Crash Kills Aggie Lineman On Way Home For Christmas
Texas A&M senior offensive lineman Joseph Villavisencio was killed in a head-on crash as he drive home for the Christmas holiday.
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Texas A&M senior offensive lineman Joseph Villavisencio was killed in a head-on crash as he drive home for the Christmas holiday.
No. 8 Texas A&M, the defending national champion, has made a habit of following Jim Valvano's motto: "Don't ever give up."
Texas A&M hasn't won a bowl since 2001. DeRuyter hopes that streak will end this year, and he indicated he'd be interested in the full-time head coaching job with the Aggies.
Former Texas A&M coach Mike Sherman is unhappy with the way he was informed of his firing and doesn't believe his dismissal was justified.
There have been a lot of head coaches fired since Saturday, as there are openings now across the country in just about every conference.
It is Texas A&M's last Big 12 game before the Aggies move to the Southeastern Conference next season.
With two games left in the season and the end of the rivalry with Texas A&M looming Thursday night, the Texas Longhorns are as unsettled as ever at quarterback.
Texas A&M running back Cyrus Gray has a stress fracture in one of his shoulders and is listed as day-to-day heading into Thursday's game against rival Texas.
The 19th-ranked Texas A&M Aggies figure to be tested tonight by the Mississippi State Bulldogs, as the teams collide as part of the 2K Sports Classic.
With three weeks left in the Big 12's first round-robin schedule, the league's automatic BCS berth could come down to one game.
Kansas State will host Texas A&M on Saturday in a matchup of teams trying to get off two-game losing streaks.
The Aggies have just seven takeaways this season, which ranks 118th in the country. DeRuyter says that number is "shocking'' and that he's never had a team with so few this late in the season.
The Texas A&M junior was injured in Saturday's 41-25 loss to No. 7 Oklahoma. He has 899 yards rushing and eight touchdowns this season.
For the first time in their careers, this group of Sooners will play on Owen Field knowing what it feels like to lose at home.
No. 7 Oklahoma is taking a page out of the Tim Tebow playbook to try and improve its conversion rate deep in the red zone.
Texas A&M hoped to contend for the national championship when the season began and still had hopes of grabbing the Big 12 conference crown after two early defeats.
Kansas State is at No. 3 Oklahoma State, the Aggies visit the Sooners and the Red Raiders play at Texas.
Gary Blair and his Texas A&M Aggies are the defending national champions, yet they aren't even favored to win the Big 12 this season.
Ryan Tannehill threw for 263 yards and two touchdowns, as the 17th-ranked Texas A&M Aggies upended the Iowa State Cyclones, 33-17.
A&M's offense appears to be hitting its stride, scoring 100 points in its last two games. That's bad news for struggling Iowa State (3-3, 0-3 Big 12), which hosts the Aggies on Saturday.
Swope leads the Aggies, who face Iowa State on Saturday, in yards receiving (619), receptions (40) and receiving touchdowns (6) this season.
The Aggies' rivalry with Texas has more buzz, but the one against Baylor also spans more than a century. The teams first met in 1899 and Saturday's game will be the 108th between the pair.
This week the 21st-ranked Aggies are in for another challenge when they face No. 20 Baylor and star quarterback Robert Griffin III.
Texas Tech officials "strongly condemned'' vandalism that targeted a Texas A&M bus before the Aggies played the Red Raiders, but said fish bait, not manure, was used in the incident.
The game pits two of the country's worst defenses: Texas A&M is dead last (120th) in pass defense and the Red Raiders are nearly at the bottom (117th) against the rush.
