My thoughts:

• When you are on the road and faced with a 4th and goal to go situation inside the opponent's 3 yard line, I think you take the points and the FG early in the game to get on the board; late in the game, you go for the jugular and go for the TD. We did that backwards yesterday, going for the TD in the first quarter, taking the points in the 4th quarter.
• I understood the reasn we went with an Empty set so often (we had the talent to exploit their secondary), but I don't like the routes we ran. If we are going to go with 0 personnel that often, we need a shallow cross or drag route over the midde so we can take advantage of their willingness to blitz. They were getting pressure on us when we went empty, so we needed to make them pay for that.
• The strength of our offensive line is the guards and the center, so it is understandable why we kept trying to run up the middle. We had more our most success running against Colorado by going off-tackle, especially to the right side. I'm surprised we didn't adjust and run to that side more.

• I don't know if anyone noticed, but Jerrod Johnson tied his own school record with his 21st TD pass this season. He set the school record with 21 TD passes last season.
• I can't really get too angry at Terrence Frederick for his fumble on the final punt return because I know he isn't our normal returner, Dustin Harris is. He was just trying to catch the ball and make something happen, and you can't fault someone for effort. He just didn't secure the ball. I would have preferred for the coaches to tell him to let it go, and we'll make up the yards in the two minute drill.
• I know we spread the ball around among seven different receivers this game, but I would like it if we focused on spreading it around more evenly. I know Ryan Tannehill is pretty much money on third down, so he is going to get a lot of receptions on third down, but our other six receivers all had three or fewer receptions while Tannehill had nine. I just think we need to call more plays for our other receivers to spread it around more. I think we need to make it a concerted effort to be as balanced as possible in our passing game regarding ball distribution.
• It was nice seeing Ryan Swope getting the first start of his career. He had 3 receptions for 39 yards. I think he will be a real weapon for us in the slot.
• Our offensive line gave up only one sack for the third consecutive game; their performance was solid.
• Our performance in the red zone really needs some work. Part of the issue there is playcalling; I'm not a fan of going with 0 personnel in the red zone, period, unless you are planning to have the QB run the ball, and I think in that area, the defense is looking for it. I would rather go with 21 or 22 personnel, and have the option of the power running game led by a fullback or the play-action pass to the TE.
• Our defense seemed to have trouble standing on their feet on some plays. I have never seen so many unblocked players simply fall down while trying to move to make a tackle.
• Von Miller's two sacks keep him in the national lead, with 15.5 sacks now on the season. I believe this is the most sacks by an Aggie since we began Big 12 play; Keith Mitchell had 14 sacks in 1996. The entire Aggie defense totalled 16 sacks during the 2008 season.
• A&M's 31 team sacks on the year leads the Big 12. Contrast that with last season, where we were second to last in the conference at the end of the season, ahead of only OSU.
• Our defense really needs to step it up if we want to continue to compete the rest of the season.