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‘The hardest place to play in the SEC’ Nick Saban praises Kyle Field ahead of Texas A&M vs. Texas

Kyle Field will be rocking on Saturday night

Texas A&M (8-3, 5-2 SEC) will host the Texas Longhorns (10-1, 6-1 SEC) for the first time in 13 seasons. The winner of Saturday night’s primetime showdown will advance to the SEC Championship game to take on Georgia on Dec. 7.

With everything on the line, the Aggies are looking at an average 8-4 finish or a chance to reach the conference title game for the first time in program history, knowing that defeating their bitter rivals is what’s standing in the way of their postseason dreams.

While Texas A&M coach Mike Elko and his team are confident in their abilities, Texas isn’t 10-1 by mistake, as the Aggies’ are well aware of the offensive firepower and elite secondary the Longhorns possess. Still, at the least, the Aggies have Kyle Field on their side.

On Saturday, College GameDay crew member and Hall of Fame head coach Nick Saban, who held a 10-2 record against Texas A&M, noted that despite his nearly perfect record and one road loss during the 2021 season, Kyle Field is by far the toughest venue to play in.

‘Of all the places in the SEC this was the place I respected most … the hardest place to play in the SEC’

Saban, alongside Lee Corso, picked the Longhorns outright, while Desmond Howard and Pat McAfee picked the Aggies.

No. 19 Texas A&M will host No. 3 Texas on Saturday, Nov. 30 at 6:30 pm. CT. The game will air on ABC.

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LSU starting QB Garrett Nussmeier changes his tune regarding Kyle Field impact

LSU QB Garrett Nussmeier is now fully aware of Kyle Field’s in-game impact

Ahead of No. 14 Texas A&M’s Week 9 primetime home matchup against 8th-ranked LSU, Tigers starting quarterback Garrett Nussmeier, one of the top signal callers in the country after waiting his turn the last two years, discussed his first career start inside what could be a sold out Kyle Field.

Back in June, Nussmeier’s opinion of Kyle Field’s overall impact was that of most of the Aggies’ competitors, who want to look unaffected by any crowd until the results tell another story.

“Kyle Field is loud, I’ll give them that, but it’s not Death Valley.”

However, he now knows after likely watching Missouri quarterback Brady Cook’s mistake of downplaying the Stadium’s impact after falling 41-10 in Week 6.

“Obviously we acknowledge that it’s going to be a tough envrionment, it’s gonna be loud and exciting.”

Nussmeier referenced the “one game at a time” mentality that led to the Tiger’s comeback win over Ole Miss, knowing that Texas A&M’s defense would be ready to adjust when necessary.

The winner of Saturday’s game will more than likely stay atop the SEC standings for the rest of the regular season unless late-season lapses occur, making this one of the most important games of the year for both squads.

Texas A&M will host LSU at home on Saturday, Oct. 26th, at 6:30 p.m. CT. The game will air on ABC.

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‘The noise at practice is actually louder’ Missouri QB Brady Cook is unfazed by Kyle Field

Apparently, according to QB Brady Cook, Missouri’s practices are louder than Kyle Filed on game day

25th-ranked Texas A&M (4-1, 2-0 SEC) will host the undefeated 9th-ranked Missouri Tigers (4-10, 1-0 SEC) on Saturday afternoon. The Aggies return to Kyle Field for what looks like the toughest matchup thus far, while the Tigers are coming off a bye week.

Over the past three days, head coaches and player representatives have spoken to the media, including Missouri’s starting quarterback, Brady Cook, who provided the quote of the week when discussing how the Tigers will prepare for the noise Kyle Field will undoubtedly provide ahead of the early kickoff.

However, instead of the usual humdrum answer, Cook discredited Kyle Fields’s impact, comparing the Stadium noise to what the Tigers have experienced in practice this week.

“The noise at practice is actually louder” Cook stated. “They put these two speakers pretty much two feet right behind me, and, I mean, you can’t hear anything, it’s loud. In Stadiums, it’s loud, but it’s like a surrounding kind of distant loud, so it’s alittle different. I think it’s just as loud or louder and tougher to communicate.”

If Aggie fans and alumni needed any extra motivation to show up on Saturday afternoon, It’s pretty clear that Cook has just thrown a fat pitch down the middle of the plate.

Texas A&M will host Missouri on Saturday, Oct. 5, at 11:00 a.m. CT. The game will air on ABC and will be available for streaming on ESPN+.

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All eyes were on the Texas A&M vs. Notre Dame game, leading to record views

Fans were itching for college football Saturday leading to Texas A&M vs Norte Dame setting a ABC streaming record

Over the weekend, college football had a ton of storylines to follow, which caused millions of viewers to tune in to see how the games would shake out. One of the most viewed was the top-25 battle between No. 20 Texas A&M and No. 7 Notre Dame.

The game lived up to its billing as a tough back-and-forth defensive matchup. It was a true toss-up most of the game, while Notre Dame’s big plays to pull ahead and emerge were just enough to emerge as the 23-13 winner in a hostile environment.

Several questions were answered in front of over 100,000 fans and 8.2 million viewers. In ABC’s Most-Streamed regular-season college football game ever, the Notre Dame offensive line held up, not allowing a single sack. On the flip side, they saw a Texas A&M offense that never really got anything going.

It was a great day of football, and the viewers were excited that their favorite teams were back on the field duking it out for bragging rights, as proven by the numbers below.

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Social media reacts to Jadarian Price 47-yard touchdown for Notre Dame

Nice run, young man.

If Notre Dame is to succeed during the 2024 season, a lot of it will fall on [autotag]Jadarian Price[/autotag]. Of course, he won’t be the only player the Irish need, but he’s proven himself enough in the past that he’ll get plenty of touches. As we saw during the third quarter against Texas A&M, he can get a lot of big runs and touchdowns out of those.

With the Irish still deadlocked at 6 with the Aggies, Price took a handoff on a second-and-14 at the Aggies’ 47-yard line. He found enough holes to get through, and next thing you know, he was off to the races. Just like that, the Irish had a 13-6 lead with 6:50 remaining in the quarter, silencing the raucous Kyle Field crowd:

As you can imagine, Irish fans were beside themselves at this development. All game long, the Irish have been waiting for a big moment to shift the momentum their way. They finally found it, and the fans took to social media to express their happiness about what had just happened:

The gridiron at Kyle Field will look different this upcoming Texas A&M football season

The Mike Elko era at Texas A&M officially begins this weekend and the gridiron at Kyle Field will look different for this upcoming season.

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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Texas A&M HC Mike Elko predicts massive turnout vs. Notre Dame

Kyle Field will be packed to the brim Saturday night according to what Mike Elko believes

The hottest ticket in college football on Saturday night will be the top-25 showdown between the Texas A&M Aggies vs the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on August 30th.

For the first time in the Mike Elko era, the former Duke head coach sat down with Andrew Monaco for his inaugural “The Aggie Hour” interview a few days before the season opener. Elko showed off his jovial personality, speaking for what was roughly a 40-minute conversation. However, before they dove too deep into anything he spoke about how massive of a crowd he expects this weekend.

“I think we’re going 107-108 (thousand) this weekend so we’re fired up….”

“I think it was the second largest student poll ever and students are fired up we brought some pizza out to them the other night camping out there and got them excited and so yeah we’re expecting an electric atmosphere Saturday night”
All indications are that Coach Elko’s prediction is extremely valid with all the buzz surrounding this team. I fully expect Kyle Field to be rocking when the Maroon & White step on the gridiron Saturday night.

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See what Kyle Field will look like when Texas A&M hosts Notre Dame Saturday night

Does it look a bit weird with a new logo?

College football is back, with multiple games Thursday night and Notre Dame getting started Saturday evening on the road against Texas A&M.

The Irish will travel to College Station, Texas and make their way to [autotag]Kyle Field[/autotag]. It’s one of the biggest games of the week, as ESPN’s College GameDay will be on hand for the opening contest.

In a video shared yesterday by the Aggies official social media account, they showed what Kyle Field will look like. Although the stadium is empty, and there won’t be much sunlight when kickoff happens, it’s a preview of what we will see soon.

The difference from their field last year is subtle, they have SEC logos on the on opposite sides of the 25-yard line and the end zone’s background has been filled in with maroon.

The Irish will take on the Aggies and their 12th Man on Saturday night with kickoff set for 7:30 p.m. ET. You can check out our predictions here.

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Notre Dame preparing for Texas A&M with piped-in crowd, band noise

Will this help the Irish tune the Aggies fans out?

Kyle Field is said to provide one of the best home-field advantages in college football, and Notre Dame is about to experience it. If the Irish lose to Texas A&M in their season opener, the atmosphere Kyle Field is sure to provide could be a major reason why. Win or lose, we’ll have a good idea about the mental makeup of this team when the game is over.

Whatever happens, the Irish are preparing properly. While piped-in crowd noise and marching bands are nothing new with football practices, Tyler Horka of Blue and Gold Illustrated noted that the Irish cranked the volume with it during Tuesday’s practice, which was held in sweltering temperatures:

We’ll see how well this prepares the Irish for the first game of the season. If they want to win a national championship though, they eventually will have to conquer frenzied crowds to get there. If nothing else, it would build character for the entire team.

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Texas A&M athletic department earns millions in revenue from summer events at Kyle Field

“We continue to grow the Texas A&M brand. Our local economy benefitted greatly by bringing in people who have never been to our community.”

Two months ago, Kyle Field was the host of two massive events in back-to-back Saturdays that ultimately earned millions in revenue for the Texas A&M athletic department.

“You have heard me say before and I want to repeat my thanks to the previous administration for having the vision to bring these events to Kyle Field. I would like to thank our entire staff and especially our special events and facilities staffs for their hard work,” Aggies athletic director Trev Alberts stated Tuesday. “The final net revenue to Texas A&M athletics for the two events was a little over $6 million – $2.6 for soccer and $3.9 for George Strait.

“Not only were these events profitable, but we continue to grow the overall Texas A&M brand. Additionally, our local economy benefitted greatly by bringing in people who have never been to our community.

“Kyle Field is a special venue, and we will make sure any event that we host will be a worthwhile endeavor.”

Brazil played Mexico in an international soccer friendly on June 8 with 85,249 people in attendance.

“The cooperation between MexTour and MLS/SUM for the soccer match as well as the Messina Touring group with George Strait was outstanding,” stated Kindra Fry, the assistant athletics director for special events services. “We have shown the capability of handling events of this stature, and we will continue to work to bring entertainment to the community.”

With 110,905 fans present for the “King at Kyle Field” event on June 15, Strait achieved a new national record for ticketed concerts.

(George Walker IV-USA TODAY NETWORK)

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(Maria Lysaker-USA TODAY Sports)