POST GAME THOUGHTS: LSU BEATS TEXAS A& MThis was a very bad loss for Kevin Sumlin's program. It feels like I've written the same post game recap every time we've lost this season. It's the same damn recipe.. Plenty of teams have moved the ball against this LSU defense, yet we were completely inept tonight. If I told you before the game that we'd hold LSU to less than 2. But no. Somehow we lose. This is d. Г©j. Г vu and it's getting really really frustrating.
LSU is not a good team. We could have won. But we're not a very good team and we lost. The end. Defense did fine. They deserve nothing but praise. We're running a true freshman at linebacker, a converted RB at CB and we played hard. They carried the team this game. I have nothing bad to say about them. Hell, I feel like John Chavis is the only coach that earned his check. Special teams were a mess. I'm willing to give Jeff Banks a pass here because this game was an anomaly. Offensively, we've got 5- stars at QB and WR and yet we can't get any consistent production. We've got talent across the line yet we can't protect our QB. Our RB is a hoss and runs his ass off and yet our playcalling is so disjointed that we never let him shine. The offense is a damn mess. An absolute mess. And sure the easy solution is to fire Jake Spavital. He has done little to deserve another year as the OC of a team with this much talent. But offense is Kevin Sumlin's specialty. And this makes two years running where our offense has underperformed late in the year. Spav shoulders some of the blame, but Sumlin deserves the lion's share at this point. Yeah, we won 8 games. And we could finish with 9 wins this year. But a 9 win season where we lost to Ole Miss, Alabama, Auburn, and LSU is not acceptable. Sumlin has been given every single thing he's asked for. Every single thing. And here we are. So yeah. The future is uncertain right now. We'll make a good hire on offense. We'll hopefully win our bowl. Texas A&M Today keeps you up-to-date with all that's happening at Texas A&M University in College Station, TX. Texas A&M draws Nevada, one of the better programs in the Mountain West Conference, in its final tuneup before SEC play. The Aggies made impressive work of. 'We played good in all three phases really for the first time all year,' Malzahn said. 'We played our best game tonight.' Jeremy Johnson wasn't flashy, but was. Beginning years. The U.S. Congress laid the groundwork for the establishment of Texas A&M in 1862 with the adoption of the Morrill Act. The act auctioned land grants. Sam Khan Jr. ESPN Staff Writer. Texas A&M and offensive coordinator Jake Spavital 'mutually decided to part ways,' the school announced Sunday. We'll sign some damn good recruits. But we are entering into what feels like the decline of the Kevin Sumlin era at Texas A& M. Maybe I'm wrong, and maybe next year is our breakout year.. Texas A& M vs. Nevada Complete Game Preview. Hang Around Early. Ball State went down early last weekend, and soon after things got slightly out of hand, they got extremely out of hand. Nevada doesn't need to throw the first punch or land the first haymaker; it needs to avoid what happened to Ball State and hang around as long as possible. The longer it survives the onslaught, the more tense and mistake- prone this game becomes. One major way to accomplish this is by converting third downs. Turning one set of three plays into another set of three plays keeps A& M's offense off the field as long as possible and gives Nevada's defense a chance to rest. Ball State went 0- of- 8 on first- half third downs, and look how that worked out. Nevada can also hang around by improving its red- zone defense. Arizona scored touchdowns on five of six red- zone trips last weekend, while A& M scored touchdowns on five of six first- half drives. Turning two scoring opportunities into field goals instead of touchdowns would cost A& M six points and essentially function as a turnover. Oh, and Nevada could use some turnovers. Don't Get Burned by Christian Kirk. No player presents a bigger threat to the proposed game plan above (hang around early) than true freshman Christian Kirk. Kirk burned Arizona State for a punt- return touchdown and a long receiving touchdown, and then he posted another long punt return against Ball State. The 5- star recruit has been as good as—no, better than—advertised in open space and might already be the Aggies' best playmaker. Nothing will deflate Nevada's confidence and ability to hang around more than a huge return or screen pass turned into a touchdown. The Wolfpack need to circle Kirk on every defensive play, kick the ball away from him when possible and generally do their best to prevent him from breaking this game open. If he does, there's a slippery slope.
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