You could add BJ Mayes in here too, but the point is that LSU likes to throw to the deep middle. Brooks and Anderson are the fastest safeties A&M has and they’re the best in coverage. They need to be smart, not bust a coverage and they have to tackle.

LSU allows a 71% completion rate, but they’re becoming increasingly good on keeping opponents out of the end zone. Thomas is A&M’s most physical receiver, and he and Jahdae Walker could be busy tomorrow.

Kyren Lacy will be an All-SEC selection at the end of the year. Lee has been in shutdown mode since the Arkansas game. If he can minimize Lacy’s effectiveness, that will go a long way towards A&M’s success.

LSU hasn’t given up a sack since week 2. Scourton is second in the SEC in tackles for loss and dominated last week even though he was so sick he couldn’t keep fluid down. But matchups like this are the reason A&M wanted to bring him home, and he’s the best pass rusher LSU has seen so far.

Zuhn has not given up a sack this season, but LSU’s rush ends have publicly mocked him on social media this week. If Zuhn wins his matchups, Conner Weigman will be in good shape.

The Aggies are going to want to run first and foremost. LSU has been average or below in run defense — until last weekend. That isn’t going to deter A&M, but the load is going to rest on Moss’s shoulders.

This is the biggest game Texas A&M has played in probably decades, so it goes without saying it’s the biggest game of his career. When he’s on, the offense is outstanding — see Mizzou and the first half of the Mississippi State game. When he’s not, it struggles — Notre Dame and most of the second half last week. He is the fourth-best quarterback in FBS under pressure but one of the worst with a clean pocket. He’s got to be calm, relax and play the way he’s proven he can. Everything depends on that.