Texas A&M game vs Sam Houston State goes into lightning delay

Texas A&M will have to wait a little bit longer to start the second half against Sam Houston State. Lightning is entering the area.

The second half is being delayed due to lightning in the area. That means the game can’t re-start until 30 minutes after the last strike.

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Texas A&M took a 17-0 lead into halftime over Sam Houston State in College Station Saturday afternoon. Haynes King had a big half in his first game back as the starting quarterback, totaling 231 yards and two passing touchdowns to lead the offense.

Star wide receiver Ainias Smith emerged as King’s top target through the first two quarters with 101 receiving yards and a touchdown.

Jimbo Fisher says Texas A&M needs to run ball more, push tempo in second half

Texas A&M played a pretty quiet first half until the final minute when the Aggies hit on a 63-yard touchdown pass from King to Smith. That made it a 17-0 lead for Texas A&M, which was a brick wall on defense while working through some hiccups on offense with in the first half of Week 1.

At halftime, Aggies coach Jimbo Fisher reviewed King’s performance, pointing to one mistake while praising him otherwise.

“He made one bad mistake,” Fisher said. “He should’ve checked it down on first down. Had a chance to free one out of there. Made a couple really nice throws after that. Made some big plays on third down. And then, really big vertical throws. A solid first half. Just a couple things [to work on].”

Fisher would also like to see King get some help from the running game.

“Also, got to play a little bit better around him,” Fisher said. “We got to run the football. We’re not running the football enough. We’re getting behind on the sticks a little bit.”