But sometimes those are the best choices. So far, Mike Elko is looking like a home run, the former Duke head coach who got his start in coaching as a graduate assistant at Stony Brook and had stints at Fordham, Hofstra, Richmond and Bowling Green leading the Aggies to their first 5-0 start in the SEC since joining the powerhouse league in 2012.

Texas A&M (7-2, 5-1 SEC) is one of three SEC teams that still have total control over their postseason destinies, joining Texas and Tennessee as the only one-loss conference programs with two games left in the 2024 regular season.

The Texas A&M Aggies have a dilemma facing them this Saturday at the quarterback spot when they head to Columbia to face South Carolina. Last week, Marcel Reed