Texas A&M football fans' anger directed at playcalling, officiating in loss to Texas

Texas A&M football fans frustrated about perceived slant in officiating, poor playcalls in loss to Texas

Texas A&M football fans had a tough pill to swallow with what was put out on the field last night. It wasn't because this team utterly failed to show up—as a matter of fact, quite the opposite. It was just how close the Aggies came, but never seeming to make the plays to get over the hump.

It seems to me that this situation, rather than a complete blowout, actually tends to chafe Aggie fans more. This is a fanbase that has had to deal with a program seemingly on the verge of breaking through, but never quite able to, in so many individual instances over the last few years.

A lot of that same feeling was present in the game last night. But it was not helped by what fans saw as poor officiating effecting the outcome. For example, a hit that was flagged for targeting and certainly seemed to be so—even to those in the broadcast booth—was overturned.

As Miller notes above, this was the third review that favored the Longhorns. The first two were questionable as well: the initial review showed Arch Manning contacting the outside of the pylon with the ball firmly out of bounds, and the second saw Jaydon Blue lose control of a ball as he hit the ground. Both were ruled touchdowns.

This wasn't the last call that affected the game, either.

None of these calls individually decided the game—unlike South Carolina being robbed of a pick-six against LSU—but the snowball effect is hard to deny, and in a game with such close margins, these things get magnified.

Then, you have the anger towards the play calling. This mostly manifested after the Aggies' second failure to score in the red zone, as another fourth down conversion attempt went sideways.

With all the buildup to this matchup, the frustrating way in which it played out was bound to bring a little bit of the blame game to this fanbase. Whether those complaints are reasonable is for you to decide, however.