After an at all times arduous offseason, Texas A&M soccer is formally simply sooner or later away now, because the Aggies gear as much as face Missouri State at 6 p.m. on Saturday evening at Kyle Subject. And no, the Bears not hanging worry into the hearts of many Aggie followers. They’re in simply their second season as an FBS program, they’re enjoying their first recreation below a brand new coach, they’re 128th nationally in returning manufacturing, they’ve by no means crushed a P4 opponent, and the Aggies are favored by 40.5 factors, in line with okay.
By any measure, this isn’t a recreation Texas A&M stands to lose. The result’s written earlier than the sport has even begun. Primarily based on that, it could be simple to put in writing this recreation off as not all that vital, and sit up for what lies head on the calendar. However on that time, you’d be flawed. Let me rely the best way.
- There are nonetheless issues to be gleaned. Even towards inferior groups, strengths and weaknesses can turn out to be obvious. Is Marcel Reed’s passing crisp? Did the receivers look dynamic? Was the defensive position stuffing the run and creating constant stress? Did we win the turnover battle? Even when the win/loss result’s a foregone conclusion, there are sometimes points of a staff (each good and unhealthy) that instantly bounce off the display screen in recreation one.
- Get pleasure from all the opposite trappings of a school soccer gameday. In case you are in Faculty Station, which will imply Midnight Yell or a tailgate (discuss with ourn for extra particulars there). In case you’re at house, possibly it’s Faculty Gameday and prepping your favourite gameday delicacies. Both means, properly all have our rituals related to faculty soccer that stretch far past simply the sport itself. Attending to do these for the primary time in fairly some time is a reward unto itself.
- An Aggie soccer is sweet Aggie soccer. Finally we’re solely assured 12 of these items every year, and that is the primary one we’ve gotten in practically 9 months. Irrespective of who the opponent, soccer merely being again is sufficient. Even the worst day spent watching Texas A&M play soccer is healthier than the perfect day not watching it (I reserve the suitable to retract this assertion once we undergo our first loss). Cherish it.
I depart you with a gap weekend haiku:
The Ags are enjoying.
That alone needs to be sufficient.
Let’s go 1-0.