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Texas Football: 5 reasons 2018 Longhorns would beat Aggies

By Andrew Miller

JACKSONVILLE, FL - DECEMBER 31: Head coach Jimbo Fisher of the Texas A&M Aggies with his son Ethan after a win against the North Carolina State Wolfpack in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl at TIAA Bank Field on December 31, 2018 in Jacksonville, Florida. Texas A&M won 52-13. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
JACKSONVILLE, FL - DECEMBER 31: Head coach Jimbo Fisher of the Texas A&M Aggies with his son Ethan after a win against the North Carolina State Wolfpack in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl at TIAA Bank Field on December 31, 2018 in Jacksonville, Florida. Texas A&M won 52-13. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) /
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NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JANUARY 01: Head coach Tom Herman of the Texas Longhorns and head coach Kirby Smart of the Georgia Bulldogs shake hands after the Allstate Sugar Bowl at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on January 01, 2019 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images) /

3. Tom Herman superiority over the SEC

We can go beyond what Herman did against Georgia for the Texas football program against SEC competition. Over the course of the past two seasons, the Horns knocked off two strong SEC opponents during bowl season. Last year, it was the high-flying Mizzou Tigers offense led by quarterback Drew Lock that fell short against the Horns by a good margin in the Texas Bowl.

This year, Texas controlled Georgia the entire way in the Sugar Bowl. The seven-point margin that Texas won by on the scoreboard didn’t reflect how convincing the victory was. Texas deserved to at least get a two possession win over the Dawgs, but it doesn’t matter as long as Herman and Ehlinger took the New Year’s Six Bowl triumph back to the Forty Acres.

If Texas could deal with facing Lock and Mizzou and star quarterback Jake Fromm and the Dawgs, then Mond and the Texas A&M offense shouldn’t be too far fetched. Herman also already defeated Fisher a few years back when he was the head coach of the Houston Cougars. That was a memorable win for Herman and the Cougars in the Peach Bowl in 2015 over Fisher when he was still the head coach of the Florida State Seminoles.

Herman is impressive in general against big-time non-conference Power Five opponents during his time on the Forty Acres. He took down the USC Trojans this past season to go along with the win over Georgia. The Maryland Terrapins were really the only exception to that, and that is a different situation all-around.

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