The 2025 Texas A&M football season has been great through the first half . The Aggies are 7-0 and have looked great up to this point. However, in college football, the conferences are cracking down on programs that are supposedly faking injuries, and the SEC fined the Aggies for doing so. Despite the punishment, Mike Elko denied it had happened.

The SEC fined the Texas A&M football program $50,000 and publicly reprimanded head coach Mike Elko for the incident. That decision was made after Steve Shaw, the National Coordinator of Football Officiating, reviewed the video of the play in question, which involved nickel Tyreek Chappell in Texas A&M's 45-42 win over Arkansas on Saturday. After the decision, Mike Elko said that while he respected what the SEC said, he completely disagreed w

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