Ole Miss 31, A&M 28: Postgame Notes and Quotes – Texas A&M Athletics

Jimbo Fisher Press Conference Quotes

Very good football game out there today. Again, I thought our kids competed hard. Came up one play short. Had opportunities throughout the game, which we know they’re a good football team. But I thought we played really well in stretches and not well — we’ve just got to — offensively, I thought we moved the ball very well, come out very well. Wished we could have got drives — points in that last drive down there where we were at the 30 there. And I can’t tell — he said he went to step around and he said he tripped on somebody, Conner [Weigman] did. And get some points is there. There was a drive. We missed the third and one, which was critical. We missed — didn’t miss it, just whiffed him out, man outside. We were moving the football so well there at that time. Thought we could get down and get points. Defensively, at that time, they got the running game going early and ran. Man, they ended up running for a bunch of yards. We didn’t get the run stopped most of the night. And all that, too, quarterback scrambles in some critical situations. We’ve got to do a better job in the pocket of getting those guys down, getting off the field with third and long. Then we had three in one drive — three penalties in one drive that they converted there in the second half. We had them backed up on the five and stopped and got a scramble. And then had two interferences, and I think it was a facemask on that. And they got points and got in the groove. We got back and got the ball and scored again. Then we couldn’t get the stop. They went ground. We moved back and just couldn’t — like I say, we’ve got to play better complementary to each other. I thought some guys in the game, McKinnley [Jackson] looked like he played a really good game. Did some really good things inside. Devon [Achane] played an outstanding football game, throwing and catching it. I thought Conner [Weigman] was — to go out there and do what he did, I thought he was outstanding in the game. Showed a lot of poise, a lot of composure, what he did, how he did it, made throws. Gave us a chance to win the game at the end. The guy’s got heart, toughness, charisma. Got it all. Like I said, I thought some of our receivers really made some nice plays in the game. What we did, we gave up — we got to protect. We took some shots at the end. They got some good rush guys when they have to and can get there. And, you know, just didn’t make the play. Had…