Mike Elko said something he felt needed to be said after Texas A&M’s 42-10 thrashing of Missouri on Saturday at Kyle Field about his quarterback Conner Weigman, who started for the first time in four games against the Tigers. “You can challenge Conner for how he plays and you can be upset with Conner for how he throws a football, some of the stuff that has been said about this kid and written by this kid — not by you guys, you guys have been great — is embarrassing,” Elko said. “It’s absolutely embarrassing the stuff that gets out there on this kid.
This kid’s a winner, he’s a competitor, he does everything he needs to do for Texas A&M football and there’s a lot of people right now that need to stand up and recognize what they’ve said over the last three weeks and taking some [expletive] ownership in it.” Elko didn’t specify who or what group of people he was talking to, but A&M’s head coach was stern in his statement. Weigman had missed A&M’s last three games with an A/C joint sprain in his right throwing shoulder, but returned Saturday in triumphant fashion.
He completed 18 of 22 passes for 276 yards and no interceptions. Criticism came over Weigman after his woeful performance in A&M’s season-opening loss to Notre Dame. Backup Marcel Reed had received praise after he led the Aggies to three-straight wins in place of Weigman as he worked back from injury.
Elko said what bothered him most about the personal attacks on Weigman was how false and.