I think the poor clock management came earlier in the drive. You can milk clock later if their is a need to limit time for a subsequent series for the opposition but you cannot store elapsed time. The color guy (don’t know his name but is very good) was befuddled and noted questionable clock management at the earlier stages of the drive. Of course, had they scored, we wouldn’t be having this discussion.

I will say that Weber made some excellent tackles that were critical.

Scott Gordon has been doing the commentary alongside Scott Marsh and he's extremely knowledgeable about the game...truly outstanding...the best we've ever had here. He's a former Aggie golfer..

That pass to the tight end in the goal line was a bad choice because the play designer expects the tight end to catch the ball with his back to the goal line but to fall across the goal line. He has no momentum.
The refs contemplated calling an illegal receiver down field, so maybe the play intended to be thrown behind the line of scrimmage to preclude that.
We have a class of plays where we throw behind the line of scrimmage to receivers without blockers. This was one of those. Either the defenders need to be fooled or miss a tackle. It’s classic Davis “we are outmanned but we’ll fool you” stuff.

Anyone take a tour of the new athletics facility before the game?

Yep. It’s totally impressive. Gorgeous training areas, rehabilitation, including a pool and whirlpool, and office space for the coaches and support staff (mainly upstairs). I especially liked Coach Les’s office. He had encouraging quotes on the wall from people like Gandhi, Winston Churchill, and a verse from Luke (submitted by May). The views from the offices are lovely. Recruits will be impressed.

Gandhi and Winston Churchill. That’s viewpoint diversity.

What teams have offices there? FB, MBB and ???

Football
Field Hockey
Lacrosse
Men's Basketball
Women's Basketball

That should be a boost to all the programs and free up space elsewhere.

My two cents at this point in the season (and sorry if this has been beaten to death).....

QB1's inability to connect consistently on mid-long range passes is doing major damage.
Maier-to-Doss/Harrel changed the entire complexion of the O- it really opened up the running game and the underneath passing game.

Davis just doesn't have the downfield threat to spread out the opposing defense.

Well said. Miss you guys!

My random thought today was a potential severe irony of some of the comparisons to Gould's strategies and offensive production -- If this year's team had Gould's scheme and kicking/punting talent, we might actually be 2-2 or 3-1 right now.

To be clear I'm not advocating returning to that offense, just that I'm frustrated that -- this and last year at least -- a lot of the changes from the Gould era seemed to be purely aesthetic on O.

This game was lost by game decisions, not overall offensive philosophy.
Talent at positions is going to vary between years. Gould would not necessarily had better kickers this year.
Hawkins, without apologizing said that they need to rethink some of their strategies in different zones of the field. All I can think is that Gomez must have shown a lot more in practice than he’s shown in games. Maybe some of that is on the snapper and holder.

Gomez has shown he has a leg for distance but his accuracy has been off. Might be more mental than physical.

I don’t want to defend Gomez from all criticism, but I do think it’s flawed thinking to criticise his field goal percentage of 40% when two were from 50 yards.

Here is an observation from an article about valuing field goal kickers,
Of the 355 FBS kickers who attempted a field goal in the 2017 season, only 49 of them (13.8 percent) hit a field goal of 50 or more yards. Total field goal percentage would give you no context that most college football teams do not even attempt field goals of this length.

http://www.optimumscouting.com/news/expected-points-a-better-way-to-analyze-place-kick