Arizona State receiver Jalen Moss may have picked the wrong stage to test his theory about Kyle Field.
The senior transfer from Fresno State didn’t exactly tiptoe around Texas A&M’s home atmosphere when he was asked about it, brushing off the stadium with a comparison to Michigan’s Big House.
“Kyle Field? Kyle Field not finna be that loud, bruh, I played in the Big House. I played in the Big House, I feel like that's bigger than that."
Moss can be credited for the confidence. He clearly isn’t walking into this matchup already beaten mentally. But that kind of talk has a way of aging badly in College Station, especially when it gives Texas A&M fans something to grab onto.
And there are reasons this game might not produce Kyle Field at its absolute loudest. It’s a noon kickoff, it comes early in the season, and Arizona State isn’t exactly a rival. Even so, the Aggies have a long memory when opponents start talking about their stadium before they’ve felt it for themselves.
Josh Rosen found that out in the leadup to the 2016 season. Before UCLA opened against Texas A&M in an afternoon game, Rosen pointed out that he had played in front of crowds of 50,000 before and felt ready for the noise. That confidence didn’t hold up once the game started.
The pattern has repeated with other West Coast quarterbacks, too. The difference isn’t just size; it’s what makes Kyle Field, Death Valley, Williams Brice, Jordan-Hare, and Neyland such notorious places to play. Michigan’s Big House is massive, but its construction doesn’t hold noise the same way, and the fan culture is different as well.
Texas A&M also saw this play out in 2024. Brady Cook talked like he was prepared for the crowd noise after working on it in practice, then Missouri was beaten 41-10 in a noon game. The Tigers’ only touchdown came in garbage time.
Garrett Nussmeier ran into the same wall that season after talking up LSU’s atmosphere against the Aggies. Texas A&M won 38-23, and the crowd was so loud on the broadcast that the stadium appeared to be shaking. The next year, the Aggies returned the favor in Death Valley and rolled to a 49-25 win after clearing out the stadium in the second half.
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