Alabama’s head coach Nick Saban walks the sideline.TIDE, TAKE THREEThree tidbits regarding top-ranked Alabama entering this week’s home game against No. 15 Texas A&M:1. Alabama is 3-1 all-time against Texas A&M, but the teams haven’t met since the Crimson Tide rolled to a 30-10 win at College Station in 1988.2. With a victory this Saturday, the Tide would clinch a fifth consecutive 10-win season and the 32nd in program history. Only Oklahoma has more with 33.3. By rushing for 166 yards at LSU this past weekend, Alabama improved to 46-0 since the start of the 2008 season in games in which it has rushed for at least 150 yards.
Imagine a Southeastern Conference football team so dominant it could travel to Auburn and Mississippi State and build a combined 66-7 halftime lead.
Only No. 1 Alabama could do such damage, right?
Actually, it’s Alabama’s opponent this week at Bryant-Denny Stadium, the 15th-ranked Texas A&M Aggies. After embarrassing Auburn 63-21 on Oct. 27, the Aggies continued their impressive run under first-year coach Kevin Sumlin last Saturday by routing Mississippi State 38-13.
The star of Texas A&M’s show has been redshirt freshman quarterback Johnny Manziel, who completed 30 of 36 passes for 311 yards against the Bulldogs and rushed 21 times for 129 yards. Manziel threw for 290 yards and rushed for 90 at Auburn despite playing one series into the third quarter.