OTHER PICKSMichigan St. 26, Boise St. 23Florida 34, Bowling Green 10Arkansas 63, Jax State 14Ole Miss 42, Cen. Arkansas 21Missouri 40, SE Louisiana 16Miss. St. 38, Jackson St. 15Louisville 31, Kentucky 22North Carolina 44, Elon 9Maryland 37, William & Mary 7Virginia 35, Richmond 18Miami 27, Boston College 24Florida St. 52, Murray St. 3Wake Forest 45, Liberty 20Duke 21, Fla. International 16Notre Dame 30, Navy 21MTSU 33, McNeese State 12Southern Cal 48, Hawaii 15
Texas A&M’s maiden voyage into Southeastern Conference football just got a lot more treacherous.
The Aggies were scheduled to play Louisiana Tech in Shreveport tonight, but slow-moving Hurricane Isaac postponed the matchup until Oct. 13. Texas A&M’s first game in its new league is now next Saturday, when Florida visits College Station.
“For our guys, it was a bittersweet kind of situation,” first-year Aggies coach Kevin Sumlin said Wednesday. “They were ready to play somebody else and were down a little bit, but we’re moving on to Florida, and that’s where our focus is right now.”
Texas A&M must now play 12 consecutive games without an open date, which is a first for an SEC program since Vanderbilt had to play the first 12 Saturdays of the 2009 season. Kentucky will play 10 straight games this season before a bye week, while South Carolina must play nine straight.