This Saturday both SEC newbie’s, Texas A&M and Missouri, got
to play their 1st game in the SEC. Both teams went into their games with
confidence and played a hard fought 3 quarter game, the only problem was the games
were 4 quarters long.
The Florida Gators
were 0-5 under Will Muschamp coming into the game against Texas A&M and the
Aggies came out strong trying to make it 0-6. The Aggies led at halftime 17 to
10, Florida needed to make a statement in the second half if they wanted to win
this game. The Florida defense stepped up and held the Aggies scoreless in the
second half while the offense put 10 points on the board. Muschamp said
"In the second half we just played more disciplined football." Due to
the disciplined 2nd half play of Florida, Texas A&M loss their
SEC opener 20-17.
With a sellout
crowd in Columbia, Mizzou challenged the Bulldogs. Missouri took the lead 17-9
early in the 3rd quarter and for a while it looked like Missouri would come out
with a win in its SEC opener. Coach Mark Richt. Said "There were times
when I was just starting to wonder what was going to happen." Then Aaron
Murray threw a 7-yard Touchdown pass and a 2-point conversion to tie the game
at 17. From then on it was all uphill for Georgia as they won the game 41-20.
These were history
making games for both Texas A&M and Missouri. However both teams will need
to play harder in the 2nd half if they want to be a force to reckon with in the
SEC.
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