Texas A&M 38, Arizona State 17

The Sun Devils opened their season in Houston today with a 38-17 loss to Texas A&M.  I have to admit, I was less than impressed with what I saw from the Sun Devils tonight, they seemed to get it handed to them in every facet of the game.  At this point, they look highly overrated.  Luckily, the season is still early and they have lots of time to straighten things out.  

Observations:

• The Arizona State offense was missing in action tonight. 
• Can we stop with the Mike Bercovici for Heisman talk now?
• Salamo Fiso made a helluva 4th down stop in the 4th quarter. 
• Arizona State seemed reluctant to stretch the field on offense. 
• The Sun Devil's really missed Jaelen Strong.  
• I wasn't too impressed with Matt Haack's punting today. 
• The Sun Devil's new OT tandem really struggled. 
• Kallen Ballage could have probably helped tonight. 
• Texas A&M was definitely the more physical team tonight. 
• Arizona State averaged only 2.2 yards per rush & 4.9 yards per pass. 
• Todd Graham is not going to be happy with all of the penalties. 
• Fourth Quarter scoring:  Texas A&M 21, Arizona State 3
• Total Yards:  Texas A&M 425, Arizona State 291
• Texas A&M should probably decide on a QB. 
• Who says that Texas A&M can't play defense?  
• Arizona State needs to work on it's kick coverage units. 
• You need to keep those top local kids in state Todd Graham.  
• Texas A&M have a pretty impressive DE tandem.  
• That was not what I would call a neutral field.  
• Up next?  Cal Poly @ Sun Devil Stadium next Saturday.