Texas A&M football suffered another embarrassing loss on Saturday, dropping to 4-6 on the year with a 22-7 loss against No. 8 Tennessee at Kyle Field.
The performance marks the seventh-straight defeat for the program against a ranked opponent, in which the Aggies have scored just five touchdowns. Texas A&M posted just 179 yards, while allowing 310 yards from Tennessee. Marcel Reed’s inconsistent play continued, with arguably the worst performance of his collegiate career, going just 9-of-22 for 71 yards and one interception.
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Here is everything Elko, linebacker Daymion Sanford and offensive lineman Wilkin Formby said following Texas A&M’s embarrassing offensive performance against Tennessee on Saturday:
“An utter apology to everyone who supports our program. You all deserve much better. Give me a chance and we’ll put a better product on the field. This is not what you deserve,” Elko said.
“Pathetic. Their pressure created a massive challenge trying to do anything,” Elko said.
“I think it’s not about Brady. When things are breaking down the way they were, the plus one ability Marcel gives you is the only thing that keeps them off us. That’s what I see,” Elko said.
“We’ll figure that out moving forward. Our offense is inept. It’s not just on one kid. It’s not just on Marcel Reed, that’s on me. It’s on me. It’s my fault. I own it. Come after me,” Elko said.
“That was the way the game played out,” Elko said.
“We made a lot of changes. When the results are the results, it doesn’t appear anything is changing, but we’ve changed how we run the ball, gone with more tempo, and done a lot to change it. At the end of the day, the result is what matters and that hasn’t changed. I thought we were making progress but we took massive steps back today,” Elko said.
“Trovon Baugh is out for the year, so we won’t have him anymore. We were trying to figure out what the right thing to do at guard is. That didn’t help the situation but it’s not an excuse,” Elko said.
“We’re not finding the right answers in the second half,” Elko said.
“That disconcerting signals penalty has got to be the stupidest penalty we officiate in college football. That’s the third time that’s been called on our free safety,” Elko said.
“I felt like we came in there with a pretty good mentality. They were the No. 1 rushing offense in the conference. We had to be physical and I thought we did that the whole game,” Sanford said.
“We’ve got to be first responders. We’ve got to respond, do our job, and come in with the right mentality and put the fire out,” Sanford said.
“It’s definitely hard. I still believe in our team. I still believe in our culture, we have a good culture. Nobody is hanging their heads, we’re trying to get better,” Sanford said.
“We have to have communication and we just have to do a better job because our coaches put us in a good position. We made some mistakes, myself included, upfront, and it just spiraled. We have to do a better job upfront taking control,” Formby said.
“That’s our goal, to win. I don’t think we’re outcome oriented. We’re focused on the process and how we can improve throughout the week,” Formby said.
“You can’t put the blame on one player. We have to protect better. We have to be better as an offensive unit. It’s a team sport,” Formby said.
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