Texas A&M kept its perfect record alive courtesy of a strong 38-17 victory on the road against an at the time ranked Mizzou squad. The Aggies hope to remain undefeated as they return home to Kyle Field
for the first time since October 11th against Florida. Mike Elko held his regularly scheduled press conference on Monday ahead of the contest with the Gamecocks.
Key Takeaways:
- Players of the Week: OL Dametrious Crownover and Trey Zuhn, DL Tyler Onyedim, Offense KC Concepcion, Defense Tyreek Chappell, ST Albert Regis and Dalton Brooks
- 5th straight game for South Carolina against a team ranked 12th or higher, better than their record shows
- Highlights Coach Moffitt as a reason why Texas A&M has closed so well in the 4th quarter, also talks about the maturity of this squad
- LaNorris Sellers is still the same big, athletic kid who lit up Texas A&M last year, says the Aggies have to address that
- Scooby Williams is progressing well with his injury
- The offensive line personnel groupings have changed due to injuries, Elko highlights the different groups they’ve run out there as a mechanism for making sure no one injury kills the unit
- Armaj Reed-Adams got banged up against Mizzou but is fine
- The Aggies are looking forward to getting back home and playing in front of the 12th Man
- Highlights Cashius Howell as a player who showcases the development ability of this staff, and hopes Howell secures the program’s single-season sack record
- Says Dalton Brooks should’ve scored on both the fake punt and the fumble recovery
- Elko mentions that this isn’t a stat-padding team, when they get to the 4th quarter they want to secure the win
- Elko says he doesn’t know anything about that when asked about Mizzou’s comments on A&M recognizing the plays of the Tigers
- Highlights the staff gaining more cohesion as a reason for success against the pass rather than his playcalling
- Elko talks about the character shown by EJ Smith in this season and how he’s become a bigger part of this offense and made some massive plays as the season has gone on
- Big emphasis placed on forcing turnovers, Elko said that it was good to see that pay off a little more against Mizzou
- When asked about the challenges of facing South Carolina, Elko highlights LaNorris Sellers as well as Nyck Harbor as problems. Mentions that South Carolina will probably have some different looks schemed up out of the bye week.
- Elko says the rushing defense has to be better, needs to be consistent, start to finish, against the run
- Mentions that it will be a challenge facing this South Carolina offense with a new coordinator coming out of the bye week
#BTHOsouthcarolina
