Yahoo Sports’ Caroline Fenton, Jason Fitz and Adam Breneman recap how Texas A&M led a second-half surge to win its 7th straight game. Listen to the full conversation on the “College Football Power Hour” podcast – and subscribe at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube Or wherever you listen.
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Lsu and Texas A&M face off and Kyle Field and Texas A&M take 38-23.
What’s crazy to me is that Adam is in the first half.
It really felt like LSU had complete control over this game.
They missed a few chances, scored field goals when they couldn’t reach the end zone on some special teams, missed signals, maybe penalties that pushed them behind the sticks, but they still had the control.
And it was just a complete denouement in the second half.
I thought Gary NBA played very well in the first half of this game and controlled the game well, was precise with the football and made good decisions, but the second half- time completely unraveled and had two interceptions in the second half.
And then when Texas A and M made that quarterback change and put Marcel Reed at the helm of their offense for the rest of the game, that’s when the momentum completely changed and Marcel Reed, with his ability to run the football, scored three touchdowns in this game. the game, uh, was two on two, it just added new life to this Texas A and M offense that was struggling as much as we’re talking quarterbacks.
Just look at the running game numbers and it’s pretty staggering.
I mean, it hurt, but it looks even worse if you look at a and mrf 49 rushing attempts for 242 yards, compared to LSU’s 23 rushing attempts for 24 yards.
I don’t think you can tell in a close game, early in the fourth quarter.
You can’t tell me the right game plan wasn’t to throw 50 passes.
Like it’s just you, they lost any attempt at balance because they just couldn’t run the football and then you, you become this 11 dimension against the defensive line, they can absolutely attack you from the inside and out, you’re going to make mistakes and it, it just, it reared its head again and again.
I didn’t feel like the game plan was balanced enough to put them in the right situation.
And part of it is, if you can’t run the ball, you can’t run the ball.
But my God, you must have a better answer than that.
But credit to Texas A&M for making these adjustments at halftime and to Mike Elko for recognizing that Connor Wigman isn’t giving us what we need.
And Marcel Reed is exactly the offensive spark we’ll need moving forward because he was.
Exactly true.
That’s exactly what Marcel Reed was for this Texas A and M team.
