The Aggies have almost always been good this century but rarely great. Only once since 1998 have they reached double digits in wins, which, of course, was their SEC debut season in 2012, when America came under the spell of Johnny Manziel. Been downhill pretty much ever since, which is not the kind of results they’ve been paying for.

When Texas A&M took its turn at SEC media days Thursday, of course the Aggies were peppered with questions about their archrival Texas Longhorns.

Stewart and the Bengals are still embroiled in a contract dispute over language the team included in his rookie deal.