A handful of observations from A&M’s 13th victory over Sam Houston in 13 tries.
Fans sit under a scoreboard during a weather delay for an NCAA college football game between Sam Houston State and Texas A&M Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, in College Station, Texas. COLLEGE STATION — This one for much of its four quarters looked like Vanderbilt 2020 all over again for the Aggies, who early on Saturday had trouble putting away Sam Houston in the teams’ season opener.
Two years ago the Aggies barely beat Vanderbilt 17-12 in their opener, and wound up 9-1 and ranked fourth in the pandemic-shortened season. A handful of observations fromOn the surface A&M appeared to play poorly against the Bearkats, but that stemmed from leading Sam Houston 10-0 with less than a minute remaining to halftime. Then Haynes King connected with Ainias Smith for a 63-yard touchdown pass just before the break, and the outcome never seemed in doubt the rest of the way.
The Aggies were dominant on defense, in holding Sam Houston to 10 first downs and less than 200 yards of total offense. Things get much tougher next weekend, when A&M hosts Appalachian State, which lost 63-61 to North Carolina on Saturday. The Mountaineers scored 40 points against the Tar Heels in the fourth quarter alone.I’ll relax on any Heisman Trophy hype for new featured running back Devon Achane, in fact I’ll go ahead and toss that out the window.
Fisher said Sam Houston twisted and looped up front, but that shouldn’t prevent Achane from eventually overpowering the Bearkats. He did not – and neither did A&M’s suspect offensive line.The Aggies will need to get better on the line in a big hurry, with No. 16 Miami coming to town on Sept. 17. Once Bryce Foster returns from injury or illness or whatever is sidelining him to date, he might be a candidate to play guard opposite Layden Robinson.
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