COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Cyrus Gray and Christine Michael ran for two touchdowns apiece and Ryan Tannehill threw for two more scores to help No. 8 Texas A&M beat SMU 46-14 on Sunday night.
The Aggies were anxious to get on the field and bring the focus back to football instead of the school’s decision to leave the Big 12. They got things going early, intercepting quarterback Kyle Padron’s passes on SMU’s first two possessions to jump out to a 14-0 lead.
SMU coach June Jones replaced Padron with backup J.J. McDermott after the early miscues and he helped the Mustangs cut it to 20-14 in the second quarter.
But the Mustangs couldn’t do much offensively after that and the Aggies scored 26 straight points the rest of the way to secure the win.
