Texas A&M Football vs. ULM: Halftime Thoughts

Half the game gone for Texas A&M football, and I’m liking what I’m seeing so far. Seems like a great atmosphere at Kyle, especially for a team coming off of a loss and playing a lesser opponent.

Not sure I liked the field goal call on the first drive, but if you went for it on 4th right there that could give momentum to the opponent if you fail to convert. The first TD pass from Weigman to Walker was a beauty, though—even if the camerawork made it hard to see exactly what was happening!

The defense on the scoring drive for the Warhawks resembled last year’s in more ways than one—both in the poor tackling and the tightening up in the red zone. I know we’re down a couple of men at corner—Grimes and Chappell both out today—but would love to see a little bit better coverage against these receivers (though ULM’s passing woes have had more to do with lack of execution in previous games than not having guys open per se).

Weigman… what more can we say? All he does is make winning plays, both in the air and on the ground. The competitive spirit he displays to go along with his amazing ability is refreshing as well. A true leader.

The only bad decision the signal caller for Texas A&M football really made in the first half was the throw back across his body to Walker in the end zone that fell incomplete. I feel like Weigman could have run it in there.

Some breaks here and there have (well—mostly in the red zone) made the score not quite as dominating as it was in the New Mexico game, but the Aggies have moved the ball well—especially when you consider that this Texas A&M football team appears to be without both of its top two receivers in Evan Stewart and Noah Thomas.

It was this way against UNM, but I really liked the aggressiveness by the Aggies to call timeout and try to get the ball back before half. That’s something I don’t think we’ve seen a lot of out of this Texas A&M football staff in previous years—of course, this is by far the best offense we’ve had in quite some time.

The secondary has continued to have some issues, but I’ve really liked what I’ve seen out of Jacoby Mathews in this game. Jardin Gilbert was out with an injury, and I’m not sure he’ll be able to reclaim his spot with the way Jacoby is playing. Liked what I saw from Shemar Turner as well. That sack coming off the edge was big time.

Hopefully Bisontis is okay. He’s been playing well, and got dinged up in the Miami game too. I like the depth with Crownover and Fatheree at tackle, but there’s a reason Bisontis has been out there as a true freshman.

Even though the touchdowns haven’t been there on every drive for Texas A&M football, I like the fact that they’ve scored on each possession. More than that, they’ve gotten into the red zone each time against what has heretofore been a stingy scoring defense.

I’ll close with this: 287 yards, 19-23 passing, 12.5 YPA. Conner Weigman is the truth.

BTHOsecondhalf.