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[Burnt Orange Horn]

7 hours ago, MJW2327 said:

I imagine it’s hard to find maternity clothes for men, more power to him 

Is his due date postponed??   🤷‍♂️

[ATX16]

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[Jerky]

Delusional sheep humpers believe Tickle Me Elko is a huge upgrade over 8-4 Dumbo.

I believe Fat Elko has a better chance of winning a hot dog eating contest than the CFP.  I believe Elko will lose more games this year. I believe Texas will beat Aggies again. The farmers may fire Elko after 2 more seasons if they trend down from 2025. But I hope he sticks around for 3-4 more seasons.

 

Elko made a suspect move to elevate his WR Coach to first time Offensive Coordinator and play caller. Will be interesting to see if their 2026 offense struggles vs quality opponents.

What else is suspect....The most important position in football, QB. In the transfer portal era, if you are a power team with money and you don't already have a top QB then you go and get a top transfer QB. Right? Is that position controversial? I don't believe so. Yet Elko has not followed it. 

 

QB Marcel Reed A&M 

QB Rating 149.2 and 58.3% completions

QB Rating 142.1 and 61.3% completions

QB Rating 148.2 and 62.1% completions

His Career TD/Turnover Ratio is 1.5/.85 average per game

QB Reed has played 3 years but so far his play as a passer continues to be a limiting factor for their offense due to Reed's decision making, inaccuracies and turnovers. 

 

Elko should have upgraded with a transfer QB in year 1 imo.

QB Cam Ward, QB Will Howard, QB Dante Moore, QB Dillon Gabriel, etc were in the transfer portal early on. Did Elko finally learn from his past mistakes? Nope. He did not try to get a transfer QB this year. Transfers QB Leavitt, QB Sorsby, QB Mensah, QB Hoover, etc were in the portal.  To my knowledge, Elko hasn't pursued a transfer QB while at A&M.

When the Gomers faced a quality D, they often weren't so lucky. Texas D limited their offense to 17pts, in large part because QB Reed struggled and had 2 INTs. Ags scored only 3 pts in their "lucky" CFP appearance. 

Elko desperately needs QB Reed to improve or Elko will have squandered 3 seasons in a row on QB Reed. Gomers also lost their backup QB to the transfer portal. If QB Reed goes down, it could get ugly for Elko and the Gomers.

 

 

 

Coaches that get the importance of QB and use the transfer portal for QB if necessary....

HC Sark immediately saw a QB issue, got transfer QB Ewers, eventually won the Big 12 and got to the CFP semi-finals twice. HC Day immediately saw a QB issue, got transfer QB Will Howard and won a NC. HC Cignetti immediately saw a QB issue, got transfer QB Mendoza, eventually won the B10 and got to the CFP twice including a NC. HC Cristobal has elevated Miami twice with transfer QBs Ward and Beck. HC Lanning has elevated Oregon thrice with transfer QBs Nix, Gabriel and Moore.  Etc.

 

[Thanos72]

On 2/16/2026 at 3:20 PM, Califashorn75 said:

He's hard not to like. Dang good coach. 

I think I’d say respect vs like but I also think that’s what you mean. He’s a strong floor coach. Ceiling tbd.

I hate that at the end of the day, there’s a bunch of 6 graders mocking someone’s size. I really miss when Texas fans had basic respect and decency. It’s getting just as bad here as the tos. Nothing witty or funny about and 12 folks laughed at it. Wow. 
 

 

[BigMac]