Peter Burns, Chris Doering debate whether LSU or Texas A&M is the bigger surprise in 2022

Both LSU and Texas A&M have caught the college football world by surprise in 2022 — just in very different ways.

The Aggies were expected to be a dominant team based on what they showed on paper, while LSU got off to a rough start with the season-opener loss to Florida State and Jimbo Fisher’s team hasn’t quite looked as expected — especially offensively.

College football analysts Chris Doering and Peter Burns recently weighed in on which team was the bigger shocker so far this year.

For Burns, it was Texas A&M.

“We both knew they were overrated going into the season,” Burns said. “But to be this bad, to have this amount of issues, to be 3-6, they have to win their last 3 games to become bowl-eligible. No one saw that.”

Doering had some other thoughts.

What has been the bigger surprise this CFB season?

►LSU's climb to the top of the SEC West
►Texas A&M's fall to the bottom of the SEC West@PeterBurnsESPN | @ChrisDoering | #SECThisMorning pic.twitter.com/K4sMMGMzEr

— College Sports on SiriusXM (@SXMCollege) November 11, 2022

It will be interesting to see if Texas A&M can stifle a bowl appearance after a lost season and how much LSU continues to rise through the College Football Playoff rankings in the final stretch of the season.

Crissy Froyd

Crissy covers SEC football news for Saturday Down South.