Longhorns Daily News: Mike Elko’s ‘very disappointed’ in Texas A&M’s second half showing

Texas A&M head coach Mike Elko has seen better days for his program.

Elko, a second-year head coach for the Aggies, made that clear during comments to press this week following Texas’ 27-17 win over Texas A&M in Austin on Saturday.

“I mean obviously give them (Texas) credit,” Elko began, per Sports Illustrated. “They went out in the second half and made the plays they needed to make to win the football game. From our perspective, just very disappointed in how we played in the second half. We didn’t play Texas A&M football at all.”

Elko went on from there.

“It hurts. It should. This game means a lot,” Elko continued. “We got to regroup though and we’ve got to get ready for the playoffs.”

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