Today's game against A&M compared to the Cotton Bowl game

I was looking at the stats and thought it would be worth posting to discuss some comparisons.

Cotton Bowl:
Cotton Bowl Stats

Team Stat Comparison
LSU TA&M
1st Downs 24 23
3rd down efficiency. 9-15 3-9
4th down efficiency. 0-0 1-1
Total Yards 446 373
Passing 158 218
Comp-Att. 10-19 23-36
Yards per pass. 8.3 6.1
Rushing 288 155
Rushing Attempts. 55 29
Yards per rush. 5.2 5.3
Penalties 3-25 4-40
Turnovers 1 4
Fumbles lost. 0 1
Interceptions thrown. 1 3
Possession 37:26 22:34

Today's Stats:
Stats for 10/20/12

Team Stat Comparison
LSU TA&M
1st Downs 18 26
3rd down efficiency. 2-16 6-16
4th down efficiency. 2-2 0-0
Total Yards 316 410
Passing 97 276
Comp-Att. 11-29 29-56
Yards per pass. 3.3 4.9
Rushing 219 134
Rushing Attempts. 45 38
Yards per rush. 4.9 3.5
Penalties 13-102 6-65
Turnovers 0 5
Fumbles lost. 0 2
Interceptions thrown. 0 3
Possession 29:50 30:10

Clearly, our offense was more productive in the Cotton Bowl. We dominated turnovers then and now.
The time of possession stat tells me our defense had it worse today than for the Cotton Bowl.

Most significant observation? Both were LSU victories!