Texas A&M is building towards a national championship in the near future under head coach Mike Elko, who just led the Aggies to their first 11-win season since 2012 last year. The next step for the Ags is to make a deep playoff run, and despite putting 10 players into the draft last month, Elko has them positioned to do just that.
Of course, outdated criticisms of the Aggies abound among those determined to tear A&M down at all costs and even when it doesn't make sense. To those who believe that the Ags don't have the horses to make it to the national championship, Josh Pate had this to say:
“Personnel wise Texas A&M is good enough to WIN IT ALL”
— Jake “JBOY” Crain (@JakeCrain_) May 11, 2026
-@JoshPateCFB on @AggieFootball is good enough to go all the way pic.twitter.com/4UZ8iIoKQa
Pate points out that the Aggies have recruited so well and so deeply that, even at points of perceived weakness, they are able to roll out a lineup that is better than most other teams. This is to the degree that he believes that the Aggies can make a run at the national title.
Josh Pate gives Texas A&M national title level love thanks to embarrassment of talent riches
Here's a piece of Josh's quote, though the whole thing deserves a listen:
"Personnel-wise, yeah... They return, I think, officially one starter on the o-line. Traditionally, in college football, we have trained our minds to think of that as a weakness... Talent rosters like these, they don't really have weaknesses. They have varying degrees of questions in the preseason. Something may become a weakness, but in the preseason, it's just a question. Because a lot of people's unknowns are better than your provens."Josh Pate
Texas A&M has gotten to the point under Mike Elko and his staff, thanks to his recruiting and portal work, where they are in the top level of talent in the entire nation. That means that they are going to be in competition for the national title from here on out as long as he keeps that level of talent in College Station.
That is a shock to the system for many Aggie detractors to realize, but it's simply an inarguable fact at this point. Texas A&M is at the point now where they will be discussed as a legitimate contender year in and year out— and people had better get used to it.
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