COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Last season, Texas A&M took a seven-game winning streak into South Carolina and had perhaps its worst performance of the year in a 44-20 loss .

That was the beginning of a downward spiral for the Aggies as the first of three losses in four games that dropped them to 8-4 and spoiled any shot at making the College Football Playoff.

As the third-ranked Aggies (9-0, 6-0 Southeastern Conference) prepare to face the Gamecocks again Saturday, they’re still thinking about what happened last year and determined to avenge that defeat.

“We got embarrassed at South Carolina last year,” linebacker Taurean York said.

Then he added: “It’s personal.”

And while they try to look ahead and not behind, these Aggies are intent on not repeating past mistakes as they try to r

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