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Texas A&M 48, SMU 3: Defense in Review

The Aggie defense sharpened up and played close to perfect on Saturday, Liucci writes, after a strong game against a Florida team that put up 555 yards a week later. Is this unit closer to SEC ready than expected?
By Billy Liucci
September 17, 2012
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Dominant defense wire-to-wire leaves little to nitpick

What went right: In a word, everything.

The Aggies allowed just a single field goal, tackled better, held SMU to less than 50% passing and barely 300 yards of offense, dominated the action in the trenches, forced 10 punts, battered quarterback Garrett Gilbert and never let Zach Line play any sort of significant role in the ballgame.

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