COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Le'Veon Moss was asked if he thought No. 25 Texas A&M shocked ninth-ranked Missouri after his big game propelled the Aggies to a rout Saturday. The running back laughed before answering.
"Most definitely," he said before chuckling again. "They thought they was coming to get a piece of cake — easy." Moss ran for a career-high 138 yards with three touchdowns and Texas A&M handed Missouri its first loss with a 41-10 victory.
It's the fifth straight win for Texas A&M (5-1, 3-0 SEC) and first-year coach Mike Elko after a loss to Notre Dame in the season-opener in his debut with the Aggies. "We are in a growth mindset..
. we are trying to grow every single day," Elko said. "We didn't flinch when we didn't get the job done against Notre Dame.
" Texas A&M was up 24-0 at halftime and padded the lead when Moss ran 75 yards for a touchdown on the first play of the third quarter. He burst through a hole in the line and evaded one tackle before simply outrunning everyone for his second score of the day. "We just wanted to come out and continue to put our foot on their neck," Moss said.
"That's it." When he scored his third TD on an 18-yard run early in the fourth quarter that made it 41-7, the crowd of 97,049 broke into chants of: 'over-rated, over-rated.' Brady Cook had 186 yards passing with a touchdown for Missouri (4-1, 1-1), which was playing its first road game of the season.
Coach Eliah Drinkwitz said he was "embarrassed" by his team's performance. "We we.