1. Connor Weigman 12/30 for 100 yards, 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. Honestly, you can start and end this analysis with this alone. In succinct terms Weigman sucked. He totally sucked. Unlike past quarterbacks his suckage was not really a product of the offensive line. He often had time. He used the time to be indecisive and then to miss passes. He simply threw the ball poorly. That throwing the ball thing, it's kinda of the most important thing for a QB. Beyond that he made bad decisions. He was multidimensional in that he did absolutely everything wrong. This loss falls fully on him, with the one exception noted below.
2. Other A&M Quarterback stats . . . null set. No A&M QB other than Weigman took a single snap. Given Weigman's play after a full half, that was questionable. Given Weigman play after three quarters that was inexcusable. With an incredibly deep QB room, with others who have proven themselves, we continued to play a guy who couldn't hit a damn thing. That there is a coaching decision, and it was a wrong coaching decision. This is fully on Mike Elko who should have replaced a guy that, from much earlier on, could not get it done.
3. Turnovers, two against A&M and zero against Notre Dame. Over all, the defense played well, but we once again could not turn big defensive plays into game changing turnovers.
Overall, this was a game we could have won, arguably should have won. I blame our coaches for sticking with a QB who clearly did not just have it tonight. Right now, I don't know if he will ever have it. Simply put, Weigman was miserable. The hype around him was crap.
2. Other A&M Quarterback stats . . . null set. No A&M QB other than Weigman took a single snap. Given Weigman's play after a full half, that was questionable. Given Weigman play after three quarters that was inexcusable. With an incredibly deep QB room, with others who have proven themselves, we continued to play a guy who couldn't hit a damn thing. That there is a coaching decision, and it was a wrong coaching decision. This is fully on Mike Elko who should have replaced a guy that, from much earlier on, could not get it done.
3. Turnovers, two against A&M and zero against Notre Dame. Over all, the defense played well, but we once again could not turn big defensive plays into game changing turnovers.
Overall, this was a game we could have won, arguably should have won. I blame our coaches for sticking with a QB who clearly did not just have it tonight. Right now, I don't know if he will ever have it. Simply put, Weigman was miserable. The hype around him was crap.
