Desmond Howard recently picked Texas A&M to win it all. Not just the SEC. The national title.

For all their success over the years and decades, the Aggies haven’t won a national championship since 1939. So All-SEC junior offensive lineman Layden Robinson is taking Howard’s prediction with a grain of salt, imploring his teammates to put in the work over the next four months so Texas A&M has a shot to make Howard look good.

“That’s just talk right now,” said the 6-4, 330-pound Robinson. “We’ve got to put in the production. … If we’re just listening and not putting in the production, then what’s it for?”

Not only did Howard pick the Aggies to win the title. He said they would beat his alma mater and beloved Michigan in the championship game on Jan. 9 in Los Angeles.

The 1991 Heisman Trophy winner and former Wolverines star also picked Baylor and Pittsburgh to make the 4-team Playoff in 2022, going heavily against the grain from his fellow ESPN analysts who went with familiar names like Alabama, Georgia, Clemson and Ohio State.