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NEW STARTING QUARTERBACK TO FACE OLE MISS Junior Jake Hubenenak to make first start of season following injury to Trevor Knight

By Heath Clary @Heath_Clary One week after Texas A&M traveled to Mississippi State with playoff aspirations, the No. 8 Aggies will host the other SEC team from the Magnolia State this Saturday when Ole Miss comes to Kyle Field. Both teams lost their starting senior quarterbacks last week to season-ending injuries, which leaves plenty of questions for the matchup.

Chad Kelly and Trevor Knight, the heart and soul of their respective teams, will not play Saturday. Junior Jake Hubenak will start for the Aggies (7-2, 5-2 SEC), while the Rebels (45, 1-4 SEC) have not revealed who will take the first snap for them. Reports out of Oxford suggest that head coach Hugh Freeze may lift the redshirt off freshman Shea Patterson, the No. 1 quarterback in last year’s recruiting class, but nothing has been confirmed yet.

The Aggies are confident that their offense will continue moving in the right direction with Hubenak at the helm. The signal-caller from Georgetown played well down the stretch of A&M’s shocking 35-28 loss last week, completing 11-of-17 passes for 222 yards and two touchdowns.

“He’s efficient in his decisions,” said sophomore wide receiver Christian Kirk. “I think the best thing that Jake does is give you an opportunity to go make plays. Especially the touchdown that he threw to me. There was a safety in the middle of the field but he trusted that I could run past him and put the ball out there and put it in a perfect spot. We’ve just got to go out there and make plays for him.”

Kirk has been a consistent bright spot for the Aggies lately, returning three punts for touchdowns in the past two games and also catching two touchdowns.

Head coach Kevin Sumlin said he is open to the possibility of burning freshman Nick Starkel’s redshirt if Hubenak goes down, and that Starkel and his family were in agreement.

The offense might look a little different Saturday because Hubenak is not as capable of a runner as Knight, and offensive coordinator Noel Mazzone said the toughest thing about a midseason quarterback change is that the backup typically doesn’t get as many practice reps as the starter.

“It’s not tough because there’s a drop in talent,” Mazzone said. “What’s tough is that’s 8-12 weeks of reps that the new guy doesn’t have. Our second team QB doesn’t get a lot of reps in practice. The tough thing is to get him enough reps this week to get him ready for the game.”

Hubenak got some playing time in A&M’s 23-3 loss to the Rebels last season after an ineffective Kyle Allen was benched, completing 6-of-11 pass attempts for 46 yards.

The Aggies will look to take advantage of a beleaguered Ole Miss defense that been a far cry from its “Land Shark D” of the past. The Rebels rank last in the SEC in scoring defense and rushing defense and only Missouri has allowed more total yards in 2016.

Defensively, the Aggies have been unable to stop the run in their last three conference games. In games against Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi State, A&M has surrendered more than 300 rushing yards per contest.

Defensive coordinator John Chavis said his unit got outplayed and outcoached against Mississippi State and that it’s doing everything it can to improve.

“It’s about working, it’s about

grinding, it’s about seeing potential problems and being able to deal with them,” Chavis said. “We’ve already started our preparation [for Ole Miss]. We’re already going to work on the field and we’re going to continue to work to be better.”

The Rebels have had a rough season to this point, but the Aggies still aren’t taking them lightly. They still have a talented roster stocked with former highly touted recruits, even with the loss of Kelly, who tore his ACL last Saturday against Georgia Southern.

Tight end Evan Engram is likely Ole Miss’ best player now that Kelly is out, and the senior pass catcher leads the SEC in receiving yards. He is a legitimate NFL prospect who is regarded by some as a second-round pick in next year’s draft.

“We just have to focus in, see what’s going in the film room, fix the little things that we need to fix and then come out and have a great game this week against a great team in Ole Miss,” said senior offensive lineman Avery Gennesy.

Kickoff is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. and will be broadcast nationally on the SEC Network.

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Sophomore Christian Kirk is the only receiver in the SEC with 60-plus catches and he holds a school record with five punt returns for touchdowns.

CAPTAIN KIRK SOPHOMORE WIDE RECEIVER CHRISTIAN KIRK A KEY COMPONENT FOR A&M OFFENSE FILE

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n 2015, then-freshman Christian Kirk broke onto the college football scene in the most explosive way, returning a punt for a touchdown in the second quarter of the Aggies’ season opener against Arizona State in Houston.

The ASU game set the tone for the season Kirk would go on to have. By the time A&M’s 2015 campaign came to an end, Kirk led the team in receptions, receiving yards, all-purpose yards and touchdowns. Kirk earned freshman All-American, first team AllSEC, SEC Freshman of the Year and SEC Newcomer of the Year honors.

At the beginning of the 2016 campaign, much like the rest of the players across the country, Kirk set new goals for himself. The biggest goal was leading by example and set-

ting the tone for the season.

“Being more of vocal leader,” Kirk said.

“The coaches sat me down and told me that was one thing I really had to get better at.

They told me to take control of the wide receiver group in particular to make sure that we’re living up to that high standard we set for ourselves. If I can do that, that will be one of my biggest contributions.”

With three games left in the 2016 season, Kirk has done just that and much more to help propel the Aggies to a 7-2 start. On Nov. 2, the College Football Playoff committee released its first rankings and to the surprise of most, A&M was in the fourth and final spot.

However, the Aggies saw their College Football Playoff hopes vanish after a road upset loss to Mississippi State last Saturday. During the game, it was Kirk who sparked the offense after senior quarterback Trevor Knight left the game with an injury to his throwing shoulder.

With a few seconds left in the first half of the

game, Kirk exploded down the field for a 93yard punt return for a touchdown, his third of the season. Despite the loss, Kirk finished the day with seven receptions for 144 yards with two touchdowns.

“As a leader, I can’t let [the loss] affect me,” Kirk said. “I can’t walk around with my head down. I have to be strong for these guys and come back Monday and put this in the past.”

Prior to the Mississippi State game, Kirk returned two punts for touchdowns against New Mexico State. With this feat, Kirk became the only Aggie in program history to have two punt returns for touchdowns in a single game.

“I want to be impressed with him every week,” said head coach Kevin Sumlin. “Christian established himself quickly as one of the best returners in the country. [Kirk] is dynamic with the ball in his hand, he’s a weapon and has been since he got here. There’s no question, with the ball in his hand he’s got

real skill.”

The effort Kirk puts forward in practice and in games doesn’t go unnoticed by his teammates. Knight said Kirk gives his all for the team on every down, whether it’s blocking or fighting for yards after catch. That work ethic is what makes Kirk such a key component to the success of A&M’s offensive attack week in and week out.

“That’s just what the kid does,” Knight said.

“He’s an incredible player, incredible athlete — you give him a little space and he’s going to make things happen, which he has done all year when he has the ball in his hands.”

There are still many feats within the A&M record books that have yet to be broken by the explosive player that is Christian Kirk.

The good thing for Kirk is he still has plenty of time to etch his name deeper into A&M’s history.

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LOVE TRANSCENDS DISTANCE Veteran Juan Chavez, Class of 2014, salutes the American Flag with his wife, Virginia Chavez.

Casie Stricker — THE BATTALION

Academic Plaza adorned with 8,300 American Flags in honor of Veterans Day

By Tyler Snell @Tyler_Snell2 Flashlights circled Academic Plaza. Boxes of American flags were unloaded. Each person grabbed a handful and began planting. As a light drizzle fell on the workers, Academic Plaza became riddled with American Flags fluttering in a fall breeze.

The Lone Survivor Foundation spent Election Night practicing patriotism, not for the election but for Veterans Day Friday. The A&M chapter placed roughly 8,300 American Flags throughout Academic Plaza in honor of veterans.

“It’s a reminder for everyone to just thank a veteran, especially because it’s not something you really think about if your family doesn’t have a veteran,” said Brooke Ferguson, chapter president and biomedical sciences senior.

“This is just a reminder to thank your veterans for everything they have done for you, for our country and for us at the school.”

Members of the organization say they got involved with the event because of their connections to veterans.

“I have a lot of friends in the military, and

PTSD is very near and dear to my family’s heart,” said Sarah Medrano, international studies junior. “I feel like it primarily just raises awareness for PTSD, and … it raises awareness for the foundation and all the amazing things it does.”

According to a veteran affairs study, on average 22 veterans commit suicide every day.

Sports management sophomore Jacob Cook said his desire to bring awareness to this fact on campus was what motivated him to get involved.

“Hopefully, [students] will agree and be more aware of our veterans and when they come home,” Cook said. “PTSD is a very real threat. One [suicide] is one too many, but 22 is horrible.”

Despite the division seen in the country after the 2016 presidential election, industrial distribution sophomore Nick Romanelli hopes honoring veterans will bring people together.

“I hope it unites people,” Romanelli said.

“There is a lot of divide in the election, and I’m hoping that at the end of the day people will just realize that we are all Americans, regardless of how people lean politically.”

Soldiers’ significant others talk struggles, learning experiences of long distance

By Ana Sevilla @AnaVSevilla Each Veterans Day, Americans take time to reflect on the sacrifices made by the country’s troops. But for the wives, husbands, boyfriends and girlfriends of those soldiers, the sacrifice is recognized every day of the year.

Emily Hartman, Blinn Team sophomore, met her boyfriend Jacob Wells at Great Adventure Camp in Cat Spring.

Wells contracted with the Air Force in May 2016, and Hartman said in the beginning, the journey was filled with a lot of uncertainty.

“There are arguments of learning how to communicate with different time zones and different schedules, making sure we are still a priority for each other,” Hartman said. “But it’s been positive growth through the hard times, restoring each other.”

Emily Chiu, Class of 2015, met Michael Chiu their first day of high school.

Michael said he attended West Point during their time in college. While summers are free for most students, Michael’s summers were reserved for military training.

“It really was four years of long distance, only seeing each other every few months,” Chiu said. “So I mean that was definitely very hard, but for any future deployments he may have, we’re more prepared than some.”

Virginia Chavez was only 16 years old in 1967 when she met Juan Chavez, Class of 2014, in her local church in Bay City. Within three short months, the couple eloped, and soon after the wedding, the young couple learned they were pregnant. Chavez believed the best way to leave their migrant lifestyles was to enlist in the military. Virginia, a young soon-to-be mother, was terrified venturing into the unknown.

“I felt like it was the end of the world, being pregnant and young, and then he tells me he’s decided to go into the service. It was pretty scary knowing that we were going to have a baby and not knowing anything, really, about the military at that time,” Virginia said.

“But somehow we made it.”

Virginia said military life and Juan’s

deployments often meant she had to play the role of both parents.

“To be a military wife, to me, not everyone is cut out to be one. There are plenty of times when you play mother and dad to take care of the kids. But it never did change the way I felt about him,” Virginia said. “I was always happy when he came home and so were the kids, and the kids would cry if daddy was gone. I kept myself busy, I had a job or I would tend to the kids.”

Despite the hardships that come with long distance as a result of a significant other’s deployment, the couples say in the end, it made them stronger.

Juan’s military career spanned 28 years. During that time, he said he learned that maintaining a positive image is just as important for the military family as it is for the soldier, and while it can be frustrating, it’s important to realize how actions can impact one another.

“My advice to couples is to work as a team. Commit to each other with conviction,” Juan said. “Build on the love that you have and you’ll be surprised that it’s the ingredient that sustains you through all these challenges — it will sustain you.”

Hartman said her experience ultimately made her relationship stronger, and taught them to cherish the moments they had together.

“It’s made us a lot more thankful for each other and a lot more thankful for the opportunity to spend time with one another,” Hartman said.

Emily Chiu said it’s important to remain adaptable and patient with military life.

“Know that nothing is never going to be super easy — things are going to happen that you don’t expect to happen. One of [the military’s] funny saying is, ‘Hurry up and wait,’ and so you just kind of have to accept it,” Emily said. “There’s a lot of going with the flow with the military, but you just have to be supportive of what they’re doing because as frustrating as it might be for the person who’s not in the military, they have no control over it a lot of the time.”

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TEXAS A&M 2016 SCHEDULE UCLA

W 31-24 OT

P VAMU

W 67-0

AUBURN

W 29-16

ARKANSAS

W 45-24

SOUTH CAROLINA

W 23-13

TENNESSEE

W 45-38 2OT

ALABAMA

L 33-14

NEW MEXICO STATE

BY THE NUMBERS

WITH BOTH TEAMS’ STARTING QUARTERBACKS OUT FOR THE SEASON, HERE IS AN INSIDE LOOK AT TEXAS A&M AND OLE MISS’ CURRENT STATISTICS

OLE MISS 2016 SCHEDULE FLORIDA STATE

L 45-34

WOFFORD

W 38-13

ALABAMA

L 48-43

GEORGIA

W 45-14

MEMPHIS

W 48-28

ARKANSAS

L 34-30

LSU

L 38-21

W 52-10

AUBURN

L 40-29

MISSISSIPPI STATE

L 35-28

GEORGIA SOUTHERN

W 37-27

OLE MISS

NOV. 12

TEXAS A&M

NOV. 12

UTSA

NOV. 19

VANDERBILT

NOV. 19

LSU

NOV. 24

MISSISSIPPI STATE

NOV. 26

Senior tight end Evan Engram is the nation’s No. 1 tight end and Ole Miss’ all-time leader in career receptions and receiving yards. He leads the SEC in receiving yards.

Junior quarterback Jake Hubenak inherits the starting quarterback job in Trevor Knight’s absence.

Running back Akeem Judd leads the Rebels with 556 rushing yards and five touchdowns.

2016 SEC TEAM STATISTICS TOTAL OFFENSE

3

485.8 AVG/G

TOTAL DEFENSE

12

440.7 AVG/G

INTERCEPTIONS 2 SACKS BY

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2016 SEC TEAM STATISTICS

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Sophomore wide receiver Christian Kirk will be the third player in NCAA history to return a punt for a TD in three consecutive games if he does so again this Saturday.

Redshirt sophomore Jason Pellerin is expected to take the reins as signalcaller for Ole Miss.

Senior defensive end Daeshon Hall has picked up the slack in absence of Myles Garrett. Hall tied his career high in tackles last weekend against Mississippi State.

OCT. 12, 2013 MATCHUP

TEXAS A&M

30-27

TEXAS A&M

41-38

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JOHNNY MANZIEL

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290 RUSHING YDS

TEXAS A&M

241 RUSHING YDS

TEXAS A&M

191 RECEIVING YDS

TEXAS A&M

346 RECEIVING YDS

TEXAS A&M

24 FIRST DOWNS

TEXAS A&M

33 FIRST DOWNS

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24 FIRST DOWNS

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23 FIRST DOWNS

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Ole Miss’ run game has been nearly non-existent all season as most of its offensive production has been run through the air and the arm of Chad Kelly. Ole Miss’ all-time passing leader will be out the rest of the season due to a torn ACL. Perrelin has seen action in fives game in 2016, completing 5-of-13 attempts including 25 carries for 96 yards and three touchdowns on the ground. Watch for Ole Miss to capitalize on Perrelin’s legs.

By Kevin Roark @KevinRoark

5

465.7 AVG/G

TOTAL DEFENSE

13

460.7 AVG/G

INTERCEPTIONS

9

20.3 AVG/G

SACKS BY

11

1.78 AVG/G

FIRST DOWNS

1

24.3 AVG/G

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22.3 AVG/G

OCT. 6, 2012 MATCHUP

TOTAL OFFENSE

WHAT TO WATCH FOR

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Kirk leads the SEC with 61 receptions, yet he averages just 9.7 yards per reception, the lowest of the top 42 receiving leaders. He specializes in the slot position and slant routes. Watch for these short-yardage plays to be utilized due to Hubenak’s inexperience and see Captain Kirk have another big game in a mismatch against the Rebels’ mediocre linebacking core.

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Ole Miss’ defensive unit has struggled against the run and ranks No. 117 nation-wide, allowing more than 240 yards per game. The Aggies should be able to run all over them with Trayveon Williams and Keith Ford. Hubenak, however, is no Trevor Knight when it comes to scrambling ability. Watch for DeMarquis Gates and company to put pressure on the new passer and try to force some mistakes.

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True freshman Trayveon Williams is the main back in College Station and is the No. 6 rusher in the SEC. Against an injury depleted run defense and behind an inexperienced quarterback, Williams can expect to see a heavy workload come Saturday night. He will most likely split the carries with the junior Oklahoma transfer Ford. The duo has combined to produce the third-highest rushing game in the SEC and boasts a conference-high six yards per carry.

OCT. 11, 2014 MATCHUP

OCT. 24, 2015 MATCHUP

OLE MISS

35-20

OLE MISS

23-3

BO WALLACE

13/ 19 C /ATT

CHAD KELLY

26/41 C /ATT

160 RUSHING YDS

OLE MISS

230 RUSHING YDS

OLE MISS

178 RECEIVING YDS

OLE MISS

241 RECEIVING YDS

OLE MISS

27 FIRST DOWNS

OLE MISS

28 FIRST DOWNS

OLE MISS

17 FIRST DOWNS

TEXAS A&M

12 FIRST DOWNS

TEXAS A&M

3 TURNOVERS

TEXAS A&M

3 TURNOVERS

TEXAS A&M

KENNY HILL

42/53 C /ATT

KYLE ALLEN

12/34 C /ATT

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AGGIES REACT TO TRUMP WIN

Engineering freshman Charlie Abrego spent most of Wednesday in Rudder Plaza waving an American Flag and wearing a “Love Trumps Hate” sign.

(Left) Jakob Jackson and Johnny Kerr, Trump supporters, and Krystal Parks (right) argue about the election results.

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As reality of a Trump presidency sinks in, students protest, defend election results Wednesday night

By Davis Land, Meredith McCown, Eraj Mohiuddin & Megan Rodriguez

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ewer than 24 hours after Republican nominee Donald Trump was elected president, students on the Texas A&M campus started buzzing — some with excitement and others with disappointment over the outcome of Tuesday’s election.

Despite pre-election predictions that Democratic nominee

Hillary Clinton would win the presidency, Trump was announced the winner at around 2 a.m. Central time Wednesday morning. The Republican party also now controls the House, the Senate and the majority of state governors. Trump will also be filling Justice Antonin Scalia’s absence in the Supreme Court, making for a combination of Republican control the country hasn’t seen since 1928.

Student organization TAMU Anti-Racism held an anti-Trump protest Wednesday night to express their disdain with Trump’s presidency. Environmental geosciences senior Juan Martinez said he felt the protest was successful.

“To think that we’re all minorities and we all feel like we’re alone and separated at this big university of ours that is predominately white and to come around and see that we’re all

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I think there is on overall fear of what is to come, especially in a very conservative area. More than anything, I am nervous about the attitude that having Trump in office will elicit from the general population.

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Kourtney Garcia, psychology junior

of different origins and we’re still coming together means a lot to us,” Martinez said. “So yeah, I’d say [it was] successful.”

The group’s march included a stop by Fish Pond by Sbisa, where they were met by Trump supporters. Several members of the initial protest stayed behind to debate and argue while the larger party moved on to Academic Plaza before finishing their protest in Rudder Plaza.

People at the offshoot protest debated Trump’s comments, defended their votes and heatedly argued their positions.

“I’m not going to vote for no criminal,” one Trump supporter said. “Not all of Donald Trump’s ideas are good, but I’m going to support him anyway.”

Anti-Trump student Krystal Parks, who participated in the most heated and in-depth portion of the discussion, said she

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“ Protesters peacefully gather in Academic Plaza.

“ PHOTO VIA TWITTER

A sign hung on a local residence Wednesday caused controversy on Twitter. The sign was taken down later in the day.

believes protesting is an effective way to create discussion and begin to educate each other.

“If you’re not educating yourself , you won’t survive in this world, but don’t let what other people tell you get in your head without doing research on your own,” Parks said. “Talk to each other. I don’t hate whites. I don’t hate my own. I don’t hate Latinos. I don’t hate anybody. But what I do hate is an ignorant person.”

Elsewhere on campus throughout the day, students voiced their opinions about the election outcome. Trump supporter Martin Bruich, bioenvironmental studies junior, was satisfied with the outcome of the presidential election but said it will be an adjustment.

“I voted for Donald Trump so I was already rooting for

Yuri Suchil— THE BATTALION

I was pretty pleased with the results of the election. In terms of the country, we are definitely going to have some pretty major changes, if you can’t already tell, with Donald Trump’s policies and Mike Pence’s as well.

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Martin Bruich, bioenvironmental studies junior

that,” Bruich said. “Overall I was pretty pleased with the results of the election. In terms of the country, we are definitely going to have some pretty major changes, if you can’t already tell, with Donald Trump’s policies and Mike Pence’s as well.”

While psychology sophomore Stephanie Rodriguez was excited for the candidate choices, she was glad Trump won because of her religious beliefs.

“It’s the result I wanted just because I’m a Christian and not that I like either of the candidates but he has more of the Christian values, so I was happy with the results,” Rodriguez said.

In addition, student group Aggies 2 Aggies held an open forum and safe space for students to share how they feel about the results. Sociology senior Amanda Gomez was not only frustrated with the outcome, but media coverage leading up

I am an immigrant to the United States. I have no vote, which means I have no choice but to accept what this means for my future, most importantly, as a woman. I have had a Hillary sticker on my laptop since early 2015. It is staying. Hillary, I was with you, I am with you, and will continue to be with you.

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“Outside of political parties, I can’t help but be sort of resentful at mainstream media during this whole election,” Gomez said. “They gave Trump a forum to speak, they didn’t treat him like a joke. This entertainment value exposed his ideologies to millions of people in our nation.”

President of Texas Aggie Democrats and chemical engineering junior Lucas Fernandez said the results seem to be a step backward for the country.

“I was a little bit shocked that Hillary Clinton lost,” Fernandez said. “I just think that electing Donald Trump kind of throws away the hope and opportunity that we’ve gotten with the past eight years of Obama being president. … I’m just a little bit shocked.”

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