The offensive play calling was fine and aside from some penalties, a couple sacks, and drops at inopportune times our O had their way w/Arky's D.

You guys really seem to forget that for the offense to go gang busters the defense needs to get them the ball back.

Breaking it down, A&M only had 10 possessions due to the length of time Arky was able to hold into the ball. 2 of those weren't real attempts at TD drives w/1 at the end of the second quarter that played it fairly safe and the one at the end of the game that Sumlin decided to be conservative which led to a missed FG.

Now take away the one OT drive and the offense only had the ball 7 times in regulation.

The offense scored on 4 of those 7 possessions.

On the first of the 2 FGs the TD was there if Allen gives up the ball to Carson. On the second the drive was wrecked by a sack that pushed them from first and goal at the 10 to the 20 yard line. Those two drives ended in FGs b/c of big mistakes by Allen. However, once again, we must remember that Allen is still just a true sophomore who was on only his 9th start of his career. The two mistakes he made are ones that a more experienced QB avoids. He is getting there as the lack of turnovers and 75% completion percentage vs Arky attests.

I just don't see why there is so much hand wringing over the play calling when the offense scored on 5 of 10 of the total possessions, scored on 4 of the 7 real attempts at drives in regulation, was able to engineer a late game drive and 2 point conversion to tie, had themselves set up for the winning FG in regulation w/a conservative approach following the fumble and PF by Arky, and scored in just 2 plays on the OT drive.

If you want to be worried, worry about the D being on the field for 40 minutes for just 9 total Arky drives. The silver lining to that is that at least A&M held Arky to just 3 scores on those 9 drives.

and just for comparison, vs Arizona State we had the ball 17 times w/16 of those being real attempts at TD drives w/just 5 ending in scores. (not counting the punt return TD as a possession)

vs Ball State it was 7 out of 11 w/it being 6/7 in the first half.

vs Nevada it was 8/14 w/the game essentially being over in the 3rd where it was 6/12 to that point.

This post was edited on 9/28/15 at 6:35 pm