Before he took the stage at his introductory press conference, the final memory that Texas A&M fans had of a Mike Elko-coached Aggie squad also happened to be one of the lowest points in recent memory for the program.
The valley that was pretty much the entire 2022 season wiped this off the map a little bit, but the close to the 2021 season— a year with so much promise in late October and early November— was a real nadir for the Jimbo era up until that point. The loss to Ole Miss in Oxford was bad enough, but what took place in Baton Rouge just two weeks later was even worse.