Breaking down Texas A&M QB Jake Hubenak’s tumultuous first start

With a chance to win the game only down six because of Louisville’s missed extra point, the Aggies would appear to fall short by throwing an incomplete pass on fourth down, but a personal foul on the quarterback, gave Texas A&M a first down. Players will take the field Wednesday, Dec 30 at 7:00 p.m. ET and the game will air on ESPN. James Quick had a huge game in the victory, registering four catches for 94 yards and one TD. Louisville lost to Auburn 31-24, while Texas A&M lost to the Tigers 26-10.

RUSHING-Texas A&M, Carson 20-106, Kirk 1-9, Etwi 2-9, White 5-7, Hubenak 11-7. The Texas A&M defense is giving up 21.6 points per game with 205.9 rushing yards per game and 161.3 passing yards per game.

That momentum could spell trouble for the Aggies as the Cardinals seems to be firing on all the right cylinders entering the Music City Bowl. I still have the against the spread picks to go, and from the looks of it, it will be a struggle to stay at. He has only attempted 27 passes this season, completing just 12 of them for 92 yards.

UofL defensive coordinator Todd Grantham says Hubernak has plenty of talent surrounding him that can cause the Cards” problems if their defense doesn’t bring its “A’ game.

11 Texas A&M players have rushed for 1,000 yards in a season after RB Tra Carson reached 1,059 for 2015 with 69 rushing yards against LSU in the final game of the regular season.

He bursts off the snap with incredible ferocity and can wreak havoc in the backfield with the best of them, but he showed some inconsistency with his play when the Aggies defense has gone up against bruising offensive lines. It averages the 21st-most sacks in the nation with 2.7 per game.

Texas A&M (8-5) became the first SEC team to lose this bowl season. Despite being the face behind a program’s revamping into the upper echelon of the SEC over the past few seasons, Sumlin’s recent failures in managing his top quarterback recruits has the Aggies at the lowest point they’ve been at since joining the SEC. Louisville ended the season winning 5 of their last 6 games and really started to find their offense in that stretch.

Jackson flummoxed the Aggies throughout the quarter with his passing and running, accounting for 191 total yards, including 126 on the ground. When Texas A&M’s defensive front gets going, it is basically unstoppable. The Aggies had cut the deficit to 13-7.

(4.) Louisville has won seven of their last nine games after dropping their first three contests by a touchdown or less.

“The first thing I thought”, Petrino said afterward, “was we were 0-3”. Louisville hopes to keep that number around 4.0. While the Aggies floundered late in the season, though, the Cardinals thrived – despite committing the majority of their turnovers during their second-half surge. If it wasn’t for Fields’ heroics, then the headline of this article could easily be about Louisville losing grip of the game that was in their hands.