South Carolina State preparing to face Aggies at Kyle Field

By: KBTX Sports/Associated Press

Updated: Thu 10:50 PM, Sep 20, 2012

Texas A&M will host South Carolina State Saturday night at Kyle Field.

Even though the this will be the first meeting between the two schools South Carolina State head coach Buddy Pough knows it will be loud at Kyle Field and says his team has been preparing for the noise. "We have mostly used earplugs. We have put the little orange ear things in all of our guys ears so they can't hear that way. Can't hearing is the same as can't hearing regardless of whether it is from too much noise or too little so we use the earplugs to try to acclimate to not being able to hear each other. Then we use hand signals and that kind of stuff to try and get ourselves going."

The Aggies will be looking for the second straight win. The Bulldogs will be trying to snap a two game losing streak.

South Carolina St-Texas A&M preview capsule

South Carolina St. (1-2) at Texas A&M (1-1), 6 p.m. Saturday CT (FSN)

Line: N/A

Series Record: First meeting

WHAT'S AT STAKE

The Aggies look for their first home win and some momentum heading into next week's SEC matchup with Arkansas. South Carolina State will try to bounce back from last week's tough 56-0 loss to Arizona in the first meeting between these teams.

KEY MATCHUP

Texas A&M QB Johnny Manziel vs. South Carolina State's defense. Manziel was named SEC freshman of the week after accounting for six touchdowns in Texas A&M's 48-3 win over SMU last week in his second career start. He threw four touchdown passes and ran for two scores. This week he'll face a defense that surrendered 687 yards and 48 first downs against Arizona last week.

PLAYERS TO WATCH

South Carolina State: QB Richard Cue leads the team in yards passing with 458 and yards rushing with 129. His best performance came in the Bulldogs season-opening win over Georgia State, when he threw for a career-high 300 yards and three touchdowns.

Texas A&M: DE Damontre Moore has five sacks in his first two games at defensive end after playing outside linebacker for the previous two seasons. He leads the nation in sacks a game and needs one more to reach 20 for his career. His performance is the top reason the Aggies lead the country in sacks a game with six.

FACTS & FIGURES

Senior WR Ryan Swope needs 10 receptions to reach 200 for his career. ... Texas A&M has sold out nine straight home games entering Saturday's contest. ... South Carolina State RB Jalen Simmons has 40 carries for 126 yards and a score this season. ... Texas A&M freshman Mike Evans leads the team with 13 receptions for 183 yards. ... The Bulldogs defense is led by linebacker Joe Thomas, who has 25 tackles.

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