Texas A&M's spring games in recent years have been offense versus defense affairs where a scoring system was used that would allocate points for defensive plays such as turnovers in addition to scores from the offense. A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin noted that he got objections from fans about the format even though it's one that's in use among many programs across the country for their spring games as well.

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As a result, Sumlin stated tonight that this year's game, to be held on Saturday at 1:00 PM at Kyle Field and televised by ESPNU, will be a true Maroon versus White game with traditional scoring. Due to this format, Sumlin indicated that Armani Watts and Christian Kirk had been chosen as captains for each team.

“We drafted today” said Sumlin “Maroon and White teams. “Coaches, players, everything. I’ll release that roster tomorrow. We’re going to have a regular scoring system. We’ll start off the game with our traditional 12th Man Live opening kickoff trying to see if anyone is going to challenge Cullen Gillaspia for his title of 12th Man jersey. Then, we’ll play the game just like a live game except for punts, things like that, just the way it’s been. We’ll have different coaches on different sidelines and have a true Maroon and White game for the first time in a long time."

Sumlin noted that the draft wasn’t about the first pick overall like the NFL Draft.

“It was by position to make sure that we would get a distribution equally whether it was defensive line, offensive line” he said. “With the continuity as you’ve seen with our injuries in the offensive line we had to start there to see that we had enough."

Sumlin noted that they would play two quarters and then have a running clock in the second half.