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Bowling Green Coach Believes Texas A&M Is A Top-10 Team In The Making

The Texas A&M Aggies are in the beginning stages of a rebuild under Mike Elko, and Bowling Green head coach Scott Loeffler believes it is only a matter of time before they are elite.

Matt Galatzan

Sep 7, 2024; College Station, Texas, USA; Texas A&M Aggies head coach Mike Elko celebrates a 52-10 win against the McNeese State Cowboys at Kyle Field. Mandatory Credit: Dustin Safranek-Imagn Images
Sep 7, 2024; College Station, Texas, USA; Texas A&M Aggies head coach Mike Elko celebrates a 52-10 win against the McNeese State Cowboys at Kyle Field. Mandatory Credit: Dustin Safranek-Imagn Images / Dustin Safranek-Imagn Images
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The Texas A&M Aggies are in the midst of a complete program overhaul under first-year head coach Mike Elko.

So far, that project has gotten off to a divisive start, with the Aggies putting forth an anemic showing in the season opener vs. Notre Dame.

Since then, however, things have looked better, with the Aggies winning each of their last two games vs. McNeese State and Florida in dominant fashion.

Of course, the rebuild that Elko is attempting was never going to be an overnight fix. Rather, fixing issues like the program had takes multiple years, regardless of where you are.

Regardless, it is clear that Elko has the Aggies on the right track, and according to Bowling Green head coach Scott Loeffler during his press conference this week, it is only a matter of time before the Aggies reach elite-level status.

“I know there was talent there. He’ll make it better,” Loeffler said. “He’ll keep moving the needle and making it a super-disciplined group, and Texas A&M will be a top 10 team before we can even blink.”

It could happen sooner than later as well.

Thus far, Elko has shown tremendous aptitude in the transfer portal and on the recruiting trail during his short time in College Station. He has built a top-10 recruiting class in Year 1, and infused the roster with talented transfer additions that are bought into his vision.

He has also rebuilt the culture in the locker room has everyone focused on the same goal.

The decision makes at Texas A&M are also giving him every resource he needs to continue to build things back from the ground up.

So yes, it will take time.

But Elko and the Aggies are on the right track.

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Matt Galatzan
MATT GALATZAN

Matt Galatzan is the Managing Editor and Publisher of Texas Longhorns On SI and Texas A&M Aggies On SI and a long-time member of the Football Writer’s Association of America. He graduated from the University of Mississippi, where he studied integrated marketing communications, with minors in journalism and business administration. Galatzan started in the sports journalism industry in 2014 covering the Dallas Mavericks and SMU Mustangs with 247Sports. He then moved to Sports Illustrated's Fan Nation network in 2020, eventually being taking over as the Managing Editor and Publisher of the Longhorns and Aggies sites a year later. You can find Galatzan on all major social media channels, including Twitter on @MattGalatzan.

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