Texas A&M coach Mike Elko takes brutal shot at Jimbo Fisher after beating LSU

Texas A&M’s costly determination to fire Jimbo Fisher successful nan mediate of a 10-year extension has paid disconnected truthful far, and caller caput coach Mike Elko seemingly criticized nan programme that Fisher constructed pursuing their triumph Saturday — and utilized his property convention to advertise what nan programme has go since he took over.

“I deliberation it’s nan measurement we talk to nan young people,” Elko told reporters aft Texas A&M defeated LSU and entered Sunday successful first spot successful nan SEC standings. “I deliberation nan things that we talk about, nan messaging, really we bring really bully group into nan building. We talk astir doing things together. We talk astir culture. And everyone talks astir it, but past we spell retired and we unrecorded it each day. And I deliberation we backmost up our actions. 

“We’re very honest. We’re very open. This is simply a existent program. It’s not fake. It’s not a leader moving this program, talking accelerated and BS-ing everybody. This is simply a existent program. And for each nan recruits retired there, this is simply a existent place, and if you want to beryllium really bully astatine football, this is simply a really bully spot to be.”

Elko served arsenic Fisher’s protect coordinator from 2018-21 earlier getting hired by Duke arsenic its caput coach, collecting a 16-9 grounds and a vessel triumph crossed 2 seasons pinch nan Blue Devils.

And during that 2nd campaign, nan vacancy pinch nan Aggies opened up amid different underwhelming twelvemonth pinch Fisher successful charge.

In a competitive, and soon to beryllium expanding, SEC, Texas A&M followed up a 5-7 grounds successful 2022 pinch a 6-4 commencement successful 2023, and aft nan Aggies defeated Mississippi State, nan assemblage fired Fisher contempt nan 8 years remaining connected his woody and nan buyout worthy astir $77 million.

That, then, allowed for a reunion pinch Elko.

His first play has been filled pinch mostly success, including their 38-23 triumph complete No. 8 LSU connected Saturday that could displacement nan No. 14-ranked Aggies into nan apical 10 erstwhile nan Associated Press releases its adjacent rankings. 

They mislaid their opener to Notre Dame backmost successful September, but Elko has since helped orchestrate 2 wins against top-10 opponents — nan Tigers connected Saturday, then-No. 9 Missouri 2 weeks agone — to get nan Aggies person to nan highest of assemblage football’s rankings.

Against nan Tigers, Texas A&M ran for 242 yards and 5 touchdowns, pinch 3 from Marcel Reed and 2 from Le’Veon Moss.

The Aggies will look South Carolina, New Mexico State and Auburn nan adjacent 3 weeks earlier closing nan regular play pinch a showdown against No. 5 Texas, who was undefeated earlier a nonaccomplishment to Georgia past week and remains a College Football Playoff contender.

And nan Aggies, nether Elko, person quickly emerged arsenic 1 pinch their revamped program, too.

He didn’t hesitate to mention that Saturday.