'Smart, tough, aggressive': Mond's performance again key against Clemson

Brilliance is not easily attained. Repeating it is even more difficult.

Yet, sometimes great accomplishments are duplicated.

Tom Hanks won consecutive Academy Awards. Marie Curie won two Nobel Prizes. Johnny Vander Meer pitched back-to-back no-hitters.

Albeit on a much smaller scale, Texas A&M quarterback Kellen Mond is quite literally aiming to repeat his brilliance when the No. 12 Aggies (1-0) challenge No. 1 Clemson (1-0) at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday at Death Valley.