Texas A&M Football: Nicholls St win confirms three major issues

2. The Aggies Couldn’t Run, Either

Texas A&M ran for 382 yards and five touchdowns against Jim Mora’s UCLA defense and then hit the steel curtain of Colonels football being held to 195 yards and two touchdowns in Week 2. The Aggies yards per carry actually dropped two entire yards from 6.1 against the Bruins to 4.1 against the Colonels only a week later.

Trayveon Williams‘ yards per carry dropped from an amazing 9.2 down to 4.8, but still if that’s a 3rd and 1 if you just let the guy carry the ball. Why was a team that can’t find a quarterback throwing 36 times against Nicholls and only running the ball 47 times? You would think the Aggies could’ve ran at will, and really 4.8 yards per carry is pretty amazing stuff.

Williams’ carries were cut in half after a 200 yard two touchdown outing. I understand going with the “hot hand” theory in the back field but Keith Ford, who had three touchdowns against the Bruins, only averaged 3.3 yards per rush against the Colonels.

Kevin Sumlin is going to have to rely and revamp his running game and game plan if he can’t find a viable quarterback option in College Station. Mazzone and Sumlin are known more for prolific passing games but now is the time to get the running game going and rely on Williams, Ford and Kendall Bussey however it needs to get done.