Texas A&M football has a real shot to make it into this year's twelve-team playoff. Some detractors will try to scoff at that idea— discount it by pointing to years past or other irrelevant factors— but the plain fact of the matter is that this A&M team should take a huge step forward in year two under Mike Elko.
The Aggies return a massive amount of experience across their entire team, with only the defensive line losing a significant amount of starters— and even then, there's a lot of reason for hope with Cashius Howell and Albert Regis, not to mention DJ Hicks and some of the transfers that have come in.