Texas A&M football has bounced back from its Week 1 loss to Notre Dame with five consecutive wins, controlling its own destiny in its chances of making the College Football Playoff.

But Mike Elko’s squad will need to sustain its momentum through a much-earned break; the 15th-ranked Aggies (5-1, 3-0 SEC) are idle in Week 7 of the college football season.

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A&M is coming off a 41-10 win over No. 9 Missouri last week. Many thought the game was going to be a tough test for Texas A&M, but the Aggies dominated from the start in one of their most complete performances of the season.

Through the first six weeks of the season, running back Le’Veon Moss has shown to be a true game-breaking talent for the Aggies offense, totaling 609 rushing yards on 88 carries, good for 6.9 yards per run, and six touchdowns.

Sophomore captain linebacker Taurean York has been a consistent presence in the middle of the Aggies’ defense, leading the unit in tackles with 28 while adding one sack and one pass defense.

Here’s when the Aggies are set to return, including a look at their remaining schedule:

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Does Texas A&M football play this week?

Texas A&M in Week 7 is on the first of two byes this season. The Aggies will return to action in Week 8 when they take on Mississippi State on the road.

The Week 8 game against the Bulldogs will start a four-game stretch for the Aggies. They face three SEC opponents, including No. 13 LSU at home, South Carolina on the road, and then back at home for New Mexico State before heading into its second bye week Nov. 9.

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Texas A&M football schedule 2024

Here’s a look at Texas A&M’s schedule in 2024, including available start times and TV channel information:

All times Central

• Saturday, Aug. 31: No. 20 Texas A&M vs. No. 7 Notre Dame (L, 23-13)
• Saturday, Sept. 7: Texas A&M vs. McNeese (W, 52-10)
• Saturday, Sept. 14: Texas A&M at Florida (W, 33-20)
• Saturday, Sept. 21: Texas A&M vs. Bowling Green (W, 26-20)
• Saturday, Sept. 28: No. 24 Texas A&M vs. Arkansas (W, 21-17)
• Saturday, Oct. 5: No. 21 Texas A&M vs. No. 9 Missouri (W, 41-10)
• Saturday, Oct. 12: BYE
• Saturday, Oct. 19: Texas A&M at Mississippi State*
• Saturday, Oct. 26: Texas A&M vs. No. 12 LSU*
• Saturday, Nov. 2: Texas A&M at South Carolina*
• Saturday, Nov. 9: BYE
• Saturday, Nov. 16: Texas A&M vs. New Mexico State | 6:45 p.m. | SEC Network (Fubo)*
• Saturday, Nov. 23: Texas A&M at Auburn*
• Saturday, Nov. 30: Texas A&M vs. No. 4 Texas*
• Record: 5-1

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HOUSTON – Adult content creators are sounding the alarm after months of Texas being locked out of the world’s largest pornography website: PornHub.

The decision was made by PornHub’s parent company, Aylo, in response to the State of Texas’ decision to force websites to verify the age of visitors to their site.

The ruling is known as Texas House Bill 1181. It boils down to restricting sexual material on the internet from minors. The method – verifying your age each time you visit.

“Not only does this impinge on the rights of adults to access protected speech, it fails strict scrutiny by employing the least effective and yet also most restrictive means of accomplishing Texas’s stated purpose of allegedly protecting minors,” reads a message on PornHub’s website.

Aylo, a Canadian-based company, owns several other large online pornographic websites, including Brazzers, RedTube and more.

After five months of blocking the second-largest state in the U.S., adult content creators are feeling the impacts of the law.

Gage Goulding: “How did this impact your job?”

Allie Eve Knox: “Several ways. So, we’re creators and so first of all, us being able to sell to a large audience is very important for us to continue our income.”

Belle Creed: “If I put a video out on Friday and the law went in and I’m used to selling a certain amount of like percentage of that video, and then it’s cut in half because half of my customers now can access the site.”

Knox is a Texas-based adult content creator. She’s backing PornHub’s fight against the State of Texas.

Creed also created adult content.

The argument isn’t over checking the age of visitors to adult websites – it’s about who should check the age.

Texas wants websites to verify the age of visitors.

PornHub wants the device the visitor is using to tell them how old the visitor is.

“The easiest answer is really to use a device-based filtering system,” Knox said. “If I’m going to give my child a device, I’m going to put a filter on it. And I’m not only going to just filter for adult content, I’m going to filter for things like violence or making purchases, those types of things.”

Both the state and PornHub won’t budge on their sides, leading to an ongoing legal battle in the nation’s highest court.

According to a brief filed in the U.S. Supreme Court by The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on behalf of the Free Speech Coalition against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the group argues the law is violating the First Amendment by “improperly burdening adults’ right to access sexual content online.”

Gage Goulding: “Do you believe that it’s free speech?”

Allie Eve Knox: “My God. Absolutely. They have to have adults telling other consenting adults that they can’t view this type of content. This is crazy.”

Gage Goulding: “And the concern is, is that you give a mouse a cookie and then they’ll ask for a glass of milk?”

Allie Eve Knox: “Yeah. So, these types of laws pass and it just leads to other poorly written laws, particularly against us.”

Adult content creators like Knox are stuck in the middle. Their paychecks also taking a hit as a result.

“We’ve been scarlet-lettered, right,” Knox said. “We can’t go back and be teachers, or be nurses. We can’t go back and make different decisions than we’ve already made. We don’t want to have to talk and know about legal things. We just want to sell our content on the Internet.”

The fight against the State of Texas is ongoing. In the meantime, Texas is still blocked from using PornHub entirely.

Seems like there are more storylines in this year’s Oklahoma-Texas showdown than usual.

But as the sun begins to set on downtown Dallas on Saturday night and the winners pass around the Golden Hat Trophy and plant school flags on the 50-yard line and the fans start to think about dinner at the fair, which storylines will have marked the difference in victory and defeat?

Will the supreme talent of the No. 1-ranked Longhorns win the day? Or will OU’s true freshman quarterback steal the spotlight? Who will rise up to become an unexpected hero and instant legend? 

Which of these Red River rivals will be the first to land an SEC win?

While Texas is undefeated, the Sooners are 15-point underdogs. 

Here are three keys for Oklahoma to beat Texas:

No matter what, under no circumstances can Texas be allowed to run the football on Saturday.

Realistically, the Longhorns’ passing game is probably going to cook. 

OU’s secondary has struggled all season defending the deep ball. OK, they’ve struggled a lot longer than that. Let’s just say it’s the last thing Brent Venables‘ reclamation project to fix the Sooner defense.

Going off the first five games, it’s just a bad matchup for Oklahoma.

Quinn Ewers, who was 31-of-37 for 346 yards (one TD and two interceptions) in last year’s game, is back as the starter after missing two games with a strained oblique muscle. His backup, Arch Manning, has a 200.4 efficiency rating that ranks third in the nation, while Ewers’ rating of 175.2 would rank 11th nationally if he had thrown enough times to qualify statistically.

Manning averages 11.54 yards per pass (second nationally), while Ewers completes 73.4 percent of his passes.

The Longhorns have three receivers — Alabama transfer Isaiah Bond (18.2), freshman Ryan Wingo (22.5) and sophomore Johntay Cook (17.1) — who average more than 17 yards per catch.

All of which simply means the Longhorns are going to hit big throws — it’s not like Oklahoma has shown the ability to stop anyone — so the OU defense absolutely must resolve to not give up consistent yards on the ground, too.

The Sooners must stack the box and make Texas one-dimensional. Although the Texas offensive line will be a handful, running backs Jaydon Blue and Jerrick Gibson aren’t elite (they both average less than 5 yards per carry). Gang tackling will be at a premium, and the OU interior must be aggressive and get penetration.

Because if Texas can both run it and throw it when they want to — Steve Sarkisian is a gifted schemer and play-caller — this game will be a blowout.

Face it, Texas has better players right now. Steve Sarkisian has had four years to establish the culture and build out his roster. Brent Venables has had only three. So talent-wise, the Longhorns have the edge. That’s why the won the Big 12 last year for the first time in 14 years, and why they made their first trip to the College Football Playoff.

That means it’s absolutely paramount that Oklahoma steal a possession or two, and not give anything back.

Turnovers will be huge.

If the Sooners play turnover-free, they’ll have a chance — because it’s entirely likely they’ll be able to get the football away from the Texas offense.

Oklahoma leads the nation in fumbles recovered this season with eight. Remember, last year the Sooners ranked second nationally in interceptions with 20. 

If they can get Quinn Ewers or Jaydon Blue to give the football away a couple of times, it’ll be incumbent on the offense to cash those in for points. It won’t be easy. Texas QBs have thrown 17 touchdowns with just one interception so far this season, and the Longhorns have lost just three fumbles in their five games, including one against UTSA and two in their most recent game at Mississippi State.

However, if OU loses the turnover battle, the Sooners can expect a long, quiet ride back to Norman.

The weather forecast calls for a high of 93 degrees and clear skies.

But the Sooners are going to need a lightning bolt — maybe two.

Somewhere, Oklahoma is going to need an unexpected score, a game-changing moment, a bolt out of the blue. 

Whether that’s a pick-six by Billy Bowman or a scoop-and-score by Danny Stutsman or a blocked field goal by Damonic Williams or a punt return by Peyton Bowen, OU will be fighting uphill all day and is going to need something stunning to happen. 

So far this season, it’s been pretty slim pickings. Oklahoma’s longest off-script play has been a 26-yard interception return by Jaydan Hardy. The longest kickoff return was only 21 yards, and the longest punt return was 24.

Jaren Kanak scooped up a fumble on a punt return and brought it back 21 yards for a touchdown against Temple — and that’s the kind of quick strike the Sooners are going to have to produce.

If Michael Hawkins can test the experienced, athletic Texas secondary, it might produce something good. But Thursday’s news that Deion Burks is not expected to play means either Brenen Thompson, J.J. Hester or Jaquaize Pettaway are the Sooners’ best hopes for doing something big on offense.

Or maybe the return of freshman Taylor Tatum this week can provide an opportunity to strike a big one against the Texas D.

But something big has to happen.

Whether it’s Caleb Kelly forcing a fumble on a kickoff return, or Jonathan Jackson or Rocky Calmus bringing back an interception for a TD, or Roy Williams flying in and dropping off a touchdown for Teddy Lehman, or Damien Williams going 95, or Jarrail Jackson running a punt back for a score a day after being made to run stadium steps, or James Winchester making a game-saving recovery of a fumbled punt, this game always seems to produce unexpected heroes at unexpected moments.