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Source: The Eagle, Bryan, TexasSept.self storage 22--Other than too many penalties, 10th-ranked Texas A&M showed no hangover effects from last week's Alabama loss, rolling to a 42-13 victory over Southern Methodist on Saturday night at Kyle Field.Johnny Manziel and a solid defensive effort allowed A&M to move forward from the 49-42 loss to the top-ranked Crimson Tide, giving the partisan crowd of 86,542 enough reason to celebrate and move forward, too.The Aggies (3-1) showed some signs of mental wear coming off the biggest game in Kyle Field history with 13 penalties for 114 yards, and they also had a turnover and failed to convert three extra points. But the rest of the time they overwhelmed the Mustangs (1-2), who for a second straight season couldn't contain A&M's elusive quarterback.Manziel completed 14 of 21 passes for 244 yards and a touchdown. He added 102 yards and two touchdowns on 12 carries without getting caught behind the line of scrimmage, constantly leaving Mustangs in his wake tackling air."We tried everything against Manziel," SMU head coach June Jones said. "He is an amazing player. You blitz him, and he is accurate with the ball. You rush three, and he can scramble around. He is a great college football player, and he is in the perfect system."It wasn't much different a year ago when Manziel had his first big game at A&M, leading the Aggies to a 48-3 victory over SMU coming off a 20-17 loss to Florida. He had six touchdowns and 418 total yards in only three quarters, starting his run to becoming the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy. He took a big step toward a second Heisman last week despite the loss, finishing with 562 total yards and five touchdowns.This time against SMU he needed less than three quarters, playing only the first possession of the second half to give A&M a 39-6 lead.Manziel took A&M 78 yards in eight plays with running back Ben Malena scoring from the SMU 1-yard line. The huge lead allowed Manziel to don a visor and enjoy the rest of the game, especially the defensive effort.A&M bounced back from allowing 568 yards against Alabama with its best effort of the season. The Aggies forced three turnovers, including a 12-yard fumble return for a touchdown by junior Deshazor Everett who moved from cornerback to safety. True freshman Darian Claiborne, making his first start at weakside linebacker, combined with Everett for 12 tackles.A&M allowed 434 yards, but the Mustangs ran 84 plays with only two going for more than 19 yards."We looked pretty fast out there tonight, and at times we looked extremely fast," A&M defensive coordinator Mark Snyder said.The Aggies used a 4-2-5 alignment to combat SMU's five-receiver sets, and their ability to tackle in space slowed down the Mustangs' pass-oriented spread offense, which could convert only 5 of 16 third downs."You have to have a good team effort to not expose missed tackles," A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin said.Besides Everett and Claiborne, A&M had five other players with at least five tackles led by senior cornerback Tramain Jacobs' 10. A&M also forced SMU senior quarterback Garrett Gilbert into his first interception of the season in 172 attempts. Midway through the fourth quarter with SMU facing third-and-goal at A&M's 8, A&M junior linebacker Tommy Sanders intercepted a pass. He fumbled the ball, but A&M true freshman end Daeshon Hall picked it up and returned it 39 yards.A&M sacked Gilbert only once but had four hurries and knocked down nine passes as Gilbert finished 37 of 62 passing for 310 yards."We're still a work in progress for sur迷你倉," Snyder said. "But if we keep seeing improvement every week, I think we'll be just fine."A&M wasn't able to keep SMU out of the end zone as Gilbert and Keenan Holman teamed up on a 31-yard touchdown pass early in the fourth quarter to finish the scoring. Holman had 10 catches for 133 yards.A&M's top receiving target was junior Malcome Kennedy who had six catches for 83 yards and a score. The Aggies rushed for a season-high 265 yards with senior running back Ben Malena getting 71 yards and two TDs on 13 carries.It was a quick second half after A&M took a 32-6 halftime lead.The first half, which took almost two hours, ended with SMU's Chase Hover kicking a 47-yard field goal on the final play. The Mustangs covered 61 yards on nine plays, making good use of the last 65 seconds.A&M dominated the rest of a sloppy first half as the teams combined for 21 penalties for 161 yards.The Aggies missed a chance to open the game with three touchdowns on three possessions when SMU's Hayden Greenbaum intercepted a pass that deflected off the hands of a diving Mike Evans, ending an eight-play, 31-yard drive after a successful onside kick.SMU got a 42-yard field goal after the turnover, going 66 yards in 11 plays to cut A&M's lead to 14-3.A&M answered with 18 points, finding the end zone easier than the point after. Aggie kickers missed three straight PATs, two by Taylor Bertolet and the third by Josh Lambo when holder Drew Kaser had trouble with the snap to give SMU time to block the kick.Kennedy, coming off a three-touchdown game, had a 16-yard score to make it 20-3 with 10 minutes, 29 seconds left in the half. A&M opened the 11-play, 74-yard drive with five straight rushes for 38 yards.A&M took advantage of a sack by senior linebacker Nate Askew and a 30-yard punt return by De'Vante Harris to make it 26-3. Manziel capped the four-play, 49-yard drive with a 7-yard run.Everett made it 32-3 with his fumble return. He got help from A&M safety Toney Hurd Jr. who knocked the ball from SMU receiver Jeremiah Gaines after a 3-yard gain.The Aggies couldn't stand prosperity, taking points off the board on their next possession.Sumlin opted to go for it after sophomore running back Tra Carson was stopped for no gain on third-and-1 from the SMU 5. But a false start on sophomore center Mike Matthews -- his fourth penalty of the half -- forced A&M to try a 27-yard field goal that Lambo hit. SMU, though, was offsides so A&M went for it again but a botched snap led to a 4-yard loss. SMU answered with its half-ending, field-goal drive.Lambo bounced back to hit a 40-yarder with 6 seconds left in the third quarter for A&M's final points which capped a seven-play, 75-yard drive led by junior quarterback Matt Joeckel who then gave way to true freshman Kenny Hill in the fourth quarter.A&M won the game's toss and surprisingly declined because of a miscommunication, Sumlin said. Gilbert completed six passes on SMU's first possession but the Mustangs had to punt because a 17-yard completion to Holman was wiped out by an illegal formation penalty.The Aggies took advantage of a 24-yard punt, needing only five plays to cover 52 yards, never facing a third down with Malena going the final 3 yards.A&M had to convert only one third down the next time it had the ball, a 46-yard reception by Evans, part of a seven-play, 80-yard drive capped by Manziel's 7-yard run with 5:49 left in the first quarter to make it 14-0.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Eagle (Bryan, Texas) Visit The Eagle (Bryan, Texas) at .theeagle.com Distributed by MCT Information Services文件倉