Texas A&M Debuts Mike Elko Era Against Notre Dame Tonight

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00:00The debut of the Mike Elko era tonight in College Station for

00:07Texas A&M and another top 20 tilt on this first full

00:11Saturday. Enter seventh-ranked Notre Dame and year three under

00:14Marcus Freeman as well. Coach Bowden, a short number here,

00:18less than a field goal as well. In favor of A&M, what do you

00:22expect tonight at Kyle Field? Yeah, I think Texas A&M will

00:26win by a field goal. This, like the Swamp, is one of the

00:29toughest places to play in the country and Mike Elko, I think

00:33has done a great job. You look at the job he did at Duke,

00:36having the number one scoring defense in the ACC at Duke and

00:40the talent that they had. Now, he comes over to Texas A&M and

00:45as the leader of that team, he'll play great

00:48defense and Notre Dame has a weak offensive line. It's not

00:51as strong as the strong defensive front at Texas A&M

00:55and I think Texas A&M will dominate. I think both teams

00:57will run the football, but I think Texas A&M will come out

01:00on top because of the strength of their team. Jimbo Fisher

01:02left them a lot of talent now. They did not win at the end, but

01:05he left them a lot of talent and I think Mike Elko, like

01:09Kirby Smart, like Nick Saban, he's a defensive head coach and

01:12I think when it comes to building championship programs

01:14and turning programs around, I think that defensive head coach

01:18is the way to go in the future. Coach, how important is it that

01:21Elko understands the weaknesses and strengths of his former

01:25quarterback, Riley Leonard? Well, that's another great

01:29point, Joe, because I know it's a factor. Leonard was at Duke

01:32and Elko, every day in practice, he watched his

01:35mannerisms. He watched his tendencies. He watched where he

01:38liked to throw the football, what he liked to dump off, all

01:40the things that he did. That's a huge advantage for him and

01:44that's why another reason why I think in a close ball game, a

01:47field goal difference, I think Texas A&M wins this game. Two

01:50years at Duke for Mike Elko with his quarterback being

01:54Riley Leonard for the majority of it. A 16-9 record in Durham.

01:58He now takes that to College Station, his debut tonight.