No. 16 Aggies Roll Past Prairie View, 52-3
Nov 20, 2021 | Football
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Moose Muhammad III hauled in two touchdown passes and the Aggies put on an impressive offensive display to help No. 16 Texas A&M rout Prairie View A&M, 52-3, Saturday afternoon inside Kyle Field.
Muhammad III added a team-high 77 yards receiving off five receptions. Zach Calzada went 10-of-14 passing for 150 yards and two scores before he was relieved of his duties by Blake Bost in the third quarter.
The Aggie defense was locked down, allowing just 7 total passing yards, which is the fewest opponent passing yardage in a game since 2008.
After a quick Prairie View A&M three-and-out to begin the game, Isaiah Spiller accounted for 42 of the next drive’s 55 yards as he capped off the Aggies’ scoring drive with an 11-yard rush to the left side. On the ensuing drive, the Aggie defense halted the Prairie View A&M player in his tracks to turn the ball over on downs and set the offense up with prime field position on the Panthers’ 34-yard line.
Zach Calzada found Jalen Wydermyer for 17 yards on a crossing route to open the drive, followed by three consecutive rushes by Devon Achane as he scored from 1-yard out to give the Aggies an early 14-0 advantage. Three plays later, Antonio Johnson laid the boom on the Panthers QB, forcing him to lose the ball and set up Aaron Hansford with a 17-yard scoop-and-score.
Seth Small ended the following drive with a 27-yard field goal to give him sole possession of Texas A&M’s all-time leading scorer, finishing the game with 371 career points.
Nearing the 8:48 mark of the second quarter, the Maroon & White orchestrated a 7-play, 64-yard scoring drive that was capped off by a Muhammad III 33-yard TD reception to make it 31-0, Aggies.
Achane (1-yard rush) and Muhammad III (30-yard reception) both added a score in the third quarter to extend the lead to 45-0. Prairie View A&M tacked on a field goal from 25 yards before the Maroon & White ended their scoring for the game with a 8-yard rush into the end zone by Amari Daniels.
Gallery: Football vs. Prairie View A&M, 11/20
Team Notes
- The Aggies scored on each of their first seven drives of the game, six of which were touchdowns to go along with an additional 27-yard field goal from senior and Texas A&M all-time scoring leader PLK Seth Small.
- The Texas A&M defense allowed just 7 yards through the air, the fewest opponent passing yards allowed in a game since Sept. 9, 2008 when Army had just 4 yards. Aggies allowed just 46 yards of total offense in the first half, including just 2 yards through the air.
- A&M’s 38 points in the first half were the most the Aggies have tallied through the first two quarters this season.
- The Aggies’ 52 points in the victory were the most in a game since topping Lamar 62-3 in 2019.
- The Aggies honored 15 seniors and graduates prior to their final game at Kyle Field: Tyler Bulthuis, Travis Pepin, Daniel Bushland, Tyler Ondrusek, Reinard Britz, Justin Mellenbruch, Reese Mason, Galen Gallagher, Micheal Clemons, Aaron Hansford, Jahmir Johnson, Tyree Johnson, Leon O’Neal Jr., Seth Small and Jayden Peevy.
- Today’s captains against Prairie View A&M were WR Ainias Smith, RB Isaiah Spiller, DL DeMarvin Leal and OL Kenyon Green.
Individual Notes
- Sophomore RB Devon Achane recorded the sixth multi-touchdown game of his career with two trips to the end zone in the first half.
- Achane moved into 24th on A&M’s single-season all-purpose yards list, adding 79 in the game to put his season total at 1,328 yards.
- Junior RB Isaiah Spiller moved into the top 10 on A&M’s all-time career carries list, upping his total to 530 by game’s end, good for 10th on the list.
- Freshman WR Moose Muhammad III recorded the first multi-touchdown game of his career, hauling in 33- and 30-yard passes in the end zone. He finished the game leading all wideouts with five catches for 77 yards.
- Freshman RB Amari Daniels ran the ball 8 yards into the end zone in the third quarter for the first score of his young career. Daniels ended the game with a team-high 70 rushing yards off eight rushes.
- Junior TE Jalen Wydermyer extended his string of games with a reception to 34, dating back to his first game in Maroon & White.
- Graduate Aaron Hansford scored the first touchdown of his career on a 17-yard scoop-and-score play after sophomore DB Antonio Johnson took down the Prairie View QB for the first sack and forced fumble of his career.
- After three made PATs in the first quarter, senior PLK Seth Small sailed a 27-yard field goal through the uprights to take sole possession of A&M’s all-time career scoring record, passing 2011 Lou Groza Award winner Randy Bullock. He finished the game scoring nine points to up his career total to 371.
- Small’s 371 career points also put him in a tie for seventh with Leigh Tiffin of Alabama on the SEC’s all-time career scoring list.
- Small’s 70 career made field goals tie him for ninth on the SEC’s all-time list with Caleb Sturgis of Florida and Parker White of South Carolina.
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— Texas A&M Football (@AggieFootball) November 20, 2021
COACH FISHER: Very proud of our guys. I thought we rebounded during the week in practice very well. Come out and played very well in the game.
Prairie View again, they do a great job. Got a very good team. A lot of different blitzes and things on defense that causes you some problems. But our guys went out and played well. Did what we were supposed to do, how we were supposed to do, on offense, defense. Scored every time we had it on offense, the first eight or nine times.
I think defense was outstanding. Special teams did what we were supposed to do. Get a blocked punt on that. Had a couple nice returns in the punt game. One on the kickoff. And then everything else, we were very efficient, running the ball, throwing the ball, and what we had to do.
So very proud of the guys for bouncing back. Now we've got one game left to play against LSU on the road. Very tough game. Going to have a great week of practice, great week of prep, finish this season the right way, and still have a tremendous season for what we we're trying to do. And see where we go in the bowl game after that. So we got a one-week season to get ready for.
Q. Injury update on Demond Demas. And also, the way Mousse Muhammad played today.
COACH FISHER: Mousse did a great job. Missed an opportunity, did a really good job. As you saw, Demond will be out for the rest of the year.
Q. Was he injured?
COACH FISHER: Leg injury.
Q. Can you talk about what [Isaiah] Spiller and [Devon] Achane did for you, especially early in the game.
COACH FISHER: They controlled the game, got the clock going, got the line of scrimmage established. Offensive line did a very solid job, running the football, making the runs, a couple low catches, protections.
Listen, they're great players. And Very efficient days. Numbers weren't through the roof, but the efficiency of the carries and the things they did and what they did was very good and started everything off for us perfectly.
I tell you what, the young backs come in 4 (Amari Daniels), 34 (L.J. Johnson, Jr.), 21 (Darvon Hubbard), 25 (Deondre Jackson), those guys all did a really nice job, too.
Q. I know it's one thing to get guys in at the end of games, but to be able to get some of those young guys in when the game was still competitive --
COACH FISHER: We had an idea to do that once we felt good about it, with Mousse [Muhammad], 16 (Kenyon Jackson), Devin Price, Kenyon Jackson -- I was mixing him up by his number. By all those guys getting in there and playing, and I thought J.P. (Jalen Preston) had a good game today.
Q. With targeting and everything like that, lot of people say the big hit's out of the game. But what Antonio Johnson was able to do and deliver some --
COACH FISHER: Exactly right. When you get free hits like that, sometimes you get carried away, get high, get your head in there. It was picture perfect, right through the midsection. The shoulder, got the shoulder in, head up, all the things you got to do and create that turnover and got the play. Just the tackle and the form of it and the discipline of it -- sometimes that can get away from you.
Q. Coach, against New Mexico, the backups got in late. You said you were a little disappointed in how they performed. Were you more pleased with --
COACH FISHER: Who said that?
Q. After New Mexico, you said you were disappointed.
COACH FISHER: Oh, I thought you said today. They played much better. We went down and got drives. Established drives. That's where we made the one pick. Unfortunately, we had the one pick.
We've got to work the other side. Still, Blake [Smith] did a really nice job in there. We moved the ball. The backs ran it. The young linemen blocked very well.
They made checks. They were checking the line of scrimmage. They were doing -- I thought the efficiency of that second unit was very good, too. I was very proud of those guys and the efficiencies they played with and catching the ball. I thought Mousse [Muhammad] had an outstanding day.
Q. Jimbo, was it important to get guys like Yulkeith [Brown] and Baylor [Cupp] a little bit more reps in the second and third quarter?
COACH FISHER: Without a doubt. Oh, yeah. Yulkeith hit that thing. Yulkeith can go now. Yulkeith's going to be a really good player. I really like his talent level and some of the things he does. He's another one that we've got in the mix.
Baylor Cupp is just getting back to playing. Still got a chance to be a great player.
Q. And then Amari [Daniels] and LJ [Johnson], you kind of mentioned them, for them to be able to just kind of consistently move the ball with the second-team offense --
COACH FISHER: I will tell you what. It doesn't surprise me. I watch them every day. Those guys are good players. They're natural runners with the ball. They really are. They're natural and they run with great pad level.
Q. Coach, I want to thank you for a ball game less than three hours. And then I wanted to ask you about your --
COACH FISHER: You sound like media TV. Anyway, we practice all that time for you to hurry up and get off the field. Now, what sense does that make?
Q. What I wanted to ask you, is bouncing back and how that helps you guys just from the mental standpoint of getting ready for LSU?
COACH FISHER: It does. You get back and you get a win under your belt. That's the only thing about football that's tough. You got to wait a week to get that bitterness out of you. You know what I'm saying? I don't know if it ever comes out of you, to be honest with you. It goes all the way back for every one you've ever had.
But at the same time, it's not like baseball or basketball, one or two days later you get it out. You've got to practice. You got to grind on it. It happens.
And as proud of anything I was today was the efficiencies in which we played with. You know what I'm saying? The effort and penalty-free. We're not penalty-free but very few penalties, self-inflicted wounds, that types of thing. And just played very efficient on both sides. All three phases, really.
Q. Coach, we heard a lot in the press conference leading up to this game about players really feeling emotional about this being their last game. Do you think the seniors finished out on top? Are you happy with their performance? And are you confident in the underclassmen being able to replace them next year?
COACH FISHER: I do. Listen, you always hate to lose guys; but that's what the world is. You step up and move on and other people step in. But I've very proud of what these seniors have accomplished. This program is still not done. It's still one of the great years in our history and be up there.
But what they have meant from a cultural standpoint, from a practice standpoint, from influence on the other guys, the things that happened, I can't be happier for those guys. They have done a tremendous job. It's been a tremendous group of guys.
Even like Seth [Small] today, become the all-time leading scorer in A&M history. Talk about that. Seth Small became the all-time leading -- You'll didn't even know that. I can tell by the look on your face. You would have asked the question already. You all work on the negative instead of the positive, all the time.
Seth and what those guys have meant to this place and what they've done and the history of what they've done and to finish it off in this stadium with a win like that, it's very special.
Q. I'm just assuming that nothing was wrong with [Caleb] Chapman or Ainias [Smith].
COACH FISHER: Ainias was fine. Chapman got a little stoved -- I don't know what happened with his foot or something. I don't know the results of it. I'm sure he'll be okay. I didn't get another report on it, so we'll wait and see. He was fine.
Moose [Muhammad] was in there. He was playing good. We had those guys going. Give him a little break, not beat him up, get a series or two. It worked great. They'll be fine.
Q. And you were praising especially Moose [Muhammad] today. I understand that there's a difference in the caliber of competition. Has he played to the point today?
COACH FISHER: Listen, anytime you go on the field and the numbers on the scoreboard are for real, it matters. You can do it in practice all day. I don't care who you play. The numbers on the scoreboard are for real. It affects people. He went out in that environment and played tremendously. He did a great job.
Q. Did you take care of thing you wanted to see out of Zach [Calzada] today and a little bit of a tuneup game for next week?
COACH FISHER: Yeah, a couple little things we'll look at on film. I want to get back and see. He got the ball down field well. Made an unbelievable throw to Moose [Muhammad]. That throw he made to Moose -- we blew a protection up front, didn't have it right that time. He gave ground. And you saw the arm talent and the ability to get that ball.
Moose ran a great route and that ball dropped right in the money. They made the play. That was a tremendous play. But I thought he had a very efficient day, a very good, solid day.
I'll look at the film. But from my thoughts, check -- and run checks, all that kind of stuff.
Q. Certainly you're not going to have to worry about it because it's a little competition. But for your offense to be able to go all four quarters until Nik [Constantinou] doesn't punt in the fourth, what does that really mean for your guys?
COACH FISHER: We're efficient. That's what I'm saying, the efficiencies of the day. You can say it all you want. You go out there and you can drop balls, you can miss a block, you can get a penalty, have a fumble, all those things. You go out there and do that, that's accomplishment, that's getting better.
Q. Hey, Leon. First off, what did it mean to you to be a senior player last game at Kyle Field?
LEON O'NEAL JR.: Say it one more time.
Q. What does it mean for you to play that game?
LEON O'NEAL JR.: It's kind of bittersweet. You know, Monday you want to -- I said it when I came here last time. Live one day at a time. You do that so much, so often, you don't get that it's really your last game on Kyle Field, you know? But at the same time, you've got to focus. You've got a job to do. You've got to work as a professional every single day and be the same person.
I didn't want to get too deep in my feels, in my emotions, but I couldn't hide it, man. I couldn't hide it. This place changed me. Talking about it making me tear up just a little bit. But I ain't going to cry in front of this camera, man. I love A&M with all my heart. The support just from the staff, my teammates. First thing's first. But these fans, man, they love you unconditionally.
There's times when I had penalties, times where I wasn't completely locked in and missed tackles, do certain things. They are there for me every single day. And every step of the way. And to watch me mature as a man and them be there through the good and the bad. Like, it's really a story, you know. It's like coming to an end just a little bit today. You know, being a young kid trying to figure it out to actually like a senior, being a leader, and doing everything I had aspirations of doing. And, man, it's a surreal feeling to be a part of Texas A&M University, and I love this school with all my heart.
Q. And then a lot of people might say with targeting coming in that big hits were taken out of the game. But when you look and see what Antonio [Johnson] and DeMarvin [Leal] were able to do today, how excited does that make y'all? Does it prove you can still have a big hit in the game?
LEON O'NEAL JR.: It depends on what game you’re playing, to be honest. We obviously seen some weird officiating, but at the end of the day, you've got to do your job. You've got to do your job. You've got to down the football, and you've got to keep your pride out of it to protect people.
If it ain't malicious and you're just playing as hard as you can, I don't see where it should be a flag should be thrown. As a safety, me coming 100 miles an hour from 12 yards, sometimes you've got to come with that fire. And sometimes you've got to bring your whole body, and sometimes your helmet ends up getting involved.
I'm thankful I never, ever have a targeting call on me. I had a few flags thrown on me before. I'm blessed on that end. But, man, that's pretty much my spiel on that.
Q. What about the big hit?
LEON O'NEAL JR.: Oh, man, Jesus Christ, y'all got a very, very talented player in Antonio Johnson. I'm sure he's ready to carry the torch and handle this the way he should handle it.
Q. Leon, does it give you some pride knowing guys like Antonio [Johnson], Edgerrin [Cooper], Deuce [Harmon], Tyreek [Chappell], all the young guys, being able to pick up the defense under Mike [Elko] really fast to keep the legacy of what A&M's defense has been the last couple of years?
LEON O'NEAL JR.: It's super impressive. We hold each other to a standard. We don't care if you're 18, 17, or 22. Everybody has to be on the same page at practice. Just recently, I talked to Sam Mathews, and he's been showing up. I believe a walk-on. And he's been very talented for us when he first got here.
I told him even though you're playing a small role right now, you think your job don't matter as much, you're a super important part of this team. Your role is only growing with you being here. I tell everybody the same thing. You're part of the culture. Everything you do, you're part of the culture. Got to watch film more.
I think I had to tell him that, you have to watch film more and just get locked in. You want an opportunity in this game, and you want to be ready when your opportunity comes. That's just a little part of what I'm saying with all these players.
[Deuce] Harmon had to learn. He'd get his feet on there, and he'd make some mistakes. It makes you want it bad when you mess up. Okay, I've really got to focus. It's not just for me, it's for all the 11, the 12th Man, and the guys on the sideline. We've got to get it done. So that's the main spill on that. It has to be perfect. We have to do it the right way. And that's our standard. If we don't do it the right way, then we're not satisfied. We're not happy. Don't matter what age you are.
Q. And then after the game, you went over to the sidelines, giving out your gloves and wristbands to players. Did you just not want to leave the feel? Bask in it one last time?
LEON O'NEAL JR.: I knew it was going to come down to that. I didn't want to leave. I wanted to say thank you to all the fans, the families, the support, and just -- these Aggies, man, they do so much for us. And I love them. I love them with all my heart. I just want them to make sure they know I love them. I appreciate you turning this young kid who had a lot of aspirations, a lot of ambition into a man. Even if football does not work, I'm going to be a successful young man because of you guys. Y'all helped me grow. You helped me cope with life. And [Mike] Elko and Jimbo [Fisher] and this organization changed my life. And I'm forever grateful.
Q. Leon, I was going to ask about you going into the stands, handing out your gloves and stuff, but I'm going to change my question now. Did Senior Day live up and fulfill your expectations? Or did it go differently than how you anticipated?
LEON O'NEAL JR.: It lived up to expectations. Every time you touch Kyle Field. First of all, we wanted to leave a goose egg on the scoreboard and make history. But we didn't. We ended up giving up three points, unfortunately. But we blew out a team, and we won. So at the end of the day, that's the main goal. We did it in Kyle Field in my last game. So I can't be more satisfied than that.
Q. Leon, did a game like this get that bad taste out of your mouth and kind of turn the page and kind of get you guys ready for the regular season finale in Baton Rouge next week?
LEON O'NEAL JR.: Yeah, we lost that game because we just didn't -- we didn't play hard enough, I felt like in that first half. Gave up a lot of things, me specifically. I gave up tackles. I didn't make certain plays I should have made, and I wasn't the leader I'm supposed to be in the first half. But you take the hits and you keep moving. I think the second half, we showed in defense we can make some changes, and we can get this thing done. But we didn't win that game because we didn't do enough within the first half. So I think the next challenge is LSU now. At this point. We turn the channel, turn the page. We're going to join tonight, enjoy the families, senior night, but at the end of the day, we've got LSU. We've got to be as perfect as this defense should be. We've go too many phenomenal players to not win this football game.
Q. Leon, after the Ole Miss game last week, what was the message in practice on bouncing back and finishing strong?
LEON O'NEAL JR.: It's like boxing. That's what life is, you take some hits. You get knocked down. At the end of the day, you've still got to get up and keep fighting. Got to get up and keep fighting. I think we've got a lot to fight for now. We can have a 10-win season. A lot of things you can look at and be like, I can get better at.
I still got to be a leader for these young guys. Still got to be a young man for these young guys and show them the ropes and stuff like that because their turn is going to come. They're going to have this time where they're in front of y'all and talking the same way. I want to make sure I live up to that and never quit on them and quit on this team.
Q. Yeah, Leon, was it hard at all this week to be completely focused on Prairie View and not thinking about that LSU game coming up?
LEON O'NEAL JR.: Not at all. That's my biggest thing I did in the summer, waking up at 5:00 in the morning, going on the track, and doing it over and over and over again. You live in the moment. You live in the moment and that's the best way I can explain it. Just live in the moment, live in the moment. That's kind of what we preached all week. We didn't look ahead like LSU, LSU. And just overlook PV. That's not how we do things around here.
We focused on Prairie View, and now it's time to focus on LSU. I don't want to call out teams, but you saw, Florida very talented team. And they go get Samford, and they didn't get it done like they wanted to get it done. And it's because obviously, a lot of guys weren't focused the way they should be. I'm sure they're trying to work on that too. That's just what it is about college football. You can't ever underestimate anybody, because they got a dream just like you got a dream. They work just like you work.
Q. What did you see today or what happened today? I mean, we know it was a big win over an over-matched opponent, but is there anything specifically that you can look at today or things and say, you know, what we did today gives me more confidence that we can play the way we need to play against LSU?
LEON O'NEAL JR.: For sure. You can take things out of this game I thought we did well. I don't like looking at the positives. I like looking at the negatives. Because if they show up in this game, it definitely can show up in a game like LSU. So I like to look at the negatives and capitalize of those. I think the main thing is to maintain your strengths and work really hard on your weaknesses.
So I think for me specifically, I need to do a better job in open space tackling, keeping my head up, and stuff like that and getting my feet to the tackle. I think I could do a better job at that. And our defense, just swarming to the ball, taking good angles, good leverage, and just doing our job. 120 so.
Q. Try not to get you too emotional here, but one thing you've been repeating all day is just how you've matured and grown as a player here. What has been the biggest lesson you've learned here at A&M at Kyle Field, and have you been able to pass that on to any of the other players?
LEON O'NEAL JR.: Got a lot of lessons. Oh, man, my biggest lesson I think I learned since I've been here is keep faith. Keep faith. There was a time I was here, and I almost quit on myself. I didn't really see it for what it was at first, but I was blaming everybody for my problems. I dealt with some injuries. Stuff happened, and I was blaming everybody else for my problems. I think taking ownership for what I have done and what I will do in the future. So that was my biggest jump, I think, in what I learned as I went. And I think we all do that as human beings. We got to take ownership. When we take accountability, when it's easy to say hey, you're the problem. Look in the mirror and say hey, I'm the reason why this thing not working. That's when you build a culture. Everybody doing the same thing. Everybody looking at themselves in the mirror. When everybody look at themselves in the mirror, you get a different person. God bless you. And Gig 'em. Wake 'em up.
Q. Seth, let's just get it out of the way. How does it feel to have the record?
SETH SMALL: To be honest, I don't feel any different, but it's a very cool feeling. I need to send out a big thank you to Connor [Choate], to Nik [Constantinou], to Braeden [Kobza] and Austin because without them, I wouldn't be able to do my job at the level that we're capable of doing it. And how cool is it to be mentioned with Randy Bullock? You come to Texas A&M because of the fraternity of specialists that are here. And to be mention in that conversation, it feels amazing. But at the same time, it's what I trained for. But it's not what I live for. I live for something more.
Q. And then when you look at guys like Randy [Bullock] and Braeden [Kobza] and Drew Kaser and all them, is it finally okay to say that Texas A&M may be special to you?
SETH SMALL: I think so. I think we could go toe-to-toe with anybody in the country and prove who we are.
Q. What did the senior day festivities kind of mean to you? And what did the game mean to you, especially to get that achievement on a day honoring seniors?
SETH SMALL: I was fighting back tears all game long. It's been so sweet to break a couple of records here at Kyle Field and to share it with my teammates and the 12th Man. It's just been incredible. Texas A&M means so much to me. I met my wife here, and it's just always felt like home.
Q. Seth, I know that today you guys probably when you walked on the field felt like you were going to be able to win this ball game, but what does it mean to do the things that you did in the way that you did as you now turn the page and get ready to take on an LSU team in a ball game that really is going to mean a whole lot in terms of your bowl game?
SETH SMALL: I mean, Coach [Jimbo] Fisher tells us every week that our opponent is faceless. And so, like Leon [O'Neal] was saying, you got to look at the negatives, look what we did wrong and try to minimize that as much. So we're not really worried about who we're playing, but how we play, rather. As long as we take care of business, our opponent is faceless, and I think we could step out against anybody.
Q. So how did you play today?
SETH SMALL: In terms of the team, I thought we played well. It was nice to see some two's go in. Still, we should have scored in the red zone. As cool as it was to have my record-setting kick be a field goal, I wish it was an extra point because that means we would have scored a touchdown, but I thought we played well. Still lots of room to improve. That's a good thing, because this team is so young, so going forward, I know that they're in good hands and they'll be able to blossom into the team they're meant to be.
Q. Seth, you set the school record for points. Aaron Hansford scored his first touchdown. [Jayden] Peevy had a sack. Was this pretty ideal as far as senior night goes as far as performances?
SETH SMALL: You tell me. I think it. I think it was sweet to send the seniors out in the way that we did in stamping fashion. But Prairie View played their tails off. They drove the ball on us. Their defense got a couple of big stops, and they did a good job.
Q. Seth, first of all, congrats on the win. You've now played in 44 games for A&M. You've been here for four years, getting ready to move on to this next chapter of your life. Where do you see the younger guys below you coming in to really fill these shoes that you're leaving behind?
SETH SMALL: Has it been 44 games? Oh, my gosh. It goes by way too fast, let me tell you. But the young guys like, oh, my gosh, for Caden, he's been getting experience. And then we've got a couple of guys coming in. They're going to go compete for a job, as far as specialists go.
You watch some of the young guys today. Amari Daniels gets a big run. Yulkeith Brown gets a big run. It's very encouraging to see those guys come out and play. Who knows, who knows what's going to happen. I just know that the culture that's being built here is going to breed something special.
Q. Seth, Jimbo [Fisher] talks all the time about playing a faceless opponent, but for Nik [Constantinou] to not punt until the fourth quarter, what does that say about the offense first and second team?
SETH SMALL: I think that says that they did their job. I would have loved if Nik could have been inactive because that means they really would have done their job well. But, not, it's good. Nik has a good time just holding. He's so funny. He's so Australian. I love it.
Q. Hey, Jahmir. What was it originally that brought you to Texas A&M? Why Aggieland?
JAHMIR JOHNSON: The coaching change at Tennessee. Coach [Jeremy] Pruitt had got fired at the time, and I just wanted to play for somebody who had a great mindset, a great offensive mindset. So I picked Coach Jimbo [Fisher] at that time.
Q. Hey, Jahmir, what's been the biggest growth in your development this season at A&M?
JAHMIR JOHNSON: Details. Being real detailed in my play. And being just bigger than myself, you know what I mean? Get everybody involved. That was my biggest.
Q. And then, only one year here, but to see the camaraderie and what A&M means and what Kyle Field is like on a game day, what does that mean to you now as a representative of A&M?
JAHMIR JOHNSON: It means a lot. I'm just grateful to be here, you know what I mean? It's a beautiful place to play in, be here. People to experience it with. You feel me? So, yeah.
Q. Jahmir, at the start of the season, when people thought of young talent at A&M, they went straight to the offensive line. So as a graduate student, what have you been able to see in terms of their development?
JAHMIR JOHNSON: All my freshmen, I tell them they're not freshmen no more once they get on campus, you know what I mean? You're a grown man now. We ain't wasting no time, we ain't skipping a beat. Let's play now, you know what I mean? When we got here for workouts and things like that, I basically told everybody, you're not a kid no more. Let's ball. You know what I mean?
Q. Jahmir, you guys ran the ball extremely efficiently today. Was it just your guys' ability to kind of manhandle the defensive line or were the backs kind of seeing holes and making more than they were kind of open to?
JAHMIR JOHNSON: One thing we did, we played clean football. We tried to do a lot of things, be real detailed today, you feel me? Tried to not make a lot of bad assignments. That's one thing we did today.
Q. Jahmir, how does a game like this with what you guys were able to do in all facets of the ball game get you ready for LSU next week on the road?
JAHMIR JOHNSON: I just want to tell everybody we still not done. We've have a whole lot of football to play, and we going to finish.
