It’s a theme Texas A&M’s football program is accustomed to experiencing this time of year.
“They came alive, and we didn’t.”
Senior fullback Cullen Gillaspia offered that remark following Saturday afternoon’s 28-24 loss at Auburn, a game his Aggies led 24-14 with the ball at Auburn’s 42-yard line midway through the fourth quarter. Texas A&M lost despite outgaining the Tigers 421-278 and holding them to 19 rushing yards on 21 carries.
The Aggies endured a heartbreaking 28-26 home loss to Clemson in September, but last Saturday’s collapse was the toughest pill to swallow in Jimbo Fisher’s debut season.
“Learning to win is a learned behavior,” Fisher said Monday during his weekly news conference. “Learning to dominate a game is a learned behavior, and we have to put ourselves in these experiences as much as we possibly can to understand how to do that. I think we have made great improvements, but we are not improving in that area to where we can totally stay in a dominating mode.