Cover Story: Texas A&M's no-show in Starkville a devastating setback

Texas A&M was banged up against MSU on Saturday, but injuries don't change the facts. The Aggies lost to a bad Bulldog team, were physically dominated on all fronts and fell from playoff contention in one fell swoop. To explain that, larger forces must be at work.

By Billy Liucci

November 6, 2016

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The Aggies didn't deserve their No. 4 spot and will now fall as low as the Playoff Committee chooses to drop them. And nary a peep will be heard out of College Station to dispute a ranking that no longer matters.

Throughout September and October, Kevin Sumlin's Aggies succeeded in proving a nation full of skeptics wrong. On an ugly, embarrassing first weekend of November, A&M did everything in its power to prove those same critics right.

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