Mike Elko spent Monday trying to clean up remarks that landed hard after Texas A&M’s 27-6 loss at Mizzou.
The Aggies fell to 3-3 overall and 1-3 in the SEC on Saturday afternoon in Columbia, and Elko’s postgame frustration spilled over into a rant aimed at Texas A&M’s online critics. He specifically singled out members of TexAgs, the online community run by Billy Liucci.
After the game, Elko drew a sharp line between the broader fan base and social media, then used the word “cesspool” to describe that corner of the conversation. He said: “There’s a difference to me between the fan base and social media.
So there’s one group that I really don’t care much about. Billy’s cesspool can go be Billy’s cesspool.”
Two days later, Elko was back in front of reporters and said he regretted how it all came out.
“In the heat of the moment, I think I answered a question in a way that I certainly regret,” Mike Elko said. “Everybody knows that I have a tremendous relationship with Billy.
I appreciate Billy. I appreciate him being there (on Monday).
There’s nothing about Billy and I that have ever been off since 2018. I think everybody knows that I appreciate our fan base and everything that they are about and what they mean to Texas A&M.
Outside of that, I’ll leave it alone, and so I regret the way it was taken, I regret the way it came out, I regret the way it ran, and so that was never my intention.”
Elko also took full responsibility for why Texas A&M sits at .500 overall and has just one SEC win in four conference games.
The focus now shifts to Week 7, when Texas A&M returns home for a nonconference matchup with The Citadel. That game is set for Saturday in College Station at 1 p.m. ET on SEC Network+.
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