for maroon and white game from Kyle Field this is the Texas A&M Aggie's first one under the direction of their new head coach Mike Elco and up in the broadcast Booth we're glad you've joined us I'm will been added through the portal and guys trying to earn a role and it's going to come down to who can execute today and do assignment and Alignment sound and build trust with this coaching staff we get an Ethan molski kickoff into the hands of Le'Veon two quarterbacks for the maroon team and and Le'Veon Moss back there in the back field with him Moss will get the first Carry of the game and he is run out of bounds after a solid gain near to Conor wigman and Max Johnson last year and the left-hander will get rid of this one to Theo melan orstrom the tight end and he's got it out to the 40 yd line and a first down for the maroon team with treyzon drafting this maroon team a lot of the starting offensive line from last year up there with trun and Le'Veon Moss bran All-American he was on the sec's all freshman team little pressure on Henderson Shamar Stewart is in there can the maroon team move the chains Henderson's got a roll left and the left-hander has pressure again he is brought down that's cover from Wisconsin Rus Johnson who played 37 games in his career with the Badgers so punted away punt was fielded by Ruben Owens F the handoff and they're going downfield right away pass is complete that's over the middle that's to Cyrus Allen the Speedy Louisiana Tech transfer maker it's just a little skinny post and he dropped it right in perfectly and this is a sweep left Owens has room and tight ropes the sideline wigman's Center is TJ Shanahan looking downfield rolling right looked like good coverage there so he just got rid of it at the feet waiting on the shotgun snap from TJ Shanahan the guards for the white team right now arage Reed Adams and Colton Thomasson swing it out to the right side Pursuit there and brought down at the 25 yd line trying to keep a good first drive alive that's batted down Ethan molski tries the 42 yd field goal from the right hash does he put the white team on the board yes he does three nothing the white team leads 940 cell Reed as the quarterback he's got pressure immediately but he's going to let one go up top trying to come back to it was J Walker he couldn't come up with it but there's a flag down on the play I don't know if they're going to call interfer moment Marcel Reed the quarterback he entered the Texas Bowl against Oklahoma State right away last year after an immediate injury to Jaylen Henderson he threw for 361 yards in that game this is a give to Le'Veon moss and the gain is Texas Bowl he can r run yeah not just the 361 passing he did have a rushing TD in that game trying to find some room and getting another minimal game that is EJ Smith the stand Reed wants to throw now he takes off and runs but he won't get there it's a good job there by the defense we talked about trying to keep him bot up in the pocket Scooby Williams credited with that last tackle Williams a Florida transfer his time in Gainesville he had 53 tackles that was last year four of them for lost yardage Williams a junior transfer played with the Gators last year and Daniels will get the nod here but immediately brought down in the back field and that's by Nick scorton the D transfer led the Big 10 in sack he was the captain his first pick was Nick scorton and Mike ELO believes that that's because trun didn't want to block good reason yeah hard hit that broke up the pass oh tried to thread the needle tried to get it to Wesley Watson PL together but you're right in the spring game when they've just got a few practices under their belt you're right it's hard punt it away first picks of the draft and they certainly were Jaylen Henderson back to work and he wants to go up top deep ball incomplete Bryce Anderson in coverage there so was Jayvon brought down immediately Le'Veon moss and that is linebacker these days if you're not fast Edan Cooper waiting on the draft on Thursday potential first rounder pressure trying to run is Henderson that to pick up the yardage after he had to pull the ball down and run with it punt will bounce they're going to have to get everybody out of the way and it's down at the 32 yd line how many hamstrings do you think they're going to pull in that game Dave a win in that game is just no injuries they might as well not even keep scoring exactly ripped down immediately Cyrus Allen the intended receiver but BJ Mays right hand it off Amari Daniel he's got a little bit of room Dalton Brooks will bring him [Music] down see what happens on Third and five can the white team extend this drive wigman pump fakes and now he has it to Cyrus Allen back to receive it moose muhamad hey you never want a quarterback that's happy to punt that's not a good sign they all should want to stay on the field right moose Muhammad the fair catch at his own 15 yd line so still over the right tackle and trun the captain is the left tackle new offensive line coach here in College Station is Adam Cushing who came with Mike Elco from dupe and on Moss Marcel Reed another give to Moss does he get the first down looks like he just got to the sticks very close it'll depend on where the knee went down and they are moving the chains a little different here I think the theme so far in this game has been Reed hand it to Smith solid gain just like Dad back in the past yeah sweep left they are former players of this program at A&M they both played with Steven two great ones there lucky to have him for sure Tony Jared Eddie has been here he was on staff with Jimbo fiser hopefully get a yard here hand it off to Smith Shamar Stewart is in the backi Rus Johnson joined Stewart and so did DJ Hicks a scon will be first round picks this year he's seen scorting plenty going to run it Reed fourth and one he'll get the first down as he gets it out close to Midfield before Bryce Anderson brought him down yard line Neu the stap to Reed and the hand to Moss and he's up the middle and he's into white territory and he takes it all the way down to the 28 ball is loose was Le'Veon Moss down or not Klein the offensive coordinator for the agies hand it off trying to get out to the right side trying to turn it up Noah Thomas on fake the handoff to Anthony donota and Jade Walker makes the catch right around the 15 yd line Kansas state will Lee does two in the secondary Marcel Reed got loose inside the 10 and he got the first down at the 6yd line I think that play there highlights how these Young quarterback Le'Veon Moss it's tough when you get down around the goal line and guys like Shamar Stewart are there waiting on you enclosed space and Stewart can close it even more a great opportunity to show that here Stewart gets up and checks out okay and Le'Veon Moss Checks Into The End Zone and gives the maroon team a six to3 lead with the extra point pending and that was on the heels on to attempt the extra point Bond tried more field goals than anybody in the country last year into the end zone for the [Music] touchdown but as you said that offensive line did a great job that's when you'd like to be a run new quarterback for the white team but it's an immediate handoff up the middle back here for the Aggies in this 2024 maroon and white game Bast wants to throw he has pressure got away from it for a moment and then was brought down by Jesse chuwu sophomore from scif post has the snap couple of lefties in this game at quarterback Bast will take off and run he got right around the 45 yd line and then the tackle credited to Isaiah Willis so important on defense well offense too but Samuel Thornton is the center right now hand off to Benjamin up the middle he's brought down in the back field there's a catch close to the first down sticks M AZ on the reception it's a good throw there and be decisive is a always a test that these coordinators are looking to to evaluate that is tied end right out of the back field but it goes Benjamin briefly ran into his own man and then got it exactly to Midfield possibly just shy of it three receivers go right on third down and six and that's almost an interception Bobby Taylor that's a dicey situation oh good kick punt it away and moose mohammad's going to let it land standing on the go see where your feet are Bryce Anderson's pretty upset come on Bryce he sent the ball up high I think he forgot for a moment where he was he stood on the goal line to going under Center and having trouble with the snap everything today has been run from the shotgun this time under Center and a botch snap he'll pick up a yard on that one more go Texas and he'll swing out to the left side and Henderson wants to throw the other way pass complete but brought down rather quickly it was over the middle but immediately met catch was made by Johnny [Music] Ryder but big away yeah big third down stop for that roster almost 19 yards per catch in two seasons at Louisiana Tech and he'll call for the fair Catch and make it right around the 31 yd line so the white team moments away from Dave and Steven's conversation with Texas A&M director of Athletics Trev Alberts he joins us here in the booth Connor wigman wants to go up top he's looking for MZ and that will fall incomplete double coverage on that right side this back in is is won the won the first half yeah very low scoring good defense once again they tried to sweep to the people um just a lot of wonderful people associated with this place a lot of great coaches in our department great folks working in the athletic department so a real blessing and an honor to be get to be a part of the team and I know you're going to be working closely with uh Mike Elco defensive coordinator here but uh everything that I sort of thought in Watching You Know video after video he's a first class individual not only a great football coach you're echoing exactly my thoughts about Elco of course I knew him as the DC here and we used learn to go through the fire to find himself here now pretty remarkable trajectory and journey for him well and I'm quite sure that the only reason that they he wasn't considered for the the head coaching job before is that he had no experience as a head coach and he proved himself at Duke as a go don't make broad judgments about your team based on what you see at the spring game when you're playing against each other because you can think you have a great defense and find out that maybe the offense isn't as good as you'd hoped right uh but this is a defensive mind and I've been to several practices American and a bucket Award winner over here I'm curious to hear your thoughts on uh nil and and how that has changed so much in just the last 5 years and then com to A&M and getting that program evolving what have you seen there and how how have you already started to make changes well it's obviously critically important you know I mean infrastructure that's really good in place here right now a lot of it's just you know communication it's like hey what that's a great pass what are we currently doing and what can we do a longterm term and so that's what we'll really be trying to do administratively um we're here to support about 600 student athletes and our coaches that's our job and we're going to work really hard at it Marcel Reed with another completion a good drive here by the young signal caller a little two-minute drill always good for the quarterbacks see how they react uh looks like because at the end of the day for us to continue to get that type of revenue from television it has to be the types of games the type of brands that rate I mean they run business too exactly and so I think a lot of it's going to be you know I don't think you're going to have 70 teams I think there's going to be more contraction and they going to be fewer and fewer teams that are that probably cost me a couple years of my life the maroon uh making a drive now they're oh they're just short of the first down it looks like let's see what they're going to do here on third down in less than well about a yard uh they're on the uh 5 yd line the one thing we can all agree that Texas has really good that Nebraska probably doesn't is TexMex have you been able to enjoy that important stuff now yeah it's amazing I I will say uh uh we uh we were staying at one of the citas over at traditions and uh when we went in there they had little what is this new model in college athletics that potentially could emerge and do what what effort do we make to try to affect it touchdown there by Noah Thomas it's good to see a nice pick play there man-to-man coverage yeah you see call kin working his magic getting the guy using the scheme to going and uh I love the hire of Colin Klein though that that was a fantastic hire uh getting a young man to leave his alma mater at Kansas State come down here and and be our offensive coordinator is is is really awesome he really knows what he's doing you you've just brought up something I mean you left your Alma moer to come here what's your explanation for that why did you do that what reasons uh I mean I know I'm an Aggie so so I know how great this University is but uh I'd like to know what what your thoughts are and why you took this job you know we've seen enough breaks with Connor I tell you what now there's pressure and he will go down welcome back will yeah you guys might have to take it for a little while I'm a little out breath out of breath those mountains anymore I struggle enough getting around a golf course so a punt away here in the third quarter and that's another moose muhamad fair catch leading 14 to three Le'Veon moss in the back field Jaylen Henderson wants the throw he's got the pass complete that's first down yardage for Noah Thomas there's some penetration in the back field and stringing this one out very well the white defense question about that it's great to have Mike here led the Big 10 in sacks did scorting last year now up top deep ball trying to look over his shoulder and incomplete pressure coming but he evades it he's going deep got his man inside the 10 did Noah Thomas hang on big play down inside the 10 Noah Thomas in a big time completion trying to punch it in Le'Veon moss inside those is their ability to not just be a runner but catch the ball out of the back field which as you guys know is a lot of plays the biggest mismatch as a running back on a linebacker in the pass game no question about it You' got to be able to throw to the like it is here now you got no deep threat so they you're right they can Squat and oh wow did he catch that Noah Thomas terrific catch with a flag down if it stands it extends the maroon team lead well that drive was just about all him through the air yeah yeah it was a great throw Dave he had a free free rusher in his face and uh that is not easy especially with this defensive line and put it out front and and really a phenomenal catch fully extended there by no miss that rain is coming down hard now yeah this is this is turning into a in the rain so this is good practice I suppose wigman wants to throw in the rain tried to go over the middle to Jaden Platt little late act incomplete as he tried to get it out to Ruben Owens yeah that wasn't going to go anywhere moose Mohammad back yet again to retrieve another punt A&M said goodbye to their punter a year ago Nick Constantino and not only a great talent but just a a good human being a good leader so the ball is back in the hands of Le'Veon Moss a it was just shy the first down sticks so second and one and denota getting up the middle to get the first down and Crossing into white team territory shotgun formation for Reed bobbled by Noah Thomas but he slipped The Tackle he'll get yardage out of this did you team on another March met at the 37 yd line the guys in the Box you flip it out on the perimeter Reed downfield too high for his intended receiver looked like he wanted moose muhamad over the middle little too much zip incomplete pass so as a quarterback the safety creeping down to the weak side now that's a pass key yeah so there's your rpu it's a perfect example so the slant now is replacing that safety coming down the box cuz he's unaccounted for right there got a flag down but back to do a lot of things at the line of scrimmage oh what happened to the snap that's a botched play from the start I think the white team just recovered they got a turnover complicated safety Keys yeah look it that ball never did get off the ground Mark nebu he slid it and it just came out of his hand the rain has dissipated but the wet Turf will be consistent from here on out wet Turf and wet football is great of a job as uh on the [Laughter] broadcast so the white team takes over after the turnover they're possibly affecting all of them but 12thman Productions control rooms are full in that South End Zone of cyle field with three events all going on at the same time bringing you this one I ask for here at Kyle Field Fighting Irish of Notre Dame will be coming to cyfield on the 31st we were talking before we came on the air it's possible my conference play September 14th at Florida big games at home you always like that your bigger games at home this season pressure he got of course it was a huge rivalry back when I was here 100 years ago boomed over the head of moose Muhammad there certainly no easy games in the SEC but if you look play the expected front has come in early wet Turf down there on cyle field trying to get around the edge and up to the 40 yd line that's Johnny Ryder there that you want to get we have the ability to go get them with the facilities in the nio Henderson swings it out first down yardage 40 yd line and out of bounds it's great that the aies can compete in that Marketplace even team Henderson going up top but nobody is up top H that was a miscommunication because there was nobody within 10 yards of where that ball landed the key to any good football team is it all starts up front you can't win football games especially in the west without a good offensive line and I think you have to feel a little bit better but still some question marks there until you're actually in live action as to how good they really are Jaylen Henderson got that last pass to Johnny Ryder hands this off to Ronnie Crosby freshman from deritter Louisiana receiver is going to be Henderson wants to throw to the end zone looking for Bunton I don't think he kept his I think he caught it out of the end zone I don't it was impossible to defend well even if Bunton had come down in bounds with that there was a penalty so it moves it back but here's a tough run by Preston Landis the University of North Texas transfer by the way you're running routes you have to know the full route tree well you have to be able to catch and and catch good hands I mean all those things so yeah that they're they're complete football players a lot of really good things about him there's certainly going to be some competition in that room that was didn't get much as Henderson took off to run good coverage in the secondary worst nightmare and when you can trust a quarterback not to take a sack it's always a a big step in the right direction that looked like it was right down the middle with plenty to spare that 40 yard field goal attempt so Brandy bond is good to work with and oh yeah you're going against SEC defenses down there y it forces offenses to be incredibly efficient and execute and win the one-on ones that was a low step to Connor wigman and they got quick pressure and down here in Brian Texas then went to Purdue how do we let him get away he's coming again he got around to tackle there and was coming again for Connor wigman got the pass off got it complete and getting out of bounds is here comes the pressure it's Jared Kerr creeping up from the safety spot but they pick him up and that is incomplete over the middle but a flag drops I'm wondering what they going to call here that didn't look like that was a really good job by him up the middle in a big hole Ruben Owens he's gone Reuben Owens three touchdowns last year more this year and one more here in the maroon and white game bust free long Gainer he is to the house makes him so dangerous is when he is in the open field he's Dynamic Drake batia for the extra point and he drove it home might be a tad too late but the white team gets closer if they're going to have any chance at all they're going to have to shut down this uh maroon offense and relatively quickly with only four minutes left in the game and it appears this fourth quarter is a running clock denota is stacked up by Shamar Stewart Stewart's been active today he'll be active all season long great job on the back end well we really need that because we lost so much Jaden Hill the Florida transfer was coming on a blitz from the secondary but Reed got away and he reing the shotgun he sends Noah Thomas in motion and hands it to denota stacked up right there in the middle that's another tackle from Scooby Williams for the white team Wills Stewart they have been so active figur that's one of the reasons that we we were able to get him here is because of Jay baitman deno's got a Gainer all the way down to the 40 yd line in white territory it will be Rock when you talk to these A&M players they all tell you the same thing they can't wait for Kyle Field to be rocking and then they all say hopefully at night this what everybody wants everybody's hoping for at night yep if not we're staring down the barrel of 115 degrees but uh a lot of excitement around Mike Elco and the direction he has this program trending all right fellas that will wrap us up from Kyle Field today the maroon team will win this one 24-10 over the white Team guys just some Impressions before we get off the air here a lot of good defense uh slim pickings for the offens is which excited about what they have to offer well you know it's as it should be the defense was pretty dominant it's as it should be no I'm I'm glad to see I'm glad to see that they had good competition that no