As the Texas A&M football head coach, Mike Elko has to address a great many topics, including what legendary coach Nick Saban describes as “rat poison.”
That was certainly the case to begin this week. During his weekly press conference ahead of this weekend’s matchup at Mississippi State, Elko had to answer whether Aggies intentionally fake being hurt.
“Do we condone faking injury? No,” Elko said Monday afternoon. “At times, it was a kid having to stop the game because there was no other way to stop the game, not necessarily because we were giving ourselves an advantage.”
Being a defensive guy at heart, Elko went on to mention that defenders are at a higher risk for injuries due to collegiate squads running up-tempo, fast offenses. However, he added that players faking injuries is a “bad look” for college football as a whole.
The No. 14 Aggies (5-1, 3-0 SEC) return from their bye Saturday afternoon to play at Davis Wade Stadium versus the Bulldogs at 3:15 p.m. CT on SEC Network.
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