Both new SEC teams -- Texas A&M and Missouri -- fell apart in the second half hosting the established SEC programs -- Florida and Georgia. In fact, they scored a grand total of 3 points after halftime, outscored by a combined 34-3.
Not that surprising. I think there was a great deal of determination and internal pressure on the holdovers to assert the pecking order.
Texas A&M invariably needs more margin for error at halftime than it manages. This was a familiar replay of last season, when the Aggies blew so many big leads. This time the key play was just before halftime when an A&M deep ball was grabbed at the 2, but the receiver's feet were accidentally knocked out of bounds before the catch by a sprawling Gator defender. Florida isn't capable of putting up big numbers on offense but once that play failed they entered halftime down by only 7, and that's easily manageable against Texas A&M.