happening.

[u/bombbodyguard → u/webbed_feets]

0% chance? You don’t rival well.

[u/FCoDxDart → u/knotduck]

A&M won’t be keeping UT out of the playoffs. The 4-5 prior losses will

[u/davy_p → u/knotduck]

It would be funny but I think it’d be funnier if they managed to win in a close game and everyone’s like wtf where has this been.

[u/thecravenone]

Still live for 8-4!

[u/JBflawless → u/thecravenone]

Imagine being an A&M fan and thinking 8-4 would be a godsend at this point

Couldn’t be me

[u/Outrageous_Picture39]

Couldn’t bring myself to check the score until almost halftime for fear of us having another embarrassing, “fun fact” game where we were the losing team.

Pleasantly surprised to see 28-0 before half.

GG Citadel.

[u/LightningDusty]

You're welcome, Aggie.

[u/Prestigious-Car-4324 → u/LightningDusty]

Ags were doing the gator chomp at our game so we clearly appreciate it.

[u/TheLFlamaBlanca]

DID ANYONE SEE THE TEXAS GAME LMAOOOOO

[u/SuperAwesomeBrian]

The only thing I learned from that second half is: Start. Hart. 

[u/Shinta85 → u/SuperAwesomeBrian]

I also learned that the reed apologists are a beating somehow still. 

[u/I_Need_Walkability]

Wow, where has THAT Texas A&M been all year? Looked every bit the part of the SEC Championship and playoff contender this team was expected to be. Dominating defense, explosive offense. Elko must have really gotten after the team this week. But this win has me very optimistic for the remainder of the season.

[u/AnaviaRose → u/I_Need_Walkability]

It’s called playing The Citadel.

[u/OleRockTheGoodAg → u/AnaviaRose]

r/woosh

[u/AnaviaRose → u/OleRockTheGoodAg]

I know some A&M fans that genuinely talk like this. You never know.

[u/EndoOctane → u/OleRockTheGoodAg]

There's literally a comment breaking down how this could flip yalls season lol. Can never tell w you people

[u/DiplomaticAggie → u/EndoOctane]

Don’t let the fraction of a percent minority get in the way of logic and the majority of the fan base

[u/Sorry-Credit-5564 → u/AnaviaRose]

Don't sleep on the Citadel

[u/Disarmer → u/[deleted]]

(that's the joke)

[u/Severe_Fudge_8937 → u/I_Need_Walkability]

Shutting out any team at this level is impressive, even if it's The Citadel. The defense was flying around all game and the offense finally looked like it had some rhythm. That kind of complete performance can really spark a team heading into the back half of the season.

[u/RIP_lime_skittle → u/Severe_Fudge_8937]

This but sarcastically

[u/ItsACasualZadaISwear]

Did we watch the same Hart? He looked great, idk where the “Hart sucks” people are looking

[u/CrimsonFox99 → u/ItsACasualZadaISwear]

Not a Reed apologist by any measure, but you can't compare Reed playing against starting SEC secondaries vs. Hart being serviceable against The Citadel's backups.

[u/DiplomaticAggie]

One of the games of all time

[u/Ace_6_Pirate]

I barely watched but the plays I saw Marcel looked much more consistent and not wildly inaccurate. Footwork was better. Hart looked about the same as Marcel, so if Marcel struggles next week I remain in favor of pulling him and seeing if Hart can deliver the ball consistently in a real game.

[u/SuperAwesomeBrian → u/Ace_6_Pirate]

Your takeaway from that game is the guy with 2 years of experience and 6 starts this season looked about the same as his backup, but that he should keep starting anyway?

Wow. 

[u/Ace_6_Pirate → u/SuperAwesomeBrian]

I didn't say I would have Marcel start if I was the coach. Elko is going to have him start next week. If Elko was going to have Hart start next week he wouldn't start Marcel this week.

[u/SMUHypeMachine]

Damn I haven’t seen a 41-0 score since Louisville beat Kentucky last year. That’s a hell of a spread!

[u/davy_p]

Wow they finally won

[u/LionPutrid4252]

Hart looked good, but not better than Reed though yet.  Reed had a 75.5 QBR to Hart’s 20.2. Our offense also seemed to work better with Reed, even if it didn’t look that different at times.  I mean our offense with Reed got 4 TDs in 4 drives,  whereas Hart in four drives only had one TD and 2 FGs.  That’s a significant enough difference to be worth bringing up imo.

[u/Prestigious-Car-4324 → u/LionPutrid4252]

Both drives stalled because of penalties, that may not be Hart’s fault.

[u/ianbits]

Wait why are they playing the Citadel lol

Did some OOC team cancel on them?

[u/Texwook → u/ianbits]

You already played Ball State and Kent State, gimme a break

[u/ianbits → u/Texwook]

I'm more just confused as to why it's in the middle of the schedule.

[u/letdownbytheAgs → u/ianbits]

B1G fans are always so dense about this. We get it, you don’t like it. We start our conference play earlier than you do.

[u/DanFlashesC0up0n → u/ianbits]

We played our first conference game in week 3

[u/Ace_6_Pirate → u/ianbits]

We already played Arizona State out of conference.

[u/Downtown-Film7934 → u/ianbits]

It’s a military school weekend thing apparently. A bunch of military schools are playing each other.

[u/tmo_slc → u/ianbits]

It’s the SEC, this is their formula. Good thing they have the media to always back them up. Any other conference scheduling fcs in the middle of the season would get points deducted.

[u/AccomplishedYouth665]

The Citadel? A&M is proud of this win?

[u/Downtown-Film7934 → u/AccomplishedYouth665]

It’s the little things

[u/Beautiful_Ninja → u/AccomplishedYouth665]

It's less about A&M being proud and more that people are glad The Citadel got destroyed.

[u/Pangolin_cowboy_hats]

A&M might go 5-7 / 6-6 if they get lucky AND Texas lost, today is a great day

[u/DanFlashesC0up0n → u/Pangolin_cowboy_hats]

Yall against Tech is the state championship this year

[u/Ace_6_Pirate → u/Pangolin_cowboy_hats]

At this point I will take that as long as we either beat Texas to knock them down to 9-3 so they miss the playoffs or they come in 5-6 and we beat them to knock them out of bowl eligibility.