At least its not the CBS game. That said, Aggies have played down to their competition: beat Vandy 17-12, Arky kept it close 43-31; Miss State 28-14. Aggies 38 Vols 20.
A&M hasn’t played down to their opponents, except maybe Vandy. They had no returning starting receivers at the beginning of the year - took some time to develop timing.
Arkansas was down 42-17 and Fisher decided to run the ball the rest of the 4th quarter as the game was effectively over.
State was down 21-7 - mond threw a ball that bounced off a receivers helmet, went far into the air, and was a pick 6. They were about to score. They also had a long pass to Smith that got called back for holding. Should have been 42-7. The Aggies dominated that game.
They definitely didn’t play down to South Carolina or Florida.
The way their defense played on Sat (they are #1 in the SEC now), I’d be surprised if the Vols scored 20. They are good against the run (#2 in the SEC) and not so good against the pass. TN is a good running and a bad passing team. Bad matchup for the Vols.