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Mike Elko calls out ‘dreadful and gloomy’ media for coverage of Texas A&M win vs. Auburn

Danby: Daniel Hager09/28/25DanielHagerOn3
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Texas A&M head coach Mike Elko channeled his inner-Brian Kelly following the Aggies’ 16-10 home victory over Auburn Saturday afternoon.

After answering five minutes of questions in his postgame press conference, he called out the media for being ‘dreadful and gloomy’ after such a big win.

“Does anyone want to ask a question about us being 4-0 for the first time since 2016 or how did the defense bounce back?” Elko asked. “Or, how about you held them to 176 yards on offense and you had five sacks and they were 0/12 on third down and 0/2 on fourth down. And, you got the return game going again… I don’t mean to sound like someone else but my gosh would you guys stop being so dreadful and gloomy?”

Elko’s “someone else” line reference’s Brian Kelly‘s epic rant after the Tigers’ rant over Florida two weeks ago. Kelly made headlines by lambasting a reporter after asking about their lack of offense in the 20-10 win.

“It’s one game,” Kelly said. “Last game, we were good on third down. You’re looking at this from the wrong perspective. LSU won the football game, won the game. I don’t know what you want from me. What do you want? You want us to win 70-0 against a Florida to keep you happy?”

“We can run the ball! Did you see the last play of the game? That’s all you need. You just need one. Those are ridiculous questions and I’m getting tired of it. That football team just worked their tail off to get an SEC win and you want to know what’s wrong. You know what? You’re spoiled, you’re spoiled. This team is 17-1 at night, 17-1. Give them some respect, how about that? Give them some respect instead of microanalyzing every little thing. This is ridiculous for a group of seasoned reporters. That kind of question is so out of line.”

Texas A&M scored on its first possession of the game via a Le’Veon Moss one-yard rushing touchdown. From there on out, it was a defensive affair. The Aggies defense terrorized Auburn quarterback Jackson Arnold, as they held him to just 125 yards passing.