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Texas A&M Up Big Against Samford At Halftime
The No. 3 Texas A&M Aggies entered the morning hosting a non-conference game against the Samford Bulldogs in College Station, Texas, at Kyle Field.
Coming off an illustrious comeback win against South Carolina, A&M was much more fired up in the first quarter, getting off to a much faster performance compared to what it did a week ago in front of the 12th Man, where every fan was holding its breath that the offense could pull it together.
Going into intermission, the Aggies hold a 31-0 lead against the Bulldogs in a one-sided offensive thriller.
Major headlines in the first half include the wide receivers jumping out to a terrific start, where redshirt freshman Ashton Bethel-Roman and junior WR KC Concepcion continued to pile up yards, which helped Heisman-caliber quarterback Marcel Reed make a case to be the leading candidate with 120 yards and three touchdowns.
Running back Amari Daniels also culminated his best game, breaking his highest rushing game of the season and recording his first touchdown of the year. He accumulated 106 yards off nine attempts.
Anytime a powerhouse program takes on a smaller football program, there are often issues for the school with fewer recruits and fewer playmakers to make many stops on defense. Reed embarrassed the Bulldogs’ defense, chunking the ball everywhere with a ton of opportunities for his weapons to amass several receptions and yards on a cool morning.
On the first drive, he did that when he found ABR, who posted the first score for the Aggies on a spectacular 3-yard touchdown catch in the corner of the end zone. Setting up that score was senior RB Amari Daniels, who had 39 yards on three rush attempts.
Concepcion showed off his crafty route-running and ability to rack up yards after the catch, combining for 42 yards. On the third drive, Concepcion slipped up after dropping a pass from Reed that hit him on the fingertips, but he responded with a slant route in the end zone for a 6-yard score.
The Missouri City, Texas, native recorded only two receptions for 61 yards and continued to get reps on the field, which will benefit chemistry with his QB going into the game against Texas. ABR posted his second score of the morning on a 58-yard shot downfield from Reed that extended the lead to 21-0.
Offensive coordinator Collin Klein dialed up a fair number of play calls to get the running backs involved, and several possessions featured big chunks of yardage. Last week against South Carolina, the group gained only 64 yards, so it was a significant improvement from the start.
Daniels ended up commanding the ground game, where he tallied a majority of the touches with an explosive 41-yard run on the fifth offensive drive, which set him up to barrel into the endzone on the 1-yard handoff.
After coach Mike Elko saw enough from his offense, Reed’s day concluded as he watched the rest of the half from the sidelines. Redshirt freshman QB Miles O’Neil entered under center for two drives, tossing six yards off four passes before freshman QB Brady Hart ran the offense for the rest of the first half.
A&M’s defense had no problems running right through the Samford offensive line, which attempted to protect the QB, Quincy Crittendon. There were only a couple of possessions that the tacklers let the 1-10 Samford team gain a few yards and move the ball downfield.
On third down conversion, the Aggies held the Bulldogs to go 0-for-8. That has been one of the brighter spots for this defense, which has found a ton of success throughout the season. No first downs were recorded either. That was a positive area holding the Bulldogs to -2 passing yards.
In the air, the secondary held Samford to no positive yardage with a dominant performance from the cornerbacks. Senior Tyreek Chappell had one pass breakup in the endzone, getting nearly intercepted, which contributed to forcing a three-and-out.
Safety Marcus Ratcliffe also contained the big plays from being allowed a week ago against the Gamecocks, with two back-to-back tackles on Samford’s third drive, where one of them stopped a busted play.
In the ground game, the Samford RBs had only 27 yards, courtesy of a brick wall kit that they were running into. Protection wasn’t powerful, as freshman defensive end Marco Jones led the team with five total tackles.
The second half of the game at Kyle Field will continue shortly on SEC Network+.
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Air traffic controllers lost communication for about 10 minutes with a small Mexican Navy plane carrying a young medical patient and seven others before it crashed off the Texas coast, killing at least five people, Mexico’s president said Tuesday.
Authorities initially believed the plane had landed safely at its destination in Galveston, near Houston, before learning it had gone down Monday afternoon, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said. The cause of the crash remains under investigation. A search-and-resuce operation in waters near Galveston pulled two survivors from the plane’s wreckage, Mexico’s Navy said, while one remained missing.
Four of the eight people aboard were Navy officers and four were civilians, including a child, Mexico’s Navy said. Two of the passengers were affiliated with a nonprofit that helps transport Mexican children with severe burns to a hospital in Galveston.
“My condolences to the families of the sailors who unfortunately died in this accident and to the people who were traveling on board,” Sheinbaum said in her morning press briefing, without elaborating on a possible cause. “What happened is very tragic.”
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Luke Baker said at least five aboard had died but did not identify which passengers.
The plane crashed Monday afternoon in a bay near the base of the causeway connecting Galveston Island to the mainland. Emergency responders rushed to the scene near the popular beach destination about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southeast of Houston.
Sky Decker, a professional yacht captain who lives about a mile (1.6 kilometers) from the crash site, said he jumped in his boat to see if he could help. He picked up two police officers who guided him through thick fog to a nearly submerged plane. Decker jumped into the water and found a badly injured woman trapped beneath chairs and other debris.
“I couldn’t believe. She had maybe 3 inches of air gap to breathe in,” he said. “And there was jet fuel in there mixed with the water, fumes real bad. She was really fighting for her life.”
He said he also pulled out a man seated in front of her who had already died. Both were wearing civilian clothes.
It’s not immediately clear if weather was a factor. The area has been experiencing foggy conditions over the past few days, according to Cameron Batiste, a National Weather Service meteorologist. He said that at about 2:30 p.m. Monday a fog came in that had about a half-mile visibility.
Mexico’s Navy said the plane was helping with a medical mission in coordination with the Michou and Mau Foundation. In a social media post, the foundation said: “We express our deepest solidarity with the families in light of these events. We share their grief with respect and compassion, honoring their memory and reaffirming our commitment to providing humane, sensitive, and dignified care to children with burns.”
Teams from the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board were at the crash site Monday, the Texas Department of Public Safety said, and a spokesperson for the NTSB said the agency was gathering information about the crash. The Galveston County Sheriff’s Office said officials from its dive team, crime scene unit, drone unit and patrol responded the crash.
A small Mexican Navy plane transporting a 1-year-old medical patient along with seven others crashed Monday near Galveston, killing at least two people, officials said.
Emergency officials rescued four people and were searching for two that were inside the aircraft, Mexico’s Navy said in a statement to The Associated Press. Four of the people aboard were Navy officers and four were civilians, according to the Navy. It was not immediately clear which ones were missing and which had been killed.
Two of the people aboard were members from the Michou and Mau Foundation, which is a nonprofit that provides aid to Mexican children who have suffered severe burns.
The crash took place Monday near the base of a causeway near Galveston, along the Texas coast about 50 miles southeast of Houston.
Mexico’s Navy said in a statement that the plane was helping with a medical mission and had an “accident.” It promised to investigate the cause of the crash.
The Navy is helping local authorities with the search and rescue operation, it said in a post on the social media platform X.
Teams from the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board have arrived at the scene of the crash, the Texas Department of Public Safety said on X.
The Galveston County Sheriff’s Office said officials from its dive team, crime scene unit, drone unit and patrol were responding to the crash.
“The incident remains under investigation, and additional information will be released as it becomes available,” the sheriff’s office said in a post on Facebook, adding that the public should avoid the area so emergency responders can work safely.
Galveston is an island that is a popular beach destination.
It’s not immediately clear if weather was a factor. However, the area has been experiencing foggy conditions over the past few days, according to Cameron Batiste, a National Weather Service meteorologist.
He said that at about 2:30 p.m. Monday a fog came in that had about a half-mile visibility. The foggy conditions are expected to persist through Tuesday morning.
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