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'The best version of Texas A&M wins the national championship' Mike Elko ready to take Aggies to new heights
Mike Elko addressed public, media on first day as new Texas A&M coach, stating the Aggies can be the premier college football program in America
COLLEGE STATION – Texas A&M interim president Mark A. Welsch III began the welcome celebration of Mike Elko to Aggieland by admitting the quiet part out loud, “turns out, hiring a big-time college football coach is hard, and scary for the people organizing the search.”
The Aggies took a winding route to a straight-forward destination. Welsh addressed that, too, while introducing Elko to an excited crowd in Kyle Field’s Hall of Champions. Welsch said he learned four things during his first search for a major college football: You can’t make everyone happy. The rumor mill is stupendous. Facts are sometimes optional. And nothing is final until it is final.
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