Mike Elko has made several impressive hires in his first season as Texas A&M’s head football coach. The evidence is just how well they have recruited out of the transfer portal and the 2025 class, where they currently sit in the top 5 of the 247Sports rankings.
However, Elko is trying to build a specific culture at A&M that relies on toughness, accountability, and togetherness. A great place to cultivate and ingrain those traits in a program is the weight room. Elko eventuallyy strength and landed legendar conditioning guru Tommy Moffitt.
During this year’s SEC Media Days not only did the Texas A&M players have great things to say about Moffitt. LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier had this to say about how Moffitt helped him during this time with him.
“Coach Moffitt does an unbelievable job. … If he taught me anything, it was definitely mental toughness. Coach Moffitt, I love him to death, and I think he’s going to do a great job over at A&M.”
"The message I'm going to continually push to them is that every second counts."
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— Texas A&M Football (@AggieFootball) March 14, 2024
There is no doubt how much Coach Moffitt genuinely loves what he does and how infectious that mentality has spread throughout the team. In wrestling, there is a popular quote, “Embrace the Grind,” that they adopted because of the work ethic needed during the grueling workouts to survive on the wrestling mat.
Shemar Turner’s comments about the impact Moffitt is having on the team provide further proof that the football program is making leaps and bounds in a new direction, and they, too, are “Embracing the Grind.”
“…nobody’s dragging in the weightroom, nobody’s dragging on the field. Everybody is excited to go to work and hurt…literally”
While strength and conditioning are only one aspect of a great team they still have to show up on the field and execute. However, the one thing this Mike Elko team will not be lacking is mental toughness and physicality, thanks to the Moffitt Method.
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