Texas A&M unlocked the offensive outpouring it had been seeking since beating down Arizona State, as the Aggies ripped 41 unanswered points in a win over The Citadel.

While the outcome might have been obvious before the Bulldogs set foot into Kyle Field, the complete performance from Texas A&M is a sight for sore eyes in College Station.

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In the midst of calls to be benched, quarterback Marcel Reed did not silence them entirely but hushed them for another week in a solid yet unspectacular start.

Reed posted a final stat line of 130 passing yards and one touchdown, while also rushing for 23 yards on four carries in one half of action for the Aggies.

Granted, much of these lower numbers than expected from Reed can be explained away by a tremendous ground attack led by Jamarion Morrow.

Although he only tallied 54 yards on eight carries, Morrow struck pay dirt three times for Texas A&M to achieve the hat-trick in College Station.

Elsewhere, KJ Edwards was held out of the end zone, but he ran wild to the tune of 116 yards on 13 carries to lead all Aggie rushers.

Another positive for Reed was the zero in the interception column, as the turnover issues have been more detrimental to the Aggies recently than the lack of explosive plays through the air.

Alongside Reed's steady nature under center, backup quarterback Brady Hart played the entirety of the second half and put up eerily similar numbers to Reed.

In a less exciting half that saw A&M tally only 13 points, Hart went 8-for-12 passing for 107 yards and a touchdown with no interceptions.

Even factoring in the success of rushing game, Reed having a nearly identical stint as his counterpart is not helping to quell the speculation about success without him under center.

The victory and the fashion in which it happened is undoubtedly a step in the right direction, but is the sudden turnaround for the Aggies simply a cause of the lesser competition?

As unceremonious as this answer may be, there is no way to know until Texas A&M gets back into the brunt of the SEC gauntlet.

That return to conference play starts off in an unforgiving way, with the Aggies traveling to Tuscaloosa to face an Alabama squad stunned off back-to-back losses to Georgia and Tennessee.

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The Crimson Tide will be revved up and ready to save their season and Texas A&M will be all that is standing in the way of them doing just that.

It will be up to the Aggies to weather the storm and prove that the spark found against The Citadel can be kindled into a flame to close the season. If not, Alabama will quench any hope left lingering in College Station just as quickly.

Source: Yahoo Sports