Coach: Dennis Franchione (25-23) Fifth Year
Last Year: 9-4, 5-3 Big 12, Third in the South 
Returning Starters : Offense 9, Line 3 | Defense 6, Line 2


Three Things You Should Know
1) Mike Goodson (SO, 6-0, 192, #3), Jorvorskie Lane (JR, 6-0, 274, #11) and Stephen McGee (JR, 6-3, 208, #7) make up the best rushing backfield in the conference. Together they had 27 touchdowns last year with Lane hogging 19 of those.
2) McGee completed 62% of his passes last year amassing 2,295 yards. He had 12 TD passes and only two interceptions. He should be one of the top QBs in the Big 12 this year.
3) Texas A&M is just a notch below the elite (OU and Texas) in the Big 12. With plenty of returning starters, the Aggies could piece it together and steal the South, but the blowout loss to Cal and the home loss to Nebraska raise questions. The defense finished fourth in the conference last year and has a standout in senior DE Chris Harrington (6-5, 267 #92).

Trends
The Aggies are 7-1 all-time against KU. The lone KU win occurred during the first meeting in 1974 (28-10) ... A&M faces five bowl teams on the road this year.

How KU Wins
By putting together a great game coupled with an early game lack of focus by A&M. KU has to be ready to play for this road match. Generally, the Aggies generally don't take KU too seriously. They got into a little bit of a battle in Lawrence with the 'Hawks back in 1998 (24-21 A&M win), but for the most part have had things under control in every match since until last year. It was a pretty good slugfest at Memorial and A&M will likely expect another battle. Still, this game is sandwiched between road games at Nebraska and OU for A&M, so the Aggies may be looking back or forward. In fact, the game is actually the only home game for the Aggies in the middle of a five-game stretch that has the Aggies on the road for four games. KU did hold the Aggies to their lowest rushing total last year (146 yards), so the Hawks might present problems for the Aggie offense as the KU pass defense should improve. With Adam Barrman at QB, the Hawks were pretty conservative in last year's contest, but Reesing or Meier will certainly present a new look for the Aggies defense.

2007 Texas A&M Schedule
Sat, Sep 1 Montana State
Sat, Sep 8 Fresno State
Sat, Sep 15 Louisiana-Monroe
Thu, Sep 20 at Miami (FL)
Sat, Sep 29 Baylor
Sat, Oct 6 Oklahoma State
Sat, Oct 13 at Texas Tech
Sat, Oct 20 at (20) Nebraska
Sat, Oct 27 Kansas
Sat, Nov 3 at (8) Oklahoma
Sat, Nov 10 at Missouri
Fri, Nov 23 (4) Texas