1. Everyone wants to see Texas A&M start a dynasty with all the success that comes with it, and they don’t have to wait anymore. There’s a dynasty on campus right now. The women’s tennis team is the nation’s best, and has been around the top of the rankings for more than a half-decade. They’ve won the national championship twice in three years, losing in the title match last year in between those two wins. Two championships in three years with a loss in the World Series would constitute a dynasty. Mark Weaver’s group of ladies deserve the same consideration — and an indoor tennis facility. The fact that the best team in America doesn’t have one is more than a little embarrassing.

2. During his comments at Coach’s Night in San Antonio yesterday, football coach Mike Elko mentioned that they’d had “another quiet spring” around the football program. While programs like Georgia rack up felonies like they’re door prizes, they only serious issue A&M has had in the past couple of years was Dalton Brooks getting in trouble for a hit and run — not against a person, but another vehicle. Considering how out of control things were during Jimbo’s tenure, the lack of related police activity under Elko has been a refreshing change.

3. Every year, Athlon posts anonymous comments about each SEC team in their preview issue. Two of the comments this year were about Elko and the changes he’s brought to the football program.

“Mike Elko is a real-deal ball coach,” the unknown coach said. “The way they carry themselves, the way they compete, how physical they are on both lines of scrimmage. They play complete team football.”

The coach wasn’t done.

“You watch them and you see the way they handle adversity at times throughout the season — that doesn’t just happen unless you’ve got a culture.”

That’s why A&M probably isn’t going away from the top of the SEC anytime soon. Elko’s got a near complete buy-in from his players and they reflect the hard nosed personality he preaches. If you didn’t know he had a Penn degree, you’d think he’s just a tough dude from Jersey (which he is). But he’s extremely intelligent, has a plan and knows how to get his players to work with him.

4. When the Aggies finally take the field in the SEC Tournament on Friday, they’ll have had six days off. Whether that means Aiden Sims is ready to go is a question (we’ll find out more tomorrow). But the other big question is, who will come out of the bullpen after whoever starts? It’s been Gavin Lyons most of the time this year, or maybe Grant Cunningham. But both were blasted last weekend against Mississippi State, while two other pitchers performed well — Cooper Powell and Hunter Bond.

Powell has allowed one earned run in 9 1/3 innings in nine appearances for an ERA of .96. He pitched in the Thursday and Saturday games against the Bulldogs and gave up a run on a hit in a combined 3 1/3 innings while striking out five. Bond has only appeared in five games, but also has thrown 9 1/3 innings. He’s walked two and struck out nine and has an ERA of 1.93. Sure, their body of work is smaller than Lyons and Cunningham, but .96 and 1.93 are a lot better than 5.31 (Lyons) and 8.07 (Cunningham). I get the feeling Michael Earley will still turn to Lyons first out of the pen, but Bond and Powell have done enough to get their shot in Hoover.

5. I saw a list of the 10 best linebackers in the nation this morning and it irritated me because Daymion Sanford was not on the list. Yes, he is recovering from a bad injury, but his stats from last year paint the picture of a player who can do it all at a high level: 57 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, an interception, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery. And he’s being absolutely ignored — even by some people who cover the team.

6. Acie Law’s NBA career as a player wasn’t that successful, but he’s going to have a longer career than any other Aggie in the league in the front office. He helped build the Oklahoma City Thunder into a juggernaut as a scout from 2022-25, then served as Brooklyn’s director of player personnel last year. On Tuesday, he was officially hired as the vice president of player personnel by the Chicago Bulls. He joins his former teammate and fellow Aggie Bryson Graham in Chicago, as Graham has been hired as the executive vice president of basketball operations. So the Bulls can call the Aggies boss.

7. The SEC and Big 10 can’t agree on how big the College Football Playoff should be, but they are on the same side when it comes to wanting to break away from the NCAA. Other conferences are starting to call their bluff, telling them to do it if they feel so strongly about it. In my opinion, that is absolutely the wrong tactic. All the conferences should be working together in order to develop a new and more effective overseer of college athletics. The NCAA has devolved into a money making machine that really doesn’t care about how things go the things they should — in other words, athletics. After losing the O’Bannon v. NCAA case that opened the Pandora’s Box that is NIL, the NCAA itself has basically just sat on the sidelines and hoped that someone else will handle things. But, as is so typical in college sports, nobody wants to work together in their common interests.

8. Where does A&M have an amazing group in the 2027 class? Safety, corner (if things go right), offensive line and defensive line. But, at the moment, they don’t have any linebackers committed. You know how Toyota has truck month? June may be linebacker month. The top target on A&M’s board is also the top linebacker in the nation, Kaden Henderson. He will official in June, as will 4-star Noah Glover, who I really like. Several other linebackers will also make official visits, so the Aggies could be in a position to clean up in the next few weeks.

9. Wide receiver is another position where the Aggies could stock up with elite talent in short order. They already have 4-star Jalen Upshaw, who seems very firm in his commitment; they’ll have 5-star Eric McFarland — a player a lot of commits are working on — visiting this weekend and several others, including 4-star Dontay Tyson, visiting in the next few weeks. Right now, it wouldn’t be surprising if A&M lands a 5-star and another 4-star to go with Upshaw.

10. LSU athletics sucked in 2025-26. They were 15-41 in SEC play in the big three sports, football, basketball and baseball. They were 1-20 against SEC opponents with winning conference records (A&M swept them in everything). So what are they doing? Bringing in utter sleazeballs as coaches and throwing massive amounts of money at the problem. We know about Lane Kiffin and the supposed $40 million roster the football program has assembled, but what Will Wade is doing is a farce. Wade couldn’t get NCAA players to transfer to LSU, so he’s buying players from Europe and the G-League. We’re not talking about a Bryson Warren situation; we’re talking about guys who were signed to professional contracts, were on NBA rosters (even if they didn’t play) and are now trying to come back to college. RJ Luis, the 2025 Big East Player of the Year, has signed two NBA contracts. He committed to LSU today. Forward Saliou Niang was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers LAST YEAR and has signed with LSU.

There’s a real chance the NCAA finally sees something that is so detrimental to college sports that they do something about it (with the backing of nearly every program). LSU is basically begging for the NCAA to slap them and then go to court. If these guys are amateurs, then the Globetrotters are too. Will Wade is either going to see his roster have holes blown through it or we might as well kiss collegiate sports goodbye.

Lane Kiffin, Will Wade and Kim Mulkey. LSU sure hires some quality human beings.

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