Texas A&M Aggies handle business against McNeese in an early blowout

With a chip on their shoulder, the Texas A&M Aggies hosted the McNeese State Cowboys for an early kickoff in College Station, and the halftime score was exactly as they imagined.

With a 38-0 halftime lead, the Aggies showed exactly what they had hoped for: A balanced attack led to five touchdowns in the first half and only allowed XX yards.

Texas A&M was looking to find its rhythm early in the game. Conner Weigman had a poor performance against Notre Dame and his receiver corps looked disorganized at times as the passing game never really got going. The rushing attack was not balanced with an effective attack and as a result the Aggies’ offense stagnated.

The Maroon & White held up well defensively, and while that was expected to continue in Week 2, the offensive performance was in serious question. But after two quarters, that was buried.

Weigman found Noah Thomas for a 15-yard touchdown, his first touchdown of the game, and later Moose Muhammad III – who played no role in Week 1 – to increase the score, while Le’Veon Moss scored twice and Amari Daniels once.

To close out the first half, the Aggies got their second possession of the game, intercepting Kamden Sixkiller to give their offense one more chance at halftime. That was Weigman’s game over, as Marcel Reed came in to close out the half and score three more points.

With Texas A&M leading in every major stat category, including total yards, first downs, turnovers, time of possession and more, it’s safe to say it was a blowout win at Kyle Field.

Here are the running statistics of the competition so far:

Total length in yards: McNeese 73, Texas A&M 314
First downs: McNeese 2, Texas A&M 20
Sales: McNeese 2, Texas A&M 0
GREAT: 10:20 a.m., McNeese, Texas A&M, 7:40 p.m.

Leading passers: Kamden Sixkiller (3-7, 24 YDS, 2 INT), Conner Weigman (11-14, 125 YDS, 2 TD)
Leading rushers: TreVonte’ Citizen (3 attacks, 30 yards), Le’Veon Moss (9 attacks, 84 yards, 2 touchdowns)
Main recipient: Jonathan Harris (1 reception, 16 yards), Cyrus Allen (4 reception, 41 yards)