I started rewatching the game yesterday for the first time since it happened. It was just one of those games where the ball kept bouncing A&M's way, at least in the first quarter.

Our new OC didn't call a particularly good game, at least not early on. Smart has said he wishes they'd pressured Manziel more. A tipped pass for an INT. A no-call when one of our DB's got held and let Manziel break off a long run. JFF fumbling the damn ball to himself then throwing for a TD when the defense reacted. Fumbles. ETC. ETC.

All of these are things that happen in football. It's just that this was one of those games where they all happened at once, and Bama couldn't overcome it. If it had been against a bad team, they probably could have still won, but A&M was pretty good, and were going to be hard enough to beat if things were going right.

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Posted by LSUsuperfresh

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Posted on 8/1/13 at 7:19 am to Teague

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A no-call when one of our DB's got held and let Manziel break off a long run

A Bama fan crying about not calling holding??? :mindblown:

I kid! I kid!

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Posted by TbirdSpur2010

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Posted on 8/1/13 at 10:27 am to Teague

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Our new OC didn't call a particularly good game, at least not early on.

His playcalling was fine--McCarron had a couple missed throws on the first 3 Bama drives, though. He was better when he settled down.

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A tipped pass for an INT.

That was a pick that A&M earned. Completely fooled McCarron into throwing into what he thought was the open spot in a cover 2 look. Aggies shifted to a cover 3 after the snap. That was a third down pass, too. It wasn't getting completed anyway, and the short INT return was tantamount to what could have been a solid return on a Bama punt.

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A no-call when one of our DB's got held and let Manziel break off a long run.

There were no-calls on the other side, too. Mike Evans (our WR #13) was getting mugged all game.

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JFF fumbling the damn ball to himself then throwing for a TD when the defense reacted.

That was the one "lucky" play of the game, IMO. Just so happened to go for a score.

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Fumbles.

ONE fumble. And again, a turnover that A&M forced. If Yeldon holds onto the ball and goes down, that would have been about a 7 yard gain in A&M territory. But Steven Terrel STRIPPED him of the ball, and did so violently.