Well, it’s time to rewrite the history books.
On Saturday, behind a huge effort from QB Marcel Reed, Texas A&M came back from a 27-point halftime deficit to win a huge game against South Carolina and remain undefeated (10-0). In so doing, A&M pulled off the biggest comeback in school history. Prior to Saturday, SEC football teams were 0-286 in conference when trailing by 27 points or more since 2004.
Now, that stat must be updated.
But how did A&M pull the incredible comeback off? One word: Momentum.
Of course, no 27-point deficit is overcome with a single throw or long run. No point differential like that can be made up in a single play. But instead of trying to land some impossible knockout punch, Reed and his A&M team stuck to the script – a script that had not worked in the first half – and jabbed away.
“It wasn’t how we drew it up,