Tag: 2024 SEC Football Season

Texas A&M football team to travel the third furthest among SEC programs

During Mike Elko’s first year as the football head coach, Texas A&M will have to travel the third furthest among the 16 programs in the SEC.

During Mike Elko‘s first season as the football head coach in College Station, Texas A&M will have to travel the third furthest among the 16 programs in the Southeastern Conference.

According to bookies.com, the Aggies will rack up over 5796 miles this year traveling to only four road games. The only SEC squads that have to go further is LSU and Mizzou. The respective Tigers from Louisiana and Missouri each travel long distances for non-conference contests. Therefore, Texas A&M is traveling the furthest for its SEC games.

Texas A&M‘s longest route is 1847 miles to Columbia, South Carolina for a matchup versus the Gamecocks. The Aggies’ closest away contest is still pretty far, 967 miles away in Starkville against Mississippi State. Per BetMGM, Texas A&M has the eighth best odds to win the conference at +2000.

When it comes to the Aggies’ SEC opponents this year, they rank in the following order regarding miles traveled: LSU (1st), Mizzou (2nd), Texas (4th), Mississippi State (5th), South Carolina (8th), Florida (12th), Arkansas (13th) and Auburn (16th).

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Ranking every SEC offensive coordinator ahead of spring football practices

Ahead of spring football practices, new offensive assistants coupled with returning veteran look to cement their scheme ahead of the 2024 season

The 2024 college footbal season, headlined by an exciting SEC schedule, changes are upon us, led by the expanded 12-team playoff structure which will create much needed parity within a sport that a handful of team has dominated throughout the last decade.

Led by the conference’s expansion, with Texas and Oklahoma set to join the SEC in July, recruiting, NIL, and the transfer portal will make their usual impact, and outside of every head coach, key assistants, especially the offensive coordinator will be depended on the steer the ship when called upon.

This offseason, a bevy of assistant changes throughout the SEC have been made, including new Texas A&M head coach Mike Elko hiring former Kansas State offensive coordinator Collin Klein to the same position, taking over for Bobby Petrino, who departed after Jimbo Fisher’s firing.

Even more entertaining, Petrino has returned to Arkansas as the program’s new OC, where, as you all remember, he served as the Razorbacks head coach for four successful seasons.

Taking a more comprehensive look at the entire conference, here are our complete SEC offensive coordinator rankings ahead of spring football practices this month.

NOTE: Mississippi State has yet to hire an offensive coordinator, and new head coach Jeff Lebby will likely serve in that role.