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Has Mike Elko made Aggie football fun again after only 1.5 seasons?
Posted on 10/21/25 at 9:12 am
Posted on 10/21/25 at 9:12 am
I think he has at least for me, last year, we were hoping for 5–7 or six and six at the best possible scenario, all new coaches all new system massive player exodus lots of kids coming in from the portal
And what did we get? Yes, we came off the rails at the very end, but we had a season filled with Hope and excitement, I swear I wasn’t gonna get sucked back in after Jimbo. And even I started paying attention.
And now here we are 1.5 years away from the start of a complete program rebuild, and whether we win or lose, we are actually going into big games with the belief that we could walk away with a victory if things go right
Being able to believe you have a shot to win a night game in Louisiana, being ranked in the top five for more than a couple weeks, yeah, football has become fun again, it’s amazing how fast this has happened
And what did we get? Yes, we came off the rails at the very end, but we had a season filled with Hope and excitement, I swear I wasn’t gonna get sucked back in after Jimbo. And even I started paying attention.
And now here we are 1.5 years away from the start of a complete program rebuild, and whether we win or lose, we are actually going into big games with the belief that we could walk away with a victory if things go right
Being able to believe you have a shot to win a night game in Louisiana, being ranked in the top five for more than a couple weeks, yeah, football has become fun again, it’s amazing how fast this has happened
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Posted on 10/21/25 at 9:46 am to Old Sarge
Yes. I was fairly excited about the hire, but even I didn’t dream he’d have us in the top ten at some point in each of his first two seasons.
If he beats LSU this year, I’ll take his advice and put BAS to rest.
If he beats LSU this year, I’ll take his advice and put BAS to rest.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 9:52 am to FootballFrenzy
Same here.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 1:03 pm to Old Sarge
The Miami loss 2 years ago broke something. Sucked all the fun out of things. Coming off our worst season in recent memory and dropping a very winnable road game was a tough pill to swallow.
Yes, Elko has fixed it and it's fun again.
Hope we hang 60 on the tigahs.
Yes, Elko has fixed it and it's fun again.
Hope we hang 60 on the tigahs.
This post was edited on 10/21/25 at 1:06 pm
Posted on 10/21/25 at 1:04 pm to AggieDub14
Where’s your Avi?
Posted on 10/21/25 at 1:07 pm to Old Sarge
I never put one back up after I got banned a while back. I need to find it.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 1:10 pm to AggieDub14
It was the squid from sponge bob right?
Posted on 10/21/25 at 1:11 pm to Old Sarge
PC Principal in an A&M polo
This post was edited on 10/21/25 at 1:12 pm
Posted on 10/21/25 at 1:38 pm to Old Sarge
That'll work for now. Glad we have the archive 
Oeaux getting gatorade bath'd was a close 2nd
Oeaux getting gatorade bath'd was a close 2nd
This post was edited on 10/21/25 at 1:39 pm
Posted on 10/21/25 at 1:46 pm to AggieDub14
The archive is awesome
Carboardboxer needs to get a new host for his All Aggy All The Time gifs
I miss being able to use those
Carboardboxer needs to get a new host for his All Aggy All The Time gifs
I miss being able to use those
Posted on 10/21/25 at 1:47 pm to Old Sarge
Golden age for sure
Posted on 10/21/25 at 2:57 pm to Old Sarge
I’m going to be Debbie downer here and say while this season has been great, we’re also 4 points away from being a middling team. It’s way too early to be heaping so much praise on Elko. All signs are good at this point and winning the close games rather than losing them (ala Jimbo) is obviously way better, but let’s pump the brakes on the program change talk. Doing some things we haven’t done in forever like beat LSU in BR or beat Texas at all would go a long ways towards proving we’ve actually changed course.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 3:03 pm to Projectpat
Arkansas and Florida. We’re both not in doubt.
Yes, Notre Dame was scary and we were lucky to walk away with that one
Yes, Notre Dame was scary and we were lucky to walk away with that one
Posted on 10/21/25 at 3:24 pm to Projectpat
youre not alone. at 1.5 seasons in, sumlin revolutionized the offense here. Jimbo, brought back defense and physicality that hadnt been seen in 2 decades. Sustaining success has always been the issue here. TBD
Posted on 10/21/25 at 4:44 pm to Projectpat
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Doing some things we haven’t done in forever
You can have your own measuring sticks, but he's already doing quite a bit that we haven't done in forever
First AP Top 3 in 30 years
First 7-0 start in over 30 years
First ranked road win in over 10 years
First OOC road win vs a P5 in over 20 years
First OOC road win vs a Top 10 team in 45 years
First SEC road win after 9 straight losses
With one more conference win, it will be the first time we've had consecutive winning conference records in 25 years
Posted on 10/21/25 at 5:20 pm to NanosTacoRun
That last one…. Ouch
Posted on 10/21/25 at 5:35 pm to Old Sarge
Yeah I gasped reading that stat. An impressive run of underachieving across 4 different staffs.
We actually did an incredible job of threading the needle between 13 consecutive bowls and yet never putting back-to-back good seasons together.
We actually did an incredible job of threading the needle between 13 consecutive bowls and yet never putting back-to-back good seasons together.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 6:19 pm to Projectpat
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I’m going to be Debbie downer here
Posted on 10/22/25 at 7:18 am to Old Sarge
If we beat the Tigers on Saturday, Elko will have gotten us to 5-0 starts in SEC play both seasons he’s been here. That says something IMO.
Posted on 10/22/25 at 8:43 am to FootballFrenzy
I hadn’t even thought of that either, here’s hoping to a great game on Saturday
And let’s face it I haven’t seen our little brother this anxious and nervous since Jimbo had his one loss season
They absolutely cannot handle the fact that not only are they getting laughed at which they’ve grown accustomed to over the last 15 years, but that there is literally nothing to laugh at us over and that’s eating them up, which is making for great fun
And let’s face it I haven’t seen our little brother this anxious and nervous since Jimbo had his one loss season
They absolutely cannot handle the fact that not only are they getting laughed at which they’ve grown accustomed to over the last 15 years, but that there is literally nothing to laugh at us over and that’s eating them up, which is making for great fun
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