By The Numbers: SMUperscript Edition

OFFENSE

It wasn't pretty, but the Ags got the victory Saturday night. It was weird and simultaneously brilliant and discomforting^3a. The offense performed pretty damn well.⁵⁸¹

Manziel was Manziel and got his 350 yards of offense in a half and a drive⁷⁷. We got to see a healthy dose of Joeckel and Hill in the second half, and they definitely both got some much-needed experience⁴. Evans quietly continued to pad his stats¹³, while Johnny seems to have found his new second-favorite target⁸⁴. We got to see all four running backs for the first time, which was nice^3b. Mike Matthews and the other young guys on the OL had a bit of a rough night²⁹, but we only gave up one sack.

^3a Missed XP's in a row OUCH

⁵⁸¹ Total yards

⁷⁷ TV shots of Johnny in a visor in the 2nd half

⁴ Mrs. Doc C was disappointed when Johnny came out and spent the 4th quarter watching another game in the other room

¹³ 28.5 YPC on 2 receptions and a couple of really pretty blocks

⁸⁴ MK leads the team in TD catches

^3b Love the duo of Trey and Tra, though Malena is still the best

²⁹ This is how many penalties there were in the game and it was ridiculous

DEFENSE

These guys really stole the show after a rough day last week¹. We managed to keep SMU out of the end zone until garbage time and force some turnovers³. Unlike last week, we were able to get some pressure on the QB throughout the game⁶⁷. We saw solid performances from the usual suspects (Hurd, Everett, Jenkins, Jacobs, Obioha, and co.²⁹) but even more encouraging was the performance of the freshmen⁴⁸. They got a ton of reps in the second half⁴² which should go a long way in preparing them for their first road trip to face the Hogs next week^LOL.

¹ Here are the ones that are the best: 1 forced fumble by Hurd, 1 fumble return for a TD by Deshazor, 1 sack by Askew and 1 great performance by Obioha wearing the honorary #90 jersey for Polo

³ The Everett TD was pretty, but the Sanders/Hall combo return was really fun. Honeycutt also got a fumble.

⁶⁷ This is how many times Gilbert threw it...for 5.1 yards per pass

²⁹ Can't overstate how impressive Deshazor was playing at a different position

⁴⁸ ESPECIALLY Claiborne: this guy is gonna be a great one

⁴² That's a lot of snaps in a half! But they only gave up one score and forced 2 fumbles and 2 turnovers on downs.

^LOL They lost to Rutgers

SPECIAL TEAMS

Yeah, yeah the missed kicks are really worrisome but BERTOLET CASHIN' OUT GIF