Three takeaways from Texas A&M football's frustrating opening loss vs Notre Dame

3 Takeaways from Texas A&M football vs. Notre Dame: Passing game must improve by leaps and bounds

Of course, for these silver linings, there is a dark cloud. There's a reason, like I said, that all of these positives have been overshadowed.

Chiefly, this had to do with the play of Conner Weigman. No. 15 didn't look at all like himself last night—given, this was against a secondary that was extremely elite, but he simply didn't look anything like the same guy we've seen over the last couple of years.

Conner never quite seemed comfortable. He had happy feet in the pocket, even when the line gave him plenty of time. When receivers were open, he tended to overthrow them.

That led to the worst night, by far, that he's had in an Aggie uniform. Again, this is the best secondary he's faced by a long shot, but that doesn't account for everything.

The receiver room needs a boost in a huge way as well. I think we see Terry Bussey taking some more snaps out wide sooner rather than later because of this, as the receivers struggled to execute (sorry if I gave you PTSD with that word choice) consistently. They were certainly open at times, but the offense could not find them.

The return from injury for Jabre Barber could also be a boon here. Hopefully, the Troy transfer is ready soon as well and can slide into and contribute to the Aggie offense.

Like I said, though, the main issue was the signal caller. Weigman has to be better going forward; the Ags will get a chance to bounce back over the next couple of games, so hopefully he can hone things in that timeframe. If he doesn't, it's going to be a long season.