1. Total Yards: Texas A&M 180, Ole Mis nearly 100 more with 273. Folks, we are lucky to be ahead in this game.
2. Rushing Yards: Texas A&M averaging 3.7 per attempt, Ole Miss with 4.3. Folks, we are lucky to be ahead in this game.
3. Ole Miss QB Van Buren 12/17 for 173 yards. Weigman doing okay, but not as good, with 7/11 for 121. Folks, we are lucky to be ahead in this game.
4. Time of Possession: Basically 18 to 12 (cue up 1812 overture cannons) as MSU has basically controlled the ball. Folks, we are lucky to be ahead in this game.
5. Tackles for Loss: The Aggie defense has 6, MSU has 0. That's one reason we have managed squeak out a lead. Our defense has been disruptive, and has pressured Van Buren consistently, but he has remained poised to make some spectacular plays when it mattered.
General thoughts: Couple of story lines in this half must include A&M's failure to get a consistent running game going against a defense among the worst in running defense in the nation. Another one has to be the inability of the Aggie defense to make the key third (and sometimes 4th) down plays to get off the field. Finally, Aggies get a two score lead with little time left in the half. We go in with to halftime, score again on the first possession of the half, and suddenly things are very comfortable. Instead the defense still manages to gack up a TD and this game is definitely going to the end. The Stakesville Curse remains a real threat.
2. Rushing Yards: Texas A&M averaging 3.7 per attempt, Ole Miss with 4.3. Folks, we are lucky to be ahead in this game.
3. Ole Miss QB Van Buren 12/17 for 173 yards. Weigman doing okay, but not as good, with 7/11 for 121. Folks, we are lucky to be ahead in this game.
4. Time of Possession: Basically 18 to 12 (cue up 1812 overture cannons) as MSU has basically controlled the ball. Folks, we are lucky to be ahead in this game.
5. Tackles for Loss: The Aggie defense has 6, MSU has 0. That's one reason we have managed squeak out a lead. Our defense has been disruptive, and has pressured Van Buren consistently, but he has remained poised to make some spectacular plays when it mattered.
General thoughts: Couple of story lines in this half must include A&M's failure to get a consistent running game going against a defense among the worst in running defense in the nation. Another one has to be the inability of the Aggie defense to make the key third (and sometimes 4th) down plays to get off the field. Finally, Aggies get a two score lead with little time left in the half. We go in with to halftime, score again on the first possession of the half, and suddenly things are very comfortable. Instead the defense still manages to gack up a TD and this game is definitely going to the end. The Stakesville Curse remains a real threat.
