Mike Elko, Texas Aggies Football HC, previews 2024 season in Houston

“I will say this as many times as possible: I am honored and blessed to be your head football coach.”

“This program will always belong to you, and we are committed to it as a team. »

“We are incredibly excited about what Texas A&M is…We have everything we need to be the premier football program in the country, but what we need to do is come together and build the best version of football Texas A&M.”

“When we come together and build the best version of Texas A&M football, I have no doubt where it will take us and where it will take us.”

“There are 100 days until the opening match. It’s scary to say right now as a coach, but we’ve accomplished so much since we arrived.

“We navigated the transfer portal really, really well. We added depth and quality pieces that balance out our roster very well.

“We’ll become a championship program when no one is watching.”

“We have the highest football GPA for a spring semester that our football program has had.” “Our kids buy into our university and what your university really stands for. »

“Understand that when 10 children leave a program, 75 stay there. Social media focuses on these 10 people, but we will put together a group of 120 people who will represent your university well this fall.

“He will be in good health. He will be ready. “We have depth at that position that is really unique compared to the rest of the country.”

“I hope everyone has heard this: We spend a lot of time working with the offensive line.” “The offensive line is the lifeblood of your program…We will block a lot better this fall.”

“We actually have a group that might be the best defensive line we’ve had in quite a while.”

“Taurean York is as much of an Aggie as you could want to see.”

“It does everything you could want. He’s a phenomenal kid, a phenomenal leader. He’s great in class. He’s everything you want your linebacker to be.

“I’m really happy with what we have in secondary. I’m very focused on how we play defense…We have a lot of pieces in that secondary that we can use in different ways to give us an advantage.

“(Moose Muhammad III) has a really big summer ahead of him to get his body and mind in order to go out and deliver. Moose is an extremely talented kid and we are very excited about what he can offer us this year.

“I don’t know how much this regulation has helped us as football coaches from a clarity standpoint. The next few months will be critical.

“There are so many unknown things.”

“What this game means to the Aggies is not lost on anyone.”

“If I revealed my plan to beat them, I don’t think it would go well tonight. You are the 1,200th person to tell me how important this game is. We will take this very seriously.

“We have to focus on us. We spent a lot of time chasing things and chasing people. We need to focus on Texas A&M and becoming the absolute best version of Texas A&M and being proud of who we are.

“I don’t think he’ll be a challenge at all. The challenge I face is tempering everyone’s expectations of an 18-year-old from Timpson, Texas.

“Terry moved to College Station today, but he has yet to participate in a single lift, run or

“I know how critical the next 100 days are. We must take full advantage of each of them. What keeps me up at night is the same thing that has kept me up at night for 24 years: my life is in the hands of 18-21 year olds.

“In all honesty, because I’ve been through this before, you can’t imagine how much the release of a hot new video game can impact a football season.”

“I don’t think I’ll be spending a lot of time on the sticks this summer, but with this game coming back and our kids being so involved, I can imagine there’s a lot of excitement for this game. … It’s great to see this game come back. It’s great to see our players enjoying it.