The Mike Elko era officially begins this weekend at Texas A&M and the gridiron at Kyle Field will have a different look this upcoming season.
On Wednesday night, the Aggie Football social media team revealed the field that will be played upon in College Station this year. The first change comes at the 50-yard line.
Rather than keeping the generic and plain white A&M logo alone at midfield, the Aggies have spiced it up a bit. A maroon silhouette, with a white border, of the great Lone Star State of Texas has been added to the background, with the A&M logo proudly sitting in the foreground. Each end zone has also been painted maroon with Texas A&M written in white.
Between the 20 and 0-yard lines in each corner, additions have been made as well. In the top left and bottom right reads “Home of the 12th Man.” In the bottom left and top right, it says “G.R.I.N.D.”
Along with holding his players accountable with discipline, Elko has instilled within the Aggies to “embrace the grind.” Perhaps inserting periods between each letter in the word is a sign that the word is an acronym that Elko and his staff would rather keep behind closed doors.
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