The Saturday Dispatch Section A · Texas A&M
SEC · 2026 season · 4-5, 1-5 SEC · unranked in the Nov 1 AP poll

Texas A&M Aggies

Week 10, graded · next: Week 11 · Tennessee at Texas A&M
South Carolina 17, Texas A&M 9 · next, Tennessee at Kyle Field
Saturday, Nov 14 · kickoff TBD (between 2:00 and 3:15 PM CT, ESPN or SEC Network) · Kyle Field, College Station · the scouting report lands Monday
The Week 10 recap → Two-minute read → The scouting report it grades →
This Week's Two-Minute Read
Recap · graded Sunday
17–9
Final: South Carolina by 8
30–22
Our call: PARTLY, the margin exactly, the total 26 high
6 / 7 / 3
Claims right / partly / wrong
The call was PARTLY right: South Carolina 30, Texas A&M 22 against 17–9, the winner and the 8-point margin exactly, the total 26 high. A&M outgained South Carolina 457 to 360 with no turnover and scored three field goals on six trips to the South Carolina 30 or closer; Sellers's 41-yard run with 1:19 left, one snap after a sack on fourth-and-7, won it. The misses were the A&M offense up front: the run game was better than we said and the protection worse.
Our score prediction was PARTLY right: we had South Carolina by 8 and it won by 8, 17 to 9, but both teams scored far fewer points than we said. A&M gained more yards, ran the ball well and never turned it over, and lost because it scored only field goals near the end zone. South Carolina's quarterback ran 41 yards for the winning touchdown with 1:19 left.
Three tells, graded: Reed's first 15 passes PARTLY (5.1) · South Carolina's first 15 rushes PARTLY (4.3) · South Carolina's first 10 third downs PARTLY (4 of 10). Read the recap
Season coverage plan
Week 1 · Missouri State · before Dispatch coverage began
Week 2 · Arizona State · W 48–20 · Recap · Two-minute read · Scouting report Graded
Week 3 · Kentucky · L 21–31 · Recap · Two-minute read · Scouting report Graded
Week 4 · at LSU · L 6–35 · Recap · Two-minute read · Scouting report Graded
Week 5 · Arkansas · W 34–7 · Recap · Two-minute read · Scouting report Graded
Week 6 · at Missouri · L 6–27 · Recap · Two-minute read · Scouting report Graded
Week 7 · The Citadel · W 41–0 · an FCS opponent, so the two-minute read alone: no call, no scouting report, no recap edition Card only
Week 8 · at Alabama · L 20–31 · Recap · Two-minute read · Scouting report Graded
Week 9 · Bye · Oct 31 · season-to-date report in the Thursday slot
Week 10 · at South Carolina · L 9–17 · Recap · Two-minute read · Scouting report Graded
Week 11 · Tennessee · Sat Nov 14, kickoff TBD, Kyle Field · the scouting report Monday, the Saturday pregame pass, the Sunday recap Next
Week 13 · Texas at Texas A&M · Friday, Nov 27 · one shared edition with the Texas section, one call, both pages graded on it Shared edition
The words we use
The words we use
The call is the final score we are predicting. We write it down on Monday and leave it alone, the way you would write your guess on a napkin before kickoff and not touch it after.
The market is the betting line, which is the number of points the people wagering real money expect the favorite to win by. Those people have been better at this than our computer so far, so our call leans on their number.
The model is our computer's own guess at the score, built from the season's numbers. We print it next to the betting line so you can see when the two agree and when they do not.
Tells are three early signs to watch in the first stretch of the game. If they show up, the game is going the way we said; if they do not, we were probably wrong, and you will know it before we do.
Edges are our answer, one matchup at a time, to the question of which team has the better side of it.
Graded means that on Sunday we go back over everything we said and mark each piece right, partly right, or wrong.
Gameday songs and yells
Aggie War Hymn · the fight song, "Hullabaloo, Caneck! Caneck!"; on the last verse the whole stadium locks arms and sways to saw Varsity's horns off · Aggie Band at Kyle Field · Las Vegas Bowl 2024 · Lyrics
The Spirit of Aggieland · the alma mater, slower and heavier than the War Hymn by design, sung before kickoff and at Muster · Aggie Band · pregame at Kyle Field · with the words on screen · Lyrics
The yells · Gig 'em, Farmers Fight, Beat the Hell, Locomotive, Horse Laugh; the Yell Leaders pass back a hand signal for each and the stadium answers · What is Midnight Yell · words and signals on the Aggie yells page
Midnight Yell Practice · the night before every home game, Kyle Field at midnight, the yells and the songs run through in the dark · a full practice · Traditions