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ALL CAPS PREVIEW-TEXAS A&M AT FLORIDA

REVENGE IS A DISH BEST SERVED COLD

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AND 5 YEARS LATER. WHICH SEEMS LIKE A RECIPE FOR REALLY BAD FOOD POISONING OR MAYBE EVEN BOTULISM. NONETHELESS THE SENTIMENT STILL STANDS.

5 YEARS AGO WE PLAYED FLORIDA AT KYLE FIELD AND CAME OUT TO POWER AND HAD AND A PLUCKY UNKOWN QB NAMED JOHNNY MANZIEL DID ALL HE COULD TO GET THE TEAM TO THEIR FIRST SEC WIN, BUT COULDNT GET THE JOB DONE. THERE WERE SOME DAMN FINE MOMENTS IN THAT GAME LIKE THIS ONE

WHERE BEN MALENA SHOWED THAT ALL THOSE DUMB QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER WE WERE READY TO BE IN THE SEC WERE IN FACT REALLY REALLY DUMB.

BUT THE GAME ENDED WITH SEAN PORTER FRUSTRATEDLY SAYING THE FOLLOWING

I'm really tired of losing games and talking about what should have happened and what we should have done. Whatever it is, we need to figure out what we need to do to win games, because this isn't going to do it."

WE FOLLOWED THAT GAME UP WITH A WHALE OF A SEASON WHERE FOOTBALL WAS FUN AND WINNING WAS FUN AND EVERYTHING WAS FUN.

THIS FLORIDA GAME HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE THE EXACT SAME THING FOR THIS TEAM EXCEPT IT’S AT THE DADGUM SWAMP. WE’RE PLAYING FLORIDA AT THE SWAMP. I DONT CARE HOW MEDIOCRE FLORIDA MIGHT SEEM TO BE THIS YEAR PLAYING FLORIDA AT NIGHT AT THE MFING SWAMP IS THE REASON WE JOINED THE SEC. THIS IS FREAKING AWESOME. FOOTBALL IS SO GOOD.

AND MAKE NO MISTAKE. INJURIES, SUSPENSIONS DUE TO WHITE COLLAR CRIME (IF AN ALUMNUS OF THE UNIVERSITY CAUGHT THOSE PLAYERS WOULD HE/SHE HAVE BEEN AN INVESTIGATOR IM SO SORRY) AND SEXUAL PREFERENCE TOWARDS CARNIVOROUS AQUATIC ANIMALS ASIDE, FLORIDA IS SERIOUS ABOUT PLAYING A SERIOUS GAME. LOOK AT THESE UNIFORMS THEY SCREAM WE ARE A SERIOUS FOOTBALL TEAM AND YOU SHOULD TAKE US SERIOUSLY

MY GOD THEY’RE BREATHTAKING. IT’S LIKE WE’RE GOING TO HAVE REAL LIFE ALLIGATORS LINING UP AT DEFENSIVE END. THE DETAILING IS EXQUISITE AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO REASON FOR FLORIDA PLAYERS TO FEEL SELF CONSCIOUS ABOUT WEARING THESE UNIFORMS. NONE WHATSOEVER. THESE ARE SERIOUS UNIFORMS AND WE SHOULD ALL RESPECT HOW FANCY THESE UNIFORMS LOOK.

TAKE THEM SERIOUSLY.

NIGHT GAME AT THE SWAMP. AND ON A SERIOUS NOTE IM SO DANG HAPPY FOR A FEW SPECIFIC PLAYERS ON THIS FIGHTIN TEXAS AGGIE FOOTBALL TEAM. LET’S TALK ABOUT DAMION RATLEY WHO HAS SOMEHOW BECOME A BADASS CLUTCH WRS MAKING CATCHES OVER THE MIDDLE AGAINST ALABAMA AND THEN TALKING SHIT TO BAMA PLAYERS....AND BACKING IT UP. THAT’S FANTASTIC. AND LET’S TALK ABOUT OTARO ALAKA WHO LITERALLY AT ONE POINT IN HIS CAREER DID NOT HAVE ARMS BECAUSE HIS SHOULDERS WERE SO BAD AND NOW HE’S PLAYING HIGH LEVEL BALL WITH TWO ROBOTIC SHOULDERS.

THIS SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR IS REDEMPTION FOR THOSE PLAYERS. THIS SECOND HALF IS ABOUT PROVING THAT WE ARE NOT THE SAME TEAM THAT WE HAVE BEEN AND WE WILL NOT FEAR NOVEMBER.

ALL THAT STARTS THIS SATURDAY.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST LET’S TALK ABOUT KELLEN MOND. LET’S TALK ABOUT HIS PERFORMANCE AGAINST ALABAMA. LET’S TALK ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PASS

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IM SORRY BUT IF YOU’RE NOT EXCITED ABOUT AGGIE FOOTBALL FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON THEN YOU OH HELL I DONT KNOW MAN THERE’S SOMETHING WRONG. BE EXCITED BECAUSE WE’VE GOT A LOT OF GOOD FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO ARE GOING TO BE PLAYING FOOTBALL.

FOOTBALL IS FUN.

PLAYING A NIGHT GAME AT THE SWAMP IS FUN.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A FUN ASS GAME.

SO LET’S GET IT DONE. LET’S GO TURN THE FCK UP (DO THE KIDS STILL SAY THAT) AND GET THE JOB DONE. BE LOUD. BE OBNOXIOUS. AND THIS TIME HOW ABOUT WE WALK AWAY AND GIVE FLORIDA NEWSPAPERS FEEL GOOD QUOTES LIKE “MAN THOSE FLORIDA FANS SURE WERE FRIENDLY TO US AND FED US WELL” AFTER WHIP THEIR ASS BY 80.

LET’S GET THIS DONE AGS.

IT’S OUR NIGHT

BEAT

THE

EVERLIVING

EVERLOVING

COMPOUND

COMPLEX

FIGHTIN TEXAS AGGIE ADIDAS HAS NEVER GIVEN US ANYTHING NEARLY AS BAD AS THAT GARBAGE NIKE THREW AT FLORIDA

FIGHTIN TEXAS AGGIE ZAYCOVEN HENDERSON IS ONE OF THE BEST DEFENSIVE LINEMAN A&M HAS EVER SEEN DONT EVEN THINK ABOUT @ING ME

FIGHTIN TEXAS AGGIE HELL

OUTTA

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