Social media reacts to Texas A&M’s 52-10 blowout win over New Mexico
Throw your memories of the dreadful 2022 season in the trash because Texas A&M began their 2023 rebound campaign emphatically. The Maroon and White throttled New Mexico to the tune of 52-10, in what was one of the program’s better season openers in recent memory.
Four quarters of regular season football is a small sample size, of course, but there was no shortage of promising takeaways to build on for the remainder of the season.
After being crowned as the starter earlier in the week, quarterback Conner Weigman had a field day in carving up the Lobos’ defense. The sophomore went 18/23 for 236 yards and five touchdowns en route to becoming the first player in Aggie history to throw five touchdown passes in a season opener. As icing on the cake, he finished with the highest total QBR in the country through Week 1.
The Aggies’ lethal receiving corps was on full display, and that was with the likes of Ainias Smith and Moose Muhammad III finishing with “quiet nights,” by their standards. Evan Stewart led Texas A&M in receiving with eight receptions for 115 yards and two touchdowns. Noah Thomas kicked off his breakout campaign with six receptions for 74 yards and three touchdowns.
The competition will only get tougher down the road, but it was the type of strong start to the season that the Aggies needed. Here’s how social media reacted to Texas A&M’s 52-10 Week 1 win over New Mexico.
The best wide receiver in the SEC
Texas A&M WR Evan Stewart in Week 1:
🔴 8 Receptions
🔴 115 Yards
🔴 2 Touchdowns pic.twitter.com/u1lNAMD2Fy— PFF College (@PFF_College) September 3, 2023
Conner Weig-HIM
Is that good? Seems good.@ConnerWeigman pic.twitter.com/eVpLMkqVkI
— Texas A&M Football (@AggieFootball) September 3, 2023
Josh DeBerry's immediate impact is going to pay dividends
Texas A&M’s Josh DeBerry has always been a prolific tackler. It’s why he was such an effective nickel at Boston College.
His 84.1 tackling grade following the New Mexico game is the fourth-highest among cornerbacks nationally, per Pro Football Focus.
— Carter Karels (@CarterKarels) September 3, 2023
SEC Mike can see the vision, just like all of us
Not even the wise Josh Pate can talk me off the Texas A&M hype train https://t.co/ouh0nDJXGK
— SEC Mike (@MichaelWBratton) September 3, 2023
We've all demolished the memories of that 2022 season
Watching film this morning.
Texas A&M’s offense is night and day from ‘22.
Weigman playing with confidence, more free as well!
Noah Thomas, Evan Stewart, Ainias Smith, Moose Muhammad, and Jahdae Walker for your receiver room is unreal.
Run blocking could’ve been better.
— Jay Arnold (@CoachJayArnold) September 3, 2023
Buckle up, Noah Thomas breakout season incoming...
Texas A&M WR @Thomas3Noah getting some well deserved love from the 12th Man pic.twitter.com/7QHg3Ef2bm
— 𝕋𝕣𝕒𝕧𝕚𝕤 𝕃. 𝔹𝕣𝕠𝕨𝕟 (@Travis_L_Brown) September 3, 2023
And we still haven't seen the full breadth of this Aggies offense
Texas A&M didn't score 40 points against an FBS team all year last year.
They have 42 points tonight, and it's not even the end of the third quarter.
I don't care if it's New Mexico.
This is what you *needed* to see tonight if you're an Aggie fan.
— Aaron Torres (@Aaron_Torres) September 3, 2023
A national championship AND a Heisman trophy winner in the same season?!
I'm trying not to overreact here, but…
Texas A&M may win the national championship with Conner Weigman slinging it in this Bobby Petrino offense
— SEC Mike (@MichaelWBratton) September 3, 2023
Where are all the Jimbo Fisher and Bobby Petrino cynics now?!
Longhorn fans are awfully damn quiet after Bobby Petrino "fed the studs"! Ewers was not impressive in the slightest and Weigman did the damn thing! Where was all this "Bobby and Jimbo will fight on the sidelines? #GigEm #Aggies
— J_McColpin (@j_mccolpin) September 3, 2023
Is that good? Seems pretty good...
Texas A&M had two games with 4+ passing TDs in a game the past three seasons. In the first half with Bobby Petrino calling plays Connor Weigman has gone 9-of-12 for 137 yds and 4 TDs.
— Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) September 3, 2023
Narrator: "They were wrong."
Big conversation everyone discussed all off-season: What if the Jimbo Fisher/Bobby Petrino dynamic doesn't work?
Big conversation that wasn't discussed nearly enough: Yeah, but what if it *does* work.
Texas A&M with 35 first half points, and cruising in their opener
— Aaron Torres (@Aaron_Torres) September 3, 2023
And to think this team will only get better from here and out
Great win tonight some things to clean up first game always provides errors. But man what an opening game from Bobby Petrino it was as advertised the offense was organized, no confusion offensively and Weigman was not afraid to pull the trigger. Defense has some kinks to work out
— zach coia (@ZCoia) September 3, 2023
They are all HIM!
Weigman? Him.
Evan Stewart? Him.
Noah Thomas? Him.
Bobby Petrino? Him.— Paul Hernández (@thatgueropaul) September 3, 2023
You absolutely love to see it
Reds walk off. Giants and DBacks losing. A&M wins and covers. Bobby Petrino is a savior. Jimbo doesn’t have 57 play sheets on the sideline. pic.twitter.com/YwEnTi290X
— Cody Midkiff (@codym2584) September 3, 2023
We need "feed the studs" printed on a t-shirt ASAP
Bobby Petrino's "feed the studs" deal has been showcased well tonight. Evan Stewart is arguably A&M's best offensive skill player. He's got 8 rec for 115 yds and 2 TDs on 11 targets. Conner Weigman has connected on 4-4 targets to Noah Thomas (3 for TDs) and 3-3 to Ainias Smith.
— Alex Miller (@AlexMill20) September 3, 2023
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