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The frustrations of Mike Elko have been apparent this season, with the Texas A&M head coach giving the press some curious soundbites amid a 4-5 season.
Elko took issue with the TexAgs community, calling some Aggies fans a "cesspool" after Texas A&M's 27-6 loss to Mizzou on Oct. 10, a defeat that dropped the team to 3-3. He later apologized for the comments.
Following Texas A&M's 17-9 loss to South Carolina on Saturday, Elko defended quarterback Marcel Reed. It was an odd defense, as the Aggies mustered a total of three field goals.
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On Monday, Elko fired back at a follow-up question by Carter Karels of On3, when the reporter asked if the head coach had long-term confidence in offensive coordinator Holmon Wiggins.
"That's not for now," Elko said. "That's a stupid question, Carter."
Earlier in the news conference, Elko had defended the decision not to make a change at offensive coordinator like high-profile schools like Michigan, Oregon, and Oklahoma have done in recent weeks.
"Just doing what I believe is the best thing to give us a chance to be successful right now, and I think that's how we evaluate everything," Elko said. "And if I felt like there were better options or better opportunities or better things that we could do within the program to help us win, we would certainly do them.
"Right now, I believe that's our best opportunity to be successful. So I do think 450 yards points to that. Again, composure, finishing in the red zone changes the outcome of the offense on Saturday. So that's obviously in part coaching, but that's obviously something that we've got to correct and fix."
The problem on Saturday was not the amount of yards gained, but the amount of points put on the board. Texas A&M ranks 86th in scoring offense this season, averaging 26.1 points per game.
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