Tasty, Tasty Cupcakes: New Mexico State Aggies VS Alabama Crimson Tide

NMSU Head Coach Doug Martin knows he faces the unenviable task of playing No. 2 Alabama.  The Tide is a lock to win Saturday’s home opener in Bryant Denny Stadium.

The Aggies, ranked as a dead-last FBS team by CBS Sports, were obliterated by the Cougars of Washington State 58-7 last week.  Can you say the Aggies are the biggest underdog to face Bama in the Nick Saban murderball era?  Sure, you can.

New Mexico State was booted from the Sun Belt Conference two years ago and is now a member of the FBS Independents.  With no conference revenue-sharing, the Aggies are relegated to playing “fundraising games” and so the school will be receive a big, fat check for $1.7 million for the privilege of getting shellacked in T-Town.

Favored by 55 points, Bama has an 83-game winning streak against unranked opponents.  Aggies’ Coach Martin said earlier this week, “I’m not so much concerned about the score as I am about us playing like a winning football team meaning that we don’t beat ourselves.”

NMSU turned the ball over three times to the Cougars of the PAC12-North Conference and allowed 618 total yards.  If that’s not beating yourself, I don’t know what is.

The Aggies will be punting the ball a boatload giving the Tide plenty of chances to score a non-offensive TD or three.  And it’s not unreasonable to assume Tua will carve up the Aggie defense before turning the QB duties to Mac Jones and chillin’ for the rest of the game.  And maybe, just maybe, we’ll also see Tua’s brother Taulia replace Jones in the fourth quarter just like he did against Duke last week.

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