It's Time to Look at Texas A&M as the True Threat It Is

Texas A&M won five straight games to open each of the last two campaigns and promptly lost the sixth game of the year to a ranked opponent, kicking off late-season tailspins.

After the Aggies got over the dreaded "sixth-game hurdle" in a 45-38 double-overtime win over ninth-ranked Tennessee on Saturday in College Station, Texas, don't expect a similar collapse in 2016.

Texas A&M wasn't as crisp as it could have been. But it jumped out to a 21-7 lead in the first quarter, extended it to 28-7 in the third quarter and was in control. It then found the heart of a champion after Tennessee erased its third three-score deficit in as many weeks, as Aggies defensive back Armani Watts picked off Joshua…