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Real stuff: Aggies show a new resilience in closing out UCLA, Rosen

A third straight season-opening victory against a ranked opponent may not quiet A&M's skeptics, but a late UCLA comeback suggests this was a different kind of win - and that this Aggies squad is a different kind of team.
By Olin Buchanan
September 3, 2016
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No doubt, thousands of Aggies descended on North Gate watering holes Saturday night to raise pitchers of beer in celebration of the Aggies’ 31-24 football season-opening victory over 16th-ranked UCLA.

But some Aggies probably lowered those pitchers and cried in their beer.

Those battered Aggies have been through this before.

Two years ago A&M opened the season with a win over No. 9 South Carolina, but faltered in the second half of the season.





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