re: What do we take from this...

One thing that hurt us tonight was there really was no aspect of the team that was prepared to play from the outset: we know we got issues on defense, and hope that many of those will fix themselves as younger players learn their roles.

But TAMU came to play and was ready to go full-bore from the opening snap. As for us, there was no fire and blood in the eyes of the defense, and Thompson came out cold and a little unnerved at the start, going 0 for 3 in the opening series, and our OL didn't block well to start.

That IMO all combined to only fire up TAMU, and they jumped out on us in the score, and we were never able to catch up. Our defense looked lost out there against Hill's passing, and it was almost offensive production at will from start to finish.

IMO, ECU will also gain 500-600 total yards on us next Saturday. Our defense has got too much work to do in the span of 1 week. If Thompson comes out again next week spraying passes all over the place to start off, I may be turning the TV off by the 2nd quarter...