COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M sophomore quarterback Connor Weigman said he understands the territory behind center comes with criticism, whether fair or unfair.
“That’s the reality. This is what we signed up for playing SEC football,” Weigman said of Barb, who is very personal and misdirected based on what’s happening on the field. He said that there are often “This game comes with it.”
Another feature of the Southeastern Conference is its grueling series of games that will test even the most resilient soul. The latest tough test for the 14th-ranked Aggies (6-1, 4-0 SEC) will be No. 8 LSU (6-1, 3-0), who visit Kyle Field on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. It is done as a favor.
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Weigman will be given a national stage to quiet his critics while competing against another high-profile quarterback, former Texas high school football star and Tigers junior Garrett Nussmeier. It will be.
“We’re getting better in the passing game, and Connor is getting more comfortable throwing the ball to us,” A&M receiver Jabre Barber said.
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Weigman, a former Bridgeland High School standout, will need to feel comfortable heading into the game against LSU after a rocky performance in the Aggies’ 34-24 win over Mississippi State last Saturday. . Weigman, making his third career start in 12 games over three seasons, had two interceptions in one game, and MSU’s defense dropped two more passes that would have been easy picks.
“He had some plays that I wish he had back,” A&M coach Mike Elko said after his standout performance in the Aggies’ 41-10 win over No. 21 Missouri State on Oct. 5. spoke of Weigman’s below-average performance. I don’t know if it slipped or sailed, but it certainly wasn’t an accurately thrown soccer. The second one was slow.
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“And I think he got a little bit off-kilter with the progress on the other two guys that probably could have been selected. …I also think that in football not every pitch is right. And I don’t think we’re going to go through a game without making some changes or fixing things.”
LSU also had a lot to fix here and there behind former Flower Mound Marcus star Nussmeier, who completed 23 of 34 passes in the Tigers’ 34-10 win at Arkansas on Saturday. He completed the game and gained 233 yards.
But the week before that, Nussmeier threw two interceptions as LSU won 29-26 in overtime at home against No. 18 Mississippi State. He also had a meager 43 percent success rate (22 of 51), but threw three touchdowns.
Nussmeyer enjoys a clean pocket behind a solid offensive line and has only been sacked twice in seven games, both coming in LSU’s 36-33 win at South Carolina. It is.
Nussmeier, the son of former Dallas Cowboys and current Philadelphia Eagles quarterbacks coach Doug Nussmeier, played briefly in relief of Jaden Daniels in LSU’s loss to A&M two years ago. . Weigman had one of the best performances of his true freshman season that night as the 5-7 Aggies defeated the SEC West champions 38-23 at Kyle Field.
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Pro Football Focus evaluated the NFL’s top five draft-eligible quarterbacks this week, all of whom are products of Texas high school football. Weigman checked in at No. 4 and Nussmeier at No. 5, with Alabama’s Jalen Milroe (University of Alabama) and Tompkins High School, Cam Ward (Miami) and Columbia High School, and Shedule Sanders (University of Colorado) and Trinity Christian High School. followed.
Nussmeier has completed 55.2 percent of his passes in league play, but LSU coach Brian Kelly advised not to be fooled by the seemingly low numbers — the Tigers’ offensive scheme is contributing to that.
“We’re not a team that embraces bubble screens and quick entry pass throws as part of what we do consistently,” Kelly said. “It’s much harder to guard the distribution of where the ball is going because you don’t know where it’s going to go. … You can move the ball all over the field, so (defenses) can do rolling coverage or isolate certain players. It becomes more difficult to do so.
“In other offenses, you don’t get some cupcake throws that keep the chains moving and that tends to slow down your percentages a little bit, but we feel like that’s a better fit for Garrett. ”
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Currently, A&M and LSU, the last two undefeated teams in the league, are competing for first place in the SEC with one-third of the regular season remaining.
“They’ve won six straight games and it’s very similar to what our team has been doing,” Kelly said of the Aggies. “We lost our opener, they lost their opener, and we’ve been playing better and better every week since then.”