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Cherry picking? I said the A&M rushing defense is terrible. I simply backed it up with yards per rush and rushing yards allowed. I believe most of the suspensions affected the secondary. 2 of the front 7 were suspended. It is also vs vastly inferior competition (2 of 3 games). The starters did return vs Bama. Same Bama that rushed for 2.5 yds per vs VT and 3.3 yards per play. Bama had 206 total yds in their first game and 568 in their second game. Rushing average per play jumped from 2.5 to 6.3 and yards per play went from 3.3 to 8.6. VT should be a top 10 defense, but it is a stark difference. Also the first time in quite awhile that A&M has produced a bad rushing defense. That does not bode well in a run happy SEC.
As I said, we are talking about 2 or 3 games here. Let's check back at the end of the season. Heaven forbid a defense looks lousy against the run when 1/3 of them are freshmen and then first game back going against the reigning champs and #1 team.