\u201cWhen you’re in a position where you’re facing adversity, where things aren’t going the way that you hoped, the only thing you can do is come together and work,\u201d Elko said. \u201cThat’s the only option you have. You’ve got to commit to a process that’s going to allow the results to change somehow, some way.\u201d<\/p>\n
Elko hadn\u2019t lost a game in September as the Aggies head coach \u2014 the 2024 season-opening loss against Notre Dame took place in August \u2014 before dropping the last two games to Kentucky<\/a> and LSU<\/a>. The two defeats have plummeted Texas A&M from a top-10 ranking to out of the top 25 altogether<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n In fact, the Aggies received zero votes total from AP voters this week.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you get in a rut and you have consistent failure, it doesn’t show that you’re trying to do things to fix it,\u201d Elko said. \u201cWe are actively trying to do things to fix it. We’ve got to continue to do it better.\u201d<\/p>\n After two non-conference wins to start the year, Texas A&M first fell in its SEC opener at home to Kentucky. The Wildcats scored 21 straight in the third quarter to take a tie game into a three-score advantage that the Aggies were never able to fully make up.<\/p>\n The LSU loss was a beatdown. The Tigers moved the football up and down the field to the tune of 506 total yards while the Aggies couldn\u2019t crack 200. Texas A&M also finished 4 of 15 on third down.<\/p>\n While the level of play hasn\u2019t been where it needs to be, Elko said the problems aren\u2019t ones surrounding effort.<\/p>\n \u201cThere’s a lot of cliches that go into struggles, and one of them is always \u2018they\u2019re not trying\u2019 or \u2018they’re not putting everything they have into it,\u2019 and I just think those are, in a lot of ways, cliches,\u201d Elko said. \u201cAt the end of the day, we’re not getting results, and we’re all in this business to get results. That’s what we have to do.\u201d<\/p>\n