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Weather delays SEC opener at Florida while Reed starts as Texas A&M QB instead of Weigman

The highly anticipated SEC opener between Texas A&M and Florida got off to an exciting start before Mother Nature brought it to a halt.

The highly anticipated SEC opener between the Texas A&M football team at Florida on national television got off to an exciting start before Mother Nature brought it to an anticlimactic halt.

The conference clash between the Aggies (1-1) and Gators (1-1) on ABC is in a weather delay due to lightning, as it has been since approximately 3:30 p.m. CT. According to ESPN studio host Kevin Negandhi, the game is scheduled to resume at 4:17 p.m. CT.

Texas A&M leads 10-0 after one quarter of play. The major storyline of the matchup thus far is the play of redshirt freshman quarterback Marcel Reed, who started for Conner Weigman due to a shoulder injury.

The junior QB came into Saturday’s contest as a game-time decision and, despite suiting up, Weigman was held out due to precautionary reasons. According to ESPN sideline reporter Katie George, Weigman suffered an AC joint injury in his throwing shoulder during the season-opening loss versus Notre Dame.

Reed is currently 8-of-10 for 94 yards and 1 touchdown.

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Texas A&M coach Mike Elko has eliminated ‘fingers on a chalkboard’ ahead of Florida game

“There is a lot of hip hop on the Mike Elko Spotify, it’s just from a different genre and different age, old school,” the Aggies coach said.

Ahead of the Texas A&M football team’s SEC opener on Saturday afternoon at Florida, head coach Mike Elko appeared on The Paul Finebaum Show and explained how the Aggies are preparing for their first road game.

“Honestly what we do, and this is probably a little bit of a new-age coach, I promised the kids that I would never do the actual crowd noise stuff because as an assistant, that used to drive me crazy and would feel like fingers on a chalkboard. The kids always want music, that’s what they all want at practice, so when we’re all simulated, we put the speakers right behind the offense and we turn the music up about as high as we can get it. The speakers literally portably move right behind the offense, so it’s pretty deafening, but it’s the music that the kids wanted at practice so it kind of goes both ways,” Elko said. “The kids have the access to our operations staff and we let them kind of figure out what they want. I just tell them how bad it is every time I listen to it.

“I’m probably a little bit different than what you think too, there is a lot of hip hop on the Mike Elko Spotify but it’s just from a different genre and different age, old school.”

Kickoff at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville is scheduled for Saturday at 2:30 p.m. on ABC.

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Grading the Texas A&M football team’s performance against McNeese State in Week 2

Texas A&M led 14-0 after the first period and 38-0 at halftime. The level of opponent is the only reason why the Aggies didn’t truly ace it.

The Texas A&M football team bounced back in a big way with a 52-10 victory against McNeese State on Saturday afternoon at Kyle Field.

While Conner Weigman may have struggled in the 23-13 season-opening loss against No. 19 Notre Dame, the Aggies (1-1) junior quarterback redeemed himself against the Cowboys, albeit in limited playing time due to the lopsided score. Weigman completed 11-of-14 passes for 125 yards and 2 touchdowns. He added 4 carries for 40 yards.

Texas A&M led 14-0 after the first quarter and 38-0 at halftime. Therefore, the Aggies earned a B+ for their dominant performance. The level of opponent is the only reason why Texas A&M didn’t truly ace it. However, it’s exactly what the Aggies needed to do after a lackluster showing versus the Fighting Irish.

Next up for Texas A&M is its SEC opener at Florida. The Gators (1-1) enter the conference contest with a similar résumé through two games. Florida lost 41-17 versus its bitter rival, No. 12 Miami, to begin the year. Then the Gators responded with a 45-7 win against Samford.

Kickoff at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville is scheduled for Saturday at 2:30 p.m. on ABC.

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OT Jermaine Eluemunor is excited ‘finally having a coach and GM that truly believe in you’

“Finally having a coach and GM who truly believe in you, it gets you excited to want to play for them and want to give everything you have.”

Texas A&M alumnus Jermaine Eluemunor is beginning a new journey this weekend with the New York Giants after spending three seasons in Sin City playing for the Las Vegas Raiders.

The offensive tackle appeared on “Up & Adams” with host Kay Adams on Tuesday and explained why he’s excited about participating in training camp this year.

“With me just going through what I’ve been through in my career, now finally having a coach and GM who truly believe in you, it gets you excited to want to play for them and want to give everything you have for them,” Eluemunor said. “I’ve struggled with confidence throughout my career and even today, being the player I am and the one I want to become, I still struggle with that.

“It’s a constant fight to tell myself that ‘I am who I am, I’m confident and can go into the game to do everything I need to do in order to help this team win.'”

Eluemunor and the G-Men kickoff the 2024 campaign on Sunday at noon CT by hosting the Minnesota Vikings.

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‘This university really stands for something,’ A&M is Texas’ best per Wall Street Journal

“I’m thrilled to see the rest of the country start to catch on to what we already know — that this university really stands for something.”

Texas A&M University was recently ranked near the top of the Wall Street Journal’s “2025 Best Colleges in the U.S.” list.

The Aggies stood out among the rest of Texas and were deemed the best in the Lone Star State. Texas A&M finished No. 28 overall in the rankings.

“I’m thrilled to see the rest of the country start to catch on to what we here in Aggieland already know — that this university really stands for something,” stated Texas A&M president General (Ret.) Mark A. Welsh III. “Our core values are at the heart of everything we do at Texas A&M. We take pride in knowing that we are developing the next generation of exceptional leaders who will put those core values into practice for the betterment of our state and nation.”

Compared to last year, the Aggies rose 10 spots. Texas A&M is No. 1 in the SEC and 11th when it comes to public universities. Check out the full breakdown at the following link.

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QB Conner Weigman has ‘responded how’ Texas A&M head coach Mike Elko ‘would have expected’

“He had much cleaner pockets than he played like. His feet just got out of control underneath him. That caused a lot of his inaccuracies.”

Texas A&M junior quarterback Conner Weigman had a rough return from injury during a season-opening loss this past weekend at home against Notre Dame.

Aggies head coach Mike Elko, offensive coordinator Collin Klein and Weigman grinded some tape after the game to find out what went wrong. According to Elko, the mistakes began at the ground level.

“As it regards to Conner, the thing we just talked to him about, it looked like his feet just never got settled. Maybe some of the past residue kinda showcased itself in his first time back. He had much cleaner pockets than I think he played like. I think his feet just got out of control underneath him a little bit. I think that caused a lot of his inaccuracies,” Elko said Monday. “I think when you watched him settle his feet at different times, it didn’t happen a lot, but when it did happen, he was able to deliver the ball the way that he is capable of. On the interception that he threw to Noah, probably one of the most noticeable examples, his feet were just kind of all over the place.

“So he knows it, he saw it, he’s confident in the corrections he needs to make and he’ll have a great week of practice to put himself in position to make the improvements that we need to make. It certainly isn’t all on him by any stretch of the imagination. We still gotta do a better job throughout the game of keeping pressure off of him. We still gotta do a better job throughout the game of creating separation and running routes.

“We’ve gotta get the passing game on track, we know that.”

Two days later during his weekly SEC teleconference, Elko shared that Weigman “has responded how I would have expected him to.”

“He went back to work and had a good week,” Elko explained. “We’re all confident that he’ll go out and do that moving forward.”

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College Station shatters several College GameDay records to open Texas A&M football season

The 12th Man is widely known as one of the best fan bases in college and the rest of the country got a reminder of that this past weekend.

The 12th Man is widely known across the SEC as one of the best college fan bases and the rest of the country got a reminder of that on Saturday.

Prior to the Texas A&M football team opening the season with a 23-13 loss against Notre Dame, College GameDay came to College Station and multiple records were broken. Aggieland quickly proved why the ESPN staple needs to return in November for the Lone Star Showdown versus the Longhorns.

Aggies, Fighting Irish and general college fans tuned in across the nation, setting records for the “Worldwide Leader in Sports.” With 2.5 million average viewers and 3.2 million in the final hour of the program, College GameDay set a new benchmark for the most-watched pre-November episode of all time.

Additionally, it was the most-watched regular season episode since November 2016.  Per ESPN PR, the viewership was up 47% compared to Week 1 last year.

Despite nearly the entire panel, including Johnny Manziel and Pat McAfee, picking Texas A&M to win a game which they ultimately didn’t, Aggieland certainly showed out to kickoff the Mike Elko era.

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2 Heisman finalists struggling vs. Notre Dame proves Aggies QB Conner Weigman will be fine

Two past Heisman Trophy finalists also struggled against the Fighting Irish, as pointed out on X, which should give a bit of relief to fans.

Members of the 12th Man are up in arms following the performance of the Texas A&M football team to begin the season this past weekend.

The Aggies (0-1) competed well against No. 5 Notre Dame (1-0) but ultimately fell short in a 23-13 loss at Kyle Field. The defeat can be largely attributed to junior quarterback Conner Weigman’s poor play in his return from a season-ending injury.

Weigman was 12-of-30 for 100 yards and 2 interceptions, which is an extremely pedestrian line of statistics. However, context matters, and the opponent is extremely stout, as proven by past stats.

Two past Heisman Trophy finalists also struggled against the Fighting Irish, as pointed out by Aggie Sports 365 on X, which should give a bit of relief to fans in College Station. 2022 Heisman winner, former USC QB Caleb Williams, was 23-of-37 for 199 yards, 1 touchdown, and 3 INT.

Former Ohio State wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. hauled in 3 receptions for 32 yards. The game against Notre Dame was 1-of-2 games during his collegiate career that he did not record a tuddy.

Simply put, the sky is not falling in Aggieland and Weigman has a “get right” game coming up Saturday against McNeese State. Let’s all exercise some patience, because it is a virtue after all.

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Report card for Texas A&M football team following matchup vs. No. 5 Notre Dame in Week 1

Following the Week 1 matchup against Notre Dame, we break down the grade for the Aggies football team.

After entering its season opener ranked No. 20 in the nation, the Texas A&M football team dropped out of the rankings completely following a loss against Notre Dame.

The Fighting Irish (1-0) entered the contest as the No. 7 team in the country and with the Top 25 victory, Notre Dame moved up to No. 5 on Tuesday. While the 23-13 defeat may be discouraging, the Aggies (0-1) played well enough to earn a passing grade in this week’s report card.

Texas A&M was tied at halftime 6-6 in a defensive battle with a Top 10 team, which is encouraging. The Aggies even had a chance to still win in the fourth quarter, which is why they earned a C- for the performance.

Junior quarterback Conner Weigman got thrown right into the fire after returning from injury. On top of that, he was operating with an entirely new playbook under the guidance of offensive coordinator Collin Klein. While Weigman’s play may have been poor, it was against a great team, which is why he deserves some grace.

However, if Weigman struggles Saturday against McNeese State and doesn’t look like the five-star prospect he once was, then it might officially be time for Klein and head coach Mike Elko to consider other options under center.

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Instant reactions to No. 20 Texas A&M football team loss versus No. 7 Notre Dame

With the entire nation watching, the Texas A&M football team fell short on Saturday against Notre Dame. Next up is McNeese State on Sept. 7.

With the entire nation watching, the Texas A&M football team fell short this weekend against Notre Dame.

The No. 20 Aggies (0-1) lost to the No. 7 Fighting Irish (1-0) by a final score of 23-13 on Saturday night in College Station. Notre Dame senior quarterback Riley Leonard bested his former head coach Mike Elko in their respective first games in their new homes.

The game’s first touchdown wasn’t scored until the second half as the top 25 opponents went into halftime tied 6-6 in a low-scoring affair. The victory is the first ranked SEC win for the Fighting Irish since 2004 against No. 9 Tennessee.

Texas A&M junior QB Conner Weigman struggled in his return from injury and first contest under the tutelage of offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Collin Klein. Weigman was 12-of-30 for 100 yards and 2 interceptions.

The Aggies’ lone tuddy came on a 1-yard rush by junior running back Le’Veon Moss, who served as Texas A&M’s bell cow against Notre Dame. He tallied 20 carries for 72 yards and 1 TD with 2 catches for 13 yards.

Next up for the Aggies is McNeese State at Kyle Field on Sept. 7 at 11:45 a.m. CT on SEC Network.

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