So the aggies are supposed to be favorites after losing the following:
Top 5 DC that was very well liked and replaced him with a downgrade (coaching and recruiting) and known psycho
Respected OL coach and replaced him with a with a downgrade (coaching and recruiting) and known psycho
Leading receiver (Wydemer) and rusher who was allegedly the best in the country according to them.
The QB who pushed King for a starting role and won the biggest game in their history and replaced him LSUs sloppy seconds
Their best DL (will still be good there) and best OL on a mediocre squad without any elite replacements and no current players are stepping up.
And fall practice they have:
Had no separation in QB room that is the envy of no one
Moved their QB coach to WR and WR coach to QB in mid august the most pivotal development year for King/Johnson
Had their best returning WR get arrested and narrowly miss a suspension
They will win 7 games guaranteed due to a joke of a schedule but what they are not prepared for what is their first ever season as the hunted (2013 they were the darling with Manziel). Every year Texas, Bama (in the Saban era), ND, tOSU, and USC have a target on their back because a win against would make that teams season, see Kansas and Texas A&M in 2021. They may narrowly escape an early season Miami team that will be rolling by November but Bama will do their thing but Ole Miss, Florida, LSU, Miss State and Arkansas want nothing more to do than beat the "best recruiting class" of all time so they can use that as recruiting fodder of their own this off season.