Notable quotes after Texas A&M football falls disappointingly to Notre Dame

The Texas A&M Aggies fell short at home to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 23-13.

There were many takeaways from Texas A&M's performance on the field.

Texas A&M football head coach Mike Elko and others reacted to the loss and gave some insight on how they can improve in time for next week.

Mike Elko on fans at the game

"To the Aggie fans, I thank you. Thank you for showing up tonight, thank you for making this a really special day, you deserve better, and we didn't give it to you."

Mike Elko on Conner Weigman's performance

"He was not in rhythm, and there was nothing easy. We kept trying. Just couldn't get there."

Mike Elko on Conner Weigman throwing up

"In the heat of the moment just got a little sick. Puke and rally."

Trey Zuhn on internal issues that led to loss

"We beat ourselves, we weren't consistent, mentally and physically."

Trey Zuhn on getting more consistent as a team

"I think we learned that we have glimpses where we're a really good football team, but we just need to learn how to focus and strain every single play, every single down, every single drive to be successful."

Taurean York on Notre Dame rushing success

"If I had to break it down, it was me. I missed a tackle on the long touchdown. Of course, they ran for 200 yards. I'd probably say three-quarters of that was in the second half. It's on me at the end of the day, I got to get these guys right."

Marcus Freeman on victory and giving A&M credit

"That was a huge victory for our program over a really, really good football team. That's an impressive football team that's going to win a lot of games. I got a lot of respect for Coach Elko and the group we just faced."

Riley Leonard on Kyle Field

"That's an environment that I'm sure none of us have never really played in before. The SEC is different, coming down to Texas is different."