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Damage control the seemed to be the theme this week following the 33-14 loss to No. 1 Alabama as ninth-ranked Texas A&M steps out of conference play to host New Mexico State.Kickoff is 7:30 p.m. ET Saturday (ESPNU) at Kyle Field in College Station, TexasThe loss to the Crimson Tide doesnt completely eliminate the Aggies (6-1, 4-1 SEC) from the West Division race, but it does leave the in position of needing help in the form of at least one loss for Alabama to get to the SEC title game.A&M quarterback Trevor Knight commented that he has seen one-loss teams still getting to where they want to go in a season, but coach Kevin Sumlin is taking a more focused approach.Were not talking about that, he said. Got to worry about this week. Dont have any control over what happens after that. Our guys understand that.Right after that game everyone still wants to talk about where we are in national picture and what can happen here and there. Guess what? Six weeks ago that wasnt a conversation. Now all of sudden it is? We dont forget that.We have to beat New Mexico State this week. Thats what this week is about. Then well figure out next week, Sumlin said.Beating New Mexico State (2-5, 1/3 Sun Belt) is almost an afterthought.These Aggies -- they share the nickname with Texas A&M -- have lost their last two games, 22-19 to Georgia Southern and 55-23 to Idaho, with the latter marking the third time this season they have surrendered more than 50 points. Earlier, they lost 52-6 to Troy and 62-42 to Kentucky.But New Mexico State does have a senior quarterback, Tyler Rogers, who has thrown for nearly 287 yards a game and a solid all-around back in senior Larry Rose III. Rose missed the first three games of the season while recovering from a sports hernia but has rushed for 281 yards in four games since his return. He also has 12 receptions for another 86 yards.New Mexico State may have put together its best effort of the season in the three-point loss to Georgia Southern, one of the Sun Belts top teams.Im proud of our offense and defense for how hard they played, New Mexico State coach Doug Martin said. Our football team has to play smarter. Im proud of the fight the team showed and I guarantee theyll continue to fight.Sumlin expects an aerial show.Theyre gonna throw it around a bunch, Sumlin said. Doug Martin has been around, been a head coach for a while.Going to sling it around all over place. Got a guy that can do that. Gonna spread us out. Zone read and really more of the same. RPO stuff. Take shots down field. Will test us deep. Theyve got nothing to lose.Rogers also has rushed for 220 yards, third on the team, mostly on run-pass option plays.They were putting points up and moving it down the field, Sumlin said, referring to New Mexico States loss to Kentucky. Heck of a game. This is another SEC opponent. No stranger to that.Definitely a team that is going to try and expose you and get big plays off deep throws and all kind of things down field.Getting in an up-and-down the field kind of game could work in A&Ms favor, helping to snap out of whatever funk may be lingering from the loss at Tuscaloosa. The Aggies rushed for only 114 yards against the Crimson Tide after putting up 353 the previous week against Tennessee.Up until that game our line was leading the league in rushing, Sumlin said. That front against us, no doubt they were better.Running back Trayveon Williams rushed for 217 yards against Tennessee but scratched his way for only 23 yards on nine carries against the Tide. Quarterback Trevor Knight rushed for 24 after getting 351 in the previous three games.Do we want to be better? Yes, Sumlin said, referring to an offensive line that has a redshirt freshman, true freshman and a sophomore starting with two seniors. Can we be better? 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The votes are in!?Are you planning to vote in the presidential election this November?Yes 72.5 percent No 27.5 percentTuesday Turnout?Similar to 2012, the majority of each league says it will vote. The WNBA (90 percent) has the most motivated voters, while the NHL (60 percent) lags behind.Do you consider yourself a Democrat, Republican or other?Democrat?32.6 percent Republican?28.4 percent Independent/Other 38.9 percentParty Lines While Democratic allegiances edge out Republican loyalties overall, three individual leagues -- the NFL, NHL and MLB -- lean right more than left.Whom do you want to win the presidential election?Hillary Clinton 51.9 percent Donald Trump 28.6 percent Neither/Other 19.5?percentIf Trump wins, its going to be a scary, scary USA with him in office. --?WNBA rookieAnybody but Hillary Clinton. -- NFL playerHave you argued with a teammate over politics in the election cycle?Yes 34.7 percent No 65.3 percentFor Arguments Sake?Most sports stars keep politics out of the workplace, but many of those who cop to a little locker room debate cite Donald Trump as a common point of discussion.Should taxes on the highest earners be raised, reduced or kept the same?Raised 18.4 percent Reduced?50.6 percent Same?31.0 percentTax Breakdowns?The percentage of players who say high-bracket taxes should go up has more than doubled since 2012 (9 percent), while a nearly identical segment says lower them (51 percent in 2012).Should gun control laws be stricter?Yes?73.1 percent No 26.9 percentA person on the no-fly list can buy a gun. Thats a joke. -- NHL All-StarIt is not realisttic or responsible to do a massive buyback program.dddddddddddd.?-- NFL linemanShould immigration policies be stricter?Yes 60.5?percent No?39.5 percentIts kind of a free-for-all right now. To protect our nation, we need to get stricter.?-- MLB outfielderArent we all immigrants? -- NBA playerShould the U.S. legalize marijuana?Yes?82.6 percent No?17.4 percentGoing Green New year, new attitude. More than 82 percent of sports stars polled now favor legalizing marijuana -- an increase of a whopping 25 percentage points from 2012.Should the U.S. legalize sports gambling?Yes 74.7 percent No 25.3 percentWorth the Gamble This is another issue on which sports stars have changed their minds. Nearly 3 in 4 surveyed are all for it, compared with 56.5 percent in 2012.Are you anti-abortion or pro-abortion rights?Anti-abortion 47.2 percent Pro-abortion rights?52.8 percentDivided They Fall?The only unity here is a lack of unity. The NFL leans anti-abortion (62 percent); the NBA and WNBA, pro-abortion rights (74 percent combined). The NHL and MLB? Down the middle.Have race relations improved or declined over the past four years?Improved?20.9 percent Declined?65.1 percent Unchanged?14.0 percentRacism isnt now getting bad. Its just getting filmed.?-- NFL defensive endI would honestly say way worse.?-- MLB pitcherHow do you grade Barack Obama?Approve/strongly approve 47.9 percent Neutral 34.0 percent Disapprove/strongly disapprove?18.1 percentObamacare -- thats huge. I grew up in a single-parent home and didnt go to a doctor until college.?-- NFL linebackerAll I hear is people complaining about Obamacare.?-- NHL playerWhich current athlete would make the best politician?Tom Brady 8.0 percent (most popular) Russell Wilson 6.8 percentWhich current coach would make the best politician?Bill Belichick 11.5 percent (most popular) Gregg Popovich?9.0 percentAthletes interviewed by league: MLB, 32; NBA, 13; NFL, 31; NHL, 10; WNBA, 11. Not all athletes answered every question. Percentages are rounded. ' ' '