The Texas A&M football team has a penalties problem, racking up 77 through 10 games thus far.
“I’m running out of ways to tell them,” coach Mike Elko proclaimed Monday afternoon. “My frustration became a little bit evident on Saturday night with it. It’s repeat offenders. It’s the same things.
“I have to find creative ways to get it done because it’s not working.”
As pointed out by Tony Catalina of the Austin American-Statesman, there hasn’t been a college football program in the last four years who committed more than 78 penalties in a season that went on to win the national championship.
“We talk about it every Monday,” said sophomore linebacker Taurean York. “It’s like shooting yourself in the foot. We had penalties at South Carolina. They can be the difference between a win and a loss.”
Senior wide receiver Jabre Barber, who transferred in the offseason from Troy, appears to be more optimistic about the issue than his teammate.
“Going from the first bye week to now, I feel like we’ve progressed a lot as a team on both sides of the ball,” Barber said. “We still have some room to grow.”
No. 14 Texas A&M (8-2, 5-1 SEC) plays Auburn (4-6, 1-5) in its penultimate regular season contest at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday night. The matchup at Jordan-Hare Stadium will be broadcast on ESPN.
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