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No. 15 Texas A&M looks to bounce back from loss in non-conference matchup with New Mexico State

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Texas A&M coach Mike Elko is reminding his 15th-ranked team of what is in front of it this week as it prepares to return to the field against New Mexico State on Saturday following a week off to move on from a …

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Aggies' Focus on Running Game Fuels Optimism

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Texas A&M coach Mike Elko is impressed with his team's focus and performance against South Carolina. The Aggies are undefeated in SEC play and look to maintain their momentum in the final month of the season. Elko highlights the team's strength on defense, led by Nic Scourton, and their ability to run the ball effectively. He also notes the emergence …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Marcel Reed throws for 2 touchdowns and runs for another in No. 24 Aggies’ 21-17 win over Arkansas

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “That’s just the main focus of finishing the fourth quarter.” Reed had a hand in two tying scores before halftime — a 58-yard pass to Noah Thomas and his 5-yard TD run — before the Aggies went on to beat the Razorbacks for the 12th time …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

No. 24 Texas A&M meets Arkansas once more at home of Cowboys, where Aggies have dominated

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! in kind of a joking manner, if you’re a Cowboys fan, it’s the last chance you get to go up there and play a game in Cowboys Stadium,” Elko said of Saturday’s meeting at the 80,000-seat venue with a retractable roof and giant video board hanging …

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3 months ago

Texas A&M fails to impress early in first season under Elko after Fisher’s firing

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “Just so many things to fix and clean up, and we’ve got to get back to work Monday and get a lot better,” Elko said. Elko said after the game that Weigman still has pain in his shoulder and they’re trying to get him “where he …

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3 months ago

Elko won’t say if Reed or Weigman will start at QB for No. 25 Texas A&M against Bowling Green

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Coach Mike Elko wouldn’t say whether Reed will lead the team again this week when the Aggies host Bowling Green or if Conner Weigman will be back under center. “Conner is going to be listed as day-to-day and week-to-week, however you want to word that, and …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

No. 7 Notre Dame pulls away late to beat No. 20 Texas A&M 23-13

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The Aggies had a chance to tie it, but Christian Gray jumped the route to knock down Conner Weigman’s pass on fourth down to give Notre Dame the ball back. “It wasn’t pretty,” Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman said. Yes, there’s a lot of things we …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Mike Elko makes Texas A&M coaching debut against former QB when Aggies host Notre Dame

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! It’ll be three hours competing against each other, and the rest of the year rooting for him.” Leonard takes over for Sam Hartman, who threw for 2,689 yards last season after transferring from Wake Forest. It’s not the exact defense we ran at Duke, but we …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Elko faces former QB Leonard as coach makes debut for No. 20 Texas A&M against No. 7 Notre Dame

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Coach Marcus Freeman and the Fighting Irish look to build on last year’s 10-3 campaign and establish themselves as national title contenders when they meet Texas A&M for the first time since 2001. Watts won the Bronko Nagurski Trophy as the nation’s best defensive player last …

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4 months ago

Coach Mike Elko looks to get No. 20 Texas A&M back on track after Jimbo Fisher’s firing

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Mike Elko turned around Duke’s program in his first head coaching job. Elko said that almost half the team left after last season and the Aggies have 41 new scholarship players this year. “And I feel like I’ve done a pretty good …

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10 months ago

Houston Confidential: Who’s recruiting the city best? We asked high school football coaches

New York Times

Last month, Houston was the center of the college football universe, hosting the final national championship game of the four-team College Football Playoff era. Coach 1: A high school head coach Coach 2: A high school head coach Coach 3: A high school assistant coach Coach 4: A high school head coach Coach 5: A high school assistant coach Coach …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Election 2024: Why is Nevada holding caucuses and a primary?

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RENO, Nev. Lee Hoffman’s job is challenging in the best of circumstances. Lee Hoffman, right, tapes a sign for the Elko County Republican Party on a window of a building owned by Lina Blohm, left, on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023, in Elko, Nev. Lee Hoffman, left, and his wife Lynne drop off flyers to promote the upcoming Nevada GOP-run caucus …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Owens, Presley help No. 22 Oklahoma State beat Texas A&M 31-23 in Texas Bowl

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! They want to finish that, get to that College Football Playoff experience and hopefully, next year is that year.” Ollie Gordon II, the Doak Walker Award winner, added 118 yards rushing to finish with 2,062 yards of offense and help Oklahoma State reach double-digit wins for …

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1 year ago

Duke is counting on Manny Diaz to add to the Blue Devils’ 2-year rise

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The Blue Devils are riding a rapid rise from Mike Elko’s two-year coaching tenure, going from a program in steep decline to one preparing for a second bowl straight bowl game. “We are not here to tear down what’s been done, but at the same time …

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1 year ago

Duke hires Penn State DC and ex-Miami coach Manny Diaz to lead Blue Devils

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Duke hired Penn State defensive coordinator Manny Diaz as its head coach on Thursday night. In addition to three seasons as Miami’s coach, he spent six seasons on Chuck Amato’s staff from 2000-05 at North Carolina State, about 20 miles from Duke’s campus in Durham. The …

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1 year ago

Duke football coaching job pluses, minuses and candidates after Mike Elko

New York Times

Duke needs a new head coach, after Mike Elko left for the Texas A&M job. Tulane head coach Willie Fritz nearly took the Georgia Tech job last year amid an AAC championship and Cotton Bowl-winning season but stuck with the Green Wave. He’s followed up last year’s 12-2 season with a 11-1 start this season, Tulane’s two best seasons in …

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1 year ago

Mandel’s Mailbag: What’s the outlook for Florida State without Jordan Travis?

New York Times

Sign up for the Until Saturday newsletter | Jayna Bardahl and The Athletic’s college football staff deliver expert analysis on the biggest CFB stories five days per week. — Mark T. Charlotte, NC It’s fortunate for both FSU and the committee that the ‘Noles get another game — against a 10-2 team — before anyone has to make these decisions, …

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1 year ago

Duke starts process of replacing Mike Elko after an unusually short coaching stint in Durham

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Texas A&M officially named Elko its next football coach on Monday, ending Elko’s two-year stint that saw the Blue Devils win 16 games and twice reach bowl games. The last time a Duke coach stayed three or fewer seasons came when Steve Spurrier left for Florida …

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1 year ago

Texas A&M hires Duke coach Mike Elko, former Aggies defensive coordinator, to replace Jimbo Fisher

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Texas A&M hired Duke coach Mike Elko to lead the Aggies on Monday, replacing Jimbo Fisher with his former defensive coordinator for four years in College Station. Elko left the Aggies to take his first head coaching job at Duke after the 2021 season and went …

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1 year ago

Loftis throws for 2 TDs as Duke beats Pitt 30-19

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The Blue Devils got it right to end the regular season as Grayson Loftis threw for two touchdowns and Duke snapped a two-game skid by defeating Pittsburgh 30-19 to secure a second straight winning season Saturday. “It feels amazing,” said Duke defensive end R.J. Oben, one …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Who could replace Jimbo Fisher at Texas A&M? Lance Leipold, Mike Elko and other coaching candidates

New York Times

Texas A&M made a big bet on Jimbo Fisher, and the former Florida State coach proved to be an enormous dud for the Aggies, costing them almost $80 million to get rid of him after six massively underwhelming seasons. The school paid a fortune for a coach who produced one top-15 season, and in four of his seasons, his teams …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Duke wins on final-play FG to top Wake Forest, 24-21

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Todd Pelino kicked a 26-yard field goal on the game’s final play and the Blue Devils, despite using a third-string quarterback, beat Wake Forest 24-21. Wake Forest knows what it’s like to win with a third-stringer because two games ago the Demon Deacons played a third-string …

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1 year, 2 months ago

QB Riley Leonard’s status is unclear for No. 17 Duke vs. NC State due to an ankle injury

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! DURHAM, N.C. — Duke coach Mike Elko said quarterback Riley Leonard is still recovering from an ankle injury suffered in the final moments of a loss to Notre Dame, leaving his status in question for the 17th-ranked Blue Devils’ game Saturday against North Carolina State. “We’ll …

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1 year, 2 months ago

No. 17 Duke tops the list of ACC teams with defenses thriving early under new coordinators

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Of that group, Duke, Syracuse and Miami all rank in the top 12 of the Bowl Subdivision ranks for points allowed per game under coordinators hired for the 2023 season; Louisville ranks in FBS’ top third with a new coaching staff under former Cardinals quarterback Jeff …

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No. 15 Texas A&M looks to bounce back from loss in non-conference matchup with New Mexico State

Aggies' Focus on Running Game Fuels Optimism

Marcel Reed throws for 2 touchdowns and runs for another in No. 24 Aggies’ 21-17 win over Arkansas

No. 24 Texas A&M meets Arkansas once more at home of Cowboys, where Aggies have dominated

Texas A&M fails to impress early in first season under Elko after Fisher’s firing

Elko won’t say if Reed or Weigman will start at QB for No. 25 Texas A&M against Bowling Green

No. 7 Notre Dame pulls away late to beat No. 20 Texas A&M 23-13

Mike Elko makes Texas A&M coaching debut against former QB when Aggies host Notre Dame

Elko faces former QB Leonard as coach makes debut for No. 20 Texas A&M against No. 7 Notre Dame

Coach Mike Elko looks to get No. 20 Texas A&M back on track after Jimbo Fisher’s firing

Houston Confidential: Who’s recruiting the city best? We asked high school football coaches

Election 2024: Why is Nevada holding caucuses and a primary?

Owens, Presley help No. 22 Oklahoma State beat Texas A&M 31-23 in Texas Bowl

Duke is counting on Manny Diaz to add to the Blue Devils’ 2-year rise

Duke hires Penn State DC and ex-Miami coach Manny Diaz to lead Blue Devils

Duke football coaching job pluses, minuses and candidates after Mike Elko

Mandel’s Mailbag: What’s the outlook for Florida State without Jordan Travis?

Duke starts process of replacing Mike Elko after an unusually short coaching stint in Durham

Texas A&M hires Duke coach Mike Elko, former Aggies defensive coordinator, to replace Jimbo Fisher

Loftis throws for 2 TDs as Duke beats Pitt 30-19

Who could replace Jimbo Fisher at Texas A&M? Lance Leipold, Mike Elko and other coaching candidates

Duke wins on final-play FG to top Wake Forest, 24-21

QB Riley Leonard’s status is unclear for No. 17 Duke vs. NC State due to an ankle injury

No. 17 Duke tops the list of ACC teams with defenses thriving early under new coordinators