The Aggies have almost always been good this century but rarely great. Only once since 1998 have they reached double digits in wins, which, of course, was their SEC debut season in 2012, when America came under the spell of Johnny Manziel. Been downhill pretty much ever since, which is not the kind of results they’ve been paying for.

When Texas A&M took its turn at SEC media days Thursday, of course the Aggies were peppered with questions about their archrival Texas Longhorns.

In a story sold as Texas A&M coach Mike Elko saying that Bengals defensive end Shemar Stewart won't be returning to the Aggies, Elko's actual words leave more than a little gray. "There’s no intentions of Shemar to play for the Aggies this year,