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COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Texas A&M has done this before. The No. 9 Aggies beat South Carolina 24-13 on Saturday to start their third season in a row at 5-0.In 2014 and 2015, the Aggies (5-0, 3-0 Southeastern) finished 3-5, but this season, coach Kevin Sumlin sees a team prepared to handle adversity. After all, they overcame having four starters out for injuries and giving up a 75-yard touchdown run on the first play from scrimmage to win a SEC game on the road.They settled down after that first play. There was never panic on the sideline. There was never guys pressing -- defense keeping us in the game, offense moving the ball in the second half, Sumlin said.Trevor Knight, who came into the game second in the SEC in total offense, threw for 206 yards and ran for 84 more. After that opening TD run from A.J. Turner, the Aggies allowed just 142 yards over the next three quarters and kept South Carolina (2-3, 1-3) from getting in the end zone again.Knight also had a fumble and an interception, but the senior said that didnt dampen his enthusiasm at the Aggies start.Theres no such thing as an ugly win. Every time you get a win its a big time deal. We still have a zero after that dash, Knight said.The Gamecocks had chances to end their six-game losing streak to ranked opponents, but kicker Elliot Fry missed two field goals and Jamarcus King fumbled a punt with 3:12 left in the game.Were doing a lot of things better but we dont have a lot of margin for error, South Carolina coach Will Muschamp said.THE TAKEAWAYTEXAS A&M: The Aggie offense remains quite balanced. They ran for 216 yards and passed for 206 yards. Texas A&M came into the game joining Louisville and Oregon as the only teams with 1,000 yards passing and rushing. Armani Watts keeps being a critical cog in the defense. After causing a fumble and recovering it on his own goal line against Arkansas, Watts tipped a pass then dove to pick it off against South Carolina.SOUTH CAROLINA: A quarterback controversy returns for the Gamecocks. After coach Will Muschamp spent September praising Brandon McIlwain, the freshman entered the fourth quarter with fewer yards passing (34) than punter Sean Kelly who gained 36 yards on a fake punt pass. Muschamp put in season opener starter Perry Orth, who went 11-for-18 for 138 yards in the final quarter. Muschamp said he only pulled McIlwain to spread the field in the fourth quarter and he will evaluate both quarterbacks to see who plays next week.POLL IMPLICATIONSAt least three teams ahead of Texas A&M in the AP Top 25 will lose Saturday, giving the Aggies room to move up. But No. 10 Washington had an impressive 44-6 win over No. 7 Stanford on Friday, and No. 11 Tennessee beat No. 25 Georgia on the road quite improbably on a last play Hail Mary after a Georgia Hail Mary so Texas A&M may get jumped too.INJURIESFour starters were out for Texas A&M, including last years SEC sack leader Myles Garrett, two receivers in Speedy Noil and Ricky Seals-Jones and right tackle Jermaine Eluemunor.Knight expects everyone to be back next week. Those guys needed a week to heal up, he said.UP NEXTTEXAS A&M: The Aggies can show they are playoff contenders in their next two games. No. 11 Tennessee comes to College Station next week and Sumlin and his players said they saw the final game-winning pass when South Carolina showed it on the stadiums giant screen during a timeout.I turned around just in time to see the catch and somebody told me it was the last play of the game. I said `wow, that must have been something else, Sumlin said .Then after an open date, Texas A&M is off to No. 1 Alabama on Oct. 22.SOUTH CAROLINA: The Gamecocks five-game home stand continues as No. 25 Georgia makes an unusual October trip to South Carolina.---AP college football coverage at www.collegefootball.ap.org Wholesale Jerseys . -- Jimmy Walkers first PGA Tour trophy came with a special gift tucked inside. Discount Jerseys . Its an influence in football and a big part of the game. http://www.cheap1jerseys.com/ .J. -- Marty Brodeur beat the Pittsburgh Penguins yet again. Wholesale Jerseys For Sale .C. -- After a listless first half, the Washington Wizards used a big third quarter run to beat the Charlotte Bobcats Bradley Beal scored 21 points and the Wizards used a 17-0 run in the third quarter to take control of what had been a close game and beat the Bobcats 97-83 on Tuesday night. China Jerseys . Instead of dwelling on the negative, Oates focused on what was good about the clubs recent play. It worked. BOSTON -- Like every other team the Red Sox have played this season, the Yankees will recognize David Ortiz before his final regular-season game against them.Surely, though, the ceremony in the Bronx on Sept. 29 will be different from all the others.I am definitely getting booed. I am ready for that, Ortiz said before Fridays 6-5 win over the Yankees at Fenway Park. When I get booed at Yankee Stadium, its not like its new to me, you know what Im saying? But Im always going to respect Yankee fans.Ortiz has been the ultimate Yankee tormenter during his 20-year career, and it goes beyond the mere fact that he has hit 53 home runs against them, tied with Hall of Famer Hank Greenberg for fourth most all time. Big Papis 12th-inning, two-run homer in Game 4 of the 2004 American League Championship Series started the greatest postseason comeback in baseball history, and since then, the clutch hits have kept on coming against the Red Soxs biggest rival.The Yankees plans for Ortizs farewell arent known. In 2013, the Red Sox honored Mariano Rivera by highlighting one of the worst moments of his career:?Dave Roberts steal of second base in what turned out to be a blown save in the aforementioned Game 4 of the 2004 ALCS. A year later, the Red Sox played it straight in paying tribute to Derek Jeter.Mariano was so succcessful against everybody.dddddddddddd If you can pick out one bad moment out of a thousand moments, who cares? Ortiz said. They probably just did it to make us feel good about ourselves.The Yankees could always mention the excavation of a replica No. 34 Ortiz jersey that was buried by a Red Sox fan in an attempt to hex the team during the construction of the new Yankee Stadium in 2008. Or they could merely acknowledge Ortizs successful career, much of which came at their expense.Yankee fans, believe it or not, are the only fans that come to me straight-up and tell me, Hey, Im a Yankee fan, but I respect you. And I respect that, Ortiz said. Whenever I go to New York, and I have to take time taking pictures and signing autographs for the Yankee fans, I dont mind because baseball is a big family, and its not all about who you are a fanatic about. Part of you wants to be missed by your rival, right?You dont get to be respected just because. Youve got to earn that, just like Jeter did, just like Mariano did. Its that one part of us that, the time and the history, everything behind thats brought this to the table. I really appreciate the time [the Yankees] are taking to do this. ' ' '