College Confidential

Aggies down cold-shooting Cowboys

After Oklahoma State closed the gap to 50-48 with 9:55 to play, Texas A&M went on an 18-7 run and cruised to a 76-64 victory at Reed Arena. The point total was the lowest this season for OSU, which shot 6-for-27 (22.2 percent) from 3-point range and 24-for-63 (38.1 percent) overall. The Agges won the rebounding battle 40-32 and got strong games from Bryan Davis and Josh Carter, who scored 18 and 7 points respectively, after combining for four in the Aggies' loss to OSU three weeks ago.

-- Lori Dann

Texas, Tennessee women tied at half

After leading defending national champion Tennessee by as many as eight points in the early stages, the No. 7 Texas women went to the locker room tied at 31-31. The Longhorns got off to a quick start, hitting 6 of their first 10 shots, and were up 19-11 at the 11-minute mark of the opening half. However, they closed the half by hitting only 3 of 21 shots and are shooting just 29 percent for the game. Tennessee is shooting 35.3 percent but has been outrebounded 28-21.

-- Lori Dann

A&M makes costly mistake

A holding penalty on Mike Goodson negated a 78-yard touchdown pass from Jerrod Johnson to Jeff Fuller that would have given the lead back to Texas A&M. Instead, the Aggies were forced to punt three plays later. Justin Brantly's 54-yarder with 2:09 left in the first half was the first punt of the game for either team.

-- Lori Dann

The rout is on in Stillwater

Oklahoma State's offense finally arrived, scoring two third-quarter touchdowns to push the Cowboys' lead to 42-14 with 2:19 left in the quarter. First, Dez Bryant scored his third touchdown of the game on a 23-yard pass from Zac Robinson. Then, after Texas A&M scored on a 6-yard pass from Jerrod Johnson to Ryan Tannehill, the Cowboys answered with Robinson's 6-yard scoring run.

-- Lori Dann

Turnover-prone Aggies down 28-7

Texas A&M's fourth turnover of the first half gave OSU a 28-7 halftime advantage, and it was almost a carbon copy of the Cowboys' earlier defensive touchdown. This time Jerrod Johnson's pass went through the hands of tailback Bradley Stephens and into the hands of OSU's Patrick Lavine, who returned it 22 yards for a score with 1:51 left in the half. The Aggies committed a fifth turnover on their next possession when Johnson was sacked from behind and fumbled, but OSU missed a 50-yard field goal on the final play of the half.

-- Lori Dann

Big play bonanza in Stillwater

The Aggies are on the scoreboard with their longest play of the season, an 80-yard run by Mike Goodson, who was untouched as he sprinted down the OSU sideline to make it 21-7 at the end of the first quarter. That countered another big play by the Cowboys when Dez Bryant returned a punt 78 yards for a touchdown.

-- Lori Dann

Now we have a disaster ...

Two drives, two turnovers for the Aggies -- and this time OSU capitalized. Jerrod Johnson's pass out of his own end zone went through the hands of tight end Jamie McCoy and into the hands of defensive end Ugo Chinasa, who returned the interception 6 yards for a touchdown. The Cowboys' offense then needed only six plays and 1:29 to make it 14-0 on a 29-yard TD pass from Zac Robinson to Dez Bryant.

-- Lori Dann

Defense saves Aggies

A promising opening drive nearly turned disastrous for the Aggies when freshman receiver Jeff Fuller was stripped of the ball by Oklahoma State's Jacob Lacey and Ugo Chinasa scooped up the ball and raced 35 yards to the A&M 21-yard line. The Cowboys quickly drove inside the 5, but Alton Dixon stood up Kendall Hunter on fourth-and-goal at the 1, giving the ball back to the Aggies on downs.

-- Lori Dann

Who's the Aggie QB? Part III

It appears Stephen McGee will be a spectator today in Stillwater. The senior quarterback, who reinjured his sprained throwing shoulder last week against Army, is in uniform but simply watched pregame warmups. Sophomore Jerrod Johnson, who is also nursing a sprained throwing shoulder, and freshman Tommy Dorman were throwing passes, but redshirt freshman Ryan Tannehill warmed up at wide receiver. Defensive end Michael Bennett went through warmups but appeared to be pretty hobbled by his injured knee.

-- Lori Dann

A&M postgame reaction

The mood was surprisingly positive following a rather sloppy Aggies victory today over winless Army. Here are a few postgame quotes from coach Mike Sherman:

On the win"This was a tremendous atmosphere. The fans were great. I've got to say that I thought Army played well. They gave us everything we could handle and more."

On Jorvorskie Lane's increased work load in the game:
"We planned going into the ball game that he was going to be our short-yardage back and just asked him to get his pads down. When he gets his pads down, he can run with anybody. I thought he did a good job. He had some running lanes and he made some extra yardage on his own, as you could see. I was pleased with his effort."

On freshman safety Trent Hunter's 17 tackles in his first start:
We placed a lot on him. The safety generates a lot of tackles for us, as he did. And he's just a fired-up kid. He brings a lot of juice to the defense and plays downhill and with passion. I'm not surprised he played the way he played. That's how he practiced all week long."

On Stephen McGee's injury
"McGee injured his shoulder exactly how he injured it the last time. He landed right on it again. He felt pretty good on Friday though he never really cut it loose in practice. And then in pregame I thought he looked OK but not 100 percent. He was probably about 95 percent."