LSU 19, Texas A&M 7: What We Learned

nfItGOn9L6Texas A&M finished its regular season with a loss at LSU, 19-7. What did we learn? DCTF's Mike Craven breaks it down.A lack of explosive plays For the first time in the Kevin Sumlin era, the offense is the weak-link of the program. Aggie teams over the past few years put up points and gained yards in chunks, but not the 2015 squad. That continued in a loss to LSU. Kyle Allen was the starter at quarterback for the Aggies. He failed to put together a performance that will quiet the crowd wanting Kyler Murray to take over the job for good heading into 2016. Allen wasn’t impressive, but he didn’t receive much help. Tre Carson isn’t a big-play running back. The wide receiver unit is supposed to be strong, yet it was a quiet night for a group headlined by multiple five-star talents. The passing game, which was the least of the Texas A&M worries entering the season, remains a huge issue moving forward. It is hard to justify Allen being the starter in an offense that doesn’t produce through the air. The defense did enough LSU is as one-dimensional as a team can get. Still, John Chavis’ defense did better against the power-rushing attack of the Tigers. It took Leonard Fournette nearly 30 carries to reach 150 yards rushing. Take a long touchdown run away and the front-seven did about as well as could be expected. The defense forced field goal attempts and kept the Aggies in the game for nearly 60 minutes despite virtually no help from the offense in the final three quarters. It was a building block for this group to use during bowl practices. Texas A&M wanted to get more physical on defense and steps were taken in that direction. Quarterback remains a question Like most teams, Texas A&M goes as the quarterback goes and neither Allen nor Murray has done anything in starts to lock down the position moving forward. This program will remain a middle-of-the-pack SEC team until that position gets figured out and it’ll take tough decisions. The Aggies eventually need to settle on one of those two guys and it may lead to a transfer or hurt feelings. The good news is both guys are extremely talented. The bad news is that no one knows which one will get closer to his respective ceiling.