Cover Story: Fisher, No. 5 Aggies building program-changing momentum
Ranked fifth in the country, Jimbo Fisher and Texas A&M are proving they belong in the playoff conversation. Just as importantly, the 2020 season is evidence that Fisher's plan to build a championship program in Aggieland is working.
Setting up your Saturday: The Pac-12’s running start and ACC, SEC pivot points
The Pac-12 makes a November debut as other Power 5 leagues are in midseason form. The Athletic's Nicole Auerbach guides you through a jam-packed college football Saturday in front of the TV.
Cover Story: Aggies showing signs of a team that can compete for championships
Halfway through the season, Texas A&M sits at 4-1 and are playing better football with each week. As Billy Liucci explains, it could be coming together in College Station for Jimbo Fisher and Co. as the Aggies continue to pick up legitimate momentum.
Hop's Deep Reflections: Halloween at Kyle, Dan Mullen's antics & more
The 12th Man brought their costumes along for a Halloween night demolition of Arkansas as the Ags advanced to 4-1 on the season. David Sandhop offers his takes on candy, costumes and a little bit of college football in this week's edition of his Deep Reflections.
The 10-game SEC schedule at midseason: What works, what doesn’t and what’s next?
In a season dominated by frustrations and new challenges, the SEC's ten-game league schedule offers a potential upside, at least for fans and the media. The Athletic's Nicole Auerbach talks to the league's coaches and takes stock of the scheduling rarity.
Hop's Deep Reflections: Starkel's Spartan debut, poking fun at FSU & more
Texas A&M was idle on Saturday, but there was still a full slate of college football greatness and wackiness for David Sandhop to critique. He shares his thoughts on Nick Starkel leading San Jose State to victory, big-play celebrations around the country and much more.
Why the 2020 college football championship Saturday will be strikingly different
Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, nothing about this 2020 college football season will be normal, including conference championship Saturday. The Athletic's Stewart Mandel explains what changes to expect come December.
Around CFB: Following tumultuous offseason, Big Ten football returns
After trying to strong-arm other members of the Power 5 to sit out the 2020 season with them, the Big Ten decided that they'd play an abbreviated, conference-only schedule like everyone else, and big-time college football in the midwest finally makes its return this weekend.
Setting Up Your Saturday: The SEC and all its Playoff hopefuls have arrived
While the season is technically a few weeks old, the debut of SEC football makes this Saturday decidedly more exciting. Nicole Auerbach returns with her weekly roadmap for plotting your day in front of the TV.
SEC announces new formats, dates for fall sports, practice plans for baseball & softball
The SEC has established new start dates and scheduling formats for non-football fall sports, including soccer, volleyball, golf, tennis and cross country.
Texas A&M ranked No. 13 in the preseason AP Top 25
While not every college football program will be in action this fall, the Associated Press still decided to include everyone as they released their preseason Top 25 on Monday morning. Texas A&M came in ranked No. 13, matching the Aggies' position in the Amway Coaches' Poll.
Ask Liucci, Part 2: Excitement about the front seven, skill position speed & more
TexAgs' co-owner and executive editor Billy Liucci answered another round of subscriber questions, this time ranging from what to expect from A&M's front seven to whether or not he'll get married anytime soon. He hits on just about everything in-between.
Texas A&M set to host Vanderbilt in new SEC Week One lineup
The SEC revealed another piece of the puzzle of the 2020 season on Monday afternoon, and Texas A&M will host Vanderbilt to kick off the year. The Aggies were previously expected to open their SEC slate with Arkansas.
It actually does mean more: Football vital for well-being of college towns
The local economies of college towns around the country will be negatively impacted by not having college football this fall. In the SEC, ACC and Big 12, finding a balance between generating revenue and keeping athletes safe from COVID-19 is of the upmost importance.
The SEC: It had reasons for starting late, and those reasons haven’t changed
While the Big Ten and Pac-12 have already made the move to cancel completely, the SEC is holding firm and sticking by their protocols in an attempt to play in the fall. For the SEC, nothing has changed since two fellow Power 5 conferences bowed out of the 2020 season.
While some plan to throw in the towel, Hogs ready to run SEC gauntlet
Arkansas' schedule was already ridiculously hard before the Razorbacks drew both Georgia and Florida as their new crossover opponents, yet the Hogs still intend to play. If they're willing to face that schedule amid a pandemic, maybe others should consider playing as well.
Gators, Vols make A&M's road tougher, but destination remains the same
The Aggies' 2020 schedule was expected to be far more benevolent than the 2019 version, which was perhaps the toughest in program history. A pandemic-induced addition of two strong SEC foes changed that, but it won't change A&M's aspirations.
Liucci: Instant analysis of schedule additions for Aggies, SEC
Billy Liucci takes a closer look at the first reveal in the SEC's reshuffling of the 2020 deck, including new games against #8 Florida and Tennessee for the Aggies, as well as some of the highlights and lowlights for other SEC programs.
Texas A&M to host Florida, play at Tennessee in 2020 schedule additions
The SEC announced Friday that Texas A&M will add both #8 Florida and Tennessee to its 2020 football schedule as part of the adjusted 10-game, SEC-only scheduling model.
Texas A&M ranked #13 in preseason Coaches Poll
With every glimpse of normal a welcome sight in a football offseason that has been anything but normal, the Amway Coaches Poll published by USA Today was released Thursday morning. The Aggies rolled in at #13 in the preseason poll after finishing the 2019 season unranked.