One of the reasons why I like Mike Elko is because he takes the time to reflect on mistakes and admit failures. He's humble and works his players hard.
Notre Dame fan here. A&M has the SEC sitting there for at least the shot to make the championship game. Just win your games. I said that after our game. Missouri at home (check), LSU at home (check), now just beat the teams you are supposed to beat and get Texas at home.
@@kevinak-d1x both teams still need to take care of business this year. A&M has 3 winnable games and Texas left. ND has 4 winnable games (Florida State, Virginia, Army, and USC). Army and USC are the toughest teams left. I know that A&M is looking better now than they did week 1, but ND is better now too. The offense took a while to acclimate. Hopefully both teams manage the remaining schedule.
Yea the Aggies didn’t lose to NIU. So there’s that. Yall lucky Marcel wasn’t starting week 1. He’s the better option by far. Better arm, better mobility. More electric, calmer presence. Poised. It’s night and day. That game would not have been close and I do hope they play again just to show it. But ND won’t win a playoff game
@@joedaddy550 You do realize over the last two seasons, ND has shut down a ton of QBs way more talented than some new guy at TAMU, including Caleb Williams and CJ Stroud. Did you go to TAMU by chance?
Yall cannot compete against ANYONE. LSU is overrated and cannot run on ANYONE. A&M is not great especially when people scheme against your qb running the ball
Don't let beating an overrated LSU team think you can compete with ANYONE. LSU can't run the ball at all no matter who we play. Connor ain't leading yall anywhere and Reed won't be able to carry the offense with his arm alone.
@@Bantosh It's not a knock it's looking at football as a real sport that requires honest analysis. Not just rooting for my team blindly and ignoring the reality. LSU does not have a run game or run defense. A&M cannot win against ANYONE if they are forced to throw
As an Aggie fan, I’m tampering expectations for THIS SEASON. In the future, elko is gonna be our guy. This season; I’m not sure we can read-option our way to Atlanta or a playoff win
@@kayelisejay18 y’all acting like A&M bitch slapped you. My Aggies were getting shoved around all day then we started running read option LITERALLY EVERY PLAY and the defense hadn’t prepared for it and the defense didn’t stop it. The line finally got to Nuss and he had some bad picks under pressure. Couple bad plays go y’all’s way, you win the game. CFP is still on the table.
The story for me wasn't the QB change/play. It was the 2nd half adjustments on D that A&M made (after somehow keeping it a semi-close game). They were able to completely nullify the LSU run game and then they dialed up some nasty blitz packages. Just some great coaching.
Weigman has obviously not improved, and potentially even regressed from his first couple years here. Reed was by far the better QB Saturday, which is not something I have brought myself to admitting yet. However, I don’t think the lack of performance while Conner was in was all on him. The pass protection was the worst it’s been all year, our receivers had a hard time getting open, and there were at least three drops on ball that hit guys directly in the hands. To me, the reason Conner was pulled wasn’t fully on him, but just in the overall ineptitude of the passing offense. Reed’s running ability brought unpredictably to our running game, which completely destroyed LSU’s defense. Couple that with our defense showing up better to give their defense less time to recover and the game was blown wide open. I wouldn’t be surprised if Conner starts again, with Elko keeping him on short leash again. Having a QB throw only 2 times in 23 minutes of play doesn’t tell me they have a lot of confidence in his arm, but Reed’s mobility absolutely won us the game. I still think Conner has the more reliable arm, but if our passing game isn’t going anywhere, I love hanging the option to go to Reed.
@@McFarkle Mike Elko will be able to make those decisions, but what was missing before Elko is the players believe in the coach, even after one of the LSU interceptions, Marcel went up to Connor and said we got this. No matter what their strengths and weaknesses they will play for each other and be ready when coach wants them in
@@matthewlear4518 100%, Elko knows better than any of us. My biggest complaint is seeing the fanbase constantly turn on Weigman. Both guys are studs and we’ve built an offensive system around each that can each destroy defenses
@@McFarkle I don't care about the fan base or boosters they need to stick to facts. We can't lose our guys because they are mature and talented and we definitely can't lose our head coach because I can say this without a doubt now. He is the right guy for our program and will be talked about like one of the best head coaches to ever coach at Texas A&M. I completely trust him and believe in what he is doing.
The path to have 3 TAMU vs Texas games are still on the table Tamu would have to win out but lose the Regular season game vs Texas, to trigger a Rematch in the SEC championship Texas vs TAMU. TAMU would have to win the SEC Champ game so Texas would only be a 2 loss team. Imagine, the first CFB championship game, to be the 3rd matchup of TAMU vs Texas... would be wild.
It may be possible for them to rematch in the SEC title, but extremely unlikely. Even in your scenario of Texas AM beating Texas and neither losing another game, other results would be needed, most notably a Georgia loss. And if Tennessee gave Geogia the loss, I think it would require Tennessee to lose again, as well.
One game at a time. Texas still has a long road. Kentucky, & Arkansas ain’t no joke. A&m still have South Carolina (Night game) and Auburn. Both teams can enter with 1 L or even 2.
Ngl a Georgia vs A&M SEC title matchup would feed families 🔥🔥🔥 it’s a shame Sankey still hasn’t had those 2 teams play each other except for only 1 game years ago.
this is still the dumbest thing Snakey does. TAMU has been in the SEC for 15 seasons... and has played UGA ONE TIME. I really dislike what Snakey allows the conference to be. It's great despite him. it would be even greater without him.
I'm just a casual fan. I love this game, and I love it more than any one team. Those tweet deleters are the people that say they love football, but the truth is they love the Cowboys. They don't baseball. They love the Cubs or the Red Sox. Annoys me to no end. I want see a good game. The LSU @ AM game was exactly that. Compelling drama, and some really good play. It was very entertaining as a fan.
If A&M is a one loss team during a night game at Kyle Field in the final game of the season, I doubt anyone in the country could win that game against the Aggies.
Dude you're totally blind to the flaws of your A&M team. This whole Marcel Reed thing is very unlikely to have the same result it did in the second half vs LSU when teams start scheming him. Weigman cannot handle the moment and Reed does not have the ability to carry if he can only use his arm. Yall are great in the trenches but i'm preparing you not to get too high. They had a great night but VS an overrated LSU team that cannot run the ball on ANYONE. This is coming from an LSU fan. It's not out of bitterness i'm just warning you
@@jayman9899he’s not saying we’re going to win the natty. He’s saying a 10-1 A&M team playing in that situation at home is going to be insane. If you think the fans and the players showed up big for this game, you’re going to be floored by what happens in the 10-1 scenario. A&M has a top 10 roster talent wise. If the players are clicking, idk how many teams I take over the Aggies at Kyle Field. Marcel Reed has a cannon. He just needs to reel in the power and focus on accuracy. LSU game planned for Green last week and shut him down. Should’ve been an easy adjustment for the defense.
@@jayman9899 start scheming him? Reed started 3 games this season. LSU had plenty of film on him. A&M has this thing called “depth” and we’ve had it for a while, we just finally learned how to use it. We are not a one trick pony. It’s not some Cinderella story. We’ve had talent on our team for years. The pieces are just coming together finally.
@@harrisonmooney6331 It's not that simple. Ark Trenches are nothing compared to A&M. We don't have great line play this year and yall don't run the same offense with Reed as Ark does with Green. Yall shut down our run forcing Nuss to pass. My point is that if Nuss will make mistakes without a running game so will Marcel Reed if yall cannot rely on the run. Kyle Field is legit i agree. I'm just saying LSU aint that special this year in the trenches so don't let that win get you too high
@@adamwarner4904 My point is in reference to the elite teams in CFB, Yall havent really played one yet. LSU is not as great as people might think this year. We can't make a hole to run through against anyone. And when a team that's really talented and sound defensively takes your run game away do you really think Reed will be able to throw it 35 times to win a game? Not likely.
Lol as a sports bettor it is going to be more difficult for me to get on the other side of A&M now. I had LSU +4.5 and then "insert running QB". Absolute game changer.
Marcel Reed will be a big problem for any defense in the country. I could see a letdown after a big win like this one with Jimbo as head coach, but not with Elko, and I'm a Bama fan and grad.
@@nothingpersonal1000 Bowling Green played Penn State tough too, and Tennessee lost their letdown game against Arkansas. We won which is all that matters
@@Knowwutimsayn this is about LSU fans acting like the reason they lost is because Reed is an automatic stud. He's a nice player but that game had more to donwith LSU's lack of preparation for him plus the inability to stop the run. A&M was a better, more physical team in the second half but LSU fans are acting like Reed is Lamar Jackson
No, he isn't acting like it's a new issue. They've known since early in the season that their run game is a problem, and they've been trying to work it out all season. The results in the Arkansas game had them thinking they'd found the solution, but that wasn't the case. I don't know if it's a problem in the O-line (which is excellent at pass blocking) or if it's a problem in the blocking schemes used for their run game, but somethin' ain't right.
@@RD-jc2eu Yeah I’m not buying that. He literally brings it up in the press conference and talks about how they need to fix it and help Nussmeier. I didn’t hear him talk about that after Ole Miss and if this is a known issue all year, he apparently can’t fix it either.
Keep up the good content Pate. You were spot on about doubting Weigman, but its the Eklo Era. Elko made the change by putting in Reed and the guys came to play 4 quarters of football and never gave up. I love it. Gig em 🦾
It’s hard to prep for two completely different offenses. The offense changes from a traditional passing and run attack with weigman and a rpo attach with Reed.
Coaching clinic - Amen. You did not really speak about the half-time adjustments Elko made on defense. First half, LSU offense was dominating our offense, but third quarter we shut them down. And fourth quarter we held them to one touchdown (no extra point). A&M coaching staff are geniuses at midgame adjustments, especially at defense, which computes with Elko's strengths. Also "The trophy case is barren not because there is a magical poison that exists in the well water"... actually, as someone who is on the ground in College Station, I think there is a poison in the well water that is killing our coaches. We bring in great coaches, and as soon as they start doing well, they start getting put on pedestals and pulled into all kinds of functions, radio shows, talking at this club or that, making commercials for A&M, etc. A coach in college football, to be truly elite, has to live and breathe their team and their team's game and college football, every waking hour. But in College Station, as soon as they have a bit of success under their belt, we distract them from that. Please talk to Elko and tell him not to let that happen to himself.
Good show as usual Josh. I'm a retired USAF historian and here's a little history for you. Let me remind you that #7 nationally ranked LSU (also SEC West champ and coach) went into Kyle Field at night and was completely "Mizzou'd" by the Fighting Texas Aggies in 2022 38-23. History truly does repeat itself 38-23.👍
Great take @JoshPateCFB LSU’s Def. Was so good they ran the A&M starter out of the game. Coach Elko had to yank him. That ultimately cost LSU the game. Missed FG’s, Red Zone break downs, 3 Pics deep in your territory. Reed was amazing, but drives of 8, 23, & 28 is not dominance, it’s opportunistic. Give credit to Coach Elko and A&M The beat LSU’s butt. They’re in the drivers seat to go to ATL. CBK will get this fixed. We’ll know vs Bama in 2 weeks.
Damnit Pate! I told you not to pick the Tigers. I begged you not to put that bad juju on us! WTH we gonna have to sacrifice to cleanse ourselves of this demon!
LSU fan and attended. All respect to A&M. Our games are always good. We had no answer for your back up and your defense stood ten toes all night. But I have to say, WTF TIGERS WR way too MANY DROPPED PASSES! NUSS was pretty solid and he was feeding everyone. yea he forced some throws but he had no choice. Sometimes you have to wing it. BK we gotta get the rush defense better because BAMA will destroy us and we not built to go toe to toe if we can’t rush the ball against them. I believe if we win out we’ll get the 10-12 spot!
Nuss was very good in the 1st half when he had a clean pocket. He made easy throws to electric receivers. He had a couple of great throws in the endzone to Mason. Aggies played good coverage all night but wwre missing tackles in 1st half. The 32 yarder on 3rd and 15 was a bad pass that just got caught. 2nd half rolled around and everyone on the offensive line got their tails whipped. Will Campbell, Emory Jones, both Guards and Center all got embarrassed by the A&M defensive line. Constant pressure and had Nussmeier running for his life.
I think if A&M runs the ball well against South Carolina (SC) then they’re a serious problem for anyone in the country. SC has a quality d-line and one of the best run defenses in the country so this is a great test to see if A&M can really beat up anyone in the trenches.
A&M is a problem until they run into either an offense that can threaten the secondary and block the edges or a defense with a pulse. It’ll be problematic when we play Texas and beyond…
I’ll admit this was THE greatest TAMU game I’ve been to specifically because of how down bad we felt in the first half… thank you Elko. Thank you MARCEL REED WHOOOOP
To LSU: it's called a "linebacker" because it's immediately behind the defensive line.....preventing the shortest distance between two points being a straight line problem.
As a Texas fan I'd be scared of this Aggie team. Vandy may be good, however they are not a playoff team. If Texas doesn't get the O-line fixed by then Texas is screwed. Ewers will be picking grass out of his teeth for weeks. Right after they get the o-line figured out they need to fix their run game. Ewers can sling it if he has a bit of time but Texas run game hasn't been as dominant as it should be and leaning on passing makes it far easier for the defense to rush 4 and keep people in zone. And if they are getting pressure with 4 you're definitely doing something wrong.
LSU fan here. It makes my vein pop in my forehead when I read "LSU upset by dominating performance." If you consider getting dominated and than saved by a freakshow QB, "domination", than yes. Lol Greg Penn said it himself post game. They did not expect A&M to put Reed in and they didn't prepare for it. Plain and simple. Good game. I think they'll meet again in CFP.
@@edwardkelly3280that’s just wrong. LSU had the manpower to control that entire game. We did not prepare well obviously. There were coaching issues. LSU is still a 1 loss sec team that has just as good of a chance of making the playoffs as A&M. When the Aggies play Texas they will not be able to run the ball with reed. Sorry but RPOs and options alone don’t win championships anymore.
Chalk it up as a Learnings experience nuss is what it is!! still got faith in my team Geauxx tigahs! Hats off to A&M that’s why it’s called rivalry many matchups down the road we’ll get it back
Mike Elko is a phenomenal coach. The Duke Blue Devils were a scary good team while he was there. His teams are always fundamentally solid and disciplined. He took 3 star athletes at Duke and turned them into 4 star players. Now that he is at Texas A&M where he can hand pick his players, college football better look out!!
LSU had several opportunities to put the game away. They had 3? Missed FGs, and down the stretch, their offense just made too many self infected mistakes. But the good news.....now there is extra tape out there to help teams prepare for that QB A&M brought in. So, A&M don't have that trick anymore
He’s started three games, so it’s not like LSU didn’t know what he could do. Maybe they didn’t prepare much for him since he wasn’t the starter, but calling it a “trick” seems inaccurate
@@MP-sy4zcan interview with one of lsu’s linebackers confirmed they didn’t prep for reed at all the week before which is just a tremendous failure on the lsu coaching staff. Especially considering that reed has played in all but 2 games for the aggies.
LSU fan here. I disagree. I think we weren’t ready for a running QB. Also, the A&M coaching didn’t really change. Nuss for ed the ball. We all know he’s a cowboy. And Im good with it. This time, it blew up in our face. Did A & M deserve this? course. But it wasn’t some coaching clinic that changed magically. It was interception after interception after interception. And then of course, the running quarterback that we weren’t ready to handle.
I was at the game. Hats off to 12th man they were deafening loud. Great environment. Garrett was off kilter and confused at times. Why sloan didnt attack the middle of the field idk. Aaron's Anderson was open all night but he kept pushing it down Field. I don't wanna hear that LSU was blind sided. They defended the zone read since HS. Reed is a special athlete and ran executed as good as ive seen. He was fooling everyone in the stadium. And he had short fields over and over. Didn't matter. We couldn't stop him. Maybe if they played again LSU would be better prepared. Better team won that day. LSU can still get better. Win out and were probably n
Josh it was a dominant performance A&M left the field clearly the better team. A&M still has a lot of growth but they just beat their second top 10 team this year and the craziest thing it was because of great performances of two different qbs in each game.
It's called the Land Grant College syndrome. I'm from a small town, Forest Hill, Texas which is now in the middle of DFW. I have always loved Texas A&M because of family. But that's why I like Auburn too.
Watching this from Kyle Field, I knew A&M had won once we picked the ball. We were down by 10 but LSU might as well have conceded right there because with the 12th man getting hyped like that, easy.
Because LSU left 9 points on the field from missed or muffed field goals. LSU allowed the crowd to get back in it. Before the first pick and before the first missed field goal, it was quiet in the stadium.
The defense really stepped up and our the offense in some short yardage situations to score after causing 3 turnovers. The defensive adjustments should be the lead and not necessarily Reed in my opinion.
Reed struggled a little throwing earlier this month if that’s better he’s the qb but as it stands right now A&M has two qbs capable of taking over games. Unfortunately for weigman he gets stage fright
Josh, A&M put it on LSU late. Our guys had no answers late. I called my buddy and said if they pull the starter I’ve seen it too many times, it’s gonna be different outcome. Nuss is awesome but I had a feeling he was gonna have a rough time.
I have to agree with you about Texas A&M except for one thing. They do have everything you need in today's NCAA............well except for one thing. Have you ever been to College Station? I don't mean on game day, I mean like on a random day in late June during summer break. I'm sure that there are some people that love that kind of place, but I'm betting it's not an 18 year old 5 star recruit with even more stars in his eyes. The city of College Station isn't exactly attracting a lot of players like say.............Austin, Miami, or even some more quaint college towns like Athens or Ann Arbor. Personally, I like College Station for what it is, but nobody is signing me to NIL and offering me a scholarship. You have to admit, the location is their biggest challenge besides the fact that it does happen to be in Texas, which is a plus if you're looking on the positive side. On a side note.........Kanell gets more pub from you than he gets anywhere else! LOL
100 percent we did not dominate that game, LSU seemed like they were a play or two from blowing us out at home. Unfortunately our O-line in the first half was unable to deal with the pressures LSU was bringing, and I think the holdover from fisher (our QB's were unprotected and therefore always injured) has really put some PTSD on Weigman. Super talented player who's hearing footsteps and making poor reads against above average defenses. I was one drive from just turning the game off and doing something else with the rest of my day until that turnover and the qb change. We looked like an entirely different team after that, the O-line was making good blocks and getting to the second layer, the defensive line was more active pressuring, and the secondary was disguising coverages and making passes more difficult. In a little over 23 minutes the Aggies scored 31 points. Truly astounding.
Good job aggies ! Die hard LSU fan here . Seems like LSU left there brain back in Baton Rouge. That was an embarrassing display in the 3rd and 4th quarter. The coach at A&M is the real deal
@JoshPateCFB .. what do you make about LSU shutting Arkansas Green down but no answer for A&M’s dual qb ? Aren’t these guys similar and I would venture to say that Arkansas quarterback is probably better …
@@gdawg4ever119 So you watched Oregon score touchdowns on 5 of their first 6 drives and dominate defensively without their best defensive player who is injured and still thought A&M was better? 😂
@@UnlockYourWellness Imo A&M looked better and I would bet on them against Oregon. I seen Oregon take 30 minutes , lol , to pass the ball agains an Illinois team that struggled to get pressure on the QB. Against A&M they wouldn’t have that time. They are good , but not great imo. I did see them do some good things but look at some of the successful pass plays in that game … they had so much time and it’s not bc their o line is that great it’s bc Illinois isn’t good. Then offensively A&M looked very quick and gashed LSU several times running. It’s just my opinion of course but yeah I would bet on A&M today against Oregon. I would also bet on my Dawgs agains Oregon but hey that’s bc I’m a Dawg fan lol and bc we can get to the QB in a hurry
Yep your right, LSU was right there from taking over. Then A&M's lines took over as we knew they could run the ball. The real adjustment was the Freshman QB into the mix with his legs. This is the same as Bama did to Ga with hurts and Tua. Just in reverse, don't jump to conclusions on SEC games until the end.
You can’t throw 3 ints, miss 3 fgs have multiple wide open drops and only rush for 33yds! It’s not so much what TA&M did but more what LSU failed to do!
It’s more about Brian Kelly…again…never makes adjustments in game when things go wrong. It is why notre dame fans are happy he is gone - at least with freeman, there’s still a lot we don’t know and his potential as a gem find of a head coach like Dan Lanning. The defense is way better under freeman than it ever was under Kelly. But hats off to A&M. Really good team with a really good coach. Reed should be the starter
Aggie fan here and I thought aggies were going to lose it mid 3rd. Offense looked like poop. Then qb change and boom...reed went off. I won't lie I was thinking aggies would finish 8-4 and at best 9-3. Very surprised by season so far. I can see them in playoffs, but there still a few years away to compete for NC.
Many of the recruits from that class had really bad injuries in high school which is why Bama, UGA, and others passed on them. Those schools get “elite” classes every year unlike A&M. It is unfair to look at one class and expect radical change when the are program that have deep talent from 4-5 recruiting classes along with elite transfers on the campus.
I know my Tigers. In my "pickem" I selected AtM. The reason...."I think LSU is the better team but its the point in the season where the Tigers like to Sheet the bed". I know my Tigers. They had LOTS of opportunities to put the game away but let A&M hang around. Throw in a terrible game by Nussmeier with LOTs of interceptions and missed wide open receivers, a poor kicking performance and a poor job by coaches of preparing for a backup QB with a different style.
@@davidhfranzstill a dangerous game. I was/am still more nervous about the gamecocks than LSU. I was (overconfident) we would shut out LSU. We won well but I can't say I wasn't nervous first half
Just some stats and my opinion of the rankings and bs of college football. Georgia: 2 ranked Wins/ 1 ranked Loss/ possibly 4 ranked Wins minus championship game. (Clemson win not that special) Texas A&M: 2 ranked Wins/ 1 ranked Loss/ possibly 3 ranked Wins minus championship game. Texas: 3 ranked Wins/ 1 ranked Loss/ possibly 4 ranked Wins minus championship game. (Michigan, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt are now not ranked) (They ranked Vanderbilt to give Texas a ranked Win.) Tennessee: 3 ranked Wins/ 0 ranked Losses/ possibly 4-5 ranked Wins minus championship game. (NC state, Oklahoma are now not ranked) (Alabama isn’t that great this year.) LSU: 1 ranked Win/ 2 ranked Losses/ possibly 2-3 ranked Wins minus championship game. (USC is now not ranked) (Ole miss and Alabama aren’t great this year.) Alabama: 2 ranked Wins/ 1 ranked Loss/ possibly 3 ranked Wins (Missouri isn’t a good team this year) (They kept them ranked to give Alabama another ranked Win) Arkansas: 1 ranked Win/ 3 ranked Losses/ possibly 3-4 ranked Wins (OSU is really bad but were fortunate A&M also fortunate LSU Fortunate as well but more so because of injuries) (should be 4 ranked Wins 6-7 possible) Missouri: 1 ranked Win/ 2 ranked Losses/ possibly 1-2 ranked Wins (Boston college is now not ranked) (If by chance Arkansas is ranked when they play is the 2 possible ranked Wins) Ole Miss: 0 ranked Wins/ 1 ranked Loss/ possibly 1 ranked Win (Wow what a schedule and still found a way to lose to Kentucky and LSU) Vanderbilt: 1 ranked Win/ 2 ranked Losses/ possibly 3 ranked Wins (Missouri will probably end up being a bad Loss.) Florida: 0 ranked Wins/ 3 ranked Losses/ possibly 4 ranked Wins (Miami wasn’t ranked at the time) (6-7 ranked matchups this season if you count Miami and the next 4 stay ranked) South Carolina: 0 ranked Wins/ 3 ranked Losses/ possibly 2-4 ranked Wins (Missouri Vanderbilt possible ranked matches) Oklahoma: 0 ranked Wins/ 3 ranked Losses/ poss 2-3 ranked Wins (Missouri possible ranked match) (Ranked as long as they were to give teams like Texas a ranked Win) Auburn: 0 ranked Wins/ 3 ranked Losses/ possibly 2 ranked Wins (Oklahoma is now not ranked and Missouri is not a good team this year.) Kentucky: 1 ranked Win/ 1 ranked Loss/ possibly 3 ranked Wins (They beat Ole Miss. I guess that’s something.) Miss ST.: 0 ranked Wins/ 3 ranked Losses/ possibly 2-3 ranked Wins (Missouri and Ole Miss aren’t that great) Oregon: 3 ranked Wins/ 0 ranked Losses/ possibly 3 ranked Wins (Boise ST. wasn’t ranked at the time. Illinois and Michigan ranked so teams could beat ranked opponents, they haven’t beaten anyone to earn the ranks they have. Oregon only beat Ohio ST. and by 1 point.) Oregon could easily not even be in the conversation to be ranked if they played better teams. Or they can be better than everyone. It’s an unknown period. I mean Arkansas looked like the number 1 team in the nation dropping 70 on UAPB and 58 on Miss ST. but against stronger opponents, mistakes get made. Penn ST: 1 ranked Win/ 0 ranked Losses/ possibly 2 ranked Wins (Illinois is their lone ranked Win… Wow) Ohio ST: 0 ranked Wins/ 1 ranked Loss/ possibly 2 ranked Wins (Penn ST. and Indiana is their strongest foes… Lol) Illinois: 3 ranked Wins/ 2 ranked Losses/possibly 3 ranked Wins (Kansas Nebraska and Michigan make up their ranked Wins… all currently unranked. Penn ST. and Oregon benefited by beating an unjustly ranked Illinois team.) Indiana: 0 ranked Wins/ 0 ranked Losses/ possibly 1 ranked Win (Wow) (They played no one and got ranked because they haven’t lost.) (Again a manufactured ranked team for Ohio ST. to cherry pick that ranked Win.) Miami: 0 ranked Wins/ 0 ranked Losses/ possibly 0 ranked Wins (………….) (Possibly face Clemson in ACC championship for their first ranked game and the only somebody they might face.) (Clemson lost to Georgia badly and also has played no one else.) (South Carolina is likely to beat Clemson as well.) (Not Miami’s fault that Florida and Florida ST. are not good and dog doo doo this season) Notre Dame: 3 ranked Wins/ 0 ranked Losses/ possibly 4 ranked Wins (Texas A&M was not ranked at the time and the first game of the season/ good Win against a now ranked really good team. Louisville is now not ranked. Another team to boost ranked Wins. Navy was ranked for this game and a good ranked Win. Army is another possible good ranked Win) BYU: 2 ranked Wins/ 0 ranked Losses/ possibly 2 ranked Wins (They beat Kansas ST. and SMU who are ranked because they haven’t lost and haven’t played anyone. Kansas ST. beat Colorado whoop te do and SMU beat Louisville… wow. BYU barely beat Oklahoma ST. which hasn’t won a game since their fortunate double overtime win against Arkansas in the second game of the season. Oh wait they beat Tulsa next… then they Lost every game.) Clemson: 0 ranked Wins/ 1 ranked Loss/ possibly 1 ranked Win (They played Georgia and lost bad in the opener, went from 14 to 25, have played absolutely nobody since, and since they haven’t lost, have went from 25 to 11 as of today. Wow.) Pittsburgh another undeserving ranked team is their only possible ranked Win, besides Miami in the championship possibly. Again Wow.) Iowa ST.: 1 ranked Win/ 0 ranked Losses/ possibly 2 ranked Wins (Iowa is now not ranked. 1 point margin of VICTORY. A whopping 20-19. Yet again have played nobody and will play nobody. Kansas ST. wow. A nobody who has also played nobody. Colorado that’s a joke right. Oh wait Colorado is STILL ranked….. oh wait Colorado did play Kansas ST. …… and lost.) (Just to clarify Kansas ST. Beat Colorado and Colorado Lost to Kansas ST.) :) Boise ST: 1 ranked Win/ 1 ranked Loss/ possibly 1 ranked Win (Lost by 3 to Oregon that’s their claim to fame and beat Washington ST. the pride of the PAC-12. :) My ball sweat could beat Washington ST. with little effort and a large handicap.) Jus Sayin Y’all look at these stats and take them as you will. I see a lot of bs sprinkled with cat poo.
That’s around 76 ranked games for 16 SEC teams in the regular season, give or take a few, and around 26 ranked games for 11 of the 17 non SEC teams in the top 25. There’s around 11 for the other 6 in the top 25, so 37 ranked games for the 17 non SEC teams ranked in the top 25. And of course the actual number of games for the SEC teams is much less because that’s counting games twice, but it’s also much less for the other for the same reason.
@@xp7672 It's cool to break down, but I think some of the opinions are just off....such as "Clemson win not that special", "Alabama not that great", or Pitt as an "undeserving ranked team". I also don't think it makes any sense to look at what teams were previously ranked. Only what they've done on the field.
@@drewc771 I understand, the opinions are just that, opinions. Like Pitt, who’d they play that you see as a high bowl or championship team, or ranked as much as ranked really means. Syracuse.. West Virginia… No one. Alabama, their defense isn’t very good at all, again opinion, and could change. I could see a world that Auburn beats them this year. It will be extremely fortunate if Auburn makes a bowl this year. And Clemson, their strongest opponents so far is NC ST. and Virginia, again do you see them as extremely tough opponents headed for a championship or new years bowl. Like I said they lost bad to Georgia, maybe if they played them today it would be different. Also the reason to say if they were ranked at the time the game was played matters. It mattered then when a team beats a ranked team their value in the eyes of the people choosing the rankings goes up, when they’re picking who goes into the playoffs it might matter either way. In my opinion it matters.
@@xp7672 Opinions are opinions, but some are objectively more valid than others based just on logic and empirical evidence. For instance, saying "Alabama's defense isn't very good" simply isn't an accurate statement. Look at any power ratings stats out there based on actual performance, you will see Alabama's D in the top 10 of pretty much all of them. They are 11th in the country in yards allowed per play and they have played one of the hardest schedules in the country so far. We are used to Alabama being top 5, so it may seem like they're defense isn't that good...but no, it definitely still is. For the record, I'm not an Alabama fan. On Pittsburgh, yeah they haven't beaten any top 25 teams. But they're 7-0 and have played several teams power ranked in the 40 to 60 range and beaten all of them. The bottom line is you have to put 25 teams in the top 25. You're not going to find 25 that should be ranked ahead of Pitt. I know Clemson hasn't played hardly anyone after UGA, but they can only play who's in front of them and they've completely dominated those teams. I don't think anyone questions that they're still a good team and that that was a very quality win for UGA. Keep in mind, the committee that does the playoff have done no rankings at all. They start fresh in a couple weeks. Previous media rankings, pre-season rankings mean absolutely nothing to them.
@@drewc771 okay, bama vs Vanderbilt, defense lost them the game. Agree or disagree. Bama vs Tennessee, defense lost them the game. Agree or disagree. Pitt completely agree, they beat several mid teams, totally unknown how they’d do against the top. Maybe they deserve to be there. They probably do. We’ll hopefully know in the end. Clemson, didn’t really see massive blowout wins, to say dominated them all, yes they won every game, some were probably actual good mid team wins, but like Shania Twain “that don’t impress me much”. lol And the committee, the poll people, whoever… they’re biased. Just the way it is, whatever they’re supposed to do, whatever they will do or use to justify picks or preferences. The money maker teams will be at the top. Period.
Connor looks like a shell of himself and this team will go as far and he can lead us We cannot have a backup QB bail us out going forward against elite teams We need a pass first QB to deliver which will also give our much improved running game help I think Weigman has the yips. They went away briefly but came again
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LSU is eliminated. They aren’t getting in over A&M, Texas, Georgia even if they all have 2-losses.
Lsu fan here.
Hats off to the Aggies. My team had no counterpunch to the adjustments made in the 2nd half. We got outcoached, plain and simple.
Classy.
Respect for admitting this. Y’all are a good team and will bounce back.
One of the reasons why I like Mike Elko is because he takes the time to reflect on mistakes and admit failures. He's humble and works his players hard.
He also doesn't hold back. It's clear he wants what is the best out of his defense.
Notre Dame fan here. A&M has the SEC sitting there for at least the shot to make the championship game. Just win your games. I said that after our game. Missouri at home (check), LSU at home (check), now just beat the teams you are supposed to beat and get Texas at home.
Can't wait for the rematch in the playoffs so I can tell you that notre dame just needs to take care of business next year
@kevinak-d1x Careful what you wish for, NDs defense isn't LSU and NDs offense is improving every week.
@@kevinak-d1x both teams still need to take care of business this year. A&M has 3 winnable games and Texas left. ND has 4 winnable games (Florida State, Virginia, Army, and USC). Army and USC are the toughest teams left. I know that A&M is looking better now than they did week 1, but ND is better now too. The offense took a while to acclimate. Hopefully both teams manage the remaining schedule.
Yea the Aggies didn’t lose to NIU. So there’s that. Yall lucky Marcel wasn’t starting week 1. He’s the better option by far. Better arm, better mobility. More electric, calmer presence. Poised. It’s night and day. That game would not have been close and I do hope they play again just to show it. But ND won’t win a playoff game
@@joedaddy550 You do realize over the last two seasons, ND has shut down a ton of QBs way more talented than some new guy at TAMU, including Caleb Williams and CJ Stroud. Did you go to TAMU by chance?
A&M needs to clean up the penalties. On the positive side, if you can run the ball and play sound defense, you can compete with ANYONE…
Yall cannot compete against ANYONE. LSU is overrated and cannot run on ANYONE. A&M is not great especially when people scheme against your qb running the ball
As a lifelong Aggie fan they will simply never clean that up.
Don't let beating an overrated LSU team think you can compete with ANYONE. LSU can't run the ball at all no matter who we play. Connor ain't leading yall anywhere and Reed won't be able to carry the offense with his arm alone.
@@jayman9899 What kind of fan knocks their own team to talk trash about another. A&M won and that's that.
@@Bantosh It's not a knock it's looking at football as a real sport that requires honest analysis. Not just rooting for my team blindly and ignoring the reality. LSU does not have a run game or run defense. A&M cannot win against ANYONE if they are forced to throw
As an Aggie fan, I’m tampering expectations for THIS SEASON. In the future, elko is gonna be our guy. This season; I’m not sure we can read-option our way to Atlanta or a playoff win
Shout out to the coach in his first season great work. My Tigers about to go 7-5.
@@kayelisejay18 y’all acting like A&M bitch slapped you. My Aggies were getting shoved around all day then we started running read option LITERALLY EVERY PLAY and the defense hadn’t prepared for it and the defense didn’t stop it. The line finally got to Nuss and he had some bad picks under pressure. Couple bad plays go y’all’s way, you win the game. CFP is still on the table.
One game at a time. Next week is a tough one on the road at a good SCAR team.
You’re assuming Colin Klein doesn’t get snatched up then
@@Kingolimar354 Next man up.
I can’t lie I thought we were done after the fumble. Whole first half I looked like the LSU fans in the fourth quarter.
The story for me wasn't the QB change/play. It was the 2nd half adjustments on D that A&M made (after somehow keeping it a semi-close game). They were able to completely nullify the LSU run game and then they dialed up some nasty blitz packages. Just some great coaching.
Weigman is reminding me of Mond. World beater one game and totally lost the next. Unlike Jimbo, Elko isn’t afraid to make the QB switch.
Weigman has obviously not improved, and potentially even regressed from his first couple years here. Reed was by far the better QB Saturday, which is not something I have brought myself to admitting yet.
However, I don’t think the lack of performance while Conner was in was all on him. The pass protection was the worst it’s been all year, our receivers had a hard time getting open, and there were at least three drops on ball that hit guys directly in the hands. To me, the reason Conner was pulled wasn’t fully on him, but just in the overall ineptitude of the passing offense. Reed’s running ability brought unpredictably to our running game, which completely destroyed LSU’s defense. Couple that with our defense showing up better to give their defense less time to recover and the game was blown wide open.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Conner starts again, with Elko keeping him on short leash again. Having a QB throw only 2 times in 23 minutes of play doesn’t tell me they have a lot of confidence in his arm, but Reed’s mobility absolutely won us the game. I still think Conner has the more reliable arm, but if our passing game isn’t going anywhere, I love hanging the option to go to Reed.
Mond was much better at taking care of the football. He did not turn the ball over much.
@@McFarkle Mike Elko will be able to make those decisions, but what was missing before Elko is the players believe in the coach, even after one of the LSU interceptions, Marcel went up to Connor and said we got this. No matter what their strengths and weaknesses they will play for each other and be ready when coach wants them in
@@matthewlear4518 100%, Elko knows better than any of us. My biggest complaint is seeing the fanbase constantly turn on Weigman. Both guys are studs and we’ve built an offensive system around each that can each destroy defenses
@@McFarkle I don't care about the fan base or boosters they need to stick to facts. We can't lose our guys because they are mature and talented and we definitely can't lose our head coach because I can say this without a doubt now. He is the right guy for our program and will be talked about like one of the best head coaches to ever coach at Texas A&M. I completely trust him and believe in what he is doing.
The path to have 3 TAMU vs Texas games are still on the table
Tamu would have to win out but lose the Regular season game vs Texas, to trigger a Rematch in the SEC championship Texas vs TAMU.
TAMU would have to win the SEC Champ game so Texas would only be a 2 loss team.
Imagine, the first CFB championship game, to be the 3rd matchup of TAMU vs Texas... would be wild.
Truly insane lol but completely possible.
It may be possible for them to rematch in the SEC title, but extremely unlikely. Even in your scenario of Texas AM beating Texas and neither losing another game, other results would be needed, most notably a Georgia loss. And if Tennessee gave Geogia the loss, I think it would require Tennessee to lose again, as well.
One game at a time.
Texas still has a long road. Kentucky, & Arkansas ain’t no joke.
A&m still have South Carolina (Night game) and Auburn. Both teams can enter with 1 L or even 2.
Playing tu 3 times in one season 🤮
We have a decade of missed rivalry to make up for, sounds like a good way to restart it.
Texas a&m had 3 Quarterbacks that night
Ngl a Georgia vs A&M SEC title matchup would feed families 🔥🔥🔥 it’s a shame Sankey still hasn’t had those 2 teams play each other except for only 1 game years ago.
@@TheMCJ2011 can’t wait to host y’all at Kyle Field. But seeing the Dawgs in Atlanta would be pretty cool too.
this is still the dumbest thing Snakey does. TAMU has been in the SEC for 15 seasons... and has played UGA ONE TIME.
I really dislike what Snakey allows the conference to be. It's great despite him. it would be even greater without him.
I agree!
SEC championship game will be fun no matter who it is I wish y'all would stop saying "feed families" so much
@@LonghornsLegend Mr killjoy over here… lighten up guy…
I'm just a casual fan. I love this game, and I love it more than any one team. Those tweet deleters are the people that say they love football, but the truth is they love the Cowboys. They don't baseball. They love the Cubs or the Red Sox. Annoys me to no end. I want see a good game. The LSU @ AM game was exactly that. Compelling drama, and some really good play. It was very entertaining as a fan.
True story. Too many fans are fans because of what it says about them rather than a fan because they love the team or the sport they are gans of.
Appreciate the Harris County shout-out!
Great win for the Aggies! The 12th man really showed up with almost 109,000 in the stadium! Whoop!
Reed didn’t need to throw a lot..but he did have more yardage passing with 2 passes than Weigman had with a lot more attempts..
If A&M is a one loss team during a night game at Kyle Field in the final game of the season, I doubt anyone in the country could win that game against the Aggies.
Dude you're totally blind to the flaws of your A&M team. This whole Marcel Reed thing is very unlikely to have the same result it did in the second half vs LSU when teams start scheming him. Weigman cannot handle the moment and Reed does not have the ability to carry if he can only use his arm. Yall are great in the trenches but i'm preparing you not to get too high. They had a great night but VS an overrated LSU team that cannot run the ball on ANYONE. This is coming from an LSU fan. It's not out of bitterness i'm just warning you
@@jayman9899he’s not saying we’re going to win the natty. He’s saying a 10-1 A&M team playing in that situation at home is going to be insane. If you think the fans and the players showed up big for this game, you’re going to be floored by what happens in the 10-1 scenario. A&M has a top 10 roster talent wise. If the players are clicking, idk how many teams I take over the Aggies at Kyle Field. Marcel Reed has a cannon. He just needs to reel in the power and focus on accuracy. LSU game planned for Green last week and shut him down. Should’ve been an easy adjustment for the defense.
@@jayman9899 start scheming him? Reed started 3 games this season. LSU had plenty of film on him. A&M has this thing called “depth” and we’ve had it for a while, we just finally learned how to use it. We are not a one trick pony.
It’s not some Cinderella story. We’ve had talent on our team for years. The pieces are just coming together finally.
@@harrisonmooney6331 It's not that simple. Ark Trenches are nothing compared to A&M. We don't have great line play this year and yall don't run the same offense with Reed as Ark does with Green. Yall shut down our run forcing Nuss to pass. My point is that if Nuss will make mistakes without a running game so will Marcel Reed if yall cannot rely on the run. Kyle Field is legit i agree. I'm just saying LSU aint that special this year in the trenches so don't let that win get you too high
@@adamwarner4904 My point is in reference to the elite teams in CFB, Yall havent really played one yet. LSU is not as great as people might think this year. We can't make a hole to run through against anyone. And when a team that's really talented and sound defensively takes your run game away do you really think Reed will be able to throw it 35 times to win a game? Not likely.
A&M’s run-defense has been stout all year. The only yards given up are typically bad run-fits earlier in the season.
The Front 7 is strong. It's our Secondary that has always and will continue to concern me.
Lol as a sports bettor it is going to be more difficult for me to get on the other side of A&M now. I had LSU +4.5 and then "insert running QB". Absolute game changer.
Marcel Reed will be a big problem for any defense in the country. I could see a letdown after a big win like this one with Jimbo as head coach, but not with Elko, and I'm a Bama fan and grad.
Your just saying that cause yall lost after yalls big win to Georgia 😂Elko has these kids on lockdown. They are focused and ready for South Carolina
You sure? He started vs Bowling Green and Arkansas. Looked ok to average
@@nothingpersonal1000 but we won
@@nothingpersonal1000 Bowling Green played Penn State tough too, and Tennessee lost their letdown game against Arkansas. We won which is all that matters
@@Knowwutimsayn this is about LSU fans acting like the reason they lost is because Reed is an automatic stud. He's a nice player but that game had more to donwith LSU's lack of preparation for him plus the inability to stop the run. A&M was a better, more physical team in the second half but LSU fans are acting like Reed is Lamar Jackson
Garret threw 52 times vs Ole Miss. BK acts like this is a new issue. This is now an issue bc they lost. Should have already been fixed.
No, he isn't acting like it's a new issue. They've known since early in the season that their run game is a problem, and they've been trying to work it out all season. The results in the Arkansas game had them thinking they'd found the solution, but that wasn't the case. I don't know if it's a problem in the O-line (which is excellent at pass blocking) or if it's a problem in the blocking schemes used for their run game, but somethin' ain't right.
@@RD-jc2eu Yeah I’m not buying that. He literally brings it up in the press conference and talks about how they need to fix it and help Nussmeier. I didn’t hear him talk about that after Ole Miss and if this is a known issue all year, he apparently can’t fix it either.
If Fisher was A&M head coach, A&M will be 2-3 in SEC. Or maybe 1-4
Keep up the good content Pate. You were spot on about doubting Weigman, but its the Eklo Era. Elko made the change by putting in Reed and the guys came to play 4 quarters of football and never gave up. I love it. Gig em 🦾
Appears to me they had zero game plan for the back up QB. Had zero clue how to stop 1 play, the RPO. Blame the coach…not the kid
It’s hard to prep for two completely different offenses. The offense changes from a traditional passing and run attack with weigman and a rpo attach with Reed.
It wasn’t an RPO it was a read option QB run
LSU is Pate's favorite team
lol his feelings sound hurt gig em 👍🏾👍🏾
@@darromoney7045funny enough he was confessed of being a LSU hater last week. no one knows anything lol
@@jofra501he was joking
Coaching clinic - Amen. You did not really speak about the half-time adjustments Elko made on defense. First half, LSU offense was dominating our offense, but third quarter we shut them down. And fourth quarter we held them to one touchdown (no extra point). A&M coaching staff are geniuses at midgame adjustments, especially at defense, which computes with Elko's strengths.
Also "The trophy case is barren not because there is a magical poison that exists in the well water"... actually, as someone who is on the ground in College Station, I think there is a poison in the well water that is killing our coaches. We bring in great coaches, and as soon as they start doing well, they start getting put on pedestals and pulled into all kinds of functions, radio shows, talking at this club or that, making commercials for A&M, etc. A coach in college football, to be truly elite, has to live and breathe their team and their team's game and college football, every waking hour. But in College Station, as soon as they have a bit of success under their belt, we distract them from that. Please talk to Elko and tell him not to let that happen to himself.
As a Notre Dame fan I believe this is more about Kelly than A&M. This game was vintage Kelly. We tried to warn LSU, but they didn't listen.
You got to give props to Elko and A&M. I love what he’s doing down there. Go Irish ☘️
Good show as usual Josh. I'm a retired USAF historian and here's a little history for you. Let me remind you that #7 nationally ranked LSU (also SEC West champ and coach) went into Kyle Field at night and was completely "Mizzou'd" by the Fighting Texas Aggies in 2022 38-23. History truly does repeat itself 38-23.👍
So what happens when A&M go to Death Valley? Did you forget that part of history, conveniently?
Quite easy. The lack of rushing yards lead to Nuss forcing it into good coverage. Not like A&M hasn’t had the recruits
I freakin’ love this show
You can tell Pate takes getting proved wrong to heart over this game.
Great analysis, Pate. No absolutes in football or any sport. It’s why the game is played.
You won my hear with the Friedman reference! Lol
Great take @JoshPateCFB LSU’s Def. Was so good they ran the A&M starter out of the game. Coach Elko had to yank him. That ultimately cost LSU the game. Missed FG’s, Red Zone break downs, 3 Pics deep in your territory. Reed was amazing, but drives of 8, 23, & 28 is not dominance, it’s opportunistic. Give credit to Coach Elko and A&M The beat LSU’s butt. They’re in the drivers seat to go to ATL. CBK will get this fixed. We’ll know vs Bama in 2 weeks.
Damnit Pate! I told you not to pick the Tigers. I begged you not to put that bad juju on us! WTH we gonna have to sacrifice to cleanse ourselves of this demon!
LSU fan and attended. All respect to A&M. Our games are always good. We had no answer for your back up and your defense stood ten toes all night.
But I have to say, WTF TIGERS WR way too MANY DROPPED PASSES! NUSS was pretty solid and he was feeding everyone. yea he forced some throws but he had no choice. Sometimes you have to wing it. BK we gotta get the rush defense better because BAMA will destroy us and we not built to go toe to toe if we can’t rush the ball against them. I believe if we win out we’ll get the 10-12 spot!
Nuss was very good in the 1st half when he had a clean pocket. He made easy throws to electric receivers. He had a couple of great throws in the endzone to Mason. Aggies played good coverage all night but wwre missing tackles in 1st half. The 32 yarder on 3rd and 15 was a bad pass that just got caught.
2nd half rolled around and everyone on the offensive line got their tails whipped. Will Campbell, Emory Jones, both Guards and Center all got embarrassed by the A&M defensive line. Constant pressure and had Nussmeier running for his life.
Burrow & Daniels were just pretty good 1st year starting ….heisman winners in year 2 starting
*don’t write Nussmier off*
I think if A&M runs the ball well against South Carolina (SC) then they’re a serious problem for anyone in the country. SC has a quality d-line and one of the best run defenses in the country so this is a great test to see if A&M can really beat up anyone in the trenches.
A&M is a problem until they run into either an offense that can threaten the secondary and block the edges or a defense with a pulse. It’ll be problematic when we play Texas and beyond…
I’ll admit this was THE greatest TAMU game I’ve been to specifically because of how down bad we felt in the first half… thank you Elko. Thank you MARCEL REED WHOOOOP
*was too damn drunk to remember bama game cause we all thought we’d get smoked 😭
my last home game as a student was 74-72 LSU. not sure anything will ever top that.
To LSU: it's called a "linebacker" because it's immediately behind the defensive line.....preventing the shortest distance between two points being a straight line problem.
As a Texas fan I'd be scared of this Aggie team. Vandy may be good, however they are not a playoff team. If Texas doesn't get the O-line fixed by then Texas is screwed. Ewers will be picking grass out of his teeth for weeks. Right after they get the o-line figured out they need to fix their run game. Ewers can sling it if he has a bit of time but Texas run game hasn't been as dominant as it should be and leaning on passing makes it far easier for the defense to rush 4 and keep people in zone. And if they are getting pressure with 4 you're definitely doing something wrong.
Milton Friedman and the "Angels to order society for us" comment has earned my infinite respect for you, Josh!
LSU fan here. It makes my vein pop in my forehead when I read "LSU upset by dominating performance." If you consider getting dominated and than saved by a freakshow QB, "domination", than yes. Lol Greg Penn said it himself post game. They did not expect A&M to put Reed in and they didn't prepare for it. Plain and simple. Good game. I think they'll meet again in CFP.
LSU isn't going to be in the Playoffs
@@edwardkelly3280put money up
@@edwardkelly3280that’s just wrong. LSU had the manpower to control that entire game. We did not prepare well obviously. There were coaching issues. LSU is still a 1 loss sec team that has just as good of a chance of making the playoffs as A&M. When the Aggies play Texas they will not be able to run the ball with reed. Sorry but RPOs and options alone don’t win championships anymore.
@@edwardkelly3280 if they win out they absolutely will be.
Chalk it up as a Learnings experience nuss is what it is!! still got faith in my team Geauxx tigahs! Hats off to A&M that’s why it’s called rivalry many matchups down the road we’ll get it back
Aggie alum here. Very impressed by the adjustments made by Elko. However, we were very fortunate that the LSU kicking game was so poor.
Agree, I think the game would be a different outcome if they made those tbh…
Mike Elko is a phenomenal coach. The Duke Blue Devils were a scary good team while he was there. His teams are always fundamentally solid and disciplined. He took 3 star athletes at Duke and turned them into 4 star players. Now that he is at Texas A&M where he can hand pick his players, college football better look out!!
Milton Freidman reference as well?! JP a true man of culture 👏
Milton Friedman quotes, I love it!
LSU had several opportunities to put the game away. They had 3? Missed FGs, and down the stretch, their offense just made too many self infected mistakes. But the good news.....now there is extra tape out there to help teams prepare for that QB A&M brought in. So, A&M don't have that trick anymore
He’s started three games, so it’s not like LSU didn’t know what he could do. Maybe they didn’t prepare much for him since he wasn’t the starter, but calling it a “trick” seems inaccurate
@@MP-sy4zcan interview with one of lsu’s linebackers confirmed they didn’t prep for reed at all the week before which is just a tremendous failure on the lsu coaching staff. Especially considering that reed has played in all but 2 games for the aggies.
LSU fan here. I disagree. I think we weren’t ready for a running QB. Also, the A&M coaching didn’t really change. Nuss for ed the ball. We all know he’s a cowboy. And Im good with it. This time, it blew up in our face. Did A & M deserve this? course. But it wasn’t some coaching clinic that changed magically. It was interception after interception after interception. And then of course, the running quarterback that we weren’t ready to handle.
I was at the game. Hats off to 12th man they were deafening loud. Great environment. Garrett was off kilter and confused at times. Why sloan didnt attack the middle of the field idk. Aaron's Anderson was open all night but he kept pushing it down Field. I don't wanna hear that LSU was blind sided. They defended the zone read since HS. Reed is a special athlete and ran executed as good as ive seen. He was fooling everyone in the stadium. And he had short fields over and over. Didn't matter. We couldn't stop him. Maybe if they played again LSU would be better prepared. Better team won that day. LSU can still get better. Win out and were probably n
Josh it was a dominant performance A&M left the field clearly the better team. A&M still has a lot of growth but they just beat their second top 10 team this year and the craziest thing it was because of great performances of two different qbs in each game.
It's called the Land Grant College syndrome. I'm from a small town, Forest Hill, Texas which is now in the middle of DFW. I have always loved Texas A&M because of family. But that's why I like Auburn too.
Watching this from Kyle Field, I knew A&M had won once we picked the ball. We were down by 10 but LSU might as well have conceded right there because with the 12th man getting hyped like that, easy.
Because LSU left 9 points on the field from missed or muffed field goals. LSU allowed the crowd to get back in it. Before the first pick and before the first missed field goal, it was quiet in the stadium.
@ I believe at that point of the game it was only one missed field goal.
The defense really stepped up and our the offense in some short yardage situations to score after causing 3 turnovers. The defensive adjustments should be the lead and not necessarily Reed in my opinion.
Reed struggled a little throwing earlier this month if that’s better he’s the qb but as it stands right now A&M has two qbs capable of taking over games. Unfortunately for weigman he gets stage fright
Josh, A&M put it on LSU late. Our guys had no answers late. I called my buddy and said if they pull the starter I’ve seen it too many times, it’s gonna be different outcome. Nuss is awesome but I had a feeling he was gonna have a rough time.
I have to agree with you about Texas A&M except for one thing. They do have everything you need in today's NCAA............well except for one thing. Have you ever been to College Station? I don't mean on game day, I mean like on a random day in late June during summer break. I'm sure that there are some people that love that kind of place, but I'm betting it's not an 18 year old 5 star recruit with even more stars in his eyes. The city of College Station isn't exactly attracting a lot of players like say.............Austin, Miami, or even some more quaint college towns like Athens or Ann Arbor. Personally, I like College Station for what it is, but nobody is signing me to NIL and offering me a scholarship. You have to admit, the location is their biggest challenge besides the fact that it does happen to be in Texas, which is a plus if you're looking on the positive side. On a side note.........Kanell gets more pub from you than he gets anywhere else! LOL
I was there. Not one person ever thought we had it in the bag. Not even in the 4th quarter. We were burned by Jimbo too many times
Kannel said what? Why couldn't a 2 loss team make the playoff? LSU won the whole thing as a 2 loss team in 2007, before any playoff existed.
Totally depends on how the cards land for other teams end of season. There will be 2 loss teams left out this year the question is who.
Considering lsu should’ve lost two more games already he’s projecting more losses
100 percent we did not dominate that game, LSU seemed like they were a play or two from blowing us out at home. Unfortunately our O-line in the first half was unable to deal with the pressures LSU was bringing, and I think the holdover from fisher (our QB's were unprotected and therefore always injured) has really put some PTSD on Weigman. Super talented player who's hearing footsteps and making poor reads against above average defenses.
I was one drive from just turning the game off and doing something else with the rest of my day until that turnover and the qb change. We looked like an entirely different team after that, the O-line was making good blocks and getting to the second layer, the defensive line was more active pressuring, and the secondary was disguising coverages and making passes more difficult.
In a little over 23 minutes the Aggies scored 31 points. Truly astounding.
I feel like if lsu made those field goals, it would have been a different story. We got lucky with that 😂
Amen about A&M. We got it all, trophy case means nothing.
As a South Carolina fan I am scared for our next games
Clemson is the main one left , not much else matters
Good job aggies !
Die hard LSU fan here . Seems like LSU left there brain back in Baton Rouge. That was an embarrassing display in the 3rd and 4th quarter. The coach at A&M is the real deal
So who’s the starting Aggie QB against South Carolina this weekend?
At 8:17 in the 3rd I was speechless and finishing my beer.
As someone who lived in college station and drank the tap water, there might be poison in it
That’s absolutely trye
@JoshPateCFB .. what do you make about LSU shutting Arkansas Green down but no answer for A&M’s dual qb ? Aren’t these guys similar and I would venture to say that Arkansas quarterback is probably better …
As a Bama fan I am so jealous of TAMU. At Bama we marry out QBs and they cannot be replaced. For better, and with Milroe, for worse.
The way LSU's quarterback was careless with the ball ........it turned the game around.
josh-- if ifs and buts were candy and nuts we would all have a merry christmas
I would put $50 on A&M against Oregon right now if I could.
That’s hilarious
@@UnlockYourWellness I don’t think so. I watched Oregon play Illinois and I watched A&M play LSU.
A&M look better to me.
@@gdawg4ever119 So you watched Oregon score touchdowns on 5 of their first 6 drives and dominate defensively without their best defensive player who is injured and still thought A&M was better? 😂
@@UnlockYourWellness Imo A&M looked better and I would bet on them against Oregon.
I seen Oregon take 30 minutes , lol , to pass the ball agains an Illinois team that struggled to get pressure on the QB.
Against A&M they wouldn’t have that time.
They are good , but not great imo.
I did see them do some good things but look at some of the successful pass plays in that game … they had so much time and it’s not bc their o line is that great it’s bc Illinois isn’t good.
Then offensively A&M looked very quick and gashed LSU several times running.
It’s just my opinion of course but yeah I would bet on A&M today against Oregon.
I would also bet on my Dawgs agains Oregon but hey that’s bc I’m a Dawg fan lol and bc we can get to the QB in a hurry
Sorry. I’m an a&m diehard. We get our ass handed to us by Oregon.
That Texas vs Texas A&M will be a barn burner.
Lisan-al-Gai-REED!
I can totally see LSU winning out and making the CFBP, regardless if they make the SECCG.
Yep your right, LSU was right there from taking over. Then A&M's lines took over as we knew they could run the ball. The real adjustment was the Freshman QB into the mix with his legs. This is the same as Bama did to Ga with hurts and Tua. Just in reverse, don't jump to conclusions on SEC games until the end.
You can’t throw 3 ints, miss 3 fgs have multiple wide open drops and only rush for 33yds! It’s not so much what TA&M did but more what LSU failed to do!
It’s more about Brian Kelly…again…never makes adjustments in game when things go wrong. It is why notre dame fans are happy he is gone - at least with freeman, there’s still a lot we don’t know and his potential as a gem find of a head coach like Dan Lanning. The defense is way better under freeman than it ever was under Kelly.
But hats off to A&M. Really good team with a really good coach. Reed should be the starter
Love to hear everyone crying because the Aggies are NUMBER 1 IN THE SEC
Aggie fan here and I thought aggies were going to lose it mid 3rd. Offense looked like poop. Then qb change and boom...reed went off. I won't lie I was thinking aggies would finish 8-4 and at best 9-3. Very surprised by season so far. I can see them in playoffs, but there still a few years away to compete for NC.
Many of the recruits from that class had really bad injuries in high school which is why Bama, UGA, and others passed on them. Those schools get “elite” classes every year unlike A&M. It is unfair to look at one class and expect radical change when the are program that have deep talent from 4-5 recruiting classes along with elite transfers on the campus.
We need you to become the commissioner of college football officiating lol
I know my Tigers. In my "pickem" I selected AtM. The reason...."I think LSU is the better team but its the point in the season where the Tigers like to Sheet the bed". I know my Tigers. They had LOTS of opportunities to put the game away but let A&M hang around. Throw in a terrible game by Nussmeier with LOTs of interceptions and missed wide open receivers, a poor kicking performance and a poor job by coaches of preparing for a backup QB with a different style.
I’ll never forgive Josh for saying Weigman gave A&M a better chance than Reed
Nuss would throw 25 ints in the NFL, he would make Zach Wilson look like prime A Rod
Maybe A&M has found a good coach! I am a Bama fan. Elmo is a good coach
They won't get beat by 30 on Saturday. Not with that defense. I'm not picking a winner though.
South Carolina has only ever beaten A&M once and that was by 6 in 2022.
@@davidhfranzstill a dangerous game. I was/am still more nervous about the gamecocks than LSU. I was (overconfident) we would shut out LSU. We won well but I can't say I wasn't nervous first half
@@ChefClap Never said it wasn't, but SC hasn't scored more than 35 total in a game this season
I thought Ags are a second half team. First half not good. We needed a spark…
Who did you pick to win, Pate?
It’s not everyday you hear the great Milton Friedman brought up in a sports conversation
I think CW,s shoulder is still not right. Having had 3 shoulder operations it takes more time.
LSU totally blew that game.
Marcel Reed made LSU look suspect as shit on defense. I say leave Connor 2nd string. His dual threat makes the offense a lot harder to defend.
as an LSU fan i’ll have to admit we were out coached. out coached in the 2nd half.
Just some stats and my opinion of the rankings and bs of college football.
Georgia: 2 ranked Wins/ 1 ranked Loss/ possibly 4 ranked Wins minus championship game. (Clemson win not that special)
Texas A&M: 2 ranked Wins/ 1 ranked Loss/ possibly 3 ranked Wins minus championship game.
Texas: 3 ranked Wins/ 1 ranked Loss/ possibly 4 ranked Wins minus championship game.
(Michigan, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt are now not ranked) (They ranked Vanderbilt to give Texas a ranked Win.)
Tennessee: 3 ranked Wins/ 0 ranked Losses/ possibly 4-5 ranked Wins minus championship game.
(NC state, Oklahoma are now not ranked) (Alabama isn’t that great this year.)
LSU: 1 ranked Win/ 2 ranked Losses/ possibly 2-3 ranked Wins minus championship game.
(USC is now not ranked) (Ole miss and Alabama aren’t great this year.)
Alabama: 2 ranked Wins/ 1 ranked Loss/ possibly 3 ranked Wins
(Missouri isn’t a good team this year) (They kept them ranked to give Alabama another ranked Win)
Arkansas: 1 ranked Win/ 3 ranked Losses/ possibly 3-4 ranked Wins
(OSU is really bad but were fortunate A&M also fortunate LSU Fortunate as well but more so because of injuries) (should be 4 ranked Wins 6-7 possible)
Missouri: 1 ranked Win/ 2 ranked Losses/ possibly 1-2 ranked Wins
(Boston college is now not ranked) (If by chance Arkansas is ranked when they play is the 2 possible ranked Wins)
Ole Miss: 0 ranked Wins/ 1 ranked Loss/ possibly 1 ranked Win
(Wow what a schedule and still found a way to lose to Kentucky and LSU)
Vanderbilt: 1 ranked Win/ 2 ranked Losses/ possibly 3 ranked Wins
(Missouri will probably end up being a bad Loss.)
Florida: 0 ranked Wins/ 3 ranked Losses/ possibly 4 ranked Wins
(Miami wasn’t ranked at the time) (6-7 ranked matchups this season if you count Miami and the next 4 stay ranked)
South Carolina: 0 ranked Wins/ 3 ranked Losses/ possibly 2-4 ranked Wins
(Missouri Vanderbilt possible ranked matches)
Oklahoma: 0 ranked Wins/ 3 ranked Losses/ poss 2-3 ranked Wins
(Missouri possible ranked match) (Ranked as long as they were to give teams like Texas a ranked Win)
Auburn: 0 ranked Wins/ 3 ranked Losses/ possibly 2 ranked Wins
(Oklahoma is now not ranked and Missouri is not a good team this year.)
Kentucky: 1 ranked Win/ 1 ranked Loss/ possibly 3 ranked Wins
(They beat Ole Miss. I guess that’s something.)
Miss ST.: 0 ranked Wins/ 3 ranked Losses/ possibly 2-3 ranked Wins
(Missouri and Ole Miss aren’t that great)
Oregon: 3 ranked Wins/ 0 ranked Losses/ possibly 3 ranked Wins
(Boise ST. wasn’t ranked at the time. Illinois and Michigan ranked so teams could beat ranked opponents, they haven’t beaten anyone to earn the ranks they have. Oregon only beat Ohio ST. and by 1 point.) Oregon could easily not even be in the conversation to be ranked if they played better teams. Or they can be better than everyone. It’s an unknown period. I mean Arkansas looked like the number 1 team in the nation dropping 70 on UAPB and 58 on Miss ST. but against stronger opponents, mistakes get made.
Penn ST: 1 ranked Win/ 0 ranked Losses/ possibly 2 ranked Wins
(Illinois is their lone ranked Win… Wow)
Ohio ST: 0 ranked Wins/ 1 ranked Loss/ possibly 2 ranked Wins
(Penn ST. and Indiana is their strongest foes… Lol)
Illinois: 3 ranked Wins/ 2 ranked Losses/possibly 3 ranked Wins
(Kansas Nebraska and Michigan make up their ranked Wins… all currently unranked. Penn ST. and Oregon benefited by beating an unjustly ranked Illinois team.)
Indiana: 0 ranked Wins/ 0 ranked Losses/ possibly 1 ranked Win
(Wow) (They played no one and got ranked because they haven’t lost.) (Again a manufactured ranked team for Ohio ST. to cherry pick that ranked Win.)
Miami: 0 ranked Wins/ 0 ranked Losses/ possibly 0 ranked Wins
(………….) (Possibly face Clemson in ACC championship for their first ranked game and the only somebody they might face.) (Clemson lost to Georgia badly and also has played no one else.) (South Carolina is likely to beat Clemson as well.) (Not Miami’s fault that Florida and Florida ST. are not good and dog doo doo this season)
Notre Dame: 3 ranked Wins/ 0 ranked Losses/ possibly 4 ranked Wins
(Texas A&M was not ranked at the time and the first game of the season/ good Win against a now ranked really good team. Louisville is now not ranked. Another team to boost ranked Wins. Navy was ranked for this game and a good ranked Win. Army is another possible good ranked Win)
BYU: 2 ranked Wins/ 0 ranked Losses/ possibly 2 ranked Wins
(They beat Kansas ST. and SMU who are ranked because they haven’t lost and haven’t played anyone. Kansas ST. beat Colorado whoop te do and SMU beat Louisville… wow. BYU barely beat Oklahoma ST. which hasn’t won a game since their fortunate double overtime win against Arkansas in the second game of the season. Oh wait they beat Tulsa next… then they Lost every game.)
Clemson: 0 ranked Wins/ 1 ranked Loss/ possibly 1 ranked Win
(They played Georgia and lost bad in the opener, went from 14 to 25, have played absolutely nobody since, and since they haven’t lost, have went from 25 to 11 as of today. Wow.) Pittsburgh another undeserving ranked team is their only possible ranked Win, besides Miami in the championship possibly. Again Wow.)
Iowa ST.: 1 ranked Win/ 0 ranked Losses/ possibly 2 ranked Wins
(Iowa is now not ranked. 1 point margin of VICTORY. A whopping 20-19. Yet again have played nobody and will play nobody. Kansas ST. wow. A nobody who has also played nobody. Colorado that’s a joke right. Oh wait Colorado is STILL ranked….. oh wait Colorado did play Kansas ST. …… and lost.) (Just to clarify Kansas ST. Beat Colorado and Colorado Lost to Kansas ST.) :)
Boise ST: 1 ranked Win/ 1 ranked Loss/ possibly 1 ranked Win
(Lost by 3 to Oregon that’s their claim to fame and beat Washington ST. the pride of the PAC-12. :) My ball sweat could beat Washington ST. with little effort and a large handicap.) Jus Sayin
Y’all look at these stats and take them as you will. I see a lot of bs sprinkled with cat poo.
That’s around 76 ranked games for 16 SEC teams in the regular season, give or take a few, and around 26 ranked games for 11 of the 17 non SEC teams in the top 25. There’s around 11 for the other 6 in the top 25, so 37 ranked games for the 17 non SEC teams ranked in the top 25. And of course the actual number of games for the SEC teams is much less because that’s counting games twice, but it’s also much less for the other for the same reason.
@@xp7672 It's cool to break down, but I think some of the opinions are just off....such as "Clemson win not that special", "Alabama not that great", or Pitt as an "undeserving ranked team". I also don't think it makes any sense to look at what teams were previously ranked. Only what they've done on the field.
@@drewc771 I understand, the opinions are just that, opinions. Like Pitt, who’d they play that you see as a high bowl or championship team, or ranked as much as ranked really means. Syracuse.. West Virginia… No one. Alabama, their defense isn’t very good at all, again opinion, and could change. I could see a world that Auburn beats them this year. It will be extremely fortunate if Auburn makes a bowl this year. And Clemson, their strongest opponents so far is NC ST. and Virginia, again do you see them as extremely tough opponents headed for a championship or new years bowl. Like I said they lost bad to Georgia, maybe if they played them today it would be different. Also the reason to say if they were ranked at the time the game was played matters. It mattered then when a team beats a ranked team their value in the eyes of the people choosing the rankings goes up, when they’re picking who goes into the playoffs it might matter either way. In my opinion it matters.
@@xp7672 Opinions are opinions, but some are objectively more valid than others based just on logic and empirical evidence. For instance, saying "Alabama's defense isn't very good" simply isn't an accurate statement. Look at any power ratings stats out there based on actual performance, you will see Alabama's D in the top 10 of pretty much all of them. They are 11th in the country in yards allowed per play and they have played one of the hardest schedules in the country so far. We are used to Alabama being top 5, so it may seem like they're defense isn't that good...but no, it definitely still is. For the record, I'm not an Alabama fan.
On Pittsburgh, yeah they haven't beaten any top 25 teams. But they're 7-0 and have played several teams power ranked in the 40 to 60 range and beaten all of them. The bottom line is you have to put 25 teams in the top 25. You're not going to find 25 that should be ranked ahead of Pitt.
I know Clemson hasn't played hardly anyone after UGA, but they can only play who's in front of them and they've completely dominated those teams. I don't think anyone questions that they're still a good team and that that was a very quality win for UGA.
Keep in mind, the committee that does the playoff have done no rankings at all. They start fresh in a couple weeks. Previous media rankings, pre-season rankings mean absolutely nothing to them.
@@drewc771 okay, bama vs Vanderbilt, defense lost them the game. Agree or disagree. Bama vs Tennessee, defense lost them the game. Agree or disagree. Pitt completely agree, they beat several mid teams, totally unknown how they’d do against the top. Maybe they deserve to be there. They probably do. We’ll hopefully know in the end. Clemson, didn’t really see massive blowout wins, to say dominated them all, yes they won every game, some were probably actual good mid team wins, but like Shania Twain “that don’t impress me much”. lol And the committee, the poll people, whoever… they’re biased. Just the way it is, whatever they’re supposed to do, whatever they will do or use to justify picks or preferences. The money maker teams will be at the top. Period.
Carrying water for LSU
Connor looks like a shell of himself and this team will go as far and he can lead us
We cannot have a backup QB bail us out going forward against elite teams
We need a pass first QB to deliver which will also give our much improved running game help
I think Weigman has the yips. They went away briefly but came again
Maybe if every run play wasn’t an inside zone out of shotgun, they could catch the defense out of position.
Don't think 0 for November is going to happen this year.
LSU had this game