Momentum Shifts: Conner Weigman's difference-making capabilities

Another heartbreaking loss for the Texas A&M football team against an SEC opponent, but this time at home on Kyle Field.

That makes it two years in a row that the Aggies — despite having significantly more talented rosters and all of the advantages from a resource standpoint — have lost to both Mississippi schools.

This article is a little late because my family had a pretty significant stomach bug and were sick the last few days. I know that is the same feeling that we all have so far this year, as our football team is sitting at 3-5. Four of those losses have been by one possession and come down to the last possession and sometimes the last play.

It all comes down to consistency and making more plays than the other team.

I have written all year about how our slow starts on offense and our serious lack of production have been the main reasons for our losses. There is really no denying that, and it is a big reason why Jimbo has been catching so much heat from across the country.

Enter true freshman, five-star quarterback Connor Weigman.

What a difference elite QB play makes for an offense, even one that looks like it is years behind the rest of the game. That young man and his teammates on offense played the best game of the year. I don’t want to beat a dead horse because it has been touched on by so many people, on TexAgs and across the country….but how in the world has #15 not been the guy from day one?!?

Completely different team with him behind center. Back to the consistency theme.

The offense has been what has hurt us all year long up until the Ole Miss game. Against Ole Miss, what absolutely killed us was giving up almost 400 yards of rushing. I do not know the statistics, but I am willing to bet that there are not many teams that have given up over 350 yards rushing and gone on to win. Ever. I am sure there are a few, but not many.

We have got to get consistent as a football team. The sky is the limit for this football team if they can get all three phases of the game executing at a high level each week.

Part of that is youth and inexperience across the board combined with a ton of injuries. The other part of that is coaching and execution.

Despite being 3-5, I actually left Kyle Field encouraged for the rest of the season based on the person lined up behind center. Weigman’s talent gives us hope for being able to move the ball effectively and consistently, especially if the offensive line improves and has a better night as they did on Saturday. There is still a long way to go on the offensive line, but there was some improvement.

The momentum-killing drive for me was Ole Miss' first possession of the second half. My only complaint with the offense on Saturday night was the slow third quarter and the huge missed opportunity coming out of the half. We had the lead and had the momentum and come out of the half and go three and out.

That next drive for Ole Miss was a rusty butter knife to the gut.

The Rebels went 13 plays for 94 yards and scored a touchdown to take the lead, one they would never give back. Three of their first downs were converted by penalties by the Aggie defense on third down. Those penalties were brutal, and I thought the two pass interference calls were pretty weak. Nevertheless, they were called, and that is the game.

That drive seemed to take so much out of the crowd and the defense, allowing the Rebels and their arrogant and immature coach to walk off Kyle Field with another win.

Four more games left for the Aggies, and three of those are at home in front of the 12th Man. We all saw the difference in this offense with #15 behind center.

There is hope. Auburn is down. Florida is down. LSU is pretty good, and the Tigers seem to be way ahead of where we thought they would be. If the Aggies can clean things up, get healthy and finally be consistent in all three phases, they have an opportunity to close this thing out strong.

I will be there to support them on Saturday at 11 a.m. against the Gators. I hope you will be too.

BTHOflorida